As some extra reading this week I chose to go back to the Classical Unit we completed the first 2 weeks of school and reading something I never had the chance to: Aesop for Children. The stories in this collection were very short but still very cute to read. One of my favorites was the Tortoise and the Ducks. In this story there was a tortoise that was a home-body because he was unable to leave his home. Because of this, he was unable to attend a wedding for the goddess Jupiter. Years later he regretted not going, and wanted to see the world, so when he ran into some ducks he told them his troubles and they offered to help him see the world. They said that they would hold a stick between them while they flew and the tortoise could hold onto the stick with his teeth. Everyone was in awe, when they saw the tortoise flying, and one, a crow said that he must be the "King of Tortoises." The tortoise opened his mouth to respond and fell to the ground. The second story that I enjoyed was called the Travelers and the Sea. There were two travelers walking along the beach and they saw something in the water they thought was a treasure ship. As it got closer they thought it was a fisherman's boat carrying loads of fish. Finally it washed up on shore and the travelers thought it was a treasure chest filled with gold. They rushed to the object to find nothing but a log. The quote at the end is what I really liked. It said "Do not let your hopes carry you away from reality."
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