Fables

A fable is a ________ story, that teaches a ___________.

• long, poem

• short, everyone around

• short, lesson

• long, student

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Long ago a beautiful princess had all beautiful expensive dresses. She bragged about them all the time. The other girls got so tired of hearing about that they stopped being friends with her.

• Eat all of your vegetables.

• Never trust your enemy.

• Don’t brag, be modest

• Don’t talk to strangers.

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A long time ago there was a king who wanted nothing but gold. He wished everything he touched turned into gold. A fairy made this wish come true for him. Then anything he tried to eat turned into gold, so he starved to death.

• Don’t be greedy.

• United we stand; divided we fall.

• Don’t steal.

• Respect your elders.

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Usually the characters in a fable are ___________.

• humans

• adults

• cartoons

• animals

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There once was an ugly duckling. The other ducks laughed at her, and she felt ashamed. However, as she got older, they saw that she was not a duck at all. She was actually a swan and she was beautiful.

• Look both ways before crossing the street.

• Don’t steal.

• Slowly but surely wins the race.

• We are all able to improve.

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A lion was about to eat a mouse, when the mouse pleaded, “Let me go, and someday I may help you.” Laughing, the lion let the mouse go. Later, hunters caught the lion in a trap. The mouse, seeing what happened, came to chew the ropes that held the lion. The lion escaped.

• Respect your elders.

• Don’t be lazy.

• Help others because what goes around comes around.

• We are all able to improve.

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A Hare once bragged to all the animals that he could beat anyone in a race. A tortoise said, “I challenge you.” So they raced. The hare ran fast and the tortoise plodded along. The hare was so confident that he took a nap. The tortoise kept up his steady pace and won the race.

• Don’t be lazy.

• Slow and steady wins the race.

• We are all able to improve.

• You are more likely to succeed if you work together.

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Fables use "personification" with their characters in each of the stories. What does "personification mean?

• animals who are mean to one another

• animals that do things like humans do

• people that look like animals

• people who do not like animals

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Once a frog jumped off the ledge into what he assumed was a pond. Unfortunately it was not a pond; it was a ditch. There was a raccoon in the ditch that ate him.

• Respect your elders.

• Don’t steal.

• Look before you leap.

• Don’t be boastful.

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There was once a tiny fish that was tired of being in the school of fish at the time. He picked a fight with a couple of the other fish, and said, “I don’t need you; I’m leaving.” So he swam away, without the protection of the group, and was eaten by a bigger fish.

• Slowly but surely wins the race.

• Don’t be lazy.

• We are all able to improve.

• You are more likely to succeed if you work together.

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