A-Z Writing Prompt

The Boy and The Nails

• A young boy was always angry.
• Bag of nails his father gave him.
• Challenged him to hammer them on the fence whenever he loses his temper.
• Driving down the nails on the fence, he did it well.
• “Excellent!” he said especially on the first day, he did 37 nails.
• Few weeks had gone.
• Gradually, the number of nails declined
•  He was able to control his temper.
• Informed his father that it is easier to control his temper than to drive a nail in the fence.
• Just after his realization, his father suggested an idea.
• “Knowing you have learned to control your temper now,” he said.
• “Loosen up a nail you madly hammered for each day you have held your temper.
• Many days passed. Just after his realization, his father suggested an idea.
• Now the boy has completely removed all the nails on the fence.
• On the last day of him loosening a nail, he told his father.
• “Papa, at last, I removed all the nails on the fence.”
• Quietly, the father took the boy’s hand and led him.
• Reaching the fence, the father said, “Well done, my son. But look at the holes in the fence, it has never gone back as before.”
• “Saying things when in anger could leave a scar like this one.”
• “The knife you can put in a man and draw it out. It does not matter how many times you say sorry, the scar will still be there.”
• Understanding how powerful the boy’s words were during the times he was angry, he asked for forgiveness.
• Valued son as he is always, the father said, “Of course, I forgive you, my son.”
• We cannot always blame anger but actions in general.
• Exaggerated we may become especially when we are mad; but, we need to watch what we do today; sometimes the price isn’t worth the reward.
• Yo!
• Zend this to all your friends, I will gladly appreciate.