Fables and Morals

What are fables? Are they the same as fairytales? What’s their purpose? Are they found in every culture?

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Early form of story telling
Believed to be originated in India
Aesop – Greek Slave, 620 B.C.
Some things you should know about Fables…

AESOP
Credited for most of the known fables heard today.
His fables include “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” and “The Lion and the Wolf.”

Short stories
What are some characteristics of fables?
Features animals, plants & forces of nature with human qualities
Handed down generation after generation

Fables teach a lesson, can relate to everyone, and connects us with other cultures.

Which of these are characteristics of fables?
A) Human Gods
B) Animals with human characteristics
C) Happy endings
D) All of the above

So what are fairy tales?
Start with “Once upon a time”
Setting in a castle, forest or town
Story has good/evil characters

Fairy Tales cont.
Many characters are animals or royalty
Stories have magic
Has the numbers 3 or 7 in it

Story has a problem
Problem in story is solved
Good wins over evil
A Fairy Tale also….

Which one is not a characteristic of a fairytale?
A) Has the numbers 3 and 7
B) Once upon a time
C) Good wins over Evil
D) Teaches a lesson

How are fables and fairy tales the same?
Handed down from generation to generation
Fictional stories – not true

Similarities: Fables &Fairy Tales
Connect us with different cultures
For all ages

Differences
Fables
Characters: Animals that act like humans
Teaches a lesson
Fairy Tales
Characters: Royalty
Good vs. Evil

Fables of Different cultures
Involve animals found in that culture
Reflects cultural beliefs

Fable: The Lion and the Mouse
A mouse was running up and down a lion’s face
The lion woke up and was about to eat him
The mouse begged the lion to let him live

The Lion & the Mouse (cont.)
The mouse made a deal with Lion
If Lion let him go, the mouse would repay him one day, but the lion started to laugh at the mouse.
Soon after, Lion was trapped
in a net.

Lion and Mouse (cont.)
The mouse heard the lion’s roars. Running to him, it nibbled through the net, freeing the lion.
Lion realized that mouse could help him.
MORAL: Little friends may prove great friends

Fable: The Tortoise and the Hare
The hare laughed at the tortoise’s short feet and slow pace.
The tortoise challenged him to a race
The hare agreed

Tortoise and the Hare
The tortoise never stopped, he went slow and steady the whole way
The hare thought he had time and took a nap
He finally woke up, and rushed to the finish line

Tortoise and the Hare MORAL: Don’t rush into things

Fables can have more than one lesson. Another lesson for the tortoise and the Hare is “Slow and Steady wins the race”

The Poor Ugly Hippo
African Fable
San people – Tribe in Africa
They thought the hippo was created last

The Poor Ugly Hippo
Hippo was embarrassed because he thought he was fat & ugly
He begged the Creator to let him live in the water
The Creator said no – he would eat all the fish

The Poor Ugly Hippo
The hippo promised to eat nothing in water
But the Creator said no, so the hippo continued begging …
Finally they made an agreement….

The Poor Ugly Hippo Hippos could live in water only if they came out every day to leave their dung The animals would search it for fish bones

This last moral was reflective of the African culture They used an animal native to their country

Animals Used in Fables
Lion – Strength, Big Ego
Donkey- stupid
Fox – Sly
Hawk: tyrannical

Animals Used in Fables
Wolf – Greed, Dishonest
Fly- wise
Hen- conceited
Lamb – Shyness

Using Fables and their Morals Literacy

The Frog and the Ox A young frog, amazed at the huge size of an ox, rushed to tell her father about the monster. The father frog, trying to impress his child, puffed himself up to look like the ox. The young frog said it was much bigger. Again the father puffed himself up. The young frog insisted the monster was even bigger. The father puffed and puffed - and burst!

Match the Moral to the Fable . Persuasion is better than force. Make hay while the sun shines. Small friends can be powerful allies. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Don’t just follow the crowd. Liars may give themselves away. Pride can be costly. Sometimes we do not see our own strengths.

The Monkey and the Dolphin A monkey fell from a ship and was rescued by a dolphin. The dolphin asked if he lived nearby. The monkey lied and said that he did. “Do you know Seriphos?” asked the dolphin. The monkey, thinking Seriphos was a person’s name, boasted that it was his best friend. As Seriphos was a town, the dolphin knew the monkey was lying, so he dived, leaving him to swim to shore.

The Fox and the Old Lion An old lion sent out word that he was ill and said that he would like the animals and birds to visit him. Most went but fox did not. Finally the lion sent for him, asking why he had not come to see him. The clever fox replied, “I had planned to, but I noticed that although many tracks led into your cave, none led out.”

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