Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
Aug 2015
One day, the teacher asked her students to explain this;
"Life will never give you a mouthful of rice but a rice field"
One of the students raised his hand
"It only means that life is never selfish to give us everything"
But the teacher replied,
"Any other answer?"
The child now wondered,
"Why Mam? Am I wrong? What's the meaning of the statement?"
The teacher then replied,
"It only means that life will never give you everything
That it will give you something you have to work on first"
Then the student felt contented
Written by
wide-eyed wanderer
506
   jia and PoetryJournal
Please log in to view and add comments on poems