This is an Iranian poem which I had to keep in my memory when I was eight years old at pupil school. This is the exact same page from our book.The poem is about a fox who trys to praise and admire a jackdaw because she has a cheese in her mouth ,and the fox struggles to take it .So, the fox says that how beautiful she is! How nice black wings she has! But, she can not sing as beautiful as other birds. To prove that the fox is wrong, the jackdaw starts singing and suddenly, the cheese falls down.Moral consequence: Turn a deaf ear to what people say and donnot believe what you hear!
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Dear Manuela, yes, it is written by a Persian poet in 7th century. I am familiar with ant and grasshopper. These are nice stories...This poet has a book full of these kinds of moral stories.
Exactly. We should listen but, I think words are very powerful and when they are negative words they can affect us even though we try not to be affected by them. So, in some cases, I personally try not to even listen to what people say. But, this is only my opinion and may be so wrong. I think it is important to whom we listen. If the speaker is an expert and very wise, it is really great to listen very carefully but if he/she is not and even have not an experience and just want to say something very negative, I prefer not to listen at all.
Thanks a lot for taking look at this poem. So glad you liked it. It reminds me of very good days of childhood.
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Exactly. We should listen but, I think words are very powerful and when they are negative words they can affect us even though we try not to be affected by them. So, in some cases, I personally try not to even listen to what people say. But, this is only my opinion and may be so wrong. I think it is important to whom we listen. If the speaker is an expert and very wise, it is really great to listen very carefully but if he/she is not and even have not an experience and just want to say something very negative, I prefer not to listen at all.
Thanks a lot for taking look at this poem. So glad you liked it. It reminds me of very good days of childhood.
A big hug for you,
Nafis