It was a sunny Monday morning. Tim and his friends were on their way to school as they always did. They also played, they told each other jokes. Sometimes, they made some practical jokes too. They had loads of fun and they, of course, laughed a lot too.
On the way to school, there used to be a house with a big garden. They walked past this house gate every single day.
One day, while they were walking, Tim stopped suddenly. He had heard a nasty growl behind him.
He turned pale. He was as white as Count Dracula. He turned around very slowly. To his biggest surprise, he saw a huge and terrifying dog. It was black. The dog was slobbering and looked at tim in the eyes. He and his friends started running without looking back. They ran for their lives.
On the next street corner Tim's friends stopped. They were panting. Tim didn't stop running. He kept on running until he arrived at school. His friends couldn't stop laughing. "Tim might have peed down his trousers." One of them said.
At school everybody heard about the story. Everybody started laughing too. Tim became a joke. He became the talk of the town. Poor Tim.
On the next day, Tim's dad followed him to school. He needed to go to the bank. The bank was next to the school. Tim would rather go with his friends but, since dad was going, there was no need to wait for his friends.
On the way to school, Tim was taking the detour he was now used to. His father stopped him. He said he was in a big hurry and there was no time to go trough another street. Tim's daddy didn't know the story. He did't know why Tim didn't want to take that street. Suddenly, his father got the fright of his life.
While they were going past the house the dog turned up at the gate. The dog growled and shook the gate, making all of that noise sound like the world was falling apart. At the same time the owner of the dog popped up. The owner also turned up out of the blue. Tim's dad was trembling. My father looked scared and embarrassed.
"Sorry, I hope my dog didn't scare you." Said the man. He then threw the dog a biscuit and, as a magic trick, the dog looked as sweet as a rabbit. "He is just a hungry dog, that's all! Give him a treat and you can even pat him on the head." Tim tried it and it was true. The dog was as sweet as a puppy with the treat. Tim's dad said goodbye and rushed to the bank.
Going to school with his dad was really worthwhile to Tim. Now he knew a precious trick. Now he had a plan.
On the next Tim and his friends were going to school. But, instead of taking the detour, Tim made sure to go past the dog's gate. Tim's friends kept looking from a certain distance. They couldn't believe their eyes. They didn't understand why Tim was going past the gate. Suddenly, they saw Tim in front of the house gate. Tim stopped in front of the gate. "What is going with tim?" His friends said to each other. It was unbelievable, Tim was face to face with the dog. Tim was not only face to face with the dog, he was also patting the dog on the head. His friends didn't know about the biscuit trick. They were only impressed with Tim's bravery.
They all arrive at school. Tim becomes the talk of the town. Tim becomes the boy's hero.
Tim's conclusion: Knowledge is everything.
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