It was the coldest winter ever, and many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together. This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions even though they shared their heat with each other. After awhile, they decided to distance themselves one from the other to stop being wounded.As they did this, they began to die… alone and frozen. So they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the Earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together.
This way they learned to live with the little wounds that were caused by the close relationship with their companion, but the most important part of it, was the heat that came from the others that enabled them to survive the coldest winter ever.
moral: we should always stick close to family dispite the little pricks we may get.
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A newlywed couple moved to an apartment in a very busy neighborhood. On the first morning in their new home, after she had made coffee, the young bride looked through the window and watched her neighbor hanging sheets out to dry.
“What dirty sheets!” she thought to herself. “Maybe she needs to buy a different kind of detergent. I should go and teach her how to wash them properly.”
Every few days, she muttered the same thing to her husband with disdain while watching her neighbor hanging out the dirty laundry in the early-morning light.
A month passed, and one day the young wife was surprised to see that her neighbor was hanging out perfectly clean sheets. She exclaimed to her husband, “Look! She finally learned to wash her clothes. I wonder who taught her how.”
The husband replied, “Well, in reality, darling, the only difference is that I got up early this morning and cleaned the window.
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- story source: Porcupines and the coldest winter
- 2 nd story source: dirty sheets
- picture source: porcupine_lg.jpg cuteporcupine.jpg
- related zendictive story: the secret to happiness
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February 23, 2012 at 6:27 am
Cindi Pugliese
Love the porcupine story. Too often we leave rather than work together for a positive outcome, but if we stay and we bleed emotionally, then it’s time to find another warm spot. The trick is to try working together, but know when the pain is just too painful and life can be warmer and better elsewhere.
February 23, 2012 at 7:41 am
ladywithatruck
I like both oF those. I think cindi os right though, sometimes some one is such a prick you have to move along.
February 23, 2012 at 1:22 pm
living4bliss
Love the porcupine story but I must agree with cindi and lady with a truck, sometimes life is too shrot to spend it with pricks.
February 23, 2012 at 1:40 pm
eof737
Great story and the cutest pictures … for something so prickly, it’s a bit ironic. 😉
February 23, 2012 at 3:17 pm
granbee
Wonderful story using those porcupines as metaphor for how we need each other while we wound each other. Very cute about the husband washing the window. A good lesson to remind us not to jump to conclusions about our neighbors! And I want one of those baby porcupine little cuddlies!
February 27, 2012 at 6:55 pm
Linda Vernon
HA! Didn’t see that one coming — and I’m glad. 🙂