Recounting Fables

One day, a mouse accidentally stepped on a lion's tail, and the lion told the mouse, "I'm going to eat you!" The mouse begged for his life and said, "If you let me go I will repay your kindness." The lion couldn't see how a little mouse could help a big and strong lion like him but he let him go anyway. Some time after, the lion got tangled up in a net, and the mouse saw that the lion was stuck. The mouse chewed on the net until the lion was freed and said, "This is for helping me before!" What is the moral or lesson of the story?

• Mice cannot help lions.

• You shouldn't step on a lion's tail.

• Helping others can help you.

• Being nice isn't always a good thing.

One day, a mouse accidentally stepped on a lion's tail, and the lion told the mouse, "I'm going to eat you!" The mouse begged for his life and said, "If you let me go I will repay your kindness." The lion couldn't see how a little mouse could help a big and strong lion like him but he let him go anyway. Some time after, the lion got tangled up in a net, and the mouse saw that the lion was stuck. The mouse chewed on the net until the lion was freed and said, "This is for helping me before!" What happened at the beginning?

• The lion got tangled in a net, but the mouse set him free by chewing on the net.

• The lion let the mouse go.

• The mouse begged for the lion to let him go. The mouse said he would repay the lion's kindness.

• The lion ate the mouse.

One day, a mouse accidentally stepped on a lion's tail, and the lion told the mouse, "I'm going to eat you!" The mouse begged for his life and said, "If you let me go I will repay your kindness." The lion couldn't see how a little mouse could help a big and strong lion like him but he let him go anyway. Some time after, the lion got tangled up in a net, and the mouse saw that the lion was stuck. The mouse chewed on the net until the lion was freed and said, "This is for helping me before!" What happened in the middle of the story?

• The lion let the mouse go.

• The lion got tangled in a net, but the mouse set him free by chewing on the net.

• The lion ate the mouse.

• The mouse begged for the lion to let him go. The mouse said he would repay the lion's kindness.

Once there was a farmer who had a goose. One day, he found a golden egg in the goose's nest. When he took it home he realized the egg was made out of pure gold.

Every morning, the goose laid a gold egg and the farmer became rich after selling the eggs.

As the farmer grew rich he grew greedy, and he wanted to take all the gold from inside the goose. He killed the goose and opened it only to find nothing.

What happened at the beginning of the story?

• The farmer became rich from selling all the gold eggs.

• The farmer killed the goose but didn't find any gold inside.

• The farmer discovered that his goose laid gold eggs.

• The goose ran away.

What happened at the end of the story?

• The goose ran away.

• The farmer killed the goose but didn't find any gold inside.

• The farmer became rich from selling all the gold eggs.

• The farmer discovered that his goose laid gold eggs.

Once there was a farmer who had a goose. One day, he found a golden egg in the goose's nest. When he took it home he realized the egg was made out of pure gold.

Every morning, the goose laid a gold egg and the farmer became rich after selling the eggs.

As the farmer grew rich he grew greedy, and he wanted to take all the gold from inside the goose. He killed the goose and opened it only to find nothing.

What is the moral or lesson of the story?

• You can get rich after selling eggs.

• Eggs are made out of pure gold.

• Every goose lays gold eggs.

• Don't be too greedy.

Once there was a farmer who had a goose. One day, he found a golden egg in the goose's nest. When he took it home he realized the egg was made out of pure gold.

Every morning, the goose laid a gold egg and the farmer became rich after selling the eggs.

As the farmer grew rich he grew greedy, and he wanted to take all the gold from inside the goose. He killed the goose and opened it only to find nothing.

What happened in the middle of the story?

• The farmer became rich from selling all the gold eggs.

• The farmer killed the goose but didn't find any gold inside.

• The goose ran away.

• The farmer discovered that his goose laid gold eggs.

Normally fables have _______ as characters?

• children

• bugs

• animals

• teachers

Fables ____________.

• teach us a lesson

• are non-fiction stories

• tell a funny story

• show us how to draw

What is the moral of The Tortoise and The Hare?

• Don’t be greedy

• Always tell the truth

• Slow and steady wins the race

• be kind to others