Reading Diary B: Aesop for Children (Winter)

Aesop for Children (Winter)

The Bear and the Bees

Bears always tend to have a bit of a temper.  I love this character in the story because this happens so much in reality.  When something really little strikes the temper of someone, it can turn into something so much bigger if not handled properly.  Sometimes people with a bad temper create more problems because of the scene they create from the smaller problem.  The snow ball effect occurs and pretty soon, just like the bear diving into the pool of water after the whole swarm comes, a bigger problem will come with anger. 

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The Fox and the Leopard

The story of the Fox and the Leopard is a great moral lesson, especially in society these days.  So many people are just like the Leopard and get so caught up in what they look like and what they have.  The Fox realizes that there is more to life than having the best and most shiny things and being materialistic.  Some think the most attractive things about people are about what they have but the things you can buy and your outward appearance can always change but having a beautiful inside with the brains and a good personality can take you much further because those are the things you cannot buy. The person with the most attractive clothes or haircut is not always the most well-rounded and attractive person on the inside.

The Cat the Cock, and the Young Mouse

This is the perfect story to portray the moral of never judging a book by its cover.  The poor little mouse had no idea but the animal that looked really scary was in fact the animal that wouldn’t hurt him at all, rather the animal that looked gentle and sweet was the animal that could have eaten him.   There have been many times where I have thought someone looked really nice and friendly and they have actually been the complete opposite or someone that looked really mean and scary at first ended up being a great friend.  You never know the personality of someone or the behaviors of something until you really get to know them.  

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The Mouse and the Weasel

The Weasel really caught my attention in this story because he proves a good lesson.  Although, typically, people would show a little more sympathy, the mouse got exactly what he deserved.  He was eating food that was not his and ate way too much of it to the point that he could no longer fit through the hole he came through.  The weasel made it a point to tell him that he couldn’t help him but that he had to wait until all of his food had digested and he could fit through the hole he entered through again.  Poor little mouse probably learned his lesson about eating and taking more than he needed and I think that is a very important lesson in America today.  Too many people take as much as they possibly can even if they don’t need it.  For some reason we all have this mentality that we need to stock up on resources and food and other things just to get by but in reality, we usually have way too much and we could have given it to other people.