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"I see you miss out on a lot of things you love because of your Imp of Fear, CHAPTER 5
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and that you feel that your classmates are better than you because of him;
sounds very unpleasant". THE CUNNING IMP TRAPS
Said Wizder. On Monday Ms. Beasley announced that an important math test would be
"Exactly!" said Jonathan with great ease as he felt that finally someone held the following week, and then started preparing the class for the test. She
understood him "I hate this imp! I wish he would disappear forever!" wrote an exercise on the blackboard and asked: "Who can solve this?" Jonathan
"Hold it mister, are you sure you'll be able to manage without him? Can you quickly solved it in his head. He so badly wanted to raise his hand and tell the
imagine what would happen to a child who doesn’t have an Imp of Fear?" entire class the solution, but for some reason his hand refused to move. As if
Said Wizder the Observer with a kind smile. someone was holding it down. He wanted to shout that he knew the answer,
but he felt choked and couldn't make a sound. He sat withdrawn in his chair
"Of course," said Jonathan. "He’d be the even when Sharon yelled "I know!" and gave a completely wrong solution…
best!! He wouldn’t be afraid of anything!
Everyone would look up to him… just like
Tommy who's never afraid to play soccer in
the middle of the street, even when trucks 5
drive through there!"
Wizder asked,
"And you think that not being afraid of
trucks is a good thing? Did you know that all
animals in the wild are afraid of something?
Even lions, wolves and the most venomous
snakes.
Fear helps us survive and keeps us safe.
Without fear, wolves would be killed by
lions, lions would be killed by poachers and
snakes would be eaten by eagles…"
Pause for a moment and ask the children – Which imp do you think took control over Jonathan this time?
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