fables by aesop: 2011

Thursday, August 18, 2011

The Tiger and His Clothing

by Shuba

Once there was a greedy old Tiger. He liked to take things from others. One day he came across a poor Beggar Dog who had to beg for a living. Dog had a penny which he had earned. He was by a thorn bush when Tiger came by.
Tiger grabbed the penny from Dog and Tiger tugged so hard that Tiger fell into the thorn bush. Tiger did not notice he had tattered clothing because he was too busy admiring his treasure. He walked over a bridge and looked at his his reflection in the water. He did not realize that the reflection was his because he did not know his clothing was tattered by the thorn bush. Tiger thought he saw another Beggar Dog with a penny because of the clothing. Tiger then plunged his hand into the water only to realize that the penny was gone.

Moral: Greed brings disaster.

The Penguin And The Patty Cake Doll

by Molly

     A little penguin was playing patty cake with her friend's doll. Her friend, Polar Bear, was jump-roping. They where having so much fun, suddenly Polar Bear took the patty cake doll from penguin.
     Polar Bear started jump-roping again. Penguin was mad and said, "I am not going to be your friend anymore."
     So then Bear didn't have anymore friends. Right before penguin left to play with someone else, Polar Bear fell because of the patty cake doll.

MORAL: Some people are so selfish they won't even share the stuff they don't need and can't use.

Mouse, Dog , and Armadillo

by Michelle

     One Halloween Mouse, Dog , and Armadillo were going trick-or-treating. Their mothers said, "You may only have two pieces of candy each."
     They all said, "O.k.." They all went trick-or-treating for three whole hours, and got loads of candy! They ate a half of the bucket of candy. When they got home their mothers exclaimed, "Did you have fun?"
     They all replied, "Yes." Then Armadillo threw up.
     Dog said, "I feel sick."
     Mouse said, "Have a tummy ache." Mouse, Dog, and Armadillo all lied and murmured that they only ate two pieces of candy. They all got sick and got grounded for lying. They regretted not minding their mothers.

Moral: Too much of anything often leaves one with a feeling of regret.

The Ducks and the Fox

by Lily

     Once there were two ducks that always walked along the same road each day to go to the pond. As they went along, one of the ducks quacked to the other, " Why don't we go on a different path today. There are lots of other roads that lead to the pond?"
     "No, no, no. I have always gone this way and I am not about to change my ways," said the biggest duck.
     As the ducks walked along they came upon a very sly fox. "Hello ladies, how are you doing?"
     "Oh we are just on our way to the pond." The ducks continued to waddled quickly to the pond.
     The next day the duck that had wanted to go to the pond another way said, "Please, lets go the other way. If we go the same way that fox will surely eat us."
     "Oh don't be such a worry wart," snapped the biggest duck.
     So they both had gone the same way that they always had, and there was the fox waiting for them with a sack in his paw. As soon as the ducks walked by the fox pounced on them. The ducks ran screaming back to their house.
     The next day the ducks took another road to the pond because they were both still in shock over what the fox did to them the day before.

Moral: Sometimes it is best to change your ways.

The Lion and His Raincoat

by Jessica

     Far off in the jungle, by the misty springs, Lion was taking a walk by himself. Surprisingly, he was wearing a hot thick raincoat that he could not take off. Tiger, Lion's friend, was walking in the jungle too. "My dear friend, Lion," cried Tiger, "what are you doing in that hot thick raincoat on such a lovely day as this?" "Tell me I have to know!" questioned Tiger.
     "Well," Lion started out, "it was this morning, I put this raincoat on. I really don't remember why I put it on, I guess I just thought it might all of a sudden rain."
     Tiger shook his head. "Please don't try to tell me you think it is going to rain today. The clouds aren't even what I call thin."
      Lion's eyes widened. He forced himself into thinking that he was going to wear this sweating hot raincoat on such a lovely warm October day. "Oh no," cried Lion.
      "Do not worry at all my friend," Tiger explained, "you simply cut off some of your sleeves and pants."
      "Great solution!" exploded excited Lion. He thanked his friend and ran home. He was so excited he cut off ALL his sleeves and pants. Then, he jumped out the door and felt the warm sunshine. He shook his body like a dog would wag it's tail. Eventually, the clouds rolled over the sun and it began to rain. Lion, shocked by his foolishness, prayed for the rain to stop. But the storm raged on, and lion darted home with a soaking wet body and a soaking wet tail that dragged along behind him. When the storm stopped, there was only miles and miles of muddy puddles. Floating in one of the pond-sized puddles, there was a small bit of tattered cloth that had covered Lion's tail.

