Aesop is a legendary
man from Ancient Greece. It is really not known whether he actually lived or
not. The popular story says that he was a slave who was ridiculed for being
ugly. He got revenge on those who laughed at him by creating stories in which
he taught them a lesson. The characters in these stories were portrayed by
animals who have human characteristics. Each of them ends with a moral lesson.
Whether he actually lived or not, Aesop is considered the greatest fabulist
(one who writes fables) of all time. The large collection of stories called
"Aesop's Fables" has been rewritten by many authors and have been
reprinted countless times.
Moral: Don't put off until tomorrow that which you can do today!
Aesop has a really good message.
ReplyDelete-Michael Laughy
Michael, be sure to read above to see what the assignment is.
DeleteI have never read a Aesop fable before and they sound sort of interesting!
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I read he fox and the crow and it was about a fox that saw a crow that had a piece of cheese in its mouth and wanted it so he appraised the crow alot and said that it must have the best voice in the land and wanted to hear a song and when the crow opened its mouth, the ceese fell out. The lion took it and left. The moral of this fable was: do not trust flaterers. This an be used if someone sounds really nice and turns out to be really mean or does something wrong.
ReplyDeleteAlex Bostrom
Yes, this is a good moral to remember! Sometimes people pretend to be your friend because they want what you have. Good job, Alex.
DeleteI read The Milkmaid & her pail. Its about a milkmaid named Patty who was heading to the market with a pail of milk above her head hoping to sell/trade her milk. As she went along carrying her milk she was wondering of all the fabulous things she would get from the milk. "I will get plenty of money!" she said. "Then maybe with the money that I made I will buy some fowls. "After they will lay eggs and I can sell them to the Parson's wife!" "Then I will buy a new diminity frock and chip hat." "Then I will get Sooo much attention!" "Patty Shawl will be SOOO jealous!" "Then I will toss my head like this, Like I dont even care!" Then in the moment the milkmaid flipped her head like in her fantsy, and spilt her milk. So the Milkmaid shall not be able to proceed with her dreams of success in the milk buisness. Moral: Do not count your chickens before they have hatched. This also means Think of the present, before you get to carried away with the future.
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Ah, yes, I'm sure that we have all counted our chickens before they've hatched, at some time in our lives! It's hard not to get carried away by dreams of what might be, isn't it? I think the milkmaid got punished because she was dreaming of something negative about someone else. What do you think?
DeleteI read 3 fables The Crocodile In The Bedroom, King Lion and The Beetle, and The Ducks and The Fox. I am going to tell you about the ducks and the fox. It is about a fox that sits on a fence and one day he saw two ducks and they said they are going to the pond and they take the same path every day. So the next day the ducks take the same path and see the fox, so he covers them with a bag put doesnt catch them because they flew away too fast. The next day the two ducks took a different route and got to the pond safely.
ReplyDeleteMORAL: At times, a change of routine can be most healthful.
~Drew
Drew, can you think of a way this can be applied in your life?
DeleteYes, in gymnastics we change our routines so we don't get bored of the same thing again and again.
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iread the turtle and the rabbit, and in the story the turtle challenges the rabbit to a race and the rabbit is so full of himself that he takes a nap while the race is going on and he thinks that the turtle is so far behind but his nap was so long the turtle decides to pass him. when the rabbit wakes up and finishes the race he notices that the turtle was so determend to beat him that the turdle had passed him while he was sleeping. the moral of the story is that you should never give up no matter how far behind you are. because you always have a chance that you could win. this relates to real life because if you are in a race or even behind in your grade you can still go up to the top and beat your goal.
ReplyDelete-Julia Smith
Great example! That's why I'm still pedalling! Julia, make sure you use capital letters when typing just like you would when you're writing. Thanks!
DeleteI dont know any. Does anyone know any good ones??
ReplyDeleteKarly (not real comment)
Have you read any of the other posts? ;)
DeleteI read three fables called The Ants and The Grasshopper, The Boys and The Frogs and The Lion and The Mouse. I liked the Ants and The Grasshopper the best. The morale is there is time for work and there is time for play. The grasshopper didn't spend time to look for food and spent all summer playing music. He wanted the ants to share their food because he was hungary. The ants were mad the grasshopper for asking for their food because they worked hard all summer collecting it and the grasshopper waster all of his time. I think that you should use your time wisely and make sure you do what is most important before playing around. A real life example would be to do your homework first before watching television or playing video games or you won't accomplish what is most important.
ReplyDeleteAlaina O
You're correct! And I bet that if we just settle down and get our homework done, there might be time left over for some television, right? Be like the ant...!
DeleteI read the Lion and the Mouse, it is about a mouse that is getting curios so he walks into a lions den and when he is in there the lion walks out to get a drink from the river. The mouse sneaks out but by the time the mouse get to the entrance the lion comes back and takes a nap right in front of the mouse. The mouse tip toes by the lion but his tail grazes the lion paw and the lion wakes up from his nap. The lion picks up the mouse in his paw and the mouse says, ''If you let me go I'll help you sometime when you are in need. So the lion lets the mouse go. The next morning the lion gets stuck in a hunter's trap, the lion is roaring of anger. The mouse hears all of the comotion and follows the roars until he sees the lion in the trap. The mouse jumps on to the trap and starts chewing the rope until it brakes to save the lion. When the lion escapes they decide to be best friends and realize that you dont have to be strong to be helpful. -Zack Freeman
ReplyDeleteNice job, Zack! Can you think of a time in real life when something like this happened to you?
ReplyDeletei read the rats and the cat and its about how the rats were stealing the food from the cats house and so the cats parents saw the rats and threw them outside the rats deccided that they would put a timer on the cat that tells them when the parents were coming and than they stole there food and the cat helped them with thatso they could steel the food and thats the end and the moral is that to never ever steal food and to help a friend out
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Can you think of a real life example of this?
