Friday, May 13, 2011

Little pricks

Baby Hedgehog. 






Fable of the porcupine

It was the coldest winter ever. - Many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together to keep warm. This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions.

After awhile, they decided to distance themselves one from the other and they began to die, alone and frozen. So they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the Earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. They learned to live with the little wounds caused by the close relationship with their companions in order to receive the heat that came from the others. This way they were able to survive.


The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person's good qualities.


The moral of the story is: Just learn to live with the Pricks in your life!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Aren't those hedge hogs, rather than porcipines, though the story is good, and very true.

Bron

TC [Girl] said...

So, so, *so* CUTE! I want one! :-D

Reminds me of the one I found, when I was a kid. It came back, on a daily basis, for quite some time, to get a saucer of milk at my grandparents' place, in DK. :-)

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

Yeah, they'll do that. Very cute.

Anna said...

I want one too !!!

As a city girl I think I never saw one. I mean, it's face. Just saw them running away. :)

Seeing the first pic I first thought it is a a pic from new 3D animation movie.

TC [Girl] said...

Check this story out, Eo. Isn't that amazing?! :-D (apparently, it's an old story, from 2009, but...it's the point of the whole matter! It's a Facebook page that gathers all kinds of cool animal stories.)

Here's yet another amazing story! Can you imagine?! Pretty wild!