This document discusses fables, a genre of short fictional stories featuring animal characters that act like humans and teach a moral lesson. It notes how Aesop, a Greek author from 500 BC, is famous for creating fables such as "The Tortoise and the Hare." Several of Aesop's fables are listed, and the document indicates that a video of the fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" will be shown.

1. FABLES
BY CATALINA PERNARCIC

2. A FABLE IS A LITERARY GENRE

3. FABLES ARE SHORTFICTIONAL STORIES

4. THE CHARACTERS ARE USUALLY
ANIMALS

5. ANDANIMALS ACT LIKE HUMANS

6. THE STORYALWAYSTEACHESA LESSON
OR AMORAL

7. AESOP
HE IS FAMOUS FOR HIS
FABLES (“THE TORTOISE
AND THE HARE” IS ONE
OF THEM). HE LIVED IN
ANCIENT GREECE ABOUT
500 B.C.

8. The Lion and the Mouse
The Fox and the grapes
The Grasshopper and the
Ant
The Tortoise and the
Hare
The Fox and the Goat
The Dog and the Wolf
The Lion in loveThe Jay and the Peacock
The Goose with the
golden eggs

9. Now we are going tosee a video of the fable “The boy who cried
wolf”
(click on the picture to open the YouTube link)