write ashort story about 'kindness to animal' or how animals can be kind to humans.
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Train your children from their earliest days to be infinitely tender and loving to animals.” 5
Today we are going to talk about kindness to animals. Have you a pet at home? How are you kind to your pet? How do you look after your pet? We need to make sure that our pet has food to eat, water to drink and a good place to sleep.
‘Abdu’l-Baha reminds us that we must be kind to every living creature. Some creatures are small and some are big, but we must be kind to them all. Some people do not understand that animals share the same feelings as we do. Animals get tired and need rest. They get thirsty and need water. They get hungry and need food. They feel pain just like we do, yet some people beat animals. ‘Abdu’l-Baha said that it was worse to hurt animals than humans because the animals can’t cry out and they can’t complain. These are his words: “Show forth the utmost consideration to the animal, and . . . . be even kinder to him than to your fellow man. Train your children from their earliest days to be infinitely tender and loving to animals. If an animal is sick, let the children try to heal it, if it be hungry, let them feed it, if thirsty, let them quench its thirst, if weary, let them see that it rests.” 5
But we are warned to avoid harmful animals like wolves and snakes. This does not mean that we should harm them, but just let them go on their way. They too are God’s creation.
GROUP A (youngest children)
Let the children draw animals they know or animals of their own creation, for example monsters, fluffy creatures or dinosaurs.
GROUPS B and C (older children)
“Animal Consequences”
Sit the children in a circle, and give each child a strip of paper about 50X200 cm. and a pencil. Each child should draw an animal head and neck, at the top of their paper and fold the paper over so that only the neck shows. When all the children are finished tell them to pass the paper to the child on their left. Now draw a body attached to the neck and draw the tops of some legs. Fold the paper over so that only the legs show. Pass to the left. Draw some feet onto the legs and then pass to the left. Now all open the papers and see what funny animals you have drawn. If there is time, repeat, with children drawing differently from the first time.
OR
Give each child a piece of paper and suggest that they have been given a pet dog. Get the children to write down how would they look after it and draw pictures of their favourite animals.
Every living being, human or animal has the right to live in peace on this planet. No one, not even an animal wishes to live in fear of pain or death. Even an ant avoids any obstacles that blocks its path. Unfortunately, some selfish humans seem to think that the right to live and enjoy life is only theirs. They believe that the Earth is theirs alone.
People fail to realise that we need animals as much as animals need us. If one dies the other dies too. Life is a balance between animals and humans. Besides, animals experience identical emotions just like human beings. We feel happiness, fear, pain, frustration, excitement etc. and so do animals. Sadly, only a very few of us care for and respect the feelings of animals. Animals suffer helplessly and silently because of our evil ways. This Earth is not ours alone. It's the home of all living beings.
