How We Help Each Other

March 14, 2008 - 11:48am — slahens62
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Can you imagine a world where the sun doesn’t shine? In the Vietnamese fable, “why the Rooster Crows at Sunrise,” by Lynette Dyer Vuong, is a story about animals friends who work together to get to rise again. It is important to help someday. The characters in this fable will teach you a lesson about cooperation.  It is important to work with each other because will need help someday.

 

Sometime we can do great things, but we cannot do it alone. We need the help of others. On page 111, the Rooster and Bluebird know they can help get the sun to shine again, but they need to get across the Eastern Sea. The Duck helps them cross. He says, “On my back, of course. No one’s a better swimmer than I am.”

 

The Bluebird understands they all need to cooperate to solve the problem. The Duck says, “If only we knew where to find her,” on page 111, The Bluebird knows where the sun lives and chirps, “I’d be willing to lead you there if you do the talking.”

 

 

The Rooster knows he has a talent that can help the sun and everybody else. He comes up with the idea to ask the sun to shine. Page 113, the rooter tells the sun “My voice is loud so I’ll do the talking. When you hear me crowing you will know it’s time to wake up and get ready up and get ready to come the Sea”.  “Why the Rooster Crows at Sunrise” has taught me how to help somebody else because I will need their help someday.  This reminds me of my life.  When I was in Haiti, I helped an old lady that was sleeping in the street.  I called my friend and my dad and we built a house for her.  She helped me later when I was in sick in bed and my mom was not there.