She discovered it was easier to hold her temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Nails fence post story.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.
His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
Over the next few weeks as he learned to control his anger the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.
The fence will never be the same.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.
His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
When you say things in anger they leave a scar just like this one.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
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To drive the point home further here is the story of the nail in a fence while you might have seen it before it is worth reading again.
His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
He said you have done well my son but look at the holes in the fence.
His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The boy s father wanted to teach him a lesson so he gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper he must hammer a nail into their wooden fence.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.
On the first day of this lesson the little boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.
When you say things in anger they leave a scar just like this one.
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.
Finally the day came when the boy didn t lose his temper at all.
The the nail in the fence.
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Nails in the fence.
There once was a young boy with a very bad temper.
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There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.
The nails in the fence.
The fence story author unknown.
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.
Positive inspirational attitude stories the nails in the fence.
The fence will never be the same.
The father then asked the son to hammer a nail into the back of the fence every time he lost his temper going forward.
Over the next few weeks as he learned to control his anger a bit the number of nails hammered daily gradually started.
He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.