Whittington and His Cat

90Living historically.

Told at the fire. A story about leaving, and coming back rich.

The review

Dick Whittington hears the bells say he will be mayor, and a cat he did not think was worth much makes the fortune. Children heard it as hope: a nobody can leave and return as somebody.

The score keeps the hope and counts the spell. A fortune that arrives by wonder is a thinner teacher than a trade.

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Industry is the thin one.

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

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The eight

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Industry
He is a scullion who does not quit. The cat is work, of a strange kind.
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Household
He comes back to the city that used him. A house is the reward.
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Piety
Fortune, more than providence, gets the credit in the way children hear it.
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Courage
He leaves with nothing. That is the brave part.
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Republic
London and a fortune. The neighbor is not the point.
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Temperance
Wealth arrives as wonder. The story does not quite worship it.
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Truth
A legend told as a life. The cat is not a fact. The poverty is.
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Stewardship
Kept by telling. No book required.

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Cinderella

90Living historically.

The work and the test are worth keeping. The prize is a court, which is thinner than a house.

The review

This is the old tale, not a studio picture. Cinderella is the one who works. Her name in the story is an insult for the ash she sleeps in. The ball is not the moral. The moral is that the house has been using her, and a true claim can be tested.

Do not teach a child that a party and a stranger are the rescue. Teach the two parts that hold: do the work, and do not pretend to be someone you are not when the test comes. The court at the end is a thinner reward than the story thinks.

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The glance

Industry is the thin one.

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

The eight

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Industry
She does the housework the others will not do. The work is why she is who she is.
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Household
A dead mother, a cruel stepmother, sisters as a warning. The marriage is a rescue.
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Piety
The godmother is wonder. The older telling still carries a mother's care, not a sermon.
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Courage
She goes to the ball against the house that keeps her down.
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Republic
The reward is a court, not a town. Rank is the prize.
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Temperance
Midnight is a limit, and she keeps it.
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Truth
The shoe fits one person. A claim is tested instead of announced.
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Stewardship
In the older telling she forgives the sisters. A house is gained. It is not built.

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