“ The Mice That Set Elephants Free

1. “The Mice That Set Elephants Free Translatedfrom Sanskrit By Arthur W R H H RHR H

2. Fable is a traditional short story • It’s teaches us a moral lesson • Usually with animals or birds as character

3. The mice community lived in a ruined village

4. The elephant king and retinue marched through the mice community

5. The elephants crushed the faces, eyes, heads and necks, of many mice

6. The mice held a meeting to solve the issue

7. 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?

8. The elephant king and retinue were caught in a trap

9. 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

10. 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

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