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Fables and Proverbs Across Cultures — Homework
Reread all three fables from this week before answering.
- 1.Name the shared theme across the Greek, Chinese, and West African fables this week.
- 2.How does the Chinese farmer's mistake differ in its details from the Greek farmer's mistake, even though the lesson is the same?
- 3.Explain how the proverb "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" applies to all three fables at once.
- 4.In three or more sentences, explain why finding the same lesson in three unconnected cultures might be more convincing than finding it in just one.
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