Reading Notes: Aesop (Winter) Part B

Notes: Aesop (Winter) Part B

(The Bear and the Bees: by Milo Winter)

Writing Styles and Examples

• These stories tend to begin with one animal or character doing something. (i.e. Once the Fox, a very young Mouse, a wolf, etc.)
• Tend to be short and to the point.
• Not much on setting, unless it is important to the plot (i.e a cliff that a goat falls down)
• Typically animals of prey and predators interacting.
• Ending of these short stories is abrupt and strong with direct ties to the lesson learned. 
• The lesson is listed under each story. I liked this because it made the objective of the story clear.

Lessons I would like to use:

Once a wolf, always a wolf.
Bluff is no proof that hard fists are lacking.
Greediness leads to misfortune.
Honesty is the best policy.
It is wicked to take advantage of another's distress.

Ideas:

• The Farmer and His Sons: combining a story like this with the lessons in Gone with the Wind "land is the only thing that last"

• The Mouse and the Weasel: you can utilize squirrels that keep acorns in their mouth rather than a mouse. Where an older squirrel tells the younger one that he must make trips, but the young squirrel thinking he is strong enough to make it either through a hole, over a river, or up a tree. Regardless the squirrel will lose all his acorns. 

• Mercury and the Woodman: using children and their toys to send the same message that honesty is always better than lying. Or dogs and bones. 

• The Mischievous Dog: use a muzzle or a cat who has been declawed. 

• The Eagle and the Kite: say anything for love

Illustrator:

Milo Winter: American illustrator (Alice in Wonderland, Gulliver's Travels, etc. )

I love these illustrations and they go well with the story!

(Brushtail the Fox: picture by Wikipedia)

Bibliography: 

The Aesop For Children: Winter, translated by unknown, located from UN-Textbook.