Deleteum to help your
Deletefriend out when they need it
I read several of Aesop's Fables. I've also heard some before, like The Tortoise and The Hare and The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Today I read The Bee and Jupiter, The Eagle and The Arrow, and The Cage Bird and The Bat. The Cage Bird and The Bat is about a bird that sings only during the night. A bat questions why he only sings then and the bird answers that he got captured when he sang during the day, so now he only sings at night. The bat says that would have been good to do BEFORE he got captured and he might as well sing during the day now.
ReplyDeleteMoral - Precautions are useless after the crisis
An example of when you can use this in life is Hurricane Sandy. It wouldn't make sense to go try to buy water and get gas for the generator after the hurricane has already happened because the stores and gas stations might be closed or destroyed.
-Cal Antosiewicz
Excellent example! Great thinking, Cal.
DeleteThe three fables I read were "The Wasp and the Snake", "The Lion and the Bulls", and "The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion". I will write about "The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion", because I think it's the best moral and it's the easiest to give an example for. The ass and the fox team up to go hunting. When they go hunting, they see a lion. The fox secretly says to lion that if the lion doesn't hurt him, he will trap the ass. The lion then agrees to the plan. Once the fox traps the ass, the lion kills the fox. Now he has the fox as his prey, and he has the trapped ass for his next meal. The moral of the story is to stay loyal with the ones close to you, and stay commited to what you started with or promised. I think an example like this could happen in four square. So, say you and your friend have an alliance. You go in there, and you see someone much better than you and say to them that you will get your friend out and form an alliance with the more skilled person. Once you get your friend out, the person gets you out. They wouldn't have gotten you out when it was two on one, but because it was one on one, the better person got you out. That's the example of what I read. I think that's a great moral to a story and people should follow it. Always stay loyal to your friends.
ReplyDeleteWillem F.
Yes, that is a perfect example. Staying loyal to your friends is important. Choosing the right friends to begin with is also very important!
DeleteOne of thou favorites is the baboon and his umbrella. The baboon had an umbrella with him incase it rained while he was taking a walk hither and tither. His friend asked him why he didst an umbrella on such a sunny day. The baboon said it didst bother him. He went home, and cut holes in it so the sun could shine through. Then, it started to rain, and his umbrella didst have holes in it.
ReplyDeleteThy moral, advice from friends is much like weather. Some, is good. Some, is bad.
-----------ABI J. :) :P ;) ;P ------------
Hmmmm...that reminds me of the story of the men who had a beautiful sundial built, and then they built a roof over it to protect it from bad weather. Oooopsie!
DeleteCan you think of a time in your life when this moral would have come in handy?
One of my favorite fables from Aesop was the one where the wolf had a bone stuck in his throat and he couldn't get it out so he asked a swan to take it out,and the swan put his head down his throat and took the bone out and the swan was expecting to get paid and the wolf said well, you can tell everyone that you stuck your head down a wolf's throat and didn't get your head bitten off.
ReplyDeleteMoral: Do something because its right not for the pay.
Alex P
Yes, that is a moral that we should remember every day! Can you think of a time when you did something because it was the right thing to do?
DeleteI read a story called "The Lion in Love". It is about a lion falling in love with a maiden and asked her father for her hand in proposal. They didn't want to anger the beast nor let her daughter marry the large, fearsome lion so they made a deal. The lion was to remove his claws and teeth before the marriage. Then he came to the parents of the girl and they laughed and told him to do his worst.
ReplyDeleteLove can tame the wildest
-Mr. Phofolos
I'm not sure I understand the moral.
DeleteHow would you apply this to your life?
I'm really no much of a ladies man Mrs. Piazzi and I don't think somebody can change my ways with love, it was the moral of the story so I just didn't want to funk with it.
DeleteI read "The Mountain In Labour." It was talking about how this mountain was making all this noise and how the noise got louder and louder. Eventually it got so loud something came out of the mountain- a mouse.
ReplyDeleteThe moral of the story is: Magnificent promises are not always matched by performance.
-Mr. Schiavo
What does that moral mean to you?
DeleteSometimes during dance recitals, little kids come up to me and say "I bet my dance is better than yours!" Then we both go on, I run into that same kid as she walked up to me and said, " I loved your dance! I want to suggest some of those moves to my teacher for next year's." I read this poem and the moral and thought of that day.
DeleteAha! I get it now!
DeleteI just read some. There awesome!!! Ones that really liked are The Crocodile In The Bedroom, THe LObster And The Carb, and Madame Rhinoceros and Her Dress.
ReplyDeleteThe Moral in my fav one The Baboon's Umbrella is Advice from friends is like the weather. Some is good; some of it is bad.
I don't know who wrote this. I can't give you credit if I don't know who you are!
Deletei read the dog and the shadow, a dog is walking to a peaceful place to eat his meat when he goes across a bridge he sees him self reflected in the water, think it was another dog he snatched at it and dropped the steak and it was never see again, the moral of the story is never be greedy, if you were wanting to get a new toy as a child and you get to the store and you see two toys that you want but your mom says only one but you keep going on about how you want both then your mom might say forget about it and you will get nothing so never get greedy.
ReplyDeleteby nils jobe
Great example - I think that's exactly how it works!
DeleteI just read "The Lion in Love" on http://www.taleswithmorals.com/ . It is about a lion who proposes (Yes. a lion who proposes)to a beautiful maiden. I'm not sure if the maiden was human or lion or something, but they said that they did not feel safe that their daughter was getting proposed to a lion with sharp claws and teeth, so they say he should have them removed. The lion is so crazily in love that he has his claws and teeth removed, and when he returns to get the maiden's parent's approval, they just laughed in his face. Moral; Love can tame the wildest. And that moral is very true.
