Once upon a time there was a grape on a grape vine. This grape’s name was Ted, and he was very small compared to his vine mates. All the other grapes made fun of him and hurt his feelings because of his small stature. Ted soon grew very sad and wished he was bigger than all the other grapes, so that he could show them a lesson. Days passed and nights fell and Ted stayed the same size as all the other grapes grew bigger.
One day however, Ted and the other grapes’ vine got picked up. All the grapes were stripped off of the vine… except for Ted. Ted was left on the vine because of his small size. Ted then watched in horror as his vine mates were put onto a platform to be sun dried into raisins or smashed to a pulp for juice. His vine mates were being tortured and he couldn’t save them… but he thought to himself all the times he had been harassed by all the other grapes, for the very reason in which they were taken for. He then chuckled to himself and went on with life. Ted was eventually disposed of to an outside garden. Ted took a liking to the garden. It was very lively and comforting. Ted decided he would live in this garden and submerged himself deep within the rich soil.
The little seeds inside of Ted however started to react when he went underground. Ted started to take root in his newly founded home. He began to absorb all kinds of nutrients from the surrounding ground and started to grow. He became very very big. But he no longer looked like a grape, but like a vine!
Soon afterwords Ted was having grapes grow on him and he was very proud. He looks back on the days of him being harassed by the bigger grapes, and he gets a good laughs out of it. Because he came to realize… being the smallest grape isn’t really all that bad.
~Moral of the story: No matter how small you are in life, if you surround yourself with what makes you happy, you will be big in your world and in those closest to you.
