Friday, May 11, 2012

"The Gift and the Giver"

Today's story link is a departure from thet traditional literature I usually post, but equally as good.

It's an African-American folk tale about a man who finds an apple so extraordinary, he feels unworthy to keep it, and so, presents it to the king. Another man, upwon witnessing the king's reaction, decides to present a gift of his own.

All in all, a delightful metaphor of how the value of a gift truly lies less in an object's value and more within the attitudes of the giver and the receiver.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/the-gift-and-the-giver-story.htm

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