The Lazy Boy

This is the story of a kid named Jake, who is known for his laziness. He is always the last person to finish his schoolwork, and always gets reprimanded by his teacher. This, however, doesn’t bother him at all. Jake has never played sports in his life. Instead, he prefers sleep- ing on his bed. Jake always takes a shortcut for any work he does, whether it be doing school work, helping his parents, or doing the chores and his laundry. Jake’s parents do not like his lazy behaviour and they are very disappointed in him.

Jake’s school decides to take the students for a trek, high up the hills. Jake and his classmates receive the news about the trek, and Jake’s classmates are very excited but on the other hand, Jake is very unhappy. After school hours, he is at home, sitting in his bedroom thinking about what he can do to avoid going to school tomorrow because he is too lazy to go on a trek, high up the hills. Jake thinks to himself, “I can tell my parents that I have a stomach ache tomorrow and I won’t have to go to school.” Jake makes a plan to avoid going to school and goes to sleep. It is the next day, and Jake’s mom enters his bedroom to wake him up. He explains to his mom that he has a stomach ache, and is successful in fooling his mom.

Now, he doesn’t need to go to school. Later, the same eve- ning, Jake is using his phone and he sees a lot of pictures of his class- mates having fun on that trek. Jake is now jealous of them and has realised that he shouldn’t have been lazy, and instead, should have worked hard and should have been active just as the other students.

That day, he realises what he should have done instead of being lazy. He makes a promise to himself that he will never be lazy again and will work hard, and be active. That day he decided to improve and become good at his studies. His parents are now very happy and proud of Jake. The moral of the story- You should always be active and hardworking instead of lazy, to succeed in life.