Reading Notes: The Ass's Wish
The story I chose for this week reading notes came from the
Aesop’s Fables: More Asses in the British Celtic unit. There was a specific
story that drew my attention from this section, and it was The Ass’s Wish. In
this specific story there was an Ass that was always dreaming. He was always
dreaming of things that were better that were coming, such as in winter he was
dreaming of warmer weather and fresh grass. And then in sprig he was dreaming
of summer, but after summer he dreamed of fall because of all of the work in
the summer. But then there was a lot of work in the fall so then he is back to
winter, where he started dreaming of the future in the first place. One of the
quotes at the end of the story really explained the story well. This quote said,
“An unsettled mind can never be at rest.” I believe this is the main theme or
plot for this story, that a mind that is always thinking of what would be
better will never be content and happy.
(Image is of two Ass's doing work. Source: Ass)
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