Nova was a clever girl. She was popular among her friends. One day, when Nova went to play, her friends seemed upset. She asked them what the matter was. Her friends said, “Nova, there’s a bully in our neighbourhood. He has asked us to count the trees in the nearby forest. He will pay us a penny for each tree. But if we fail to count the trees, we have to give some money to the bully.” Nova had an idea. She said, “Let’s go to the forest.” After counting a hundred trees, Nova and her friends went to the bully. They told her, “There are two hundred trees in the forest. Pay us a penny for every tree we counted.” The bully’s mother saw her when she was handing out the money to Nova and her friends. She scolded the bully for being so rude. The bully never troubled Nova and her friends again.
Nova and the Bully
