The Fawn That Skipped
School
[Truancy]
A long time ago, there was a herd
of forest deer. In this herd lived a wise and respected
teacher. He taught the tricks and
strategies of survival to the young fawns. One day, his younger sister brought
her son to him. She said: “Oh brother, this is my son. Please teach him the
tricks and strategies of deerhood.” The teacher said to the fawn: “Very well,
you can come at this time tomorrow for your first lesson.” At first, the young
deer attended classes as he was supposed to. But soon, he became more
interested in playing with the other young bucks and does. He didn’t realise it
was dangerous for a deer to know nothing but deer games. So he started playing
truant. Soon he was missing classes all the time.
Unfortunately, the fawn who
played truant stepped into a snare one day and was trapped.
Seeing that her little one could
not be found, the worried mother went to her brother, and
asked: “My dear brother, how is
my son? Did you teach him all the tricks and strategies to survive?” “My dear
sister, your son is disobedient and unteachable. Out of respect for you, I
tried my best to teach him. But he did not want to learn the tricks and
strategies of survival. Instead, he missed school! How can I possibly teach
him? You are obedient and faithful, but he is not. It is useless to try to
teach him,” he replied. Soon after, they received the sad news that the
stubborn fawn had been trapped and killed by a hunter. He skinned the young
deer and took the meat home to his family.
The moral is ✏ a student who
plays truant will miss out on learning important skills and
knowledge from his teacher.
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