Question

what lesson do you think the wise old man was trying to teach the boy​

Answer 1

In the story of the wise man and the boys, the wise man gives the most important lesson to all of us.

The lesson was that

• There is a noteworthy difference between play and work. Play is self-motivated and self-ambitious. It gives us joy and contentment. It is impulsive and doesn’t require any command or a separate reward.

• However, when the same activity turns out to be work instead of play, motivation, joy, and happiness now start to be subject to the rewards and fairness of exchange.

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Answer 2

The lesson was that do not settle your fun activities for reward and money just keep doing them for your own happiness.

Explanation:

• He made the boys stop drumming by changing their fun into work.
• When you do something just for fun and play then it feels very joyful and motivated. You keep doing it for your own happiness and contentment.
• But when the leisure activity becomes work and one starts looking at it as a way of getting reward and paid then it loses the joy, happiness, and motivation.
• Eventually, it dies.