Fables
The Hare and the Tortoise
Cat
Listening
Fables
Click on the picture by the title in the table below to link to a web site. You can listen to the story on the web site or visit your school library to borrow a cassette with the fables. Remember, this is the listening section so please do not read the screen.
Listen to a story and take notes on it. If you are on the web site, click your Back button to return to this page.
Print out the table below and fill it in for that story. Put the moral in your own words.
Click on the picture in the table for that story to see the answers.
Do the same for each story.
When you have completed the table, answer the questions below the table
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The Frogs and the Well
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The Hare and the Tortoise |
Belling the
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The Farmer and the Stork
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What kind of characters do fables usually have?
What is a moral?
Why is a moral often included?
Click the cat for fable answers.
