Theme Fables and Poems

​The Monkey and the Snake

One extremely cold winter day, a monkey found a snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on it and picked it up. Holding it closely to his body. The snake was quickly revived by the warmth. The snake immediately resumed his natural instincts and bit the monkey, inflicting on him a deadly wound.

Multiple Choice

Theme?

• Anything is possible if you do not quit

• Sometimes you cannot change someone by helping them

• Do not attempt the impossible

The Dogs and the Cows

Some very hungry dogs saw a number of cows in a river. They agreed to drink the river to get to the tasty mammals to eat them. However, it happened that they burst themselves with drinking long before they were able to reach the cows.

Multiple Choice

Theme?

• Anything is possible if you do not quit

• Sometimes you cannot change someone by helping them

• Do not attempt the impossible

The Oak Tree and the Thornbush

An oak tree said proudly to a thornbush. "You are useful for nothing at all; while I am everywhere being used for roofs and houses." That thornbush answered "you poor thing. If you would only call to mind the axes and saws which are about to chop you down. You would have reason to wish that you had grown up a thornbush and not an oak tree."

Multiple Choice

Theme?

• Some rewards are not worth the risk

• Being popular can lead to bad things

• No matter what happens you can always count on your friends

The Flies and the Honey Pot

A number of flies were attracted to a jar of honey, which had been overturned in a kitchen. The hungry insects placed their feet in it and ate greedily. Their feet, however, became so smeared with the honey that they could not use their wings nor release themselves and were suffocated.

Multiple Choice

Theme?

• Some rewards are not worth the risk

• Being popular can lead to bad things

• No matter what happens you can always count on your friends