Giving Tom
6B Nicole Ng


    Once upon a time, there were two brothers.  The elder boy was named Tom and the younger boy was named Ben.  Their parents died two years ago.  Each of them only had five coins left.  They were sad.
    One day, Ben wanted to buy some new clothes and shoes for himself.  He decided to hide his coins.  Tom gave Ben all the coins so that he could buy clothes and shoes for himself.  He was delighted but Tom was worried because he had no coins left.
    Tom needed to work hard to earn coins.  He did not know that Ben lied to him until one day.  Tom had to cut some wood and sold it to people nearby.  To his surprise, he found Ben’s hidden coins under an old palm tree.  He was angry with his brother.  ‘How could Ben lie to me?’ Tom thought.  He rushed back to their house and asked Ben.  Ben was scared.  He asked Tom to forgive him but Tom refused to do so. 
    At last, Tom didn’t want to stay with his greedy brother so he moved out from their house and set off for another town.  Ben was ashamed of himself.  From that day on, Tom and Ben never met each other anymore.
    I have learnt a lesson from the story.  We should always be honest with our family or we will lose them.