This is a story set in poem that teaches young children that fighting is not the way out. |
Once upon a time Very long ago Lived a tiny little man They called him "Giant Joe." Now kids often wondered How he got his name But they were afraid to ask him For fear he would be ashamed Giant Joe was always around With a big smile on his face He could make all the children laugh Any time or any place He loved to talk To all the girls and boys About their favorite games And their favorite toys They all gathered around him Every time he came outside The kids would call him over Giant Joe ran to them with pride One day this new boy Nick Moved into the neighborhood He wasn't very kind He was up to no good When he came out to play He pushed everyone around One day when Giant Joe was there He even knocked him down The kids watched in horror As Giant Joe got back up They thought he would be so mad That he might blow up! Not Giant Joe That wasn't him at all He was just worried Nick had hurt himself in the fall This is what he did He walked over to Nick and said... " Are you all right? I'm sorry, I bumped into you kid." The kids were so surprised And after Nick went inside They were all very curious Why he didn't get mad and fight Now Giant Joe sat them down And asked them "Do you know Where I got my name?” Their attention started to show They all had lots of questions Like why he didn’t get mad instead And as they listened carefully This is what he said ... It takes a GIANT person Not to let someone get you mad If you let them do this Then surely you‘ll be sad He also told the kids Because he was tiny they would tease That this was something That didn’t make him pleased He said the kids wouldn't have stopped If he had gotten upset So instead he would ignore them And off they all went One day Joe's mother asked him Why he was so quiet He told her he was made fun of And that he didn't like it His mother sadly asked "Oh Joe what did you do" And little Joe answered back "Mom I've learned well from you I ignored them and I didn't fight And so now they leave me alone." With that his mother told him How she thought he'd grown It didn't matter if he was tiny at all To her he was "Giant Joe" And when his mother gave him his nick name His face had a proud glow So you see kids learn from this And be nice to everyone If someone is being mean to you Don't let them think they've won Just walk away and ignore them And they will soon stop It's a lesson I learned long ago Now look at all of the friends I've got |