The Whistle
By: Benjamin Franklin
When Benjamin Franklin was seven years old he was given some coppers and told that he could spend them on anything that he liked.
He came from a large family with lots of brothers and sisters and so money was never something that was offered often.
On this particular day, Benjamin Franklin was excited and rushed off to the toy shop to spend his pennies. On the way there he met a boy playing a whistle and was so taken by the sound that it made that he offered all of his coppers for it.
When he got home, his family soon made him aware that he had paid far too much for the whistle and that he could have bought four times as many. This upset Benjamin Franklin so much so that he lost all pleasure in the whistle, but it taught him a valuable lesson.
Theme: The theme of the story is care, money, family and sacrifice
Lesson: The lesson of the story is Dont waste too much money for unnessesary things
Did I like the story? Why or Why not?
Yes, I like the story. I like the story because the story told that dont waste a money. Don't be irresponsible to buy anything things.
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Ficción históricaWilliam Wordsworth Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Robert Frost Benjamin Franklin Hector Hugh Munro
