Fox-Fire
A man sees a fox who was preparing the elixer of life. He steals it from the fox and keeps it thirty years. Eventually the fox gets it back. This story was a short one but I did like how the fox seemed to wait patiently to get his elixir back. He did not attack the farmer because the farmer had too much power but he waited until the farmer older and he managed to get it back. I like this story because the fox was able to get his elixir back, even if it took him thirty years to get it.
The Three Evils
In this story, a man becomes the new mandarin of the land. He is told by the people of the village that things are good except for three evils in their home. The evils are the dragon at the bridge, the tiger in the hills, and Dschou Tschu. He tells this to Dschou Tschu and he decides to deal with the evils himself. He slays both the tiger and the dragon and then to rid the village of the last evil, he decides to leave. I like this story because once he was made aware of what people thought of him, Dschou Tschu decided that he was going to go away and rid them of all the evils. He put his country over himself and did what was best for them. It was like he finally took responsibility for his own actions and did what he could to make things better for everyone.
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| Mandarin. Wikimedia Commons |
Concerning the story on Fox-Fire, I think this presents a good moral on patience. As long as you can wait out the patience of somebody else, you can usually get what you want. With the story of Dschou Tschu, I think we've all had this experience. There have been times where I've discovered what people thought about me and decided to change my ways because I didn't want everyone to know me as 'that one mean girl,' or etc.
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