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A Hole in The Fence

A boy had a bad temper and would angrily scold others, hurting them with his words. His father had him hammer a nail into a fence every time he lost his temper to help him learn to control his anger. Over time, as the boy lost his temper less, fewer nails were hammered into the fence. Eventually no nails were added for several days. His father then had him remove nails as he continued controlling his anger. A few nails remained that could not be pulled out, leaving holes in the fence as a reminder that angry words can permanently damage relationships like physical wounds remain. The father taught the boy that words should be used to build others up with love and kindness.

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A Hole in The Fence

A boy had a bad temper and would angrily scold others, hurting them with his words. His father had him hammer a nail into a fence every time he lost his temper to help him learn to control his anger. Over time, as the boy lost his temper less, fewer nails were hammered into the fence. Eventually no nails were added for several days. His father then had him remove nails as he continued controlling his anger. A few nails remained that could not be pulled out, leaving holes in the fence as a reminder that angry words can permanently damage relationships like physical wounds remain. The father taught the boy that words should be used to build others up with love and kindness.

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A Hole in the Fence

In a small village, a little boy lived with his parents. The boy was quick to anger and
taunt others with his words. His bad temper made him use words that hurt others. He
scolded neighbours, kids, and even his friends due to his anger and everyone started
avoiding him. His parents advised him many times to control his anger and develop
kindness. Unfortunately, all their attempts failed.

Finally, the boy's father came up with an idea. The father gave him a bag of nails and
asked him to hammer one nail into the fence every time he got angry. The little boy
found it interesting and accepted the task. Every time he lost his temper, he ran to the

fence and hammered a nail.  His anger drove


him to hammer nails to the fence almost 30 times the first day.

As the days passed, the number of nails hammered on the fence started reducing. The
little boy found it difficult to hammer the nails and decided to control his temper.
Gradually the number of nails hammered to the fence reduced drastically and the day
arrived when no nail was hammered to the fence.

The boy did not lose his temper that whole day and for the next several days he did
not lose his temper. So, he didn’t need to hammer any nails to the fence. Now, his
father told him to remove the nails each time he controlled his anger.

Several days passed and the boy was able to remove most of the nails from the fence.
However, there remained few nails that could not be pulled out.
The boy told his father about it.  Father
appreciated that and asked the boy pointing to a hole “what do you see there?”. The
boy replied “a hole in the fence”.

"Now do you see what your anger does?" asked the father.The boy gave a confused
look.

So, the father continued "The nails were your bad temper and they were hammered on
people. You can remove the nails but the holes in the fence remain. The fence will
never look the same. It has scars all over. Some nails cannot even be pulled out. You
can stab a man with a knife and say sorry later, but the wound will remain there
forever. Your bad temper and angry words were like that! Words are more painful
than physical abuse. Use words for good purposes. Use words to grow relationships.
Use words to show love and kindness in your heart".

The boy realized his mistakes and did not repeat them

Moral of a hole in the fence story


Unkind words cause lasting damage. So let our words be kind and sweet.

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