Reading Notes: Aesop Fables B (Winter)
The Peacock and the Crane
"The useful is of much more importance and value, than the ornamental."
This story is about a Peacock is who is vain and thinks his feathers make him better than everyone else, but then he meets a crane and realizes his feathers are no good since they do not allow him to fly.
The Astrologer
"Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves."
A man who studies the sky walks following the stars until he falls into a mudhole, he realizes that worrying about the future is no good if it makes you ignore what is happening now.
The Bat and the Weasels
"Set your sails with the wind."
A weasel thought the bat was a mouse and went to eat it, but the bat used its wings to convince the weasel that it was a bird and it escaped. Later the bat came upon another weasel who thought it was a bird so the bat convinced the weasel that it was a mouse since it had no feathers and got away again.
The Lark and her Young Ones
"Self-help is the best help."
A Lark created a nest in a wheat field. One day her children heard the farmer say that the wheat was ripe and that he would ask his neighbors for help to harvest it. The worried children told the lark that the wheat was to be harvested but she said not to worry. Some time later, the children heard the farmer say that the wheat was getting too ripe and he could not wait for help any longer so he would have to harvest by himself. The children again told their mother and she told the children they would have to leave immediately because when someone decided to do something themselves, it would get done without delay.
Bibliography: The Aesop for Children, with illustrations by Milo Winter (1919).
Image Info: The night sky, Pixabay
"The useful is of much more importance and value, than the ornamental."
This story is about a Peacock is who is vain and thinks his feathers make him better than everyone else, but then he meets a crane and realizes his feathers are no good since they do not allow him to fly.
"Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves."
A man who studies the sky walks following the stars until he falls into a mudhole, he realizes that worrying about the future is no good if it makes you ignore what is happening now.
The Bat and the Weasels
"Set your sails with the wind."
A weasel thought the bat was a mouse and went to eat it, but the bat used its wings to convince the weasel that it was a bird and it escaped. Later the bat came upon another weasel who thought it was a bird so the bat convinced the weasel that it was a mouse since it had no feathers and got away again.
The Lark and her Young Ones
"Self-help is the best help."
A Lark created a nest in a wheat field. One day her children heard the farmer say that the wheat was ripe and that he would ask his neighbors for help to harvest it. The worried children told the lark that the wheat was to be harvested but she said not to worry. Some time later, the children heard the farmer say that the wheat was getting too ripe and he could not wait for help any longer so he would have to harvest by himself. The children again told their mother and she told the children they would have to leave immediately because when someone decided to do something themselves, it would get done without delay.
Bibliography: The Aesop for Children, with illustrations by Milo Winter (1919).
Image Info: The night sky, Pixabay
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