Literature: 5 Fables

For literature, we had to read five fables and write what we think the moral of the fable is. I think that the maxim, or moral, of The Fox and the Goat is that you should think before you act and you shouldn't blindly trust someone. If the goat considered that the fox could have been lying, he wouldn't be tricked into getting stuck at the bottom of the well. The maxim of The Crow and the Pitcher is little by little does the trick because by gradually placing the pebbles into the pitcher, he was able to raise the water level enough so that he could quench his thirst. If he threw the pebbles in quickly, most of the water would have fallen out, and his efforts would go to waste. The moral of The Fisher and the Little Fish is that it is better to have something little in your hand than to possibly have something big because if the fisher didn't catch a bigger fish, he would have regretted letting the little fish go. I think that the maxim of The Four Oxen and the Lion is that united we stand, divided we fall because the oxen were able to defend themselves together, but when quarreling, they were defenseless and were therefore attacked. Finally, the moral of The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing is that appearances can be deceiving, and because the wolf appeared to be the lamb's mother, the lamb was tricked into following him. Those are the maxims/morals of the five fables.