I find these animal attraction stories quite fascinating ... and yes, touching. And always feel that the obvious lesson for us (human beans) is ... well ... obvious.
Unlikely FriendsAmazing stuff.
(But maybe not so amazing?)
Naomi
ps: upon opening yet another "forward" ... I decided to merge two into this one post. It seemed fitting.
My five-year old students are learning to read. Yesterday one of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said, 'Look at this! It's a frickin' elephant!'
I took a deep breath, then asked...'What did you call it?'
'It's a frickin' elephant! It says so on the picture!'
And so it does...
'A f r i c a n Elephant '
Hooked on phonics! Ain't it wonderful?
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Probably not a real story at all ... just made up by someone with WAY too much time on their hands! . . . so, Logos, you do have a point about these things.
naomi
