THE BIG WHEEL
Divide the group into four smaller groups and assign each group one of the words listed below. Read the story. After each of the words is read pause for the group to make the appropriate response
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BIG WHEEL |
"Spin, Spin" |
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AIRPLANES |
"Zooooooooooooom" |
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CANOE |
"Paddle, Paddle" |
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CARS |
"Rattle, Rattle, Bang" |
Man has invented many different things which go and has provided him with transportation down through the years. The Indian made his CANOE ___ which took him from place to place and served his purpose well. Men like Henry Ford invented CARS ___ which today are the most popular form of transportation. There were men like the Wright Brothers who pioneered the invention of the AIRPLANE ___. And then there is a group of people called the BIG WHEEL ___ who really don't go anyplace or do anything, but they like to feel important.
This story is about one of those BIG WHEELS ___ who just sat and spun his wheels and felt so important while he was doing nothing at all. Everyone around him was working on new and better types of CANOES ___, designing new and more efficient CARS ___ and designing and testing new and faster AIRPLANES ___. But our BIG WHEEL ___ just sat around feeling important, not doing anything to help anybody, while everyone else was doing the work.
Somehow he always seemed to get by and fool people into thinking that he was important because everyone around him was making progress. The BIG WHEEL ___ depended on their brains and energy to make him look good. Finally one day, something happened that changed things overnight for the BIG WHEEL ___.
Everyone who had been working on the CANOES ___, the CARS ___, and the AIRPLANES ___ decided it was time to teach the BIG WHEEL ___ a lesson. The were tired of him doing nothing except acting important. So they all became very busy and didn't pay any attention to him. When something came up, the BIG WHEEL ___ found he couldn't rely on the others to answer questions and make him look important. Finally the BIG WHEEL ___ realized that he could not accomplish anything without help from others. He realized he was making no contribution to the world at all. He was just sitting there spinning his wheels, while the others accomplished a lot on CANOES ___, CARS ___, and AIRPLANES ___. BIG WHEEL ___ felt very bad.
It was a terrible feeling when BIG WHEEL ___ finally realized something he should have know all along. If you're going to get anyplace in this world, you can't expect other people to do all the work. You must learn to do your part and paddle your own CANOE ___.
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