Moral: Advice from friends is like weather, some of it is good, some of it is bad.

The Bad Fox

by Jake

     There once was a small Fox who was bad in school. He put huge, ugly, sharp nails on the teacher's chair. He threw huge, gross spitballs across the room. He set of fireworks in the science class and spread sticky salt water taffy on the doorknobs.
     "Your behavior is in impossible!" said the principal. "I am going to see your parents. I will tell them what a problem you are!"
     The principal went to visit Mr. and Mrs. Fox. The first thing he noticed when he looked around was the gooey spitballs all over the walls. He sat down in a chair. "Ouch!" cried the principal. "There are nails in this chair! Let me out of here!" The principal ran to the front door and tried to open the door, but there was salt water taffy on the doorknob.

Moral: A child's conduct will reflect the ways of his parents behavior.

The Bear

by Darcie

Once Bear was going to school. She was alone because she had no friends. The reason she was friendless was she was a bad girl, and nobody wanted to be her friend! Bear would change all of her bad grades to As, and make paper airplanes during class and throw them at the teacher when she wasn't looking.
One time when bear was in the principal's office, she really got into trouble! When the principal got up to do something, Bear put glue in the principal's chair! The principal got so mad that she arranged a meeting with Bear's parents! But the principal was very surprised when they came, because the parents acted just like their child! They talked while the principal was speaking, they threw paper airplanes at her, and they put gum in her chair!

Moral: A child's conduct will reflect on the ways of his parents.

The Ant the Sugar

by Christophe

One day a hungry ant was trying to get up the wall in the backyard. There was sugar at the top of the wall. A man had been sitting on the wall eating cereal. He had spilled the sugar before he climbed down to leave. The ant kept trying to get up the wall but he got too tired to keep trying. He tried to convince himself that he didn't want it.

Moral: When people can't get what they want because of their inabilities, they often pretend they didn't want it anyway.

The Sheep and the Dove

by Briana

      Sheep was going to meet his blind date and was really trying to look his best. He was feeling proud of himself and said, "I am looking great with my fluffy white wool and with my red bow tie."
     Dove flew by and perched on a near by tree and said,"What are you all dressed up for?"
     Sheep replied, "I am going on a blind date with a lady sheep."
     "Well," said Dove, "someone told me it was her and they also told me she likes sheep with pink wool and brownish-greenish bow ties."
     Sheep responded, "Oh, please dye my wool pink and get me a green bow tie please." Dove handed the sheep a green bow tie and quickly dyed his wool pink.
     Sheep walked over to the Lady Sheep and gave her some flowers. Lady Sheep screamed, dropped the flowers, and ran away crying. Over on the tree Sheep could hear the Dove laughing.

Moral: When the need is strong, there are those who will believe anything.

The Rich Mole and the Money

by Amy

     A very rich mole who had lots of money decided one day that he would go to the fish market and buy some supper. When he got there he saw a large fish and a small fish. He bought the small fish because he didn't want to spend a whole bunch of money. "How much will this cost"? asked the mole.
      "Five dollars, please," said the mouse who worked at the fish market.
     After that Mole went to the candy store across the street and bought five pounds of candy. He didn't know that five pounds of candy cost twenty dollars.
     "Twenty dollars, please," said the candy store owner.
     "What!" cried Mole. "Are you crazy! Here is twenty dollars. Now leave me alone!"
     Mole rushed to the bank. He saw a man with 100 dollars. Mole thought to himself: I'm going to take that money from that man so I can be rich again.
      Mole tried to take the money from the man but the man thought to himself: Well, if that little mole is going to take my money I might aswell take his. So the man took Mole's money instead of Mole taking his. Now Mole is left with nothing and is poor.

Moral: Be satisfied with what you have.