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The Ugly Boy and the Beautiful Treasure

A young boy learns that inner beauty is more important than outer beauty when he finds a beautiful object after cleaning a dirty and old one.

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Once upon a time, there was a young boy who was big for his age. He lived in a village where everyone was beautiful, except for him. He was considered ugly by all the villagers. One day, he stumbled upon a new object which was dirty and old. He decided to clean it, and when he finished, he saw that it was beautiful. He took it to show everyone in the village, but they still saw him as ugly. However, the young boy now had a beautiful object that made him happy. From then on, he learned that outer beauty is not as important as inner beauty and that everyone has something beautiful about them. The end.

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Reflection

  1. What did the young boy learn about beauty in the story?
  2. How did the villagers treat the young boy?
  3. What did the young boy find that was dirty and old?
  4. What changed when the young boy cleaned the object he found?
  5. Why was the young boy happy at the end of the story?

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