[Frameworks] Trying to Remember

[Al Matthews]

Frederick the Mouse (Leo Lionni) is rather nice and touches on this issue.
Don't know from what it derives.

"While other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick seems to
daydream the summer away. When dreary winter comes, it is Frederick [...]
who warms his friends and cheers them with his words." —Wilson Library
Bulletin

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Marina Uzunova <
projectionists at caboosebooks.net> wrote:

> I can't recall which ones but I think a number of tales by the Grimm
> Borthers have a young poor, usually considered ugly, brother or peasant
> save the day. Here's another one that might be relevant:
>
> There is an unauthored fable with numerous variations across the Balkans
> that tells of a kingdom of young people who had decided to get rid of all
> old people, except for one son who hides his father. The father eventually
> saves the kingdom - through wisdom - by figuring out how to combat a
> monster or overcome a drought, or other challenges. Here's a version
> attributed to Romanian folklore:
>
> http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0981.html#romania
>
> An almost analogous one exists in Bulgaria where the old man's answer is
> to dig up all the ant-hills in the kingdom where numerous corn grains are
> being carefully stored.
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Gene Youngblood <atopia at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>>   I vaguely recall, from childhood, a folk tale or fable in which a
>> group of people or animals are confronted with a perilous challenge that
>> requires the creative input of everyone in the group to solve. Everyone,
>> that is, except one individual who is considered so inferior that he is not
>> worth consulting. Yet, after failure all around, it is that individual who
>> ultimately triumphs with a novel and unexpected solution. Can anyone name a
>> well-known “teaching story” like this?
>>
>>
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