Once upon a time, there lived a wise old owl in a tall oak tree. Every day, he watched everything happening around him. One day, he saw a kind young boy helping an older man carry a heavy basket. The next day, he saw a young girl shouting at her mother. The more he observed, the less he spoke.
As time passed, the owl spoke even less and listened more. He heard people talking and telling stories. He heard a woman saying that an elephant jumped over a fence. He heard a man boasting that he had never made a mistake.
The owl witnessed how people’s actions affected them. Some people became better, while others became worse. But the wise owl in the tree grew wiser with each passing day.
The Lesson