Boy and his monkey JoJo walked through a sunny field of colorful flowers. JoJo hopped excitedly from one flower to another, his small brown tail swishing with joy. "Look, Boy! This yellow one smells so sweet," JoJo said, pointing to a bright daisy. Boy knelt down beside his friend and took a gentle sniff of the pretty flower.

The Special Flower

"Can we take it home?" JoJo asked, reaching for the flower's stem. Boy gently stopped his monkey friend with a soft touch. "If we pick it, it won't live long," Boy explained kindly. "We can visit it every day and watch it grow." JoJo looked sad but nodded, understanding his friend's wisdom.

A Lesson in Patience

A few days later, they returned to find their special flower brown and drooping. "Our flower died anyway!" cried JoJo, tears welling in his big eyes. "We should have picked it when it was pretty!" Boy hugged his upset friend close. "This isn't the end, JoJo," he whispered, pointing to tiny seeds falling from the flower.

The Withered Flower

When spring returned, Boy and JoJo raced to their special spot in the field. "Boy, look!" JoJo gasped, pointing at a patch of yellow flowers growing where their single flower had been. JoJo danced around the new blooms, his face bright with understanding. "Now I see," JoJo said, "nature knows what it's doing all along."

Nature's Promise

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Jojo

A small boy walks through a field of flowers with his monkey.  The monkey stops to smell the flower and asks the boy to smell it too.  The monkey wants to pick the flower and take it home, but the boy explains they should leave the flower and admire it each time they walk by.  The monkey sadly agrees.  When they walk by again a few days later the flower has withered and died and the monkey is very upset.  The monkey believes they should have taken the flower home.  The boy explains the death of the flower is not the end.  It will spread it's seeds and even more flowers will bloom next Spring.  The monkey is skeptical and sad.  The next Spring the boy and the monkey see the flowers blooming in the same spot the other flower had died.  The monkey was very excited and now understood that nature should be admired and left to keep growing and expanding.