1) A fox sees a crow holding cheese in its beak and wants the cheese. 2) The fox flatters the crow, telling it how beautiful its singing must be. 3) When the crow opens its beak to sing, the cheese falls out, allowing the fox to catch it in its mouth.

1. Aesop’s Fables

2. 
Characters
Crow
Fox

3. 
Vocabulary
Clever: very
smart.
Horrible: very
unplesant and
awful.
Greedy: wanting
to have more than
other needs.

4. A Fox was walking in the woods one day. He saw a crow
sitting on a tree branch. A piece of cake was in its beak.
The fox was hungry, and the cheese looked delicious.

5. The fox was very clever. He had an idea about how he
could get the cheese.

6. “Hello”, said the fox. “You look very beautiful today. I
am sure such a beautiful bird can sing a beautiful song.”

7. The crow was very
happy. Without
thinking, she opened
her beak to sing.
Two things happened
next. First, the air was
filled with a horrible
sound: “Caw, caw!”.
Second, the cheese fell.
The fox caught it in his
greedy mouth.

8. “Thank you”, said the fox. “Now please stop making that
terrible noise!.”

9. 
ACTIVITY

10. 
 A very smart person is called c __ __ __ __ _r_
.
 G __ __ __ __ __ people usually want more of
money .
 A machine’s noise can be a
h __ __ __ __ __ __ __ sound .
Complete the sentences
with the correct word.

11. 
 A very smart person is called c _l_ _e_ _v_ _e_
_r_ .
 G _r_ _e_ _e_ _d_ _y_ people usually want
more of money .
 A machine’s noise can be a
h _o_ _r_ _r_ _i_ _b_ _l_ _e_ sound .
Complete the sentences
with the correct word.