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
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