The Wise Man

The Wise Man

By Waine Evans

People have been coming to the wise man, complaining about the same problems every time. One day he told them a joke and everyone roared in laughter. After a couple of minutes, he told them the same joke and only a few of them smiled. When he told the same joke for the third time no one laughed anymore.

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The wise man smiled and said:

 

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“You can’t laugh at the same joke over and over. So why are you always crying about the same problem?”

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Multiple Choice

Put the sentences back into the correct order you read them.

• One day he told them a joke and everyone roared in laughter.

• People have been coming to the wise man, complaining about the same problems every time.

• When he told the same joke for the third time no one laughed anymore.

• After a couple of minutes, he told them the same joke and only a few of them smiled.

Multiple Choice

Put the sentences back into the correct order you read them.

• One day he told them a joke and everyone roared in laughter.

• People have been coming to the wise man, complaining about the same problems every time.

• When he told the same joke for the third time no one laughed anymore.

• After a couple of minutes, he told them the same joke and only a few of them smiled.

Multiple Choice

Put the sentences back into the correct order you read them.

• One day he told them a joke and everyone roared in laughter.

• People have been coming to the wise man, complaining about the same problems every time.

• When he told the same joke for the third time no one laughed anymore.

• After a couple of minutes, he told them the same joke and only a few of them smiled.

Multiple Choice

Put the sentences back into the correct order you read them.

• One day he told them a joke and everyone roared in laughter.

• People have been coming to the wise man, complaining about the same problems every time.

• When he told the same joke for the third time no one laughed anymore.

• After a couple of minutes, he told them the same joke and only a few of them smiled.

Multiple Choice

Put the sentences back into the correct order you read them.

•  “You can’t laugh at the same joke over and over.

• So why are you always crying about the same problem?”

• The wise man smiled and said:

Multiple Choice

Put the sentences back into the correct order you read them.

•  “You can’t laugh at the same joke over and over.

• So why are you always crying about the same problem?”

• The wise man smiled and said:

Multiple Choice

Put the sentences back into the correct order you read them.

•  “You can’t laugh at the same joke over and over.

• So why are you always crying about the same problem?”

• The wise man smiled and said:

Multiple Choice

What is the moral of the story?

• Don’t value the things you have in your life. But value who you have in your life.

• In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is how you choose to react to it and what you make out of it.

• Worrying won’t solve your problems, it’ll just waste your time and energy.

• Take responsibility or you will learn your lesson.