subject: Great Fame Can Not Be Achieved Without Being Honest [print this page] With this story all of you are able to be aware of the importance of integrity which means never lie in the round. The story goes like this. I think each one knows George Washington who is the first president of USA. When he was a child he was a honest kid, so was in his grown-up life. An interesting story happended between he and his father. One day, his father gave him a tiny axe which was new and razor-sharp. You can visualize how happy he was. At the past time, he saw his father made use of the big axe cutting down the big tree, therefore he wanted to cut the small cherry tree to know one thing that was whether the axe was sharp or not. Along with this idea, he looked around and he shortly found a small cherry tree which was shaking in the breeze as if the cherry tree was waving to him and said:"hey, washington, come and try your new axe on me." With small steps, he ran to the cherry tree and cut it down. Then the cherry tree lied on the floor of the garden. Seeing this, he was excited and then he chipped off the leaves. After finishing, he played with the bald tree root in the garden happily and smugly.
In a little while, his father arrived home happily nevertheless when he looked around and discovered the destroyed cherry tree he was mad. Then he asked his son:"Good boy, tell me who cuts down the tree?" Washington was regreful and understood he might be beat by his father. Nonetheless, he did not plan to lie to his father, then he told to his father determinedly that:"It is me who cut the tree down, I just want to figure out whether the axe is sharp or not." His father did not beat him after knowing the fact, and instead, his father hugged him tightly and said gladly:"My good son, I perfer losing thousands of cherry trees in order to make you tell the fact." His father forgave him instantly and told him not to cut the cherry tree any more. With this small event, Washington kept his father's words deeply in his mind from now on and with his great efforts, he finally grew to be the first president of USA. He leart by heart this valuable charater everlastingly and never lied in his existence.
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