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Since the beginning of time, why have we told stories?

Stories help us understand ourselves, define ourselves. Perhaps more importantly, stories that are shared with others bring us all closer together as we realize two important facts:

• we all have common experiences that make us the same
• we tell stories from different viewpoints and experiences,  and until we all have the whole picture, we will never understand each other

Click on the video below to watch and read a famous story that originated in India. This version was made into a narrative poem by John Godfrey Saxe.  The story focuses on seeing a situation from differing perspectives.