Reading notes: Aesop's fabels (jacobs) A

 

Aesop's Fables story book

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the lion thought himself better and more powerful than the other animals, so he claimed all of the spoils for himself. He was later shown no pity in death, rather taunted by all those that he had once walked over. maybe a story of karma would be fun, haha, perhaps about a chameleon.

The lion made friends with a boy who saved helped him by removing a thorn from his paw. They became friends, but then they both were captured. The boy was thrown to the starved lion and the lion recognized him, thus he did not eat the boy. I could possibly do a story like this, but with maslow's hierarchy of needs. 

Our stories are shaped by the one's who tell them. The victor gets the chance to make history.

One of my favorite things is that perception is greater than reality, perhaps a fable pertaining to that.

A fox was being eaten by mosquitoes, but declined help to get rid of them, for more that were not already full were sure to come.

a wolf was hungry to eat a lamb and made up excuses to eat the lamb until one was to the wolfs liking. It ends with any excuse will serve a tyrant, makes me think of the confirmation bias.

A dog wanted a piece of meat that his reflection was holding, but when he tried for it, he lost the very meat he was holding.

A fox and cat were being attacked. The cat used it's one full proof plan and the fox struggled to decide on which of his hundreds of plans to choose, in the end he got got. he panicked.

A fox tricked a donkey and got him killed by a lion, the lion said not to eat any until his return. the lion returned to the brains gone, and to that the fox replied that he never had brains, for if he did, then he would not have been tricked in the first place.

rabbits run as soon as they hear a rustle, for they have a belief it may be danger. If they were to ponder if that is a belif worthy of having, then they might meet their end.

tortoise and the hare

a hare has many friends, and when she was being chased by dogs, she called upon the help of these many friends. Each one said no, but they are sure one of the other friends would be happy to do it. this is the bystander effect at work.

Story sources: The prose fables are from The Fables of Aesop by Joseph Jacobs (1894)