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the water bears’ story
Water bears are tiny little animals that can be found all over the world. Just think, they are so small that they can live in a drop of water!
Even if they are so small, they are very brave:
they travel through the hottest deserts as if it was an easy walk
and cross frozen lands without even wearing a jacket!
They swim in the deepest oceans where monsters of all kinds hide...
Sometimes, when they get very bored, they even wander off into space, looking for new challenges to match them...
You may think that they cannot be afraid of anything... yet this is not so!
When
they are not travelling the world, they live just like us: they live in cosy little houses
they go to school and play ball with friends
And there are many things in everyday life that make them worry: “What if I miss mum tomorrow when she leaves for work?” says one
“what if I can’t understand the German lesson?” says the other one; “what if I don’t have the courage to speak in front of everyone at the play?” thinks the third one...
Whenever they have these worries their body does strange things: their heart beats fast, their palms sweat and their belly hurts...
These feelings are very similar to those one experiences when one is afraid. Only they are caused by another emotion: anxiety
Fear is felt when there is an immediate and clear danger, such as a wild lion that wants to eat us!
But what is the difference between fear and anxiety then?
Anxiety, on the other hand, is due to a danger that is more uncertain and difficult to understand...
The water bears often feel worried, but fortunately they have found a way to talk about it all together: they have created a game in which they have to invent stories
