The Lion and the Ass
One day as the Lion walked proudly down a forest aisle, and the animals respectfully made way for him, an Ass brayed a scornful remark as he passed.
The Lion felt a flash of anger. But when he turned his head and saw who had spoken, he walked quietly on. He would not honor the fool with even so much as a stroke of his claws.
Do not resent the remarks of a fool. Ignore them.
Thoughts
More lions! Sorry I can't stop. They are everywhere in Aesop fables and I usually like their stories most. Is that because the lions are in the stories that I keep picking these lion stories or is it because the morals are usually better? Who knows haha. Winters' fables were easier to read than English and Jacobs. They were just more simple english than the others. This particular story is all about the moral. Makes me think of like a prissy Nicki Minaj diva type walking with their chin high and their ass higher and basically saying bow down peasants with her body type haha. That was the lion in this one, but he obviously does it more majestically. Im a boss ass b***h playing in the background haha.
The Wolf & His Shadow
A Wolf left his lair one evening in fine spirits and an excellent appetite. As he ran, the setting sun cast his shadow far out on the ground, and it looked as if the wolf were a hundred times bigger than he really was.
"Why," exclaimed the Wolf proudly, "see how big I am! Fancy me running away from a puny Lion! I'll show him who is fit to be king, he or I."
Just then an immense shadow blotted him out entirely, and the next instant a Lion struck him down with a single blow.
Do not let your fancy make you forget realities.
Thought
"Why," exclaimed the Wolf proudly, "see how big I am! Fancy me running away from a puny Lion! I'll show him who is fit to be king, he or I."
Just then an immense shadow blotted him out entirely, and the next instant a Lion struck him down with a single blow.
Do not let your fancy make you forget realities.
Thought
This stories moral is very similar to an Aesop fable in which a boy mocks a wolf from atop a roof. It is similar in that the puny boy and the puny wolf both are overconfident arrogant things. The boy was safe atop the roof, the wolf wasn't so lucky and paid for his foolishness. In my rewrite of the boy and the wolf I actually make the boy fall off and pay for his remarks. I hadn't even read this story yet before making mine play out so similarly. I thought that was pretty dope!
Hi Michael, did you look at the information for Week 4? The choices for reading this week are MIddle Eastern and Indian stories:
ReplyDeleteMiddle East - India / Weeks 4 and 5
So you can count this for the extra reading this week on Thursday, but for the actual reading you need to choose something from the Middle East or India. Since you like Aesop, I bet you would like the Jataka Tales!