This is my last reading diary for the class and I am doing it over the unit La Fontaine because they are a lot like Aesop's Fables and I really enjoyed those!
The Cockerel, the Cat, and the Young Mouse
The verse format can sometimes be hard to work with because it can be much more confusing than a straight forward story format. I loved that this one had a moral like Aesop's fables but it was much more subtle than the english versions as it was just the last two lines in the poem.
The Tortoise and the Two Ducks
I remember reading this story in the english version (not in poem form) and I really liked it then! I loved the idea of this story because it shows how foolish someone can be even when they are warned not to do something. It also shows how easily someone can succumb to vanity and believe the hype that people say about them.
The Frogs Asking a King
This one was really interesting but I had a little trouble understanding the story and what the underlying moral was!
The Swallow and the Little Birds
Like the first poem, there is a sort of moral stated at the end of the poem in the last two lines: It's thus we heed no instincts but our own; believe no evil till the evil's done. Trust your instincts and don't believe something bad has happened until it has occurred and you know that it has.
The Bear and the Amateur Gardener
"A foolish friend may cause more woe than could indeed the wisest foe" sometimes your friends can get you in more trouble than you enemies can when they are foolish and do not think of the consequences! This could be a good story!
The Astrologer Who Stumbled Into A Wall
This poem was super hard to read because there wasn't any separation between the lines or the stanzas, it all sort of ran together!!
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