Greek Fable
Romulus and Remus
Do you know the legend of how the world-famous city of Rome was founded? Meet Romulus and Remus, twins raised by a kind she-wolf.
Once upon a time, in a small cottage, there lived an old man and an old woman. The old man worked at a resin
Then one day the old woman said to the old man: “Make me a little bull out of straw, and coat it in resin!”
“What are you talking about?” replied the old man, surprised. “What can we possibly do with a little straw
“Just go and make it, I have a plan,” the old woman told him.
So the old man set to work. He made a bull out of straw and covered it all over with sticky
When he had finished, the old woman gathered up her yarn and went with the straw bull to a clearing in the forest. She sat down on the ground and began to spin the yarn, saying to the bull: “You just have a nice graze while I do my
Just then, a huge bear lumbered out from among the trees, with a wound on his side. He looked at the bull and growled: “Who are you then? Pray
The bull answered: “I’m a little horned bull, woven from straw and coated in resin.”
“If you’re coated in resin, give me a bit of it so that I can fix my wound!” the bear replied.
The bull said nothing at all. Then the bear bit into…