wooden bowls

Wooden Bowls
The story "Wooden Bowls" teaches you a lesson about treating others the way you want to be treated, the golden rule. The couple in this story do not care how their grandfather feels when he eats alone. They only care about the frustration they will have to go through when they clean up the scraps he drops. The couple is being selfish and do not care even when the grandfather has tears. Suddenly when they find out they are teaching their son that you should eat apart from your family, they see how harsh and rude they are being to the grandfather. Their son puts them in their grandfather's place and they realize what they have been doing over cleaning up a couple of scraps. This story relates to CARES because the couple feels empathetic towards the grandfather at the end of the story. They don't care how the grandfather feels eating all by himself but they care about the mess the will have to clean up. They want to set a better example for their son and they felt bad about how cruel they were, then they feel empathetic. The couple then starts as a family again without worrying about cleaning up the scraps . This story is connected to CARES because the couple feels empathetic.