The dog and its shadow

There are a lot of children stories out there. I have read, listened and watched many stories and all of them are very interesting. I like the story called “The Dog and its shadow”. It has many versions and this has been my favourite story since I was a kid.

There is a dog called Dodo. Dodo lives in the bushes near the park. He doesn’t have many friends because Dodo is a one stuck-up dog. Dodo loves to talk a walk in the park. Sometimes, he got foods from the dustbin and from people’s leftovers. But, Dodo loves bone so much.

One day, Dodo feels so hungry. It’s been two days since got his lunch. Then, Dodo decided to talk a walk to find some foods. Then, Dodo found a bone, a big one. Dodo feels so happy and he planned to go back home. During his walk to getting home, Dodo passes a small bridge. Suddenly, Dodo sees another dog with a bigger bone. Dodo feels that he wanted the bone as well, so he barks at the other dog. Then, the bone at Dodo’s mouth fell to the river. Then Dodo realized that the dog that he saw is actually his shadow. Because of his greediness, Dodo lost his bone and he didn’t get any lunch for the day. Poor Dodo.

So, moral of the story is, don’t be greedy because it will make us lose something. Like Dodo, he wanted to have a bigger bone, and finally, he didn’t get anything. So, besides the moral value that is shown in the story, I can tell that the story is actually a simple yet meaningful story.

The story is relevant until now because we live in a society which leads money and fame to be around us. So, don’t be too greedy and wanted to have everything in this world because we’re not going to have everything.
For this story, I think that it suits for most of the children. It has good moral values in it and I think the children will learn something by reading the story. By learning all these good values, the children will be able to be a good person in the future.