Aesop's Fables - English Scholarship Pathways

Over the past while I have been working on an english scholarship blog. For this I had to choose two topics to look into and then make something to show my comprehension of it. Aesop's fables is one of the topics I choose you can view it as a bunch of black arial or a bit more of a colourful powtoon at the bottom. So here it is:

Aesop's fables

Who was Aesop?

Aesop was a greek slave responsible for writing a collection of over 700 fables. Fables are short
stories -usually with talking animals- that have a moral or a lesson at the end.

Some of my favorite fables include:

The Fox And The Stork, The Lion And The Mouse, and The Fox And The Grapes

The Fox And The Stork

In short a fox wanted to play a prank on the stork so he invited him round for dinner. The stork
showed up with a good appetite but this was a prank after all. The fox had made soup but he served
it in a small flat dish the stork couldn't eat from. The stork kept a cool head and invited the fox round
for dinner himself. When the fox showed up the stork had made a yummy smelling fish dinner. He
served it in a tall thin necked vase that the fox couldn't eat from. The fox was mad.

The moral is: Do not play tricks on your neighbors unless you can stand the same treatment yourself.

The Lion And The Mouse

Basically a lion was sleeping and a mouse came along. Startled the mouse ran across the lions
nose and woke him. The lion brought it's huge paw down and caught the mouse. "Spare me" said
the mouse "And some day I will surely repay you". The lion laughed but was feeling nice so he let
the mouse go. Some days later the lion got caught in a trap while chasing its prey. The mouse came
along and saw the lion was trapped so he started gnawing on the rope. Soon the lion was free, the
mouse said "And you laughed when I said I could help you".

The moral is: Kindness is never wasted

The Fox And The Grapes

One day a fox was walking and he saw some grapes growing on a tall tree. The grapes looked big
and juicy and the fox wanted some. The fox jumped and jumped again and again to try get the grapes.
When the fox couldn't get the grapes he said "I didn't want your sour grapes anyway".

The moral is: Many pretend to despise and belittle that which is out of their reach.

using the inspiration from the other fables I thought I should try write my own

The Fox & The Fish

One scaldingly hot day a fox was taking a swