The Aesop (Winter) unit was definitely a different change of pace from reading Cupid & Psyche
earlier in the week. I really enjoyed how there were so many different stories
to read. The first story or fable that really captured my attention was The Travelers and the Purse. It was very short, but also very interesting. The
story really pointed out that both the traveler’s should have rights to have
found the purse, but the one who initially found the purse was not happy about
that. It was crazy that as soon as he might be in trouble for finding the
purse, he started saying “we.” It really goes to show that you can’t have it
both ways. You pick “I” or “we,” and stick with it, not change your mind as
soon as something goes wrong.
The
second story I really enjoyed was The Wolf and His Shadow. This particular
story seemed quite morbid, but it definitely had a good lesson attached to it.
It was very short and to the point. The wolf thought so much of his huge
shadow, and that shielded him from thinking rationally. He believed that since
his shadow was so huge, that nothing, not even a lion, could take him down. Oh,
how that wolf was wrong. In the end of this story, the lion’s shadow takes over
the wolf and his shadow. I bet you could probably guess what happens to the
wolf next… People really shouldn’t let their ego let them forget what is really
happening in the world.
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