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Aesop's Darkness

1/19/2017

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PictureThe Tortoise and the Birds
I've always been pretty mesmerized by the depth and simplicity of Aesop's Fables. These ancient Greek stories reveal so much that is true, and therefore often contain a darkness.

This story about the Tortoise and the Birds has a third character, the Crow. The Eagle is happy to help the Tortoise in his move (for a price) because he doesn't think he is able to eat this creature with a hard shell. It's the clever Crow that tells the Eagle that if he were to drop the Tortoise on the sharp rocks, they could share a meal.

Despite the serious look on the Eagle's face, I chose the  short happy moment before the Crow's intervention. It would be quite thrilling for a tortoise to fly, right? However, the moral of the story, and there ALWAYS is a moral with Aesop, is to never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions (flight feathers). Consider yourself, and everyone else who has heard this story in the last 2500 years, warned.  

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Madeleine
1/20/2017 03:25:12 am

Julia,

I love this story and your rendering of it. And I am thrilled to know of your orientation towards children's book illustrations. You are going to be terrific at it.

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Julia
1/20/2017 07:02:54 am

It is an interesting story that can be learned from in many angles. Thanks, Madeleine, for the encouragement. This is work that I'm really enjoying.

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