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gruffalo (The Gruffalo)

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This Julia Donaldson Children's Book Is Perfect for Kids 3 before 7 years. The plot of the book is based on a Chinese fairy tale about a girl and a tiger: due to the fact that the tiger followed the girl, she thought that all the animals were afraid of her, although in fact they were afraid of the tiger. But in this story, the main characters are a mouse and Gruffalo, who was originally kind of invented by Mouse so that he would not be eaten by animals in the forest. He takes turns meeting the Fox, the Owl and the Snake, and they all want to see the Mouse at their dinner party. However, Mouse refuses due to an appointment with Gruffalo, who according to his description is a terrible beast who likes to feast on foxes, owls and snakes. After such a rebuff, the interlocutors of the Mouse hide in the forest ... and then the Mouse in more often meets with the real Gruffalo and already balks it ... but this is how I recommend to look at the fairy tale itself, which begins like this.

The mouse was walking through the forest, and suddenly the fox was running, The fox, as usual, has a good appetite. Come with me, little one, let's go to my hole, We can have a great breakfast together.

  • Excuse me, Auntie Fox, the mouse beeped, I'm having breakfast with Gruffalo: I made a firm promise.
  • What the hell is a gruffalo? Mouse, what do you mean? Oh, it's a big beast, I've known him for a long time. It has fangs, and it has claws, too. And a huge mouth, and there are no teeth in it.
  • Where do you meet?
  • That pot over there. He really likes foxes, by the way. Parsley seasoning.
  • Seasoning, you say? Well, I gotta go home. Farewell, mouse! – and the fox dived into the forest thick.
  • Ha, stupid fox! He doesn't know anything! There's no gruffalo, I made it up.

P.S. This story reminded me of a similar approach in life, which is used in beliefs and is called the appeal to authority. (argumentum ad verecundiam). Often it looks like the participant of the discussion says that this point of view is supported by the conditional Gruffalo, which means that the point of view is correct:) But that's usually a weak argument, even if Gruffalo himself is strong:))

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