{"id":12190,"date":"2026-07-02T11:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/%d7%a4%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%9c%d7%95%d7%aa-2-%d7%94%d7%a6%d7%99%d7%99%d7%a8-%d7%95%d7%94%d7%a2%d7%9b%d7%91%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%9d\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:25:47","slug":"activity2-the-painter-and-the-mice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/activity2-the-painter-and-the-mice\/","title":{"rendered":"Activity 2: The Painter and the Mice"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12190\" class=\"elementor elementor-12190 elementor-8016\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af5a792 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"af5a792\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f0559a 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href=\"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/arrows-website-china-literature\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Literature in China<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\\(\\blacktriangleright\\) Activity 2: The Painter and the Mice<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f4687 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17f4687\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Activity 2: The Painter and the Mice - A Zen Story<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac2fb51 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ac2fb51\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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