It is one thing to cackle and another to lay an egg. To hide one lie, a thousand lies are needed. A needle wrapped in a rag will be found in the end. Do not seek to escape from the flood by clinging to a tiger's tail. Little by little the cotton thread becomes a loincloth.
Anger is a bad adviser.
Haste makes waste. Every hill has its valley. Creating Personal Fables Ask students to assign animal characters to represent people they know. This is a private process and no one but the student needs to know which animal represents the student's mother, teacher, brother, or, themselves, etc. Have students create a story staring those animal characters.