The Little Zebra- Fable

The Little Zebra Once upon a time, there lived a little zebra. He came from a good family that loved him very much; but as the zebra got older he noticed that he looked different, so he went to his mama and asked her why, " Mama, why do I look different from you? My stripes cover my whole body. My stripes are black and white. Your color is just black, and dads is white. Why?" " Son you are the best part of me and your father and we love you very much." " I know that mama, but it's just that when I go around my friends that's like you, they want me to choose sides, and when I'm around my friends that look dad, they want me to choose a side too. I get so confused and I don't know who I am." " The world can be so cruel. They get caught up on the outside forgetting that we are all the same in the inside. The outside is the only difference . But son when it comes to your friends,just be uniquely you. You are a part of me and your daddy mixed. And we both created you. You don't have to choose nothing be you." "Mama, the world wasn't prepared for me, but you sure prepared me for the world. I love you, mama." " I love you too, son. Run along; your dad will be home soon." The End Moral of the story “Know thyself so that when others tell you who they think you are, you won't be confused about who you really are because you already know.” 11/4/19 Resubmitted 02/1/2021 Contest: FABLED MUSINGS Sponsor: Joseph May