A long, long time ago, in a lovely village, there lived a pony and its mother, who became ill one day. ‘Pony pony, can you do something for my mother?’ the mother said. The pony stroked its chest and said, ‘Of course, Mom, I’m all grown up,’ and Mom requested the pony to help her carry a bag of wheat to the mill, but there was a small river on the way.”

On the chalkboard, Xu Qiu sketched a pony, a flowing river, and a small squirrel at random. They were all outlined in sketches. She told the cubs about a Pony Crossing the River by sketching cartoons.

This is a popular fable that teaches children to think for themselves.

The little squirrel warned the pony that it would drown. The old cow said it was shallow, and the pony didn’t know who to support, so it went back to consult its mother.

Yuan Jiu asked in the middle of the story when the pony was in trouble: “Why is the pony so stupid? Why is it scared of a brook? It would be preferable if it simply flew past.”

The two aquatic cubs thought the pony were hypocrites because they were not afraid of water in the least.

“What would you think of yourself if you were thrown into the sea?” Xu Qiu questioned Yuan Jiu.

Yuan Jiu responded unequivocally, “Of course, I will die as well.”

“That’s right, small pony, little squirrel, and old cows are all land creatures, just like you. They can’t survive in water, so they’ll drown.”

Safety education is very important and must be emphasized repeatedly: “When you go out to places with lakes and oceans, except for Zhu Niang and You Yu, you must pay attention to safety and do not play with water at will.”

The words of the small squirrel and the old ox were said by Xu Qiu. The pony is worried by the comments of the small squirrel and the old ox halfway through the story and returns to find its mother.

The cubs glanced at the small fox, the only one who had a mother.

“Look at what I do, I won’t be as useless as the pony, I jump over with one jump,” the little fox puffed up her little chest.

Jin Xingxing was amused, but in her heart she was sad. The pony would seek out its mother because it had lived with her since it was a child and would rely on grownups when faced with obstacles, whereas the little fox lived alone and was alone and could only be pushed to mature.

Xu Qiu paused for the cubs to finish speaking before concluding the story: “What do you understand from the pony story?”

The cubs thought deeply.

“The water can be deep or shallow. You have to experience it yourself. You can’t listen to others,” You Yu said first.

Xu Qiu gave a nod: “It’s completely correct. Whether it’s me or your teacher Jin, what grownups say isn’t always correct, and what they do isn’t always correct. People must have a questioning mindset.”

Xu Qiu hoped that the cubs would be intelligent and obedient, but she didn’t want them to become robots who could only obey orders.

  “Any other students have ideas?”

“I understand that different races are distinct. I, for one, will not be as useless as Pony.”

The narrative will be told, but if the foolish pony is replaced by such a cunning cub, there will be no such problems.

This is exactly what Yuan Jiu stated.

Xu Qiu: “That’s wrong!”

She was mistaken. The cubs would not have the trouble of turning into robots at all. They were very proud and felt other animals were idiots.

The cubs shouldn’t take any children’s education classes, they should take ideological and moral classes.

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