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THE INSTRUCTOR
a young man wanted to learn the art of sword fighting he went to the greatest instructor in the land and said please give me admission and teach me sword fighting the instructor
gladly accepted him a student and said young man you can stay with me and learn this
art
an the days that followed the instructor gave him many odd chores to perform the chores
were sweeping the floors cutting vegetables ng and the like but there was no
mention of the sword or the art of fighting with it
the young man got desperate approachhed the instructor and said great teacher kindly begin my lessons the instructor agreed
the next day when the young man was ng the instructor came from behind and hit
him with a wooden sword and disappeared the young man was taken by surprise the
next day the same thing happened the young man now started preparing himself mentally to counter any such surprise attack
next time when the instructor came to attack him the young man was able to doodge the
blow of the sword he was very happy with his performance he asked the instructor
now have l learnt the art of defending myself the instructor did not respond to his
question and walked away such surprise attacks became common and the young man got more and more skillful in countering the attacks well
one day the young man saw the instructor engaged seriously in a task and a sudden desire crept into his head he thought now let me catch the instructor unawares and attack him he took the wooden sword and attacked the instructor without a sound from behind the instructor was fully prepared for it he took a shield lying near turned around and defended him self most skillfully
realization struck the young man that moment he thought how great is this instructor
today l have learnt the real secret of sword fighting he has taught me that swinging the
sword and learning the opponents moves are not the essentials of sword fighting what is important is to read what goes on in the opponents mind and to counter his movement and his thoughts too
the young man continued to take instructions in all humbleness and with newer insights
trained well to become a great sword fighter of his country
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CULTURE COLLECTOR
the culture collector,s job is to ...
read the story and look for both differences and similarities between your own culture and the culture found in the story
make notes about two or three passages that show these cultural points
read each passage to the group or ask another group member to read it
ask the group some questions about these and any other cultural points in the story
here are some questions to help you think about cultural differences
theme : what is the theme of this story for example getting married , meeting a ghost , murder unhappy children ? is this in an important theme in your own culture ? do people think about this theme in the same way . or differently
people : do characters in this story say or do things that people never say or do in your culture / do they say or do some things that every body in the world says or does
my cultural collection ( differences and similarities
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