Journal #2: Animal Hospitality

Back in the time when food was harder to come by, a fox decided to use all of her leftovers to make a small pot of turnip soup.  She gathered all of her turnip scrapes and even found some garlic to add to her soup! She cooked all day and night and finally her soup was ready for dinner.  When the soup was just a few centimeters from her tongue, she heard a knock at the door.  She decided to see who was there knocking at her door.  She opened up her door and what did she see? She saw her freeloading neighbor, the raccoon. The raccoon said to her, "Are you making soup in there? You know turnip soup is my favorite!".  The fox was a kind friend to the raccoon, so she decided to invite him in for dinner although it was rude to for the raccoon to ask.  The fox was slightly irritated by the raccoon's behavior, but she forgive him.  Then, it was finally time to sit down and eat.   The raccoon made himself comfy in the fox's seat.  Once again, the fox forgave his rude choice to take her seat.  The raccoon showed no sign of remorse for his rudeness, and kept the rude energy going all night.  He put his feet on the table, he did not wipe his feet off before he put them on the table, and he did not give thanks to the earth before digging into his meal.  The fox was near her breaking point!  The raccoon finally pushed the limits of rudeness when he slurped the soup.  The fox finally shouted, "Creator! Please punish my rude guest! He has made a mockery out of my hospitality and needs to be taught a lesson!". This is when the raccoon started to choke on the spoon he was not using and died.  This is a lesson to be taught to all people so they will know how to act when entering someone's house. Above all, please learn how to eat soup!