Children Stories about Rabbit: Lend You a Little Courage
Daddy Rabbit and Mommy Rabbit were at their wit’s end. Why? Because Little Rabbit was too timid. She didn’t dare go to the bathroom alone, sleep alone, or even go from the living room to the kitchen by herself…
Mommy said, “There’s nothing in the bathroom. Look, I’ll go to the bathroom right now!” She walked from the living room to the bathroom alone, and after a while, she came out and said, “See, I’m perfectly fine. Nothing happened!”
Little Rabbit shook her head, “I’m too scared. I’m not brave enough.”
Daddy said, “Tonight, I’ll sleep in a room by myself to show you!”
The next morning, Daddy came to Little Rabbit and said, “Look, I slept alone last night, and nothing happened!”
Little Rabbit shook her head, “I’m scared. You’re grown-ups, you’re braver.”
Daddy Rabbit and Mommy Rabbit didn’t know what to do. They thought and thought until Daddy Rabbit suddenly had an idea. “I’ve got it!” he exclaimed.
Daddy Rabbit said to Little Rabbit, “How about this: Mommy and I will lend you some of our courage. When you become braver, you can return the courage we lent you.”
“Really? That’s great! Thank you, Mommy and Daddy!” Little Rabbit said excitedly. “But how do you lend it?”
“When you’re napping, we’ll put our courage into your head,” Daddy Rabbit explained.
In the afternoon, after Little Rabbit woke up from her nap, Daddy Rabbit and Mommy Rabbit said, “Just now, we put our courage into your head. Now, your courage is even bigger than ours! If you don’t believe it, go to the bathroom by yourself and see!”
Little Rabbit hesitated but walked alone to the bathroom. After a while, she came out and said, “My courage really has grown! There’s really nothing in the bathroom!”
“Of course,” Mommy Rabbit said. “Why don’t you try going to the kitchen?”
Little Rabbit walked alone into the kitchen, and when she came out, she said, “I wasn’t scared of the kitchen either. My courage really has grown!”
That night, for the first time, Little Rabbit slept alone all night. The next morning, she ran out of her bedroom, shouting happily, “Sleeping alone isn’t scary at all!”
Daddy Rabbit and Mommy Rabbit smiled at each other. Daddy Rabbit said, “Actually, courage isn’t something you can lend; there’s no way to borrow it. We didn’t lend you any courage; it’s just that your own courage was already big enough!”
Little Rabbit widened her eyes, “Really? So my courage was big all along, I just never dared to try…”
“Exactly!” Daddy Rabbit said. “Now, let me ask you this: Do you dare to go to the bathroom alone?”
“Dare!” Little Rabbit answered loudly.
“Do you dare to go to the kitchen alone?”
“Dare!”
“Do you dare to sleep alone?”
“Dare!”
And you, little one, do you dare?
Thank you for reading! ” Sitestorys “