ReplyDelete_______HaLEy______:)
I think it's sad that they laugh at him when he does what they ask. Is that fair? Do you think they got married after that?
DeleteI don't like that story very much. How about you?
I enjoyed the story... but in a sad sort of way. I don't think they got married fter that. I feel bad for the lion :(
Delete-Haley
I got the feeling that the family was making fun of him. :(
DeleteI have read
ReplyDelete1) The Ass, the fox, and the lion. 2) The Ass and His Master. 3) The Eagle and the Arrow.
I choose number 2. The Ass went through three owners, each bad in their own way, but he kept thinking the next owner will be better and better but their never were.
The moral is he that finds discontentment in one place is not likely to find happiness in another.
If a child is unhappy in one school he is unlikely to find happiness in another.
Robert M. Hamrick
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Hmmm...you may be right. I have heard that happiness is a choice. Do you agree with that?
DeleteI read the famous tortoise and the hare.in this story a rabbit challenges a tortoise to a race. in the middle of the story the hare takes a nap , he is so confident that he would never have thought that the tortoise could have passed him. when he wakes up he starts to ward the finish line readdy to brag. but when he gets there he is appaled to see the tortoise already finished. i think the moral of this story is that 1. slow and steady wins the race, and 2.that you should never give up and to keep on trying!
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How about a real-life example?
Deletei also red the tortoise and the hare and found it interesting as i have since preschool, and a few other ones such as the man and the serpent,and the dog and the shadow, Finding that they are extremly similar to other stories i have read like the fox, the dog , and the griffin of whom i forget the author... But now i know where people think they came from
ReplyDeleteEmma K.
Yes, you can find many examples of new fables that are similar to these old ones!
DeleteYou haven't said anything about the moral of the story and an example from your life.
I read "The Crow and The Eagle". A crow saw an eagle swoop down into a
ReplyDeletefield of lambs and grabbed one and took off. The crow was jealous so he
tied to grab one, but his claws got stuck in the wool. Soon enough, the shepord came, clipped the crows wings, and brought him to his chldren. They all ate the crow for dinner. The morral of the story is don't t to do things that you know you can't do oyou might end up hurt. you could use morral of the story if someone is stronger than you, it's not a good idea to do some of the things that they might do.
-Madi H.
True... or how about acting before you think about the consequences? The crow was acting out of jealousy, without thinking about what might happen and he paid the price. A good lesson to learn!
Deletei read the book the dead and the gone i would recomend it to anyone it is very well writtin in all ways from details to the plot GET AT LIBRARY
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matt L =)
Matt, this has nothing to do with this month's topic. Go back to the top and read my post!
DeleteI read "The Crow and the Pitcher". It was about a crow who is very thirsty. He has found a pitcher, but his head is too big to fit into it. After a while he figures out that if he put pebbles in the water the water will overflow and he'll be able to get the water. The moral of the story is "In a pinch a good use of our wits may help us out." -Rebecca
ReplyDeleteCan you give an example of this in real life?
DeleteNevermind... I found a website with ALL of his fables. Wow! There is a lot! I am going to read mine now...
ReplyDelete~ Paige M.
Good girl!
Deletei read the croe and the pitcher
ReplyDeletewhen it was hot out the crow was very thirsty and there was very little to drink.
The crow found a pitcher with water all the way at the bottom of the pitcher and he didnt have a long neck.
So he piled up pebbles and the water came all the way to the top.
Moral: In a pinch a good use of ours wits may help us out.
~Abby
What is your example from real life?
DeleteI read a story called The Two Frogs. It is about these 2 frogs that live next door to each other and one live in a nice regular house with a crystal clear pond and the other lives in a ratty old house with a muddy old pond. The frog with the nice house asked the other frog if he wanted to move into his house because he was scared of his safety. He said no but the next day a bird picked up his house confusing it as his nest. I learned to always listen to your friends! It's a good skill for life!
ReplyDelete-Nicole
Yes -- if your friends have proven themselves to be trustworthy!
DeleteMaybe it is also about accepting help from your friends. Sometimes this is hard to do!
Good job!
A real life example would be if you were picking berries but you needed a basket. A smart thing to do would be to use your resources (such as wood, sap, etc.) to make a basket. (:
DeleteP.S. Sorry i forgot to write an example!
~Rebecca
Yes, that's a good one! Being a creative thinking comes in handy!
DeleteI read theese fables "the donkey, the fox, and the lion", "the totoise and the hare", and "the fox and the cat". ok so there's this fox right? He's bragging about how many tricks he has to get out of a tight situation. The cat had only one. Then in the distance they heard the cry's of a pack of hounds. The cat ran up the tree and asked if the fox had a plan. The fox sat there and thought of numberous ways to run, but the time he made up his mind the hunting dogs were there and he was killed.
ReplyDeleteMORAL OF STORY:better one safe way than one hundred to choose from
I don't know who wrote this!
DeleteHow do you think you could use this in your life?
I read the tortoise and the Hare and in the story the hare is always boasting that he is so fast and great. One day the tortoise challenges the hare to a race. The hare laughs at the idea, but accepts. IN the race the hare gets a huge lead but tires himself out so much that he decides to take a nap. During the hares power nap the tortoise wins.
ReplyDeleteMORAL OF THE STORY: slow and steady wins the race
Keith Ordway
How could you apply this to your life?
DeleteI read The Hare and the Tortoise, The Bald Man and the Fly and The Heifer and the Ox. I liked the Hare and The Tortoise the most because everyone knows the story but there are many ways to tell it. The morale also can be told in many ways. I liked this morale the best. “Plodding wins the race.” The morale means rushing is never a good thing to do. Like on a test. If you rush you may get a bad grade.
