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Aesop’s Fables?

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ikipedia

Aesop is a Greek m

an. He

wrote m

any short stories to give

advice. M

ost of

his stories

are about

animals

and beasts.

Fable: a

short false

story w

ith a moral

Modified by

Fatma N

. M. Abdullah

A h

un

ter w

as a

fter th

e tra

il of

a lio

n. In

the fo

rest, h

e m

et a

w

ood

man a

nd

aske

d fo

r help

. W

ill the h

un

ter fi

nd

the lio

n?

What

did

you learn

fro

m

the s

tory

?

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2

Once

u

pon

a

time,

there

w

as

a

small p

eace

ful v

illag

e. T

he v

illag

ers

there

were

kind

an

d frie

nd

ly. Am

on

g

them

, there

was a

n o

ld h

un

ter. H

e

was a

big

mou

th. H

e a

lways ta

lked

ab

ou

t h

is ad

ventu

res

with

h

ug

e

beast.

Th

e

villa

gers

knew

he

was

on

ly g

ood

at ta

lking

. 3

On

e

day,

ann

ou

nce

d

that

he

was

goin

g t

o b

ring

a l

ion b

ack

wit

h h

im.

He t

ook

his

rifl

e a

nd

wen

t to

th

e

near

fore

st.

Aft

er

walk

ing

fo

r a fe

w m

inu

tes,

th

e

hun

ter

heard

a

lou

d

voic

e

com

ing f

rom

nearb

y.

It w

as

a w

ood

man c

utt

ing

dow

n

a h

ug

e t

ree.

The h

unte

r ask

ed i

f

the

woodm

an

sa

w

mark

s and

footp

rints

of

a l

ion

. “I

will

show

you

the

lion

him

self”

said

th

e

wood

man

. Th

e

hu

nte

r tu

rned

very

p

ale

an

d

said

: “N

o

thank

you,

it i

s th

e t

rack

only

I a

m i

n

searc

h o

f.”

D

id y

ou

learn

any o

ther

new

w

ord

s?

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