This Christmas and novel Year,as you gather with friends and family, consider sharing Armenian stories with young children in novel, and creative,and engaging ways. One suggestion would be to inform the tale of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh/NKR) as an alligator sage, like the one below. (Another would be to share the adventures of David of Sassoun as an old-school Jedi knight). Aliyev the Alligator: An Artsakh Allegory *** Once upon a time, or there was family that lived on an island. Around the island swam an alligator. An angry reptile named Aliyev who was always trying to eat one of the family’s seven children. The family spent a lot of time watching the water. Working together to retain Aliyev away whenever he tried to come ashore. One day the alligator crawled close to the coast and said: “It’s not fair that you contain so many children while I am so hungry.” “Feed me a child. Just one child. And then we can all be friends. Then,we’ll finally contain peace.” Smiling, he added: “And you need not worry. I won’t just eat my meal and be back in a week asking for more. I promise.” So that was the Alligator’s [...]
Source: armenianweekly.com