ReplyDeleteKylee G.
Right you are!!
DeleteI read, "The Monkey and the Dolphin", "The two frogs", and "The lion in love". I am choosing to write about "The lion in love" because I thought it was really funny. Summary: There was a Lion who fell in love with a beautiful girl, and he asked her parent's if he could propose marrige to her. The parents did't want a lion to marry their daughter, but they were afraid that if they said no, then the "King of the beasts" would get them. So the parent's tricked the lion into thinking that they didn't want their daughter to get hurt,so he had to get his claws trimmed and his teeth taken out. The lion loved their daughter so much that he did what they said and when he came back, the parents laughed and ran away.
ReplyDeleteMoral: Love can tame the wildest.
This moral can relate in real life because it's basically saying that love is a strong thing. You have to have trust in the person that you love and their family, and they have to trust you, too. But trust isn't always true, like if you want to be someone's friend, you have to show them you trust them. But if they tell you to change before you can be their friend, you shouldn't. They should like you for who you are.
Paige M. Block E
Excellent thinking! I agree with you 100%. Trying to change to make someone else happy never works.
DeleteI'm sorry if the summary was too long. I always do that.
ReplyDeletePaige M.
No, it was perfect.
DeleteThe fable I chose to write about is “Tortoise and the Hare”. It is about a hare that thinks he is so much better than the tortoise because he is faster and even teases the tortoise for being slow. So the tortoise challenges the hare to a race. At the beginning of the race the hare was way ahead and thought he had a ton of time so he played and then took a nap. While the hare was napping and playing the tortoise kept walking slowly through the race. When the tortoise woke up he ran the rest of the race and thought he would still be the winner but when he crossed the finish line the tortoise had already won.
ReplyDeleteThe moral of the story is slow and steady wins the race.
A real life example is when taking a test. If you go really fast you won’t always do well. If you go slow and take your time to read the question and think of your answer you will usually do better.
Aryanna Davis
Block A
Yes, this is a great example that a few other people have mentioned too. I guess it's a good one for students to remember!
DeleteI read the story of The Man and the Serpent. It is about a serpent that eats a man’s son then the man cuts of the serpent’s tail. Then he tries to make up and the serpent says that you cannot forget the loss of your son and my tail. At the end of the story it said the moral of the story and I couldn’t help reading it. But the moral of the story was injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten. I also read the story of the Boys and the Frogs and The Fisher Fable.
ReplyDeleteCan you think of a way this can be applied in your life?
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ReplyDeleteI read The Rose and the Amaranth, and it's about the Amaranth talking to the rose saying how pretty she is how her smell is so sweet. Then the Rose said that she only gets to live until the end of fall, and that the Amaranth gets to bloom in the spring. I think that the moral of the story is that some flowers get to live longer than others no matter how pretty they are.
ReplyDelete~Michaela D
Yes, I think that's true. Being pretty isn't as important as some people think.
DeleteHave you ever met someone that you were jealous of and then found out that they have problems that you didn't know about? Even someone who looks like they have everything has problems. I think that's the lesson that the amaranth learns.
One of the fables I read was "Those Delicious Grapes". There were three men that saw some delicious grapes while walking down the road. One wanted them for breakfast. The second man thought they would make a good wine. The third guy thought they'd make it a great gift. The owner of the grapes heard them fighting and chased them away.
ReplyDeleteThe moral of the story is fighting will never get you the things you want.
Now I know when I'm fighting with my brother it won't pay off. We need to not fight and work it out like by sharing or something.
~Brandon L.
Brandon, I think you got it right! If you're fighting, you could both get into trouble, and neither of you would get what you wanted. If you find a way to compromise or share, you can both win.
ReplyDeleteI read The Lion And The Wild Ass and the morale of that story is if you snooze you lose because if you want to survive you have to be constantly taking some things.
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Axel, you haven't summarized the story. I'm not familiar with it.
DeleteI was reading The Ass and the Lion's Skin. He was having great sucess. It was about an ass dressing up as a lion and scaring other animals. When the ass started talking, a fox noticed his voice. The fox told everyone.
ReplyDeleteI think the morare of the story is "Don't push it!"
*** Dylan Murphy :)
How can you relate this to real life?
DeleteThe story I read was the Vain Jackdaw. I think the moral of this story is that there is no cheating in life.
ReplyDeleteZachary D
You haven't completed the assignment, Zach. Please go back and read the directions.
DeleteI read the Aesop fable the vain jackdaw and it is about Jupitor appointing the most beatifal bird to be king or queen of the birds so all the birds went to the river to get ready among the birds was the jackdaw who cheated to look best so the birds stripped him of there feathers and jupitor saw the true jackdaw. I beleive the moral is no cheating in life it will only cheat yourself.
ReplyDeleteKyle H
Yes, that is correct. How does this relate to real life?
DeleteI read the Wolf and the Kid. A kid is a baby goat. The kid thought that he was big enough to do what he wanted. he did not go with the flock. it was getting dark and the wolf was standing in front of him. he asked the wolf to play music before he eats him. the flock was coming back and the sheep dogs remembered that the tune the wolf was playing was what wolves play before they eat an animal. the dogs chased the wolf away abd the kid returned to his flock.
ReplyDeletethe moral is: do not let anything turn you from your purpose.
We can do this in our lives by not doing what others think we should do but making the right choices and doing what we think is right and is best.
Kyle C.
Yes, I agree - but that is not always easy to do!!
