To Give is to Receive (ppt)

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• In this lesson we will be thinking about the
  importance of being kind and generous to others.

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To give
is to receive
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• This story is adapted from an old Japanese folk
  tale.

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• Shobei had done a full days work on a farm. It
  was a boiling hot day. The work and the heat of
  the sun had made him so exhausted, that he fell
  over his own feet while walking down the steep
  track to his home.
• He picked himself up, and was about to dust
  himself down when he noticed that a blade of
  grass had become wedged between his fingers.
  Perched on the end of the grass was the most
  beautiful shimmering dragonfly.
• He shook the grass, expecting the insect to fly
  away but it clung to the blade, and didnt
  move.

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• He continued down the hill, and when he was
  nearly at the foot, he passed a mother with her
  small son.
• Mummy, mummy, he cried out, Look at the
  beautiful shiny fly!. He turned to Shobei, Can
  I. ?
• Before he could finish his sentence Shobei
  handed him the grass. Of course you can have
  it! he said.

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• Thats so kind of you, exclaimed the little
  boys mother. Here take these in exchange.
• She handed Shobei some juicy, ripe oranges which
  she had just bought in the market.

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• Shobei thanked her for her kind gift, and
  carried on his way.
• Before long he passed a merchant staggering up
  the hill in the opposite direction. He was
  weighed down with heavy bales of cloth, and was
  sweating profusely.
• You look as if you could do with something to
  refresh you said Shobei, Here...... have an
  orange.
• The merchant accepted the offer with gratitude.
  Have another, said Shobei. In fact take two
  more.

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• How very kind of you, said the merchant. I
  would like to repay your generosity with one of
  my best pieces of cloth.
• Shobei accepted the gift with thanks. He set
  towards home once again, with the magnificent
  piece of embroidered silk slung over his shoulder.

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• Suddenly the ground began to tremble beneath his
  feet. then he heard the unmistakeable clatter of
  wheels, and the clip-clop of horses hooves.
• As he made for the safety of the verge, he was
  met with a swirl of dust from a magnificent
  carriage.
• As it screeched to a grinding halt, one of two
  guards who had been riding on the back ordered
  Shobei to the carriage.

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• To his astonishment when he looked inside, he
  saw none other than the beautiful Princess Lotus
  Flower, the Emperors daughter.
• I couldnt help noticing that beautiful cloth
  you are carrying. It is exactly the colour I
  have been looking for. Would you sell it to me
  please?
• No maam, I wouldnt dream of selling it to you
  . But I would be delighted to give it to you as
  a present!

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• You are extremely generous said the princess,
  but I couldnt accept such a gift without paying
  for it. So saying, she ordered the guards to
  drive on, pressing a small bag into his hands.
• When Shobei opened the bag, he couldnt believe
  his eyes. It was full of bright new shiny gold
  coins!

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• Shobei completed his journey in no time at all.
  He was desperate to tell his family about his
  good fortune.

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• A local landowner had been trying to sell some
  of his fields for some time.
• Before long Shobei had exchanged his coins for
  the land.

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• Soon after he called all his friends and family
  to a meeting.
• They were astonished to hear that Shobei had
  shared out all the land between them, and gave
  them documents to prove it.

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• Shobei built a beautiful home.

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• He and his friends worked hard, and became
  wealthy from the profit they made from their
  crops.

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• And to think that it all began with a blade of
  grass!

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Glossary

• Exchange swap, switch
• Gratitude thanks, appreciation
• Fortunate lucky

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Wants
Needs


Wishes