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A little lamb, part of the flock, had fallen behind and was the last one to cross the street. A pack of feral dogs roamed the street and watched the flock quietly. They noticed the little lamb, which walked alone.<\/p>\n The dogs decided to prey on him.<\/p>\n “Tomorrow, we will surround him and hunt him down,\u201d said the leader of the pack.<\/p>\n As the flock began crossing the street the next day, the pack got ready to attack the lamb. They waited for the sheep to cross and the little lamb to fall behind.<\/p>\n When the sheep had crossed the street, the dogs tried to attack the lamb. But the lamb\u2019s mother and other sheep were quick to come to his rescue.<\/span><\/p>\n They chased away the dogs and saved the lamb, which was scared and crying.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI had told you to be careful, but you do not listen to me,\u201d said the lamb\u2019s mother.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBut mother, how did you know this would happen?\u201d asked the lamb.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI have seen the world. I know what can happen. A mother always knows,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n The little lamb was silent. He understood his mother was right.<\/span><\/p>\n From that day, the little lamb always walked close to his mother and never ignored her advice.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One sunny morning, a flock of sheep was crossing a busy street. The sheep were heading to a meadow. A little lamb, part of the flock, had fallen behind and was the last one to cross the street. Seeing that the lamb wasn\u2019t walking along with the flock, his mother approached him and gave…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[110,9,111,12,11,109],"class_list":["post-591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-advice","tag-children-stories","tag-experience","tag-inspiring-tales","tag-kashmir","tag-parenting","enable-dropcap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSeeing that the lamb wasn\u2019t walking along with the flock, his mother approached him and gave him an angry look.
\n\u201cWalk in the middle of the flock so that you can be safe,\u201d she said.
\nThe little lamb dropped his head.
\n\u201cBut mommy, I like walking this way. While walking, I look at things around me and enjoy myself,\u201d he said to his mother.
\nHis mother was angrier and said: \u201cYou must listen to me. I am afraid you will otherwise land in trouble.\u201d
\nThe little lamb apologized and started walking in the middle of the flock.
\nSoon he forgot what his mother had told him. The next day, he again started walking carelessly and fell behind.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG-20210417-WA0007-1-300x218.jpg\")