DeleteI read The Tortouise and the Hare. In this story the Hare thinks he's so much better than the Tortouise. The Hare makes fun of him for being so slow so the Tortouise challenges the Hare to a race. During the race the Hare thinks he's so far ahead there's really no reason to keep running. So he stops to take a little rest. When the Hare finally wakes up the Tortouise had already crossed the finish line!
ReplyDeleteThe moral of this story is....slow and steady wins the race!
~Rachel(:
An example of this moral in real life is say you had a huge test coming up. If you study really quickly the morning of the test-this is called cramming-you might not do as well on the test. But if you take your time studying real hard and a good amount of time before the test then you will probably do great!
ReplyDelete~Rachel(:
Yes, Rachel, I think that's it exactly!
Deletea real life example would be when a person is full of themselves and thinks nobody can beat them. and then somebody does and they think it is the end of the world. you should never be full of yourself!
ReplyDelete~sophie moore ;D
I agree, Sophie - that's exactly what that means!
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ReplyDeleteI read the grasshopper and the ants. It was about a grasshopper who sang all summer long and didn't store up food for the winter. The ants worked very hard to get enough food for winter.
ReplyDeleteThe moral is work before play.
I could relate to the grasshopper because i like to play, not work.
-Livy Berry :)
Playing is important, but so is work. Especially if you're responsible for feeding your family! Play now while you can!!
DeleteI read the book named Fables by Aesop. The one that I really enjoyed was The Chickens And Fox. It was about two sister chickens and they were walking down to the pond on the same road they always do. They met a fox one day and the fist sister told him that they come down the road each day. And as they walked away the second sister told her that they should take a new road tomorrow but the fist sister wouldn't listen! So the next day they went down the same road and there was the fox waiting for them once again and he had a sack with him. Right as they appproached him he threw the sack over them and they swirled and flew back home and locked all the doors. The next day they didn't go out at all. The next day they went down a different road and felt a lot safer and there was no fox.
ReplyDeleteMoral: Change or adventure can be very helpful or a good thing.
-Reese!! XD
That's a good one! Can you think of an example from real life?
DeleteYes I can! I think for a school related situation if you want better grades and you are very sloppy maybe a good change would be being neater, using your planner and getting everything in on time with your best work!
Delete-Reese!!XD
BINGO!
DeleteAnd BINGO was my name o!
DeleteI read the Grasshoper and the Ant. The grasshopper sang all the way through summer and didn't leave any time to store food for the winter. On the other hand, the ants did the exact opposite.
ReplyDeleteI belive the moral of the story is "do what you have to do before what you want to do".
I can relate because sometimes my priorities are a little off. For inistence, last night I had 7 questions left on my math minute but instaed of getting it over with, I decided to wait 'til after the Monday Night Football game.
$ $pencer M. $
And then it was probably really late, and you were too tired to finish the math. How long would those 7 problems have taken you?
DeleteSounds like you KNOW what you should do the next time, right Grasshopper?
yes and i just did it on the bus. it was monday night and it was due Friday
DeleteI read The Ass And His Driver. I t was about an Ass and his driver going down a mountain side when the Ass decided to go his own way. The quickest way to the Ass was to jump strait down but just as he was about to jump the driver grabbed him by the tail. But the Ass pulled with all his might lead ing the driver to let the Ass choose his own path. So down the Ass went. Morale of the story, They who will not listen to reason but stubbornly go their own way against the friendly advice of those who are wiser than they, are on the road to misfortune.( word for word).
ReplyDelete____________________________Axel__________________________________________________________________________Axel_________________________________________________________________________Axel
And how can you relate that to your life?
DeleteI can relate that to real life by when my friends decided to hide behind a rock and whenever a car came by they'd pop their head out and scare them. I didn't go and I'm glad I didn't because my friends got yelled at when they did it to the guy next door to me.
DeleteScaring a driver is definitely not a good idea! I'm glad you didn't join them.
DeleteThe Hare and the Tortoise is my favorite. So, a hare and a tortoise have a race. The hare thinks he will win because he's fast and tortoise's are slow. During the race, the hare takes a nap because he thinks he will have enough time. He was wrong, because in the end, the tortoise won! Slow and steady wins the race!
ReplyDelete~ *Sydney L.*
You didn't finish, Sydney. Go back and look at the directions again.
DeleteOh, and this relates to real life by haveing racs with your friends, or a competition between others. Like the Olymics.
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I read Insignia it was a amazing book. this book was about a ww3 starting and the goverment losing so they used there special weapon witch is a controlled weapon throgh a game witch leads into a robot and he is faced with something none of them thought was possable read it its AMAZING
ReplyDeletematt l
I like ur comment Matt:)
Delete-Samantha D
Matt, this has nothing to do with Aesop's Fables. Go back to the top and read the directions!
DeleteIn my book 101 Ways to Bug Your Friends and Enemies I have not found a moral to the story yet.
ReplyDelete-Samantha D
That book is not an Aesop's Fable. Go back to the top and read the assignment again!
DeleteFor this months blog I read the boy who cried wolf. In the story there is a young boy who stands in the middle of the town and yells as loud as he can,"there is a wolf". Then all the towns people come out of there homes and ask where the wolf went. The boy said it ran away.The towns people went back into there homes.The boy did the same thing the next couple of nights. Then one night he id the same thing although there was really a wolf. The towns people never came out because they thought he was lieing like the past nights. I think the moral of the story is that you never want to lie about something becuase yhen people might not like or trust you.
ReplyDeleteBy Josh B.
Can you give an example of this happening?
DeleteI read the the turtle and the hare today and it is about the race between the turtle and hare. Also the morel is about not thinking that just cause you are faster means you are smarter. In real life I think as me and my brother racing, and me thinking that cause I am older I can beat him.
ReplyDelete-Alie
Is it only about running races, or could it be about other things too?
