About animals, morals and folk stories
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 5:23 pmAnimal characteristics.
We often associate some ability adjectives comparing with some animal characteristics (Usually we use the same adjectives like the examples in the unit).
A bull is brave and strong; a cat is independent; a dog is faithful; a hen is cowardly; a goat is crazy, for example.
A moral for the story “The Eagle and the Tortoise”
Friendship is something very valuable and you can’t play with it. Maybe you can be a powerful person, but this is not necessarily a characteristic to be a good person. Respecting for the other makes the other respect you: dignity. You can't buy it and you can't fool anybody without fooling yourself.
Continuing a story.
One night, an owl was sitting in a tree when he saw a mouse walking along a path below him. The mouse was moving along the path like somebody searching for something he can’t find going up and down all the time. The owl felt curiosity and asked the mouse about what he was looking for...
We often associate some ability adjectives comparing with some animal characteristics (Usually we use the same adjectives like the examples in the unit).
A bull is brave and strong; a cat is independent; a dog is faithful; a hen is cowardly; a goat is crazy, for example.
A moral for the story “The Eagle and the Tortoise”
Friendship is something very valuable and you can’t play with it. Maybe you can be a powerful person, but this is not necessarily a characteristic to be a good person. Respecting for the other makes the other respect you: dignity. You can't buy it and you can't fool anybody without fooling yourself.
Continuing a story.
One night, an owl was sitting in a tree when he saw a mouse walking along a path below him. The mouse was moving along the path like somebody searching for something he can’t find going up and down all the time. The owl felt curiosity and asked the mouse about what he was looking for...