Category: Manipulation
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The Outgoing Ostrich
The Characteristics Of Extroverts Tend To Be Those Of Natural-Born Leaders. Adopting These Will Often Serve A Person Well, Particularly In Social Situations The Outgoing Ostrich It is because they are among the wisest animals one is likely to come across that the forest’s creatures meet every two years and elect three owls to be…
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The Negotiating Newt
You Can’t Avoid Conflict But You Can Temper Its Effect With Negotiation and Compromise From time to time, Clara would pass an entire day with Aris which often resulted in Clara tagging along as Aris called on his neighbours, ran errands and completed his housework.While you or I might not relish the idea of spending…
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The Monkey Who Mimicked
Want To Click With Someone? It’s As Easy As Mirroring and Matching Despite the chill in the air, it was, perhaps, the most beautiful night of the year. As the first snowfall of the season began to blanket the forest, it did so under the watchful eyes of the moon, Clara and Aris. The two…
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The Lions Who Led
Don’t Try To Change Everyone’s Mind – Work On Convincing The People Whose Opinion Can Quickly Gain A Solid Foothold Clara could be quite purposeful when there was something that she really wanted. And so, once Clara had made up her mind to run for president of her class, she immediately turned to her friend…
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The Kingly Koala
If You Can Make Someone Believe Something, They’ll Ignore Whatever Casts A Doubt On What They Believe To Be True Day broke and a graceful Aris soared high above a frost-covered forest, admiring what he surveyed below. As he flew through a clearing, Aris was surprised to see his young bear friend Clara roaming about. …
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The Irate Iguana
When All Else Fails, Try Getting Your Point Across With An Intense Display Of Emotion “You don’t like your teacher very much do you?” Aris asked Clara one morning as they sat chatting by a cool pond. “Whyever do you think that?” Clara replied matter of factly. Truth be told, Clara was rather surprised that…
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The Helpful Hedgehog
Make Them Want To Give You Whatever It Is You Want To Take As she turned the corner on the path leading to Aris’s house, Clara was astonished to come upon a mountain of parcels teetering to and fro, all neatly wrapped and decorated with the most ingenious bows imaginable. As she peered closer, Clara…
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The Fatigued Fox
Don’t Undervalue The Importance Of Idleness “What are you doing here?” Aris exclaimed upon seeing Clara walking towards his house one afternoon following school. Clara, normally a welcome visitor, was surprised by Aris’ comment. “I didn’t know that it wasn’t a good time to visit,” she blurted out. “It’s just that I wanted to see…
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The Eagle Who Enticed
Rational Informed Choices Are Not Always What They Appear To Be Aris was quite surprised to see Clara’s father, a rather large and imposing brown bear, strolling slowly towards his house, accompanied by an ever-chattering Clara. Once they were within earshot, Aris let out a loud hoot. Recognizing his “Hello”, Clara sprinted towards Aris while…
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The Charming Crocodile
The Most Likable And Interesting People Have A Lasting Effect On Everyone Else Clara happened upon quite a commotion as she arrived at Aris’ home one morning. The surrounding trees teemed with owls of every age, size and colour and the sound of their hoots was utterly deafening. The one constant among all this chaos…
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The Broken Butterfly
Your Appearance Influences Others More Than You May Know Had he not been so tightly wedged in amongst its branches, Aris would most certainly have tumbled to the ground as a result of a young bear’s vigorously shaking a tree that had seemed, up until that point, an ideal resting place. While this type of…
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The Ant Who Asked
Getting What You Want Can Sometimes Be This Simple Every story needs a beginning, and a rather good place to begin this story is by telling you about the time when Clara, a small bear who often found that the world was a peculiar place filled with puzzling people, met Aris, one of the forest’s…