Adventures from The Book of Virtues RESPONSIBILITY featuring King Alfred and the Cakes
When Annie's mother presents her with a new bicycle to deliver cakes, she promises to take care of it. Instead, she wrecks it-along with the cakes-after impulsively accepting the challenge of a race. Plato points out the consequences of irresponsibility in "Icarus and Daedalus" (Greek); the signifigance of even the "small" promises in " King Alfred and the cakes" (English); and the shame of letting down a loved one in " The Chest of Broken Glass(English)