ECTLS - Pourquoi dit-on que "les carottes rendent aimable"
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00:00 In his childhood, it is not uncommon to have heard a relative ask children to eat carrots,
00:05 since they make them lovable. But where does this expression really come from?
00:08 It would be born in the 1940s in England, thanks to a donkey.
00:13 Indeed, this animal is known to be characterful, since it only moves forward when it wants to.
00:19 To tame it and convince it to carry food and living things,
00:23 you have to give it a carrot or even hang the latter to a stick.
00:27 The donkey is therefore motivated to move forward and put its "bougre" personality aside.
00:32 This is how the legend of the carrot which makes lovable is born.
00:36 (upbeat music)