

They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.” As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. They could easily have done so, but instead, they didn’t try to at all.Ĭurious and wanting to know the answer, he asked a trainer nearby why the elephants were just standing there and never tried to escape. Next to the subheadings, in brackets, I’ve put what the story’s lesson is all about, with a short description of the moral of the story at the end of each section.Ī gentleman was walking through an elephant camp, and he spotted that the elephants weren’t being kept in cages or held by the use of chains.Īll that was holding them back from escaping the camp, was a small piece of rope tied to one of their legs.Īs the man gazed upon the elephants, he was completely confused as to why the elephants didn’t just use their strength to break the rope and escape the camp. So I’ve decided to write out this article highlighting the 10 most inspirational short stories I’ve heard. I’ve been reading plenty of these short stories in the past couple of weeks and found the lessons behind them truly wonderful. Summary of the 10 Best Inspirational Stories.Thinking Out of the Box (Creative Thinking) The 10 Best Inspirational Short Stories.
