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Lazy Jack
Once upon a time, in a small village, a lazy boy called Jack lived with

his mother. He was so lazy that he found it very difficult to move even
his fingers. His mother worked as a servant maid in town homes and
earned for herself and her son. People started to call him Lazy Jack
and Jack’s mother was very worried about her son.

One day, she fell sick and was bed-
ridden for some days. She could not
go to work. She asked her son to earn
something for them; otherwise there

won’t be anything to eat.

Lazy Jack finally understood his
mother’s health and their poverty.
He promised his mother to bring

something and went on to search for
a work.

A farmer offered him work in his land and paid two pennies for his
work. Jack thanked him and rushed to home with the pennies in hand.

As he was running to home, he did not notice the pennies rolled down
from his hand. He could not find the coins and reached home with
unhappy face. He told the incident to his mom. Jack’s mom told him,

‘dear Jack, next time, you put them in your pocket, so that they won’t
fall!’

The next day, a milkman offered Jack a job. Jack was offered a jar of
milk as wages for his work. As told by his mother, he poured the milk

into his pocket and ran towards his mom. His mom recognized what
would have happened after seeing Jack’s dress. She told him, ’Jack,

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