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About fable stories

Fable story is a literary genre. A story with moral or obvious moral significance. Its structure is short, and metonymy is often used to reflect educational themes or profound truths in simple stories.

The story setting of fable is related to the future of fable. China has always had some famous fables, such as "encouraging seedlings", "self-contradiction", "Zheng people buy shoes", "waiting for rabbits", "carving a boat for a sword" and "gilding the lily". Aesop's fables, famous in ancient Greece, enjoy a high reputation all over the world.

Its success lies in the readability of the story. No matter what people's educational level is, they can realize the truth in simple and clear stories.

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Introduction to famous fables:

1, "Seedling encourages growth"

In ancient times, there was a man who wanted the seedlings in his field to grow faster and went to see them every day. However, for one day, two days and three days, the seedlings didn't seem to grow at all.

He wandered anxiously in the field and said to himself, "I have to find a way to help them grow up." "One day, he finally thought of a way, so he hurried to the field and pulled up the seedlings one by one. Busy from noon to sunset, exhausted.

When he got home, he panted to his son, "I'm exhausted." My strength was not in vain. The seedlings have grown a lot. " His son didn't understand what was going on. He ran to the field and found that all the seedlings were dead.

Moral: Metaphor disregards the development law of things, seeking quick success and instant benefit will only make things worse.

2. The farmer and the snake

In a cold winter, the farmer who came home from the market found a frozen snake on the roadside. He felt sorry for it and held it in his arms.

When the heat of his body warmed the snake, the snake soon woke up, revealing its cruel nature and giving the farmer a fatal wound-biting the farmer. Before he died, the farmer said, "I actually saved a poor poisonous snake, and I deserve it!" " "

Moral: This story says that a person must distinguish between good and evil, and he can only lend a helping hand to good people. Even if the wicked forbear again, their nature will not change.

Step 3: Wait for the rabbit

According to legend, during the Warring States Period, there was a farmer in the Song Dynasty who worked at sunrise and stopped at sunset. In good years, he just eats and wears warm clothes. In case of famine, he will starve. He wants to improve his life, but he is too lazy and timid. He is lazy, afraid of everything and always wants to meet the unexpected wealth delivered to his door.

The miracle finally happened. One day in late autumn, he was plowing in the field and there were people hunting around him. The sound of shouting came one after another everywhere, and the frightened little beast ran desperately. Suddenly, a rabbit, impartial, bumped into his field root.

On the same day, he had a delicious meal. After that, he stopped farming. All day, looking at the magical roots, waiting for the miracle to appear.

Moral: Use this story to criticize those rigid and dogmatic ways of thinking.

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