Writing Prompt: Writing a Myth The ancients created myths to explain the world
around them: seasons, earthquakes,
constellations, etc. and also basic ways to live a
good life: honoring the gods, obeying parents, not
being vain, etc.
Create a story that explains why this rock
formation looks like a horse drinking water. Be
sure to include: the setting, a god, and a lesson.
(The moral of this story is

can you copy and paste what selections you read? the answer is based off of that.

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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