Fables and morals Fables and morals Grade 3

Fables and their morals: 1. Self-contradiction, moral: Self-contradictory stories warn people to be practical. 2. Zheng people buy shoes, which means: you need to be flexible and adaptable to things, and you can't stick to the rules. 3. Sit back and wait for the rabbit, meaning: do not take chances and do not want to get something for nothing.

1. Self-contradiction

There was a weapons seller in the state of Chu who went to the market to sell spears and shields. Many people came to see it, so he raised his shield and boasted to everyone: "My shield is the strongest in the world. No matter how sharp or sharp things are, it cannot pierce it!"

Then, the weapons seller picked up another spear and boasted brazenly: "My spear is the sharpest in the world. No matter how strong and solid something is, it can't stop it from striking. If you go up, you will be pierced by it soon."

He was very proud, and shouted loudly: "Come and see, come and buy it, the strongest shield and the sharpest in the world! Spear!"

At this time, a spectator stepped forward and picked up a spear and a shield and asked: "What will happen if you use this spear to poke the shield?"

The onlookers were stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter and dispersed. The weapons seller walked away dejectedly, carrying his spear and shield.

Meaning: It is impossible for an unbreakable shield and an indestructible spear to both exist in the world. This Chu man one-sidedly exaggerated the role of spears and shields, resulting in a situation that cannot be justified. The contradictory stories warn people to be realistic and appropriate, and not to have the philistine habit of exaggerating or boasting.

2. People from Zheng buy shoes

During the Warring States Period, there was a man from Zheng who wanted to buy himself a new pair of shoes. Before going to the market, the man found a short piece of rope in advance, used it to compare his feet, measured the length of his feet in advance, and then went out happily.

Zheng Guoren came to the market and went straight to the shoe store. He asked the shopkeeper to bring out several pairs of shoes, carefully selected them, and finally settled on a pair of shoes he liked. He was about to take out a small string and use the size he had measured in advance to compare the size of his new shoes. Unexpectedly, he was in a hurry and forgot the string he had measured at home.

So he quickly said to the owner of the shoe shop: "I'm sorry. Look at my memory. I measured the size of the shoes at home but forgot to bring them. I have to go home to get the size before I can buy shoes."

After that, I put down my shoes, turned around and ran home. Seeing that it was getting late, he returned home as quickly as possible, took the small rope and hurried to the market. However, the market has ended, the shoe shop is closed, and the shoes have not been bought.

Zheng Guoren returned home dejectedly. When his neighbor asked him what happened, he told him exactly what happened. After hearing this, the neighbor asked: "When you buy shoes, why don't you put them on with your own feet to try out the size of the shoes?"

The Zhengguo man replied seriously: " That’s not possible, only the measured size is reliable. I only believe in the size I measured myself, not my feet.”

Meaning: Be flexible and adaptable to things, and don’t stick to rules. , adhere to dogma, pay attention to objective and realistic facts, and proceed from reality when dealing with people. This Zhengguo man only believed in the size obtained by measuring his feet and did not believe in his own feet. Not only did he make a big joke, but he also didn't even buy any shoes and became the butt of the joke.

3. Waiting for rabbits

Once upon a time, there was a man from the Song Dynasty who had a fertile field. He worked the field diligently and the harvest was impressive. There was a tree stump in the field. When Qian was tired from his work, he rested beside the tree stump for a while.

One day, when he was farming in the field, a rabbit came out of nowhere and ran away in a hurry. As a result, it hit a tree stump and died. He ran over and took a look, and was very happy: "What a good luck today, I got a rabbit for nothing!"

He walked home with the rabbit in his arms, thinking proudly: "What if I wait here every day to harvest a rabbit, so I don’t have to work so hard in the future.

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So, starting from the next day, he put down his hoe and stayed by the tree stump at the edge of the field every day, waiting for the rabbit to run over and hit the tree stump. Time passed like this day by day, and the field It was overgrown with weeds and desolate. The people of Song Dynasty were still waiting next to the tree stump, but no rabbits were killed.

Meaning: Don’t take chances and don’t always think about getting something for nothing. Putting in hard work and hoping for windfall will only result in nothing. Our life must be created little by little with our own hands. If we always want to get something for nothing, then our life will be like this Song Dynasty man. The fields are also abandoned.