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The interpretation of the second picture book written last week was very popular, and everyone urged me to continue to write.
If the 10 books in this collection are arranged in order of depth, I think it is: "The Fleeing Flannel Bear" interpretation: "What is your purpose in living?" My 7-year-old daughter's answer made me feel that these years of education for her were too valuable! "Elephant and Fly Football Match" Interpretation: After seeing my junior high school female classmates who had bullied me selling vegetables in the wet market, I decided to educate my daughter "The Big Rhinoceros with Bare Ass" in this way - this is another good book that I want to decipher today that digs deep into human nature, has a profound meaning, and is also inspiring for us adults!
The essence of this story is at the end, so I remind everyone to keep reading it to the end!
The rhino has a very big characteristic: it doesn't trust anyone and feels that "everyone should be seen as their enemy so that they don't encounter unexpected unpleasantness." The only thing in the world you can believe in is yourself. This is my philosophy of survival. "Although its mind is not very good, its body is indestructible, the skin of the whole body is as thick as iron, and all parts of the body are tightly wrapped in thick skin." Be prepared for the worst – that's the right thing to do. Rhino thinks so. It often argues with others over small things and has a very short temper. Therefore, as long as there is a rhinoceros infested place, other animals will give way. The small animals are afraid, while the big animals avoid it because of reason, and even the elephants prefer to take a detour.
Even the birds did not dare to sing, for as soon as they heard the birds, the rhinos would rush over angrily, flattening everything and making a terrible roar, as if someone had provoked it. Reading this, you can think about it, is there also such a barbaric person as rhinoceros in life? And there is delusion of persecution, and no one believes it. The thick skin of the rhinoceros wrapped tightly all over the body not only refers to the so-called "indestructible" of the body, but also symbolizes wrapping up its own soul, unwilling to communicate with people, no emotional outpouring, and never confiding in the heart, a cold and indifferent look, making it impossible for people to approach and understand.
The animals agreed that the situation could not continue, and they decided to convene a conference to discuss how to deal with rhinos. Lions presided over the meeting. The wild boar first proposed: "The method is very simple, we are all here now, there are many people and great strength, we will go to find the rhinoceros in a moment, or in a moment we can beat it flat, mash it into a piece of meat cake, and then bury it in the ground, and the world will be peaceful from now on." "It is clear that the wild boar's advice is to counter violence with violence, and to retaliate with tit-for-tat.
The elephant objected, "I'm sorry, but in my opinion, this plan reflects a rather bad quality of thought!" So many people dealing with one person, thanks to you to think about it! "You can see that the elephant's role in the three books I have interpreted is consistent, and he has always been a wise man who thinks deeply about problems. The elephant went on to say, "For the sake of the reputation of our animals, I protest against the way the wild boar is. The idea is despicable from a moral point of view. The wild boar cried angrily, "Who makes the rhino so despicable and shameless!" We must for tat! "I don't want to let myself fall." The elephant retorted, with a very noble look, "You are too unleveled!" Besides, rhinos are definitely not as easy as we are, as you say. It will certainly fight back. The wild boar was not convinced: "Even so!" But sacrifice is always inevitable. "So who wants to be a victim?" Please stand up! The elephant continued. No one stepped forward, not even the wild boar itself. The wild boar's proposal was rejected by the lion. "Next," the lion roared.
Professor Vulture, one of the older grades, said: "According to my absolute authority, the problem at hand can only be solved in a subtle and restrained way — as I have stated in the world-famous book — this book is about moral purification..."
