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10 10 FEELINGS
FEELINGS
"I've learned that people will forge
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will t what you said, people will
forge
forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made t what you did, but people will never forget how you made
—Maya Angelou
them feel." —Maya Angelou
them feel."
Human beings
Human beings experienceexperience different emotions, called ‘feelings’. different emotions, called ‘feelings’.
These feelings can be positive or negative, such as happiness, joy, sadness, or eelings can be positive or negative, such as happiness, joy, sadness, or
These f
anger. .
anger
While we can we can experience experience negative emotions like anger, we must understand negative emotions like anger, we must understand
While
ho
how to w to expressexpress correctly. It is not right to hit someone when you are angry. correctly. It is not right to hit someone when you are angry.
One day, Rani was taking a walk in the park. There y, Rani was taking a walk in the park. There
One da
were many birds and flowers, which made her smile. ere many birds and flowers, which made her smile.
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She sa
She saw a puppy playing in the grass, and started playing w a puppy playing in the grass, and started playing
with it.
with it.
She f
She felt so happy, but it was getting dark. Rani elt so happy, but it was getting dark. Rani
was alone and
was alone and scaredscared. She forgot about the . She forgot about the
pupp
puppy, and started running. Suddenly she fell y, and started running. Suddenly she fell
down, hurting her leg and started crying.wn, hurting her leg and started crying.
do
Her mother came rushingrushing to her. Mother to her. Mother
Her mother came
ask
asked, ed, “What happened?What happened?” Rani told her, Rani told her,
“I was happy, then scared, and then sad.I was happy, then scared, and then sad.”
Mother said, “You felt so many feelings You felt so many feelings
Mother said,
toda
today!y!”
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