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Make sure you love and respect your elders because they don't last forever. People get older and older, but that doesn’t last forever, so cherish the time you have with them. There are Universal themes that recur because no matter how different people share the basic experiences and concerns. Leo Tolstoy’s Russian folk tale “The Grandfather and His Little Grandson” and sandra Cisneros poem “Abuelito Who” have the same universal theme about the importance of grandchildren always loving and respecting their grandparents. In “The Grandfather and His LIttle Grandson” a Russian folktale, the older and weak grandfather tried to eat and food sometimes came out of his mouth, so they didn't let him eat at the table so he had to eat at a little table

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