Aesop's Fable Friday
The Wolf and the Lamb
A Wolf was drinking at the head of a river when he saw a Lamb at a small distance downstream. Having decided to eat her, he needed to cause a quarrel.
"How dare you spoil my water?", he demanded.
"How can I spoil the water, since it goes from you to me, not me to you?", asked the Lamb.
"Never mind that", said the Wolf, "a year ago you called me many bad names!"
"A year ago I was not even born yet!", said the trembling Lamb.
"Well', replied the Wolf, "if it wasn't you, it was your father. It's no use trying to talk me out of my supper"; and he grabbed upon the helpless Lamb and ate her.
Moral of the story: The tyrant always finds an excuse to injure the innocent.
It also goes to show that it is no use trying to reason with a tyrant, doesn't it?!
posted by Grizzly Mama | 01:49
10 Comments:
You got that right.
Oh how perfectly said is that?! How easily this can be applied to politics, huh?! Should I start naming names?! Nah...
I assume that this wolf's name is Osama or Saddam?
Thanks everyone for the comments. This wisdom will always apply no matter what age we live in. It could be Saddam, Hitler, or any abusive person.
My girls are loving the Aesop's Fables book and it has inspired many lively conversations.
Monica R,
I got comdemned yesterday for blaspheming MTP and allah. See comments here.
The Book of Virtues uses quite a few of these fables.
Here's a good exercise for children...Have them write (or tell, if the children are very young) their own fable. I have them choose a moral first, then create an original fable. Sometimes the stories are worthy of publication!
One can also have children write/tell an original fairy tale. I use an interesting picture for the prompt.
Thanks, AOW! That's a great idea!
I noticed you on Skye's blog and then I hopped over here and saw you were a homeschooling mom also. Great to find other conservative, real, homeschooling moms who are also into history and politics :-).
Are YOU a homeschooling mom, LMC?! How wonderful that you visited - thank you! I shall check your blog out and link you. Thanks.
Sometimes us wolves are just misunderstood you know.
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