The parable of the toys
Once upon a time
a naughty little boy
stole a beautiful toy
from the nursery.
It didn't belong to him,
he just marched right in
with his toy soldiers
and he took it.
The other children were upset
but pretended not to be,
so that after a while
they kidded themselves
that they didn't like the toy
and they didn't want it anyway.
Years passed by
and when the naughty boy
realised that the other children
were not going to do anything,
except stamp their feet
and pretend they were a bit cross,
he stole another toy.
Then, when nobody still did anything,
he stole another and another
and he kept on stealing
until there were no more toys
left in the nursery
and all the children cried.
The naughty little boy-
well, he had all the toys in the nursery
but no one would play with him
because he was a bully,
so he cried too.
Thanks. It’s awful. A difficult subject to write about. What courage that Ukranian president is showing. Leading by example. Don’t you just wish that we had leaders like that?
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What a lovely and timely parabel ! Love it!
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Thank you, Mr G!
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I fear it’s only a matter of time before the naughty boy is looking for other toys.
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Exactly that, Mr B.
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Yes and he probably has his sights set on Moldova and Belarus
God help Latvia too
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It is a very worrying situation. 😒
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ha ha, serves him right!
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Not sure he has it in him to cry. Besides he can always invite his friends Donald, Xi and Jong Un over.
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Then they would only squabble over the toys! 😂
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The new world Disorder.
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Unfortunately. yes. 😒
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Super. For a moment, I thunk you was going after Pewtin.
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No idea why you thought I was writing about that individual. No idea at all. Honest!
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Dauph! Meds. The little white one, please.
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okey-dokey!
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I fear he is like Smaug (The Hobbit) he will sit on top of his toys and gloat.
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He is, undoubtedly, a global problem!
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This one belongs in your book.
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Thank you. I must have two or three now. 🌹
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That’s wonderful Hobbo. What a mess it all is.
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Thanks. It’s awful. A difficult subject to write about. What courage that Ukranian president is showing. Leading by example. Don’t you just wish that we had leaders like that?
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Yeah it’s grim isn’t it. Oh man Boris would leg it and tell us all to fight
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And a few more would follow Boris!
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The lot of em!
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Ha ha ha. Yes, you are probably right.
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