By Bill Conley
Moral
of the Story:
Doing your homework on your own
helps you grow smarter, stronger, and more confident in what you can do. Asking
for help is okay when you're truly stuck, but letting others do the work for you
means missing out on your own learning. You are more capable than you think,
and each time you finish something by yourself, you build pride and
independence. Homework is your responsibility, and doing it on your own shows
that you're ready to take on big things, one step at a time.
In the pondside village of Lilypad
Lane, there lived a clever little duckling named Daisy.
Daisy loved school. She loved her
teacher, her friends, and especially the art corner.
But when it came to homework, Daisy
had a bad habit.
Every time she was given an
assignment, she’d flap home and ask, “Mom, can you help me?”
Now, asking for help isn’t a bad
thing—but Daisy didn’t just ask for help. She asked her mom to read the
directions, solve the math, and even write out sentences.
Her mom would try to guide her, but
Daisy always said, “It’s too hard. Just tell me the answer!”
One evening, Daisy was assigned a
worksheet on animal habitats. She came home, tossed her backpack on the floor,
and said, “Mom! Can you do this part for me? I don’t get it.”
Mom picked up the paper and said
gently, “I’ll help you—but I won’t do it for you.”
“But I don’t know where frogs live!”
Daisy pouted.
Mom smiled. “Yes, you do. Where did
we see frogs yesterday?”
“In the pond,” Daisy mumbled.
“Exactly. You just needed to try.”
Daisy sighed and filled in the
answer—"pond."
It wasn’t so bad.
But the next night, when math
homework came home, Daisy didn’t even look at the first problem.
“Mom, I can’t do this. What’s 5 +
7?”
Mom handed the pencil back. “You try
first. I’ll check it after.”
Daisy stared at the numbers. Her
head felt foggy. She wanted to give up.
But then she remembered something
her teacher always said: "Your brain grows every time you struggle a
little."
So Daisy counted on her wings…
“Five… plus seven…”
“Twelve!” she shouted.
Mom smiled. “See? You didn’t need me
to tell you. You figured it out all by yourself.”
The next day in class, the teacher
handed Daisy back her worksheet with a shiny star at the top.
“Great effort!” it read. “You’re
learning to think for yourself.”
Daisy blushed with pride.
That afternoon, she sat down to do
her spelling assignment. She tried writing every word before asking for help.
When she wasn’t sure, she looked it up in her word list or sounded it out.
She only asked Mom for help
twice—and only after she had truly tried.
By the end of the week, something
amazing happened.
Homework didn’t feel so scary
anymore.
Daisy realized she didn’t need
someone to do her work—she just needed to believe in herself enough to try.
One night, when her little brother
Dipper waddled up and said, “Can you do my drawing for me?” Daisy shook her
head.
“Nope. I’ll help you get started,
but you need to do your own work. That’s how you learn.”
Dipper pouted. “But it’s hard.”
Daisy smiled. “So was mine. But I
did it. And guess what? You can too.”
From that day on, Daisy became known
as the Homework Hero of Lilypad Lane. She still asked for help when she
really needed it—but not before giving it her very best shot.
She felt smarter, stronger, and more
grown-up than ever.
And every time she saw a blank page,
she didn’t think “I can’t”—she thought, “I can do this… on my own.”
Moral
Poem to End the Story:
Try your best before you seek,
Help from others when answers seem bleak.
You’re clever, capable, and smart—
Let your homework show your brilliant heart!
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