This document discusses three types of folktales: folktales, fairy tales, and fables. Folktales are oral stories with unknown authors that are found in all cultures. Fairy tales typically begin with "Once Upon a Time" and involve royalty, animals, castles or forests, with problems of good versus evil solved through magic or repetition of three or seven, ending happily. Fables are very short stories with animal characters acting as people and generally take place outside, involving one problem solved through trickery that ends in a lesson or moral.

1. FOLKTALES
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2. FOLKTALES
Oral stories
Unknown authors
Found in all cultures
“timeless” and “placeless” stories

3. FAIRY TALES

4. FAIRY TALES
Once Upon a Time
Characters
• Royalty
• Animals
Setting
• Castle
• Forest

5. FAIRY TALES
Problem
• Good versus Evil
Solution
• Magic
• Repeat of the numbers 3 and 7
• Happily Ever After

6. FABLES

7. FABLES
 Very Short Stories
Characters
• Animals acting like people
• 3 or less characters
Setting
• Generally outside somewhere

8. FABLES
Problem
• Only one problem using trickery
Solution
• Ends with a lesson
• Moral