Fables with moral of Iriarte. The macaw and the marmot

The macaw and the marmot' is one of the fables of Tomás Iriarte that you can find in Guiainfatil.com . Thanks to the fables and stories, we entertain the children while we teach them. As in many of his other fables, Iriarte speaks of envy. Envy is one of the most common feelings in children and tha

'The macaw and the marmot' is one of the fables of Tomás Iriarte that you can find in Guiainfatil.com. Thanks to the fables and stories, we entertain the children while we teach them.

As in many of his other fables, Iriarte speaks of envy. Envy is one of the most common feelings in children and that we, as educators, must help them correct.

Fables of animals for children

A painted macaw

from a viewpoint I saw

how a foreigner lived, sa what a Savoyard would be,

for money a vermin

he taught very feota,

giving it for a strange thing:

that is to say: the marmot .

That ridiculous bug came out of its drawer;

and the bird, from the balcony,

said to him: Rare caprice,

being ugly, so

money to see you,

when being beautiful, here

all of you see me!

You may be, however,

some precious animal;

but I already have enough

to know that you are venal.

Hearing this a bad author,

he left as ashamed.

Why? Because a printer

had him a salaried employee.

Moraleja

: Ordinarily it is not a writer of great merit that makes venal ingenuity.