Reading Notes: Aesop (Winter), Part A, Extra Credit

For my extra credit reading, I decided to revisit a favorite unit of mine. I really enjoyed Aesop's fables, so it was really fun to read more fables from a different writer.

Like other of Aesop's fables, Winter's stories revolve around personified animals whose experiences are meant to teach the reader a life lesson. Some of my favorites included The Two Goats and The Tortoise and the Ducks. Both stories revolve around how vanity and pride lead to the downfall of the protagonists. In the case of The Two Goats, the titular goats were so stubborn in trying to outrank each other, both fell to their demise instead of simply stepping aside for one another. In The Tortoise and the Ducks, a tortoise is finally able to travel freely through the help of two kind ducks. Everything goes smoothly until the the tortoise opens his mouth to gloat, since his bite was the only thing that kept him midair, as he was biting onto a stick that the ducks were carrying.

For my future writings, I would like to try to incorporate a lesson into them. I have noticed reading other people's readings that they have done just that, so I would like to try it as well!

Bibliography: The Aesop for Children. Milo Winter. Link.

(The tortoise, before his death:

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