Reading Notes Week 4: Aesop's Fables Reading B: The Serpent and the File & The Frog and the Ox

 

The Serpent and the File from Aesop's Fables (Jacobs)

  • A snake went into an armor shop and pricked itself on a file while slithering across the floor
  • The snake tried to attack the file, but couldn't, as it is an inanimate object
  • 'It is useless attacking the insensible'
  • The snake had to release his anger without an outlet
This file looks pretty harmless, but I'm sure the one the serpent encountered was a bit sharper.


The Frog and the Ox from Aesop's Fables (Jacobs)
  • A frog saw a big ox and told his father, who said that surely the ox was barely bigger than the father frog
  • The father frog continually puffed himself up every time his son said that the ox was bigger
  • Eventually, he puffed so much that he burst
  • Your ego can be the death of you
Frog!



     I think I want to try to combine these two stories somehow for my writing this week, as I think the two could complement each other in a way.

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