Professor Vulture's baldness is caused by too much thinking at first glance! But his speech drew a sigh of relief, for the Professor's speech was always lengthy and incomprehensible, and his extremely esoteric way of expression made it difficult for everyone to understand what he meant. Scholars speak and write academic papers, the language should be precise, the argument process should be rigorous, which leads to the need for a long discussion to draw a conclusion, and the average person can't read it at all, nor can he understand it... Readers often say that they want to read the sociological papers written by My Family Marx... The same is true of his dissertation
I might as well translate it into the vernacular for you. "Very interesting, dear professor!" The lion said, "But can you tell us in a relatively simple way what to do with these rough people?" "That's right—well! - Of course, this is very difficult. I've just made it clear to you – hmm! Put it in a more colloquial way – hmmm! We have to be polite and talk to the rhinos! - Hmmm! We must kindly explain to him that, in fact, if the situation were as it is now, it would be very unfortunate for all of us. "Vulture means to negotiate a solution, to try to reason with the rhinoceros." Then give it a try for yourself! The mean hyena laughed. My life has been devoted to pure research, and as for those practical things – hmmm! Of course, others should be left to do it. "--But this professor will only talk on paper, saying that the head of the theory is the Tao, and asking him to do it in practice, he will not do it again... There is no doubt that the professor's proposal was also rejected.
A small squirrel demanded to speak: "How do you see this?" Dig a trap for the rhino to fall into and let him stay inside until he concedes defeat or gets better and then lets him out. "Ahem!" The lion said, "Then where are you going to dig the trap?" "Of course it's where the rhino walks every day, he's the one who acts according to habit and shows up on the same road every day." The hyena said sarcastically, "You think that during the time you dig the trap, the rhinoceros will stand by and watch quietly?" He will pierce you with his horns, or squash you! He will never fall into the trap you have dug, so he is not so stupid! The squirrel's proposal was also rejected. Other animals also made a lot of suggestions, but after careful discussion, it was found that none of them were practical. At this time, the cowardly antelope said, "Then we can only leave this place and flee to another place." "Escape?" The lion roared angrily, "This method is absolutely not considered! Just then the rhinoceros rushed toward them, angrily threatening that he would tear everyone to pieces, and not let anyone go! The weak and self-defense animals felt that the antelope's proposal was not unreasonable, and they fled to other places with their families overnight. The more animals ran away, the more frightened the rest.
In the end, even the lion felt that he could not deal with the grumpy rhinoceros on his own, so he and his wife took their three children on the road.
Soon the prairie was empty, and there was not a single animal except rhinos. Oh no, there's actually one rhinoceros bird left.[ This bird is very small and specializes in feeding on lice on large animals. He is not afraid of rhinos because he is very small and very clever. Rhinos couldn't do anything with him. The bird figured out a way to defeat the rhinoceros in its own way. He grinded his horns and said, "Hey, I said, as a victor, how do you feel?" ”
"Get out! You treat me with respect! Roll on! The rhino roared. Don't worry! Then you are now the victor of supreme power. You have indeed won a great victory. But don't you think you're missing something? You are still missing something that every victor and ruler must have—a memorial statue. The bird then said, "You know what? As a victor, or a ruler, if there is no memorial statue, then he is not a true victor or ruler. So, all over the world, all the great people like you will build a memorial statue. You should also have talent. The rhinoceros listened to the stunned, and as soon as he fell into deep thought, it was this kind of stupid look. He felt that the bird's words were undoubtedly right, and that a victor like him, and an extremely important person, should have a commemorative statue. "Where did you get this stuff?" he asked. The bird said, "It's more difficult to deal with now. There's no one here now, so no one can make a memorial statue of you. You have to do it yourself. "So how?" "First of all, this statue must be as identical as possible to you, so that others will know at a glance that it is your statue. Will you carve the statue yourself? "No." "It's a pity, then you won't be able to have a memorial statue." "But I have to have one!" Think about whether there is a way or not! The rhino was anxious. The bird made a serious look of thought, "Maybe there is another way, but I am afraid it will be too difficult for you." "Notice that the little bird is using psychological tactics to first arouse the rhinoceros's desire to convince him that he is the most powerful victor. He then pretended to let the rhinoceros give up, but the more he persuaded the rhinoceros to give up, the more reluctant he was to give up. "Nothing difficult for me! Say it! The rhino snorted and said, he is impatient, how can the bird look down on me!" Then you have to make your own memorial statue! You have to stand on a cornerstone so that others can see you from afar. And you have to stand there motionless, like an iron cast. Do you understand? "Got it!" After saying this, the rhino quickly climbed onto a huge rock and posed.
