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“ The Mice That Set Elephants Free. Translated from Sanskrit By Arthur W R H H RHR H. Fable is a traditional short story. It’s teaches us a moral lesson Usually with animals or birds as character.
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“The Mice That Set Elephants Free Translatedfrom Sanskrit By Arthur W R H H RHR H
Fable is a traditional short story • It’s teaches us a moral lesson • Usually with animals or birds as character
The elephant king and retinue marched through the mice community
The elephants crushed the faces, eyes, heads and necks, of many mice
The mice went to the Elephant king to request to take another path. Essential Question: How are some of the spiritual values of India presented in literature?
The elephants are saved by the mice • Fable • Brief story that teaches a moral lesson or gives practical instruction for living • Characters are usually animals • Anthropomorphism • Giving of human qualities to animals • Epigram • Short verses that contain a moral
The Elephants are set free • The “Outer” story – writer begins the story • There is a return to the original narration and the writer’s story concludes The “Inner” story - One of the characters begins to narrate a story to some of the other characters in the original story