When you give your dog a bone, he wags his tail to thank you. When you give your cat some milk, she purrs and rubs herself against you to thank you. When somebody gives you something, you thank him. Saying thank you is important. It shows that you care about what others do for you. It makes the people whom you thank feel special and loved.

Thanks to a friend

Naveen and Suresh were friends. Suresh’s birthday was few away. Naveen was very excited. He had saved his pocket money for a long time so that he could buy Suresh the color pencil box he liked. The night before Suresh’s birthday, naveen slept late. He wrapped Suresh gift in shiny, colorful paper. He also wrote a nice in the card he had brought for Suresh.

At school Suresh was very happy. There was a crowd of boys wishing him and giving him present. Naveen gave his gifts to Suresh. Suresh took it from him and put it on his desk with the other presents. He then opened all the presents. He thanked all the other boys but forgot to thank naveen. Naveen felt sad and went back to his desk. Soon it was time for class and the children settled down to work. The teacher saw naveen looking sad asked, `what’s wrong?’

`Suresh didn’t even thank me’, said naveen.

The teacher taught them a special lesson that day. It was a poem.

Hearts, like doors, will open with ease,

To two very, very little keys.

Don’t forget that two of these

Are thank you’ and please.

Suddenly, Suresh looked at naveen. He remembered that he had not said `thank you’ to him. He felt very ashamed. At lunch break, Suresh went over to Naveen’s desk with the present and said, `This pencil box is beautiful. I really like it. Thank you. It is my best gift’. Now naveen felt happy and very special.

Understand

When someone gives us a gift or does something for us, we feel happy and special. When we thank them, they too fell special and happy.

We need to thank our family members, teachers and friends for all that they give us and teach us. There are many way to thank people. We can say `thank you’ to them. We can show how grateful we are by giving them a hug or a kiss. We can spend time with them or do something for them in return. We can see even say `thank you’ with flowers or gifts!

We must thank God too for all the happiness and joy in our lives. We must count our blessing and try to be good and kind human beings.