"Raise your right leg a little more, your head a little higher!" You must be filled with pride and a belief in victory! The bird suggested. I'm nearsighted! The rhinoceros muttered. It's just a showmanship! A memorial statue doesn't care what you can see, what matters is what it looks like! Your appearance looks solemn and majestic. Don't move! From now on, you will never move again! The bird flew to the rhinoceros and continued to blow rainbow farts: "Everything you have as a ruler, you have it!" You even have a serious statue! Everyone will be jealous of you, and future generations will look up to you with reverence! Unless, of course, you're overthrown, or your memorial image is torn down. The result is the same in both cases. "Slowly, what's going to happen?" Rhino asked. "Ah, then don't worry, who can overthrow you or tear down your own memorial statue?" Didn't you just say that? Overthrow you and tear down your memorial image, the result is the same. However, no one can overthrow you unless you overthrow yourself. "What do you mean?" How can I overthrow myself? "For example, if you go down the rock, you're pushing your memorial image down, that is, you've overthrown yourself." "Hell! I didn't expect things to be so troublesome! Rhino complained. The bird continued his psychological tactics: "Yeah, so only extremely important people will have commemorative statues!" ”
So the rhinoceros has been standing there and does not dare to move, making a memorial image for himself, afraid that without the memorial statue, he will become an unimportant figure. Sometimes, he wondered if no one would see him anyway, so could he run down and eat a few bites of grass before continuing? But he was soon frightened by his own thoughts, because it meant that he was ready to tear down his own memorial, that is, to overthrow himself, which was a very unfortunate thing.
Reading this, many adults may think that rhinos are stupid and ridiculous like children, how can anyone be stupid enough to make themselves motionless as statues? I think this phenomenon abounds in life! The statues in the book symbolize the image that each of us has created and displayed to the outside world, referred to as human design, and can also be understood as face. Think about it again, will you convince yourself to do something you don't want to do for the sake of so-called face or to maintain your consistent image? From individuals to kings of a country, each of us is actually living more or less behind our own statues. In order to maintain his idol personality, Andy Lau hid his marriage from the public for decades, his wife and children were invisible people for decades, and sacrificed the freedom to go out shopping with her husband/father – is this not like a rhinoceros standing on a rock and afraid to come down? The Queen of England has never shown emotion in her life, no matter what happens, she is a solemn and calm image, even if the husband who accompanied her for more than 70 years dies, she does not show emotional fluctuations, and in a few days she will begin to perform official duties. Because she is the king of a country, she wants to stabilize people's hearts. She turned one of her own lives into statues. Of course, as a queen, this is a royal duty she should perform, and she is a qualified queen. There are many similar examples, but we are not queens after all, and what we ordinary people should think about is to live our lives as statues and become what others expect, and we must be happy? Are you really you in the eyes of others? Is what others envy is the life you really want? Is face more important than how you actually feel?
The most intriguing part of the story is the ending: after many days of not eating, accompanied by desperate hunger, the rhino begins to doubt itself, and finally becomes its most dangerous enemy? How had he not thought of this before? He grew thinner and thinner, and finally under his thick skin like his huge armor, he gradually shrunk into a small pile of flesh. Due to extreme fatigue, he could not even stand, and with a "thud" sound, he fell to the ground. Notice that his huge shell was still standing on the rock, and that it fell off a bare-butt rhinoceros that was not protected by a shell, like a newborn piglet.
