Post by paranoia on Oct 2, 2017 21:32:04 GMT 10
This evening after getting into PJs and brushing teeth I asked my daughters if they wanted to do some vac sealing with me before bed. They love pushing the button and watching it squish down... We got to the corn I'd done last night and my eldest came out with - "We're working hard like the ants, aren't we dad?" which lead to a good discussion on food storage that showed me that she'd 'got it'.
Was a beautiful moment for me. It's a reference to an Aesop's fable I sometimes read to them called 'The ants and the grasshopper'. For those that don't know the story it's a very simple one about... you guessed it, ants and a grasshopper. The ants are always working to store food away for the winter while the grasshopper sleeps, plays and mocks the ants for working so hard. Winter comes and well... as in real life, the grasshopper doesn't make it through the winter.
I highly recommend the book, just be careful... as is the nature of many of these stories some will change the ending where the grasshopper is maybe just a little sad, or he goes and lives with the ants instead. Kind of ruins the lesson and isn't keeping with nature itself.
Does anyone else have any favourite stories they tell to their children to encourage a preparedness mindset?
