It is a parable about an elephant that is chained from childhood, learns that it cannot escape from the chain, and is kept in a small chain even when it grows up. http://www.merkmal.biz/sample-guwa.html

  • Fable Therapy—51 Scales from the Sky” Jorge Bucay, translated by Aiyumi Furoki (2005).

    • It appears that the book is described in the following table. However, this book was not available due to lack of stock. (2017)
  • Learning helplessness #Parable


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