Fables 6th grade

is a poem about people and animals.

is a narrative form, usually featuring animals that behave and speak as human beings.

is a fictional story based on a fairy tale

happy end

title

moral

a superhero

Hercules

Zeus

Dedalus

Aesop

Greece

Rome

Italy

Sparta

The Fox and the Crow

Little Red Riding Hood

The boy who cried Wolf

The Ants and the Grasshopper

two stubborn goats who met on a narrow path

the cunning fox and two goats, who helped him to get the cheese

the friendship of two goats

It is better to yield than to come to misfortune through stubbornness.

There are many who pretend to despise and belittle that which is beyond their reach.

The flatterer lives at the expense of those who will listen to him.

There's a time for work and a time for play.

because the crow sat on the bunch of grapes.

another fox stole it.

the fox was too lazy to jump for the grapes.

Because they are funnier than people.

 Usually the animals are used instead of a human subject because some of the animals represent a particular human.

Aesop liked animals but did not like people at all.