2. In the past generations it was more usual to
tell stories than it is today, so we don’t
have our favorite fables.
Our grandmother’s favorite fable was :
“THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF”
whereas our mother’s was :
“LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD”.
3. “AL LUPO, AL LUPO!!!” (The boy who cried wolf”)
This tale from Aesop concerns a shepherd boy who
repeatedly tricks nearby villagers into thinking a
wolf is attacking his flock. When a wolf actually
does appear, the villagers don’t believe the boy's
cries for help, and the flock is destroyed. The
moral at the end of the story shows that this is
what liars deserve: in the end, even if they tell the
truth, no one will believe them any longer.
4. “CAPPUCCETTO ROSSO” (“Little red Riding Hood”)
This famous story revolves around a little girl who
walks through the woods to deliver food to her sick
grandmother. A mean wolf who wants to eat the
girl, after learning where she’s going, hurries to
grandma’s house, swallows her and waits for the girl
disguised as the grandma. When the girl arrives, she
notices that her grandmother looks very strange. But
she has no time to react, because the wolf swallows
her too. A lumberjack, however, comes to the rescue
and with his axe cuts open the wolf, who had fallen
asleep. Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother
emerge unharmed.
