The Ant and the Dove | Leo Tolstoy

Summary: The Ant and the Dove by Leo Tolstoy is a folk tale about a dove that saves an ant and an ant that saves a dove

Characters:

The Dove - Saves the ant

The Ant - Saves the dove

Section 1:

An ant was saved by a dove right when the ant was going to be "carried away" by "whirlpool
The dove used a twig to give the ant something to hold and thus saved the ant
Later, a hunter was trying to catch the dove with net and the ant saved the dove by biting the hunter on the foot
The dove thought that an act of kindness may be "repaid" at any time

Other Notes:

Leo Tolstoy wrote War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy rejected the riches that he had been born, gave back his wealth to his family and died alone
It is with this tale that Leo Tolstoy tells about a snapshot of a more important thing in life, the act of kindness for others