STORYTELLING PIECE

Good day every one! My name is ____________________________ and I am going to tell the story
about:

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

( Luke 10.25-37 25 )
And now a lawyer stood up and, to test him, asked, 'Master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?'
He said to him, 'What is written in the Law? What is your reading of it?' He replied, 'You must love the
Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and
your neighbour as yourself.' Jesus said to him, 'You have answered right, do this and life is yours.' But
the man was anxious to justify himself and said to Jesus, 'And who is my neighbour?' In answer Jesus
said, 'A man was once on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of bandits; they
stripped him, beat him and then made off, leaving him half dead.
Now a priest happened to be travelling down the same road, but when he saw the man, he passed
by on the other side. In the same way a Levite who came to the place saw him, and passed by on the other
side.
But a Samaritan traveler who came on him was moved with compassion when he saw him. He
went up to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. He then lifted him onto his own
mount and took him to an inn and looked after him.
Next day, he took out two denarii and handed them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Look after him,
and on my way back I will make good any extra expense you have.’ Which of these three, do you think,
proved himself a neighbour to the man who fell into the bandits' hands?' He replied, 'The one who showed
pity towards him.' Jesus said to him, 'Go, and do the same yourself.
This parable defines what our relationship should be with our neighbours – our duty of care. It
focusses on relationships and what it means to love. We are to set aside our prejudices and selfish
concerns and give generously without expectation of return. Thank you.
Who is Happy? The Peacock and The Crow

A crow lived in the forest and was absolutely satisfied in life. But one day he
saw a swan. “This swan is so white,” he thought, “and I am so black. This swan
must be the happiest bird in the world.”

He expressed his thoughts to the swan. “Actually,” the swan replied, “I was
feeling that I was the happiest bird around until I saw a parrot, which has two
colors. I now think the parrot is the happiest bird in creation.” The crow then
approached the parrot. The parrot explained, “I lived a very happy life until I
saw a peacock. I have only two colors, but the peacock has multiple colors.”

The crow then visited a peacock in the zoo and saw that hundreds of people had
gathered to see him. After the people had left, the crow approached the peacock.
“Dear peacock,” the crow said, “you are so beautiful. Every day thousands of
people come to see you. When people see me, they immediately shoo me away.
I think you are the happiest bird on the planet.”

The peacock replied, “I always thought that I was the most beautiful and happy
bird on the planet. But because of my beauty, I am entrapped in this zoo. I have
examined the zoo very carefully, and I have realized that the crow is the only
bird not kept in a cage. So for past few days, I have been thinking that if I were
a crow, I could happily roam everywhere.”

That’s our problem too. We make unnecessary comparison with others and
become sad. We don’t value what God has given us. This all leads to the
vicious cycle of unhappiness. Learn to be happy in what you have instead of
looking at what you don’t have. There will always be someone who will have
more or less than you have. Person who is satisfied with what he/she has, is the
happiest person in the world.
The Ant and The Dove

On a hot day of summer, an ant was searching for some water. After walking
around for some time, she came near the river. To drink the water, she climbed
up on a small rock. While trying to drink a water, she slipped and fell into the
river.

There was a dove sitting on a branch of a tree who saw an ant falling into the
river. The dove quickly plucked a leaf and dropped it into the river near the
struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up onto it. Soon, the
leaf drifted to dry ground, and the ant jumped out. She looked up to the tree and
thanked the dove.

Later, the same day, a bird catcher nearby was about to throw his net over the
dove hoping to trap it. An ant saw him and guessed what he was about to do.
The dove was resting and he had no idea about the bird catcher. An ant quickly
bit him on the foot. Feeling the pain, the bird catcher dropped his net and let out
a light scream. The dove noticed it and quickly flew away.

Moral: If you do good, good will come to you. One good turn deserves
another.
The Lazy Horse

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Tom. He was a kind trader. He traded salt. He had a very lazy horse
who wanted to avoid work.

One day Tom was working, he put sacks of salt onto the horse’s back. The horse started walking while Tom
was collecting food. When the horse reached the bridge; he slipped down and started to sink in the water.

He started shouting “Someone please help me, please help me!” When he got up the sacks became lighter
because the salt got dissolved.

When Tom reached and weighed it, it weighed half a kg. Tom thought he weighed it wrong. Every day the
horse would do this for 2 weeks. One day, Tom loaded up salt and this time he did not collect food, instead he
followed the horse.

When the horse reached the bridge, Tom saw the horse’s plan and said, “You lazy horse, you are going to pay
for this.”

The next day, Tom kept sacks of cotton instead of salt. When the horse fell down, the cotton absorbed the
water and became heavier.

The horse was sinking and shouted, “Help me, help me, please help me or else I will die due to suffocation.”

When the horse went up again, Tom came from collecting food, walked through the bridge and laughed,
“Hahaha! Finally you have learned your lesson you lazy horse! hahaha!”

The next day, Tom became a cotton trader. Tom put sacks of cotton on the horse’s back and it started walking.
The horse threw some of the cotton into the water and ran as fast as possible. Then he threw all of the cotton
and hid somewhere. When Tom came back, he saw nothing but the cotton fallen down. Tom became very
angry and searched for the horse. When the horse came out, he scolded the horse very badly.

Tom became a salt trader again. This time he gave his horse good training, so he will not tell lies or make silly
mistakes or do any tricks.

One day the horse fell into the water and shouted, “Help me!!!!Help me!!!!Tom!!! Please help me.”

Hearing this, Tom ran to the bridge and saw the horse sinking. Tom brought his rope and threw it in the water
and said, “Horsy hold the rope and climb” the horse came out of the water safely.

Tom packed a sack of salt on the horse back and happily traded forever.