I have mentioned in previous posts that I have been a life long comic book fan. My cousin introduced them to me when I was in 3rd grade or so and it blossomed into I cherish. It taught me to love reading and worked my imagination to it’s fullest.
Every year, the comic book industry puts on a special event called Free Comic Book Day. Most comic stores participate. This one time every year the comic stores can purchase a specific selection of comic books for very cheap (pennies on the dollar) as long as they give them away for free on free comic book day. Comic stores typically have events surrounding the day with other giveaways going away and comic creators showing up to sign books and meet their fans. This year, Free Comic Book Day is this coming Saturday (May 7, 2011).
It’s a great event for families looking for something cheap and different. If you aren’t sure where the closest comic book store is, use the Comic Book Store Locator Service to see if there is one near you that is participating in this event. If you can find a store close by, take the kids, have some fun, introduce them to the wonderful, creative world of comic books for Free!
You can read more about it at FreeComicBookDay.com
An Old Woman found an empty cask that had once contained a fine old wine and that still retained the fragrant smell of it’s former contents. She greedily placed it several times under her nose and, drawing it backwards and forwards, said, “Delicious! How nice the Wine must have been when it leaves behind so sweet a perfume?”
The memory of a good deed lives on.
The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass formed a party to go hunting. After a successful hunt the three celebrated over a hearty meal. The Lion asked the Ass to divide up the booty. The Ass divided the proceeds into three equal parts and asked his friends to choose their portions. The Lion, in great indignation, tore the Ass to pieces. he then asked the Fox to divide the booty. the Fox gathered almost everything into one pile, leaving only a tiny bit for himself. ”Oh, friend,” said the Lion, “who taught you to make so equitable a division?”
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
A Lion demanded the daughter of a Wood Cutter in marriage. The father, unwilling to grant the request but afraid to refuse, decided on a plan. He expressed his willingness to accept the Lion as the suitor of his daughter if the beast would allow the man to extract his teeth and cut off his claws, as the daughter was afraid of both. The Lion cheerfully assented to the proposal and, returning with teeth and claws gone, he called upon the father to accept him as a son-in-law. The Wood Cutter, no longer afraid, set upon the Lion with a club and drove him away into the forest.
The Frogs petitioned Jupiter to appoint them a King to keep them organized and make them lead more honest lives. Jupiter, who felt they needed no King, tried to appease them by casting down a huge log into the lake and declaring it their King. The frogs, terrified by the splash the log made, hid themselves in the depths of the pool. After a while, however, they noticed that their new ruler remained motionless, and they soon became brave enough to climb up and squat upon it. After some time they began to think themselves ill served by the appointment of so tame a King, and they sent a second delegation to Jupiter, asking him to send another sovereign. He then appointed an eel to govern them. When the frogs discovered their second King’s easy good nature, they went a third time to Jupiter to beg that he choose a more suitable leader. Jupiter displeased by their complaints, sent a heron, who devoured the frogs one by one. The few who escaped asked Mercury to take a note to Jupiter asking for help; but Jupiter replied that they were being punished for their folly and that they should learn to leave well enough alone.
A Tortoise, basking lazily in the sun, complained to the sea-birds how hard her life was because she could not fly. An Eagle hovering nearby heard her grumbling and asked what reward she would give if he would take her aloft and float her in the air. ”I will give you,” the Tortoise said, ” all the riches of the Red Sea.” “Then I will teach you to fly,” said the Eagle; and, taking the Tortoise up in his claws he carried her almost to the clouds. Suddenly he cried, “Now, then,” and ler her go, and the Tortoise fell onto a rock, smashing her shell to pieces.
Pride shall have a fall.
