Do animals have the characteristics attributed to it in stories that we tell our children? Is fox so cunning? Or for that matter the crocodile? Is elephant as intelligent or ants naughty?
Such stereotypes have found a place in children's literature and they get repeated again and again- it gets entrenched in our minds.
One of the bed time stories I weaved for Diyah the other day has a Pussy cat as the central character who is adventurous.
There was a pussy cat that liked to climb trees no matter what the height. The granpa and grandma in the house was scared of it. They woudl often shout: 'Pussy you will fall down." It fell several times, but landed on all fours and escaped injury.
On a this day, the cat wasn't lucky. It slipped from a coconut tree into a nearby well. Tiger the dog began to bark inviting the attention of every one. Grandpa and Grandma rushed to the well to find Pussy hanging by its forelegs about to fall.Grandpa and grandpa shouted loud, "Pussy in the well" while the Tiger continued to bark.
Balu, a 8 year old boy staying next house came running with two poles. It helped support Pussy hind legs with one pole and kept the other one on top so that it can release its fore legs and catch on to it. All those gathered around slowly pulled the poles up while Pussy balanced its legs in two poles.
And soon the Pussy was out of the well and ran to the front of the house. Grandpa was eager to scold him but Balu said let it take a well deserved rest. All those gathered showered praise on Balu for saving the Pussy.
But there was no stopping the adventurous Pussy much to the dismay of the grandma and g
randpa.Meanwhile, I found Diyah fast asleep as the story ended.
Such stereotypes have found a place in children's literature and they get repeated again and again- it gets entrenched in our minds.
One of the bed time stories I weaved for Diyah the other day has a Pussy cat as the central character who is adventurous.
There was a pussy cat that liked to climb trees no matter what the height. The granpa and grandma in the house was scared of it. They woudl often shout: 'Pussy you will fall down." It fell several times, but landed on all fours and escaped injury.
On a this day, the cat wasn't lucky. It slipped from a coconut tree into a nearby well. Tiger the dog began to bark inviting the attention of every one. Grandpa and Grandma rushed to the well to find Pussy hanging by its forelegs about to fall.Grandpa and grandpa shouted loud, "Pussy in the well" while the Tiger continued to bark.
Balu, a 8 year old boy staying next house came running with two poles. It helped support Pussy hind legs with one pole and kept the other one on top so that it can release its fore legs and catch on to it. All those gathered around slowly pulled the poles up while Pussy balanced its legs in two poles.
And soon the Pussy was out of the well and ran to the front of the house. Grandpa was eager to scold him but Balu said let it take a well deserved rest. All those gathered showered praise on Balu for saving the Pussy.
But there was no stopping the adventurous Pussy much to the dismay of the grandma and g
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