DeleteThe aesop fables that i read was in the big book of tons of different aesop fables but the ones i chose was The dog and the shadow, the lions share, and The shallow and the other birds. The one i picked to share is The dog and his shadow because i thought it was kind of funny because it had a good lesson and that was to not be sellfish. The dog was being sellfish because when he saw his reflection in the water he had a piece of meat in his mouth so in his reflection he obviously saw another piece of meat and he was sooooo sellfish that he went to go grab the meat out of the "other dogs" meat and ended up droping his meat in the water the it was never seen again.So that is what i read.
ReplyDelete-Kendall S.
How does this relate to your life?
DeleteI read 'The Bear and The Two Travelers'. It was about how two men were traveling together and a bear met them on their journey. One of the men quickly ran up a tree to hide. The other, seeing that he might be attacked, laid flat on the ground and tried to seem as dead as he could. When the bear came up to him to smell to see if he was dead, the man held his breath so the bear would go away. The bear whispered something in the man's ear and went away. When the other man came down from the tree and laughed at his friend on the ground. The man on the ground said "The bear gave me some advise." "Never travel with a friend that
ReplyDeletedeserts you at the approach of danger."
I think the moral of the story was that when bad things happen it can test your relationship with your friend. This is like when the school bully bullies you and your friends act like they don't know you, you question if they are real friends.
-Ellie :D
Great example, Ellie! Anyone who would do that is not a true friend! (If only the bullies would act like that bear!)
DeleteI read the hares and frogs story. It relates to me because my family goes through some tough times, and sometimes it aggravates me. Especially around Christmas. Our furnace broke, dad chipped a tooth, mom had a filling fall out! What the heck? Dad got a bonus but now it all goes to those stupid things. Mom said, "be glad the money is there to pay for those things, some people don't have any at all". I think about the trees with the stars on them, and how we were able to pick one and help those people out. I guess it's not as bad as it seems, and is worse for others. I have to remember that.
ReplyDelete-Anadee O.
Wow, Anadee, sometimes life seems so unfair. But your mom is right, and once those unexpected things get paid for, you will be back to normal!
ReplyDeleteSo what happened to the hares and the frogs? Did the frogs chip their teeth? (heeheehee)Please tell us the story!
I read "The Crow and the Pitcher". It was about a crow that is dying of thirst and cannot find any water. He found a pitcher of water and was relieved. When he got closer to the pitcher he saw that is was not very full and he could not reach the water. He gathered as many rocks as he could and dumped them onto the pitcher, so the water would get to the top and he could drink it. The moral of this fable is "necessity is the mother of invention". This means that you have to invent things or think of good ideas to solve problems to be successful in life. An example of this is when I wanted to play basketball in the garage, but I had to go to bed. In my room I made a hoop and ball out of some duck tape. I stuck the hope to the back of my door and played basketball for an hour.
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I'm telling on you! You were supposed to be in bed, young man!
DeleteBut that was very creative, and that's what the fable was all about. Great job!
I read "Belling The Cat" it was about mice creating a plan to know when the cat is nearby so they will have a chance to run away. The plan was to tie a bell around the cat's neck but they couldn't find a way to get the bell on the cat. The moral of the story is it is easier said then done. I can relate to the moral because my family keeps saying we will haul out the basement. But that problem is definetly easier said then done.
ReplyDeleteMadison BB
At least the basement won't eat you when you try to clean it...or will it?
Deletei read the fox and the crow i can easily relate to this it happens to me all the when i was little i used to think everything i liked was mine. I thought it was kind of the crow not only how he gave him the cheese but he gave something that was his up so they both were happy.
ReplyDeletethe moral of the story is Do not trust flatterers.
matt L
Matt, could you go back to the story and find out why the crow gave the cheese to the fox?
DeleteI read the torttus and the hare and i think the moral is slow and steady wins the race.
ReplyDeleteGriffin b
Griffin, please go back to my post to see what the assignment is.
DeleteI read The Boy Who Cried Wolf. It's is about a boy wolf tells the village people that there is a wolf coming into town to eat the wolfs well he says it like very day so the people learn to just ignore him. Well then one day there actually is a wolf and know one believes him and all the sheep get eaten. The moral of the story is don't lie because the consequences can be very harsh.
ReplyDelete~ Avery S.
Can you think of a real situation where this moral would be important to remember?
DeleteI also read the tortoise and the hare. It is one of my childhood favorites. Its about a turtle who challenges a hare that is always bragging and boasting to a running race. The hare decides to take a nap since he was so far ahead while in the mean time the turtle arrives at the finish line. I think the moral of the story is that if you stay at a steady pace even if your slow you canacomplish alot. Like if you and your friendare trying to finish a book before the other if you use the moral you have a good chance of winning.Why do you have to prove your not a robot?
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Good work, Shane. Sometimes rushing with things creates more problems than going slowly.
DeleteThat is a security device. Only a real person could type those codes, so they prevent other computers from hacking the blog site.
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ReplyDeleteI read "The Leopard and the Fox" and it is about this leopard who thinks he is better than everyone else because of his spots. The fox became hurt and annoyed because the leopard thought he was better than everyone else. One day the fox got enough courage to say to the leopard " You may think yourself very fine, but, depend upon it, people value a bright brain far more than a handsome body." I think the message is "it counts on what is on the inside instead of what is on the out side. This relates to real life because i have seen people think they stink because they think they are ugly and they think that everything matters about what you look like. They think that people will judge them if they have a mole or a big nose but people should realize it matters about what is on the inside.
ReplyDelete-Karleigh J
You are absolutely right! Wait 'til we read our next story about the meadowlark with the big feet!
