The sick lion
Forgive my appetite for Aesop (an ancient greek writer very dear to me) but today I will share another fable:
Read MoreThe liar shepherd
I remember now another story which I think is very useful for children to listen and learn from it.
A shepherd decided one day to play games with his co-villagers and started all of a sudden shouting and asking for help saying that a wolf was killing his sheep.
Read MoreThe Crow and the Fox
A nice tale from Aesop that came back recently to my memory and I wanted to share it with you:
A Crow (black big bird) which was on a tree with a piece of cheese in its mouth. The sly fox was watching the craw and it used a clever way to get the cheese.
Read MoreAn ancient oath
This is an oath from Ancient Greece which I found it very interesting for our times.
Read MoreDONKEYS KNOW THE WAY
I was born at a village in the mountains situated between the capital of Cyprus Nicosia (Lefkosia) and Troodos mountains, where I lived with my family.
I remember when I was a little boy, around 8 years old (it was summer holidays so we had no school), my father told me that the next day, at dawn he would take his brother’s donkey, and go to our land up in the mountains to cut wood. He did not want to take me with him that early, and asked me when I weak up in the morning, to ride our family donkey called ‘siderkas’ (i.e. iron animal) and go to meet him so he would have 2 donkeys to bring wood home for next winter.
Read MoreA short meaningful story
I shall tell you a story my friends:
There were two friends at school, Andreas and John.
Andreas was a hard working clever boy, and he finished school with excellent marks.
John on the other hand was not a good student, he just managed to get the lowest marks which would permit him to graduate.
The good student, Andreas, got a Government job and he became a good civil servant.
The other one, John could not find a job and he went abroad. There he had also very big difficulties, and he had to wash dishes in restaurants in order to have some food.
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