THE OTHER The other side SIDE KhomThong Rungsawang
Illustrated By: Yi-Ting Hsiao Colored By: Dulyapht Sriyeefung Pitchaporn Srirattanapong
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Once there was a little boy who loved playing in his garden. He loved his garden with its roses and daisies and tulips. Everyday the boy played in his garden, and everyday the garden made him happy. Once there was a little boy
who loved playing in his garden. He loved his garden with its roses and daisies and tulips.
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Then one day the boy noticed another boy playing in a garden on the other side of his fence. The boy looked to be having more fun than he was.
The garden was greener than his, the roses were prettier, the tulips were better, the daisies smelled nicer.
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The little boy was jealous of the other boy. The little boy wanted to cross the fence.
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The little boy walked up to his fence and put his hands on it. He began to climb, going up to the top and over it, conquering his obstacle.
The little boy drops into the other boy’s garden, unnoticed.
The little boy walked up to his fence and put his hands on it. He began to climb, going up to the top and over it, conquering his obstacle.
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But the little boy is not happy, the grass is harder than his, it hurts his feet.
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The tulips grew wildly and not in order like his. The daisies didn’t have purple tips on them like the ones in his garden.
The roses have thorns sharper than his and hurt his fingers.
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But the little boy is not happy, the grass is harder than his, it hurts his feet.
The little boy made a mistake, and did not like the garden on the other side of the fence, he instead wished that he was back in his own garden, playing.
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The little boy then turned back to the fence, once again climbing his obstacle and landed over back in his own garden.
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The little boy was relieved to be back in his own place, and plays and has more fun than he ever had, keeping the mistake he made behind him.