The Ungrateful Son

In the story "The Ungrateful Son" by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm the consequences of being selfish are displayed. In this story a man has a roasted chicken with his wife to eat for dinner. He then saw his father coming and hid the chicken. Because of this when his father left he went to get the hidden chicken and it had turned into a toad. The toad looked at him venomously, he must feed the toad everyday or the toad would feed on his face. This story is a perfect example of the pitfalls of being selfish and ungrateful. If he had shared the chicken with his father he would not have to feed this toad everyday. Being selfish never leads to anything good so there is no benefit to being selfish. Be kind and generous and never selfish because you never know how it will end up for you.