(this story reblogged from the Zendictive post Feb 23, 2012)

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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My nephew come to live with us and everyday I have been telling him a story and he loves them, so today I planned to tell him about the porcupines. I figured it will help him understand the pain you get from family.

have a quality day

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