The Little Sugar Thief

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09/01/2021 Added

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By Wevyn Muganda, Kenya. Johnny was a little boy who loved to eat sugar. One day, when his parents leave home and tell him not to eat more sugar, Johnny learns why it’s bad to lie.

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[00:00:08.520]Hello, and welcome to a
[00:00:11.300]story for today.
[00:00:13.250]My name is Wevyn Muganda and I come from Kenya.
[00:00:17.720]I will tell you a story that was told to me.
[00:00:21.590]when I was very young. Once upon a time,
[00:00:26.180]there was a boy and the boy's name was Johnny.
[00:00:30.710]Johnny was a good boy and his parents really loved him.
[00:00:35.330]And everyone loved him and Johnny was a happy boy,
[00:00:39.620]but there was one small problem. Hmm.
[00:00:45.560]Johnny loves to steal sugar.
[00:00:49.100]Johnny's mom told Johnny, "do not steal any
[00:00:53.570]sugar from the kitchen". And Johnny said, "yes, mom,
[00:00:58.040]I hear you and I will not steal any sugar again".
[00:01:02.360]And Johnny's Papa told Johnny, Johnny, "please don't steal sugar.
[00:01:07.490]Please listen to your mom and be a respectful boy".
[00:01:12.710]And Johnny said, "yes, I will be a good boy."
[00:01:16.550]So one day,
[00:01:19.100]Johnny's parents had gone to work when they went to work in the morning,
[00:01:24.140]Johnny was not going to school because it was summer and people don't
[00:01:29.030]go to school during summer.
[00:01:31.130]So Johnny was home and he was playing and he was watching
[00:01:35.690]TV and he was so happy.
[00:01:39.440]But something came to Johnny's mind. Can you guess what that is?
[00:01:43.880]Johnny thought,
[00:01:47.180]"but my parents are not around,
[00:01:49.820]so I will just take a little sugar and I will
[00:01:54.620]just taste it a little and they will not know".
[00:01:58.970]So that is what Johnny planned to do.
[00:02:01.940]And he went to the kitchen.
[00:02:05.000]Johnny is very short and small, just like you.
[00:02:09.200]So for him to get to the kitchen cabinet,
[00:02:12.380]he has to climb up something and get to the sugar.
[00:02:16.910]Johnny's mom and dad had put the sugar up high,
[00:02:21.770]so that Johnny cannot reach it. But Johnny was a smart, smart boy.
[00:02:27.230]So Johnny took something and he stood on it and he reached for the jar
[00:02:32.210]and he took some sugar with his hands and licked it. And he said,
[00:02:36.890]"mommy and daddy will not know".
[00:02:39.020]But in the evening when his parents came home,
[00:02:42.980]Johnny was having a cough because he kept going to the kitchen
[00:02:47.990]and taking sugar and taking and taking and taking.
[00:02:53.090]And his tongue became so obvious that he
[00:02:57.950]had eaten some sugar and he started having some small pain in his
[00:03:02.950]throat. So he told his mama, "mommy, I feel,
[00:03:07.780]I don't feel well. I feel like my throat is painful". And mommy asked,
[00:03:12.480]"what did you do?" And he said, "nothing. I was just watching TV".
[00:03:17.440]But mommy knew that Johnny was lying because Johnny was healthy
[00:03:21.880]When she went to work and Johnny's dad asked Johnny,
[00:03:26.710]"Johnny, what did you do? When we left?" He said,
[00:03:30.760]"I was watching TV and that's it".
[00:03:35.230]But Johnny was lying because he did eat the sugar. So Johnny's,
[00:03:39.370]dad asked him, "Johnny, Johnny". And he said,
[00:03:43.990]"yes, papa?" "Eating sugar?"
[00:03:48.700]He said, "no, Papa". And his dad asked,
[00:03:52.990]"can you open your mouth?" And Johnny was like,
[00:03:58.980]"Mmmh-mmh-mhhh" Why? Because his mouth could tell that he had sugar.
[00:04:03.790]And that is how his parents knew that Johnny was lying.
[00:04:07.690]So Johnny was told, do not lie Again. Sugar is bad for you.
[00:04:12.880]And you can only do and take what you are given
[00:04:18.100]at home. So do not steal sugar,
[00:04:22.030]do not steal anything and do not lie to your parents
[00:04:26.830]because your parents always know everything.
[00:04:31.300]Don't be like Johnny be a good boy,
[00:04:35.590]a good girl, a good child.
[00:04:39.220]I hope you liked my story. Bye!

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