Why is it like a newborn piglet? Each of us is very simple and pure when we are born, there is no one to set, and we don't care about face. However, as we grow up, we either can't help ourselves, or we take the initiative to put on one piece of armor after another, so thick that even we can't remember what our hearts look like. After the bare-assed rhinoceros has removed its armor, it can finally go to find food – which symbolizes that after putting down the human design, it can finally do what it wants. Before the storm, a bolt of lightning had struck the grassland, illuminating the grassland, and the bare-assed rhinoceros had never known what he looked like, and this time he really saw his most dangerous enemy: his own shell standing on the rock! "Help!" The little rhino immediately fled in fright, running across the grassland, across the desert, and he also wanted to find a place that would not be disturbed by the behemoth. Later, the rhino has been running around the world, and he may have gone to find the place he thought of, perhaps to start a new life. Without the shackles of the shell, although he did not look as strong and intimidating as before, he gained the freedom to live the life he wanted to live. Back to ourselves, the person who often gives us a statue is who we are. We think that it makes us look powerful and glorious, or envy others, but in fact we have drawn a prison for ourselves, so that we can only dance in the pre-carved cage. Often the more fragile people are, the more they like to cover themselves with a very large sculpture, layer after layer, looking very powerful, in fact, they are just afraid of being seen through the fear of the heart. When walking the dog, it will be found that the more small dogs, the more they like to bark at other dogs when they are led by the owner, while the large dogs are very calm, because they do not need to bark to prove their strength. And once the owner's rope is released, the small dog immediately stops the fire, and it knows that it can scare people with a wild bark, and it really can't beat a large dog. Humans are actually similar, those who like to bully others, don't look at their appearance is very scary, in fact, it is just an empty shell outside! Their hearts are actually very lacking in love, afraid that no one will pay attention to and recognize them, and their sense of self-worth is low. Bullies can only gain a sense of existence and realize a sense of self-worth by bullying others – like the rhino in the book. Those keyboard men on the Internet are the same, shouting at others at every turn to kill people who want to level others, in life are often the lowest level of society, and the mouth is their statue, in addition, there is nothing in the statue. The low sense of self-worth, the lack of love and self-confidence in the heart, and even the unfortunate encounters of childhood make them care so much about the existence of the statue (face)! This is also why the book says that the biggest enemy of the bully is himself. The less confident you are, the more you need to be recognized by others. If he can't fill his inner fear, he won't stop bullying others. Therefore, to educate a free soul who can live out of himself and is not bound by statues, the easiest way is to give children unconditional love, respect them, treat them equally, and let children fully feel their own value from an early age. People who are confident in their hearts will not want to bully others, nor do they need to erect statues to gain attention and recognition to prove themselves! As for encountering violent people like rhinos in life, what should we do? The book also gives the answer: either have the wisdom of a bird to make him enlighten from the heart (this is the job of a counselor), or stay away like other animals and don't let yourself become as low as he or she is. Oh yes, the finale, the animals know that the statue is hollow, and they all return to the grassland where they used to live, and life returns to normal.
Finally, two more nagging sentences, when you talk about this picture book with your children, you don't need to talk about it so deeply, this interpretation is aimed at parents. Parents first understand the meaning, when speaking to the child, you can properly guide the child to think, how much the child can understand, do not need to explain thoroughly at one time. Yo-Yo can't understand the depth of what I'm writing about today. At present, I am just leading her to think about how to look at bullies, what is called external strength and middle power. When I was writing these interpretation articles, I carefully read the works of Mitchell Ender and found that every sentence in the book is allegorical, can find a correspondence in real life, full of ingenuity and fullness of details, which I have never noticed before! This set of books is not only rich in philosophy, but also has high literary value, and different ages have different harvests. Personally, I think that the depth of this set of books is more suitable for children above elementary school, and at the same time, they can also understand the literary writing methods of the master. If you want to buy this set of books, you can directly click at the end of the article to "read the original text", or poke: his book, German parents will never let their children miss! An eternal classic that cultivates critical thinking, it is worth reading again and again!
Yo-Yo Mama in Germany on March 4, 2022
Author: Yo-Yo Mom, studying in the Netherlands to meet love, studying in Saudi Arabia to feel the exotic style, working in Ireland alone through pregnancy, raising two mixed-race female dolls in Germany, sister "Yo-Yo" 7 years old, sister "Ranran" 10 months, Father Marx is a German sociologist with a delicate appearance and a delicate heart. Share the interesting life and cultural collision of Chinese and Western families, and gain insight into German education. His masterpiece "Learning Parenting with German Mothers".