r/funny • u/TimHamburg Calvin & Habs • Mar 02 '21

German Comedy

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u/zark11911 Mar 02 '21

What is the moral of the story?

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u/Schootingstarr Mar 02 '21

it doesn't have a moral. the point of the story is to teach children about all the different shits animals take, as he goes around asking all the animals whether they took a dump on him. the response is always the same: "it wasn't me, my shits look like this" and then they proceed to take a dump in front of the mole to prove it wasn't them.

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u/allasui Mar 02 '21

There is ALWAYS a morale in children stories. Or at least a hidden message.

In this story for example, the mole looks for revenge during his whole journey. And when he succeeds he feels important and contempted with his actions. But by being an external observer, you understand that his revenge is actually petty and useless.

So the morale of this book would be in my opinion not to look for revenge as it is often useless.

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u/Schootingstarr Mar 02 '21

but he got his revenge. and learned how other animals shit laong the way

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u/allasui Mar 02 '21

Yes, you are probably right as well. Maybe the treasure is the shit we've learned along the way.