DeleteI read the traveler and his dog which basically goes like this:
ReplyDeleteA traveler about to set out on a trip saw his Dog stand at the door stretching . He asked him “Why do you stand there gaping? Everything is ready but you, so come with me instantly.” The Dog, wagging his tail, said “O, master! I am quite ready; it is you whom I am waiting.”
the moral of this story is that the loiterer often blames delay on his more active friend. To transfer this moral into modern words, i think it means that if you see someone who has a job to do waiting around, you immediately think that he or she is slacking when in truth they were just faster in finishing then you. In real life, it may happen that just before a project is due after you had a month to do it with a friend you are scrambling to finish your half where as your friend is doing nothing. you ask, " why aren't you working? Don't you care about your grades?" in return they say " yes I do care about my grades, I was just smart and finished it early."
~Madison G.
That's a great example, Madi! It reminds me of the one abou the Ant and the Grasshopper.
DeleteSome of the fables I read were the One Eyed Doe, The Wolf and the Lamb and The Dog, Cock and Fox.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the Wolf and the Lamb the best. The summary of the story is the lamb wanders into the wolfs territory and the wolf, wanting dinner, accuses the lamb of eating his grass and drinking his water. The lamb was not guilty of doing any of these things but the wolf wanted to trick the lamb into thinking he was bad and that was why he was going to eat him.
The moral of the story is you cannot try to reason with a someone if they aren't willing to see both sides of a story. An example of this would be a bully who picks on someone. Bullies are hard to reason with and usually do what they want.
Tyler Millette
I agree with you, Tyler. Sometimes people make up their minds about what they're going to do, and it doesn't matter what you say to them. It's best to steer clear of people like that!!
DeleteI read the dog and the shadow and it was about this dog that sees his reflection In the water on his way to eating some meat but he dropped in the water on his way to snatch his own reflection. The moral of the story is not to be picky when you don't get what you want and to apreciat what you have and not what you don't have.
ReplyDelete~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Amber Hodgkins~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Good, Amber. Can you think of an example of this in real life?
DeleteI read fables called the Wolf And The Lean Dog, The Fox And The Lion, and The Mice and The Weasles.
ReplyDelete1st one: In this story, the wolf wants to eat the bony dog. The dog tricks him into thinking he'sll let him eat him whe he goes and eats. then, he comes back and says he would be grateful to be eaten, but then the dog scared him off.
The moral: Do not depend on the promises of those whose interest is to decive you. Take What you can get and when you can get it.
2nd one: in this book, the fox is sighting a lion. at 1st, he is frightened and runs off. the second time, the fox is not as scared but still slinks off. 3rd time he saw the lion, he boldly trotted over to the lion and asked him some questions. The moral: Familiarity breeds contempt. Acquantance with evil blinds us to our dangers.
3rd one: This is about mice who were losing battles against weasles. when they thought of putting the greatest mice on the mice army, the wesles still won their game. Moral: Greatnesshas it's penalties.
~~Jenna Gammon~~
Can you think of a real-life example of one of these morals?
DeleteI read the fables of... The Wolf And The Lean Dog, the Fox And The Lon, And The Mice And The Weasles.
ReplyDeleteMy first book was The Wolf And The Lean Dog. it is about a hungery wolf who sees a skinny boney dog. The wolf trys to eat the dog but... The dog tricks him into thinking that he was too skinny and he would soon get fattend up and then the wolf could eat him. So the wolf waits a couple days and sure enough the dog is all fattend up and waiting. The dog says something to scare the wolf and it works!
The moral of the story is... Do not depend on the promises of those whose intrest is to deceve you. Take what you can get and get it.
*Sarh F.*
What is an example of how to relate this to real life?
DeleteOne of Asops most famos and memorable fables is The Rabit and The Tortouse every one KNOWS the story but I never acctually stoped to think about the meaning; slow and stedy wins the race. I do this all the time use this in my life on tests on work on everything, but I never knew it. Rereading Asop made me understand the story more.
ReplyDeleteJackie C.
Great! I'm glad this happened!
DeleteI read a lot of Aesops's fables but my favorite was The Wind And The Sun. It is about the wind and the sun fighting about who is stronger, and then a traveler walks past where they were and sun decided to see which one will make the traveler remove his cloak. And wind made it stronger and stronger, but it didn't work. Southern sun cam out from behind the cloud and it really hot so he toke it off. The moral was Kindness affects more then severity. -Meaghan block D
ReplyDeleteCan you think of an example of how you could apply this moral?
DeleteI read the lion and the mouse the wolf or cyote and the sheep and the lion and the donkey. I liked the lion and the mouse the best becuose it sweat that the mouse helps someone he realy dosen't like. Helping the lion out of the trap shows that you can help people even if you don't like them very much. :D Emma R.
ReplyDeleteYes, that's true, Emma -- and you might question why you didn't like that person in the first place. Maybe you'll end up with a new friend!
DeleteI read the dog and the hare and the dog knew a hare on the hillside and tried to keep their distance the dog kept biting the hare.The hare said i wish you had a dog to play with.The dog said i wish you could be sincere to me in your true colors. The rabbit says if a friend why do you bite me if a enemy why fawn me? Dallen
ReplyDeleteDo you understand what that moral means? Can you tell me how it relates to you?
DeleteI read the "Lion and the Mouse", "The Crow and the Pitcher", and "The Donkey, the Fox, and the Lion". I'm going to tell you about "The Donkey, the Fox, and the Lion". It was about a donkey and a fox who teamed up to find food together, and then they came upon a lion. The fox whispered in the lion's ear that he will get the donkey without the trouble of stalking him if he let the fox live. So the fox led the donkey into a ditch, and the lion first turned his attention to the fox, gobbled him up and then ate the donkey.
ReplyDeleteThe moral is "Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself". This moral applies to real life because if you tell someone about your friend's most secret secret, you may find that s/he may not be your friend anymore.
