Merry Sunflower lived in a big garden. There were many other flowers in the garden. Some were prettier, bigger and brighter than the sunflower. But Merry Sunflower didn't care because she was happy.
One day, she saw Pinky Rose with a sad face. She asked, "Why are you sad? You are so sweet and pretty. Everybody loves you."
Pinky Rose said, "Yes, I'm pretty, but I have thorns. I wish I didn't have thorns."
"But those thorns are helpful to you, aren't they? They hurt those who want to hurt you," said Merry Sunflower.
Little Cosmos answered, "I should be sadder than you are because I have a very bad smell. That is worse, isn't it?"
Yellow Bell said, "I don't smell very good, too. But I'm happy because people like me anyway."
"That is the right thing to do. There are other things that make us happy. The sun, the air, and the rain give us things to make us grow. The children take good care of us to keep us healthy," said Red Gumamela."We make people happy. We make insects happy, too. So we should be happy," said Merry Sunflower.
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Its a good story which portray different characteristics and attitudes of people. The moral that can be gotten out in the story is "Accept whatever God has given to you." Nobody is perfect and has a monopoly of beauty. You just have to accept whatever you have and enhance it by yourself. And if certain characteristic is your weakness and you find it as a bad image or thing for you, just think the good and positive side of it. Make that weakness as your strength. And "There are many things that will make us happy." Don't focus on one thing that will surely make you sad. The essence of being happy is if someone became happy because of you. ^____^
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