Reading Diary B: Aesop's Fables

Reading Diary B

Birds, Part 1

• In the story The Crow and The Pitcher, the bird could not reach the little water the pitcher had so it threw pebbles until it was able to.
• Even though he did it multiple times little by little did the trick
• In the story The Peacock and Juno, the peacock wanted the voice of a nightingale in addition to what it already had
• It was denied its wish and told to be content with what it had

(A picture of a crow and a Pitcher)

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Birds, Part 2

• In the story The Swallow and the Other Birds, the swallow gave a warning to the other birds to pick up every seed of hemp sowed
• They ignored him so the hemp grew and the birds would get caught on the nets of hemp
• The moral of the story is really cool because it is destroy the seed of evil or it will grow up your ruin,
• In the story The Eagle and the Arrow, the eagle was shot down by an arrow
• While losing its life it saw that the arrow was made with its own feathers
• It cried "we often give our enemies the means for our own destruction

Insects, Snakes, Crabs

• In the story The Ant and the Grasshopper, the ants were smart and stored food for the winter while the grasshopper didn't
• The moral is to get ready before the time of need comes
• In the story The Woodman and The Serpent, the woodman took and saved the serpent from death 
• in return the serpent tried to kill one of his children
• "no gratitude from the wicked" mean nothing good can come from something that is bad

Frogs and Fish

• In the story The Frogs Desiring a King, the frogs kept begging for king to be ruled over and to keep them in order.
• Frogs got their first king and were not satisfied with the ruling and then they got a second which killed them all
• Moral of this story its better then have no rule rather then cruel rule.

Humans and Gods

• In the Story Avaricious and Envious, The two men are granted one wish as long as their neighbor gets double of what they wish for.
• The avaricious man gets a room full of gold but then is unhappy because his neighbor has two rooms
• The Envious man wishes to lose an eye so that his neighbor can lose two eyes
• Moral of the story is that vices are their own punishment