Once there was a rabbit named Serapio. He lived on top of a mountain with his granddaughters Serafina and Séfora. Serapio was a good rabbit and very respectful of all the animals on the mountain and for this reason they appreciated him very much. But her granddaughters were different: they did not know what respect for others was.
Serapio always apologized for what they did. Every time they went for a walk, Serafina scoffed: But look how ugly that sheep is. And look at the bull's nose. Yes, look how ugly they are, answered in front Séfora of the other animals. And so they kept bothering each other, every day.
One day, the grandfather tired of the misconduct of his granddaughters (who, despite the fact that he taught them, they did not correct themselves), something occurred to him to make them understand and he said: We are going to play a game where each one will have a notebook . They will write the word apologies, whenever they disrespect someone. The one who writes that word the least will win.
Okay grandpa, let's play, they replied at the same time. When Sefora disrespected someone, Serafina reminded her of the game and made her write the word apologies (because Sephora would have more words and lose the game).
Similarly, Séfora reminded Serafina when someone was disrespectful. Days passed and fed up with writing, the two began to talk: 'Wouldn't it be better if we no longer disrespect people? That way it would no longer be necessary to apologize. '
The time came when Serapio had to congratulate both of them because they no longer had complaints from the neighbors. He asked the bunnies to gradually erase everything written until their notebooks were like new.
The bunnies felt very sad because they saw that it was impossible for the sheets of the notebook to remain as before. They told grandfather about it and he said to them: 'In the same way there remains the heart of a person who we disrespect. It is marked and as much as we apologize, the traces are not completely erased. So remember we must respect others as we would like them to respect us.
Reading comprehension exercises about the story
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1. Answer 'V' if the statement is true and 'F' if it is false.
Serapio was the father of Serafina and Séfora.
The bunnies learned that apologizing solves everything and therefore it is not important to learn to respect.
In this story it is said that we should only respect our parents and teachers.
Finally, the bunnies realize that the wounds caused by teasing are not completely erased.
2. Describe the characters with adjectives based on what you have read in the story.
Serapio.
Serafina and Séfora.
3. What does it mean to 'respect others'?
4. Remember a time when you felt someone disrespected you (it may be a time when someone made fun of you about something). How did you feel at that time?
5. Underline the unfamiliar words in the text, look them up in a dictionary and try to use them when conversing with your parents and teachers