-Helena
That's what known as "throwing someone under the bus"! It's very tempting to let your friend get into trouble so that you won't, but it is a good way to lose friends!
DeleteThe book that I read was The Wolf And The Kid. The moral of the story is do not let anything turn you from your porpose. I said that because a goat got sepreated from the pack. And their was a wolf standing in front of the trees and befor the wolf ate him he played a toon for the sheep and the human and his dogs saved the sheep.
ReplyDeleteNStrout
I read the pig at the candy store and the moral of the story was a locked door is very likely to discourage temptation. I like how aesop puts the moral at the bottom because it teaches you a lesson.
ReplyDelete-Ariel F.
Can you give an example of how this applies to your life?
DeleteI read the goose with the golden eggs and the moral was that greed often reaches itself. I believed that the story made since because it said that a man sold the gooses eggs and then killed the goose because he believed that there would be more in the goose. I think that aesop was a very wise man if he was alive at one point in his life time.
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ReplyDeleteCan you think of an example of how this relates to real life?
DeleteI red fables i red the crocadile sitting in the room staring at the wallpapers and he grew sickly ill and he finnally went outside and came back in about 20 minutes later feeling ill
ReplyDeletelydia v.
What is the moral of that story?
DeleteI read the book Fables. I read three fables but one of them really stood out to me. It's called The Mouse At The Seashore. It's about a mouse who ventures away from home even when his parents told him it was dangerous. He really wanted to sea the ocean and he didn't let anything stop him. A cat bit off a piece of his tail and birds and dogs attacked him making him bloody but he kept going he made it to the seashore and stared at the beauty of the ocean. The morral of the story is "All the miles of a hard road are worth a moment of true happiness". He faced his fears and got what he wanted, to see the ocean.
ReplyDelete- Alysen Brown
That's a beautiful story! Can you think of a real-life example?
DeleteI read three Aesop fables,but my all time favorite from first grade was the tortise and the hare,Its about a race between a hare and a tortise.The hare thinks he's the fastest runner of them all but the tortise dissagrees so the hare challenges tortise to race him.The race starts and the hare speeds off to a head start and tortise starts slow and steady ,farther into the race hare thinks he's going to win anyway so he takes a brake,but the tortise approaches and walks across without hare noticing so totrise won.I think the moral of the story is that slow and steady always wins.
ReplyDeleteRyan D.
DeleteYes, that's the lesson! Can you think of a time when you remembered (or should have remembered) that lesson?
DeleteMe and Spencer read a fable called "The Lion and the Bulls". It was about a lion who was trying to kill some bulls so that he could eat them, but whenever he tried to attack them they would work together to defend themselves. The lion thought of a plan to turn the bulls against one another by telling them bad things about each other. It worked, and when the bulls became unsure about each other and separated, the lion successfully killed each of them. The moral of the story was "united we stand, divided we fall". This moral could be applied in real life if you were trying to convince someone with significance then you to do something, alone they wouldn't consider your idea, but if lots of people stood with you then you could probably convince the person.
ReplyDelete-Dan
Yes, it is true that if a lot of people speak up about something, they can make things happen! That is the theory behind social media.
DeleteI read a fable called the snake and the hare. the hare was stuck under a fallen tree. the snake came along and helped the hare out. then the snake came and tried to eat him! then a turtle came and said "you are a fool!"he said" and now let the hare go or be full of shame." so he let him go and ran away.
ReplyDeletemoral:if you do something bad,then you will be full of shame.
Evan
Shame on the snake! I hate it when someone pretends to be your friend just so they can hurt you later. That is not what friends should do!
Deletei read a book on fionn macumhail and it talked about how one day fionn got so mad one day he stomped his feet in anger witch caused the continental drift it was a short story but it was cool to read
ReplyDeleteby brian c.
Brian, I'm delighted that you found another Fionn story, but that isn't an Aesop's Fable. Make sure that you read my post to see what the assignment is next month.
DeleteI read the birds, the beasts, and the bat. The story is about a bat that is wondering if he is a beast or a bird. When the birds ask him if he wants to join them he says, no I'm a beast. But when the beasts come to him and ask do u want to join us the bat says no I'm a bird. An example of what could happen like this in real life is if a kid is wondering what he wants to play at recess. Then when the soccer kids come up to him they say want to play soccer and the kid would say no I'm playing basketball. Then the basket ball fans would come and ask if he wanted to play basket ball and the kid would say no I'm playing soccer.
ReplyDelete-Gabbe Albert
Wouldn't it be OK to want to play both sports? I think that the trouble with bat was that he kept switching sides when the animals and birds were fighting. He always wanted to be on the winning side. You need to call The Story Station and listen to Zach's story "Why Bat Has No Friends"! I will give you the number.
ReplyDeleteI read the tortise and the hare. In the story, the hare thinks he is faster than the tortise, so they have a race. When the race begins, the hare nearly reaches the finish line while the tortise has barely crossed the starting line, so the hare decides to take a nap figuring the tortise was to slow to catch up. The hare was wrong. The tortise caught up to the hare and won the race while the hare was napping. I made two morals. One is that to never underestimate someone or something. The other is to never give up. A real life example is if someone was bad at basketball and people didn't try that hard to stop him when he got the ball. But one day when he got the ball he scored a point and kept scoring points easily sense everyone underestimated him.
ReplyDeleteAmir Palamar
I also read the "lion and the mouse" and "the wolf or the cyote".
ReplyDeleteAmir Palamar
I read this fable called the mouse and the cat it is about this little girl about 8 and she met a human sized mouse next door and they invited her to come and eat food. But the next day she met a cat and she introduced him to the mouse family but then she woke up and it was all a dream.
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