Probably everyone has heard the story of fox and goat, right? It is about the fox who fell into the well coaxed the goat into the well, then jumped out of the well on the goat's back, but left the goat. It tells people: to do good, we should also look at the object, so as not to be deceived. Maybe everyone will say: where can I find such a stupid "goat" now? However, I did meet such a silly "goat" once in real life. That time I was traveling, and suddenly a man in the car said he wanted to change some money. I only glanced at the man and thought he was furtive. Probably for this reason, no one paid attention to him in the whole car. The man spoke very sincerely, until the third time, finally someone came forward and said, I'll make a deal with you! The man seemed very excited. He shouted that he had met a good man. When they finished changing money, the person who wanted to change money said he had something to do. As soon as the bus arrived at the station, he got off in a hurry and disappeared for a while. When the bus was on the road again, I heard the money changer say, "Oh, dear! This is fake! " I saw him holding a hundred-dollar bill in his hands, shining repeatedly in the sun. After a while, he sat in his seat and said, "That money is for buying things at home. Why is that man so wicked? " I watched and thought: another sly fox and stupid goat appeared.
The story of "Bull and Frog" tells us another truth. This fable is about a frog. After seeing a cow, he had to compare with it to see who was bigger, but in the end he burst his stomach. I think this frog is so stupid! It should not be bigger than the cow, but smaller than the cow, so as not to take advantage of others and make up for it yourself? Never burst again. But in our real society, don't you think so? Aren't we compensated for every defect? Mean means saving, stupidity means honesty, meanness means flexibility, and lack of talent means virtue ... so, there is no woman who feels unlovable, and there is no man who feels inferior to others. In this way, each other is in his position, and of course everything will be fine. But what would the world be like if everyone were like that frog? I can't imagine.
The Tortoise and the Eagle tells us through tragedy that a tortoise insisted on letting the eagle teach it to fly, and as a result, it fell from the sky and died: everything has its own laws and cannot be violated. This fable reminds me of an idiom story, which is "strong seedling". Encouraging Seedling Growth tells the story of a farmer who thought his crops were growing too slowly and came up with a way that he thought was clever but actually stupid. He spent the whole morning raising the seedlings in his field one by one, and it seems that its seedlings are really growing fast. But when the family heard about it, they immediately ran to the vegetable field to have a look. I saw that all the seedlings in the field not only grew tall, but also withered. This little idiom story has the same meaning as the eagle and the tortoise. It lets us know that everything should go with the flow.
Aesop's Fables is said to have been written by Aesop, a man who was once a slave in ancient Greece but was released because of his intelligence and talent. It is this history that made me start to take a fancy to this book. The characters in Aesop's Fables are very distinctive, with animals and people or all animals as the protagonists. This advantage is obvious. The author doesn't have to waste time describing the independent personalities of the leading role and supporting role. As long as you write about an animal, it will immediately remind people of its essence and make people understand the meaning of fables from different angles. Moreover, this method of replacing people with animals is very vivid and typical. The wolf represents treachery, the fox represents cunning, the cow represents honesty, the rabbit represents impatience or wit, and the eagle represents ambitious people. The content of Aesop's Fables looks very short and pithy, without any long background description and psychological description. It is almost as simple and clear as a "running account", and an article full of profound meaning is only four or five hundred words. Although it is only a simple narrative and dialogue, it gives readers more room for thinking. The so-called "watching the fire from the other side", in the eyes of different people, will have their own views on the same fable. The simple structure allows readers to dig into the essence of the story freely. Aesop's stories often warn people when some protagonists (animals) come to Beijing with tragic endings, such as crows and foxes, deer's feet and horns, sheep and wolves. This naturally gives people strong persuasiveness and makes people have to agree with them. Whether Aesop's Fables really exists is still controversial. Some fables in the Middle Ages are also called Aesop, so there are different versions of Aesop's Fables now, and some stories are mixed. Of course, it is worth noting that when I read Aesop's Fables, I found that the meanings in stories such as farmers and snakes are very profound and simple, but some fables are really difficult to understand, I don't know what the author is talking about, and some of them are even ridiculous and have a strange feeling. This paragraph of the editor explains the reason: because some stories in Aesop's Fables are mixed together, there is no need to learn anything from a fable, just skim it as a short story. After reading it, I also feel that I am really obsessed. However, some fables in Aesop's Fables may be just because the author is afraid that readers are too difficult to understand, so he added a sentence at the end: "This shows XXXXXXXX", which seems to really restrain my thoughts, but it is actually inappropriate and feels superfluous. Generally speaking, Aesop's Fables has many lessons worth learning and remembering, and the story content is also wonderful. You can understand a fable in 2 minutes, so I have a good evaluation of this book.
Recently, I read a book called Aesop's Fables. One of the fables, Mosquito and Lion, inspired me deeply.