What Is the Theme

The little grey mouse that lived in my wall prospered for many days on nibbles of my lunch. I’d pack a meal before bed and, while I slept, he would take small bites of my lunch, which I left on the counter. He’d take a cracker crumble here, and a bread crumb there, but he wouldn’t take too much and he’d always clean up after himself. Things were going quite well for him and I didn’t even know he existed, until he got sloppy. One night while I slept, he ate all of my chips and left behind a big mess. When I awoke to this sight, I knew what had happened to my chips. So the next night when he returned for another snack, he found a nice, delicious piece of cheese… lightly balanced on a mouse trap. Now I don’t have to share my chips anymore. What is the theme of this story?

• Clean up after yourself

• Respect others people's property

• Money doesn't buy happiness

• You don't have to share your chips anymore.

Ulysses spent all of his free time reading books and felt that he was very intelligent. One day a nice student from his class asked him if he wanted to go sledding and Ulysses responded, “I’ve read about sledding in books, and it sounds miserable. No, thank you.” On another day, a different friendly student asked Ulysses if he wanted to go out for hotdogs after school. Ulysses responded, “I’ve read that hotdogs are filled with rat parts and pig bellies. No, thank you.” Nobody asked Ulysses to hang out again, but he did read about friends in his books. What is the theme of this story?

• Ulysses acts snobby at the expense of social life

• Learning from books is no substitute for real life experience

• don't be sloppy

• sometimes you should listen to advice

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• You don't appreciate the things that you don't have to work hard for.

• Love can be replaced with great wealth.

• Money is the key to happiness.

• Family ties and family relationships are the most important thing.

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• Don't judge a book by its cover.

• Love your neighbor.

• Treat others as you want to be treated.

• Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Don't risk everything on the success of one thing.

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• If at first you don't success, try and try again.

• Don't sweat the small stuff (don't focus on things that aren't important in your life).

• Knowledge can prepare you for the future.

• Too much learning is a dangerous thing.

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• Good manners have positive results.

• Winning can sometime come with a cost.

• Things are not as bad as you think they are.

• Don't judge a book by its cover.

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• Blood is thicker than water. (family bonds will always be stronger than other relationships).

• Beauty is only skin deep. (something may be beautiful on the outside, but the inside isn't).

• It is up to you to control your destiny.

• Freedom is worth fighting for.

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• Practice random acts of kindness each and every day.

• Persistence and determination pay off.

• You can fool some of the people some of the time.

• It's not the gift that counts, it's the thought behind it.

The phone rang. She dropped the phone and tears began to drop onto her cheek. Her lip quivered as she pictured the scene that was described to her. "No!" she wailed.

• Honesty

• Greed

• Teamwork

• Loss/Grief

The girls were coloring when Mike wanted to join along. One girl moved the crayons closer to them. The other girl proceeded to take the other crayon boxes. Mike had no crayons to use. One girl remarked, "These crayons are ours. Find your own."

• Greed

• Teamwork

• Honesty

• Courage