Week 7 Extra Credit Reading: Aesop for Children

This post will cover part B of Aesop for Children by Milo Winter. 

The Bear and the Bees, by Milo Winter

• Again, I feel that these lessons have varying levels of application to children. Some seem a little adult and serious, so that even though they hear the story they don't truly have a context for it. 
• Why does the author switch between Mule and Ass? Is there really such a large distinction, especially in the context of a children's book? 
• "Once a wolf, always a wolf" seems a little misguided to me. You shouldn't trust people who have wronged you in the past blindly, but the lesson seems to imply that people (including yourself) can never change. 
• "When the great fall out, the weak must suffer for it" seems like an anti war message if I have ever seen one. 
• I have almost certainly heard this before, even in economic lessons: Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves.
• On page 15 all the lessons seem directed at children and not their parents. It's all about honesty and not hurting others for your own gain. 
• I don't think Milo had heard "there is no bad PR" before he wrote "Notoriety is not fame". 
• "Do not expect constancy in others if you have none yourself" seems to contradict the earlier lesson about wolves on some levels. 
• "The weak are made to suffer for the misdeeds of the powerful" seems like another obvious anti war message. 
• Wouldn't a kindness be wasted if you were kind to the wolf earlier and he betrayed you? There are some serious inconsistencies in this book. 

Thanks for reading.