The Little Digger

Every morning when Mr. Larkin went to work he had to walk past a building site.  There were mounds of earth, lots of machinery and a wooden fence there and so Mr. Larkin had to make a detour around the site and this annoyed him so much that he would mutter to himself, "Stupid building site!" It's such a nuisance! Makes me go out of my way!"

On the building site there was a little digger, who heard Mr. Larkin complaining everyday.  "Soon there'll be a beautiful new house here, why does the complain so much?" wondered the digger to itself.

So the next time Mr. Larkin went past, the little digger decided he would teach him a lesson.  The digger lifted Mr. Larkin up into the air by his shirt collar.  "Let go of me, let go!" searched Mr. Larkin.  But the little digger swung him round and round the building site before putting him down on the ground.  Once on firm land again, Mr. Larkin straightened out his suit, picked up his briefcase and set off for work at once.

From then on he never again complained when he had to make detour around a building site.  He had learnt his lesson well!