The Book Of Virtues By William J. Bennett

The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett. It was published on November 1, 1993 by Simon and Schuster. It was an anthology edited by William J. Bennett. The book is intended for the moral education of the young and is divided into the different virtues namely self-discipline, compassion, responsibility, friendship, work, courage, perseverance, honesty, loyalty and faith. Bennett has collected tales and stories and compiled it into one book. It was a type of fiction. The authors of each story used invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts. This book is useful for teaching young ages. Many parents can use this to teach their child and I’m sure children’s will like this.
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The characters are King Genghis Khan who didn’t control his enough to not regret his actions later because of very thirsty. He saw a lake but his hawk swooped down again, and knocked it from his hands. The King began to angry and lost his temper and killed it by slashing it across the chest. And the poor hawk laid bleeding and dying at its master's feet. And King began to climb the steep bank to the place from which the water trickled. It was hard work, and the higher he climbed, the thirstier he became. And finally, he reached the place. There indeed was a pool of water; but he don’t know what was that lying in the pool and he notice that it was a viper, a huge, dead snake of the most poisonous kind. He stopped and forgot his thirst. He thought only of the poor dead bird lying on the ground below him. He told to his self that his beloved friend, hawk, save his life from death and regretted on what he repays to his hawk. He learned a lesson that is, “never to do anything in anger." In this story children will learn on how to control their mad. And realizes that angry will not help us; it will only push us to do wrong decisions and make
King Midas was very rich in gold but he is not satisfied on what he has. For him that was not enough, so every morning he find ways or planning ways to get more gold. He had never time to be with his daughter. And then one day, when he went to a place wherein his gold was kept there was a shadow and ask him if he was satisfied on what he has and he replied, "Satisfied?. Of course I'm not. I often lie awake through the long night planning new ways to get more gold. I wish that everything I touch would turn to gold." And the shadow asks him again if he really wish that. And again he replied, ‘’Of course I really wishes that.’’ And the shadow thought that he shall have his wish. And every morning when the first rays of the sun fall through his window he shall have the golden touch." So his wish became true, when everything he touch that will be turn in a gold, a book became gold, a garden, a flower, even his food became gold. Until his daughter came to him crying bitterly because her favorite garden became gold, he told to his father that she doesn’t like them, the roses change in color and smell, she told the roses are not smell’s sweet. The King can’t convince his daughter still she want the flowers alive. The King said to her, "Never mind, eats your breakfast now." But his daughter noticed that her father did not eat his food and look very sad. She