What can last forever? People do get elderly, and that is why we must cherish our time with our elders because one day they will be gone. In literature, there is universal themes. A universal theme is a message about life. It is found in every book, story, poem, folktale, or any other form of literature world wide. But as these themes are passed on from generation to generation, they can change, be personalized or made unique. Leo Tolstoy’s Russian folk tale “The Grandfather and His LIttle Grandson” and Sandra Cisnero’s 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 old and weak