Listen to the Narration:
Toad and Mouse came upon a puddle of muddy water while they were walking together one summer afternoon.
“Puddles are good,” said Toad. “I can lay in them and cool off on hot days, and that makes me feel happy.”
“Puddles are bad,” said Mouse. “If I fell into it my fur would get wet, and that makes me feel sad.”
But the puddle was not good or bad; it was simply a puddle, regardless of how Toad or Mouse chose to feel about it.
For Parents: What Stoic Quote Does This Story Illustrate?
“If we limited ‘good’ and ‘bad’ to our own actions, we’d have no call to challenge Fate, or to treat others as enemies.”
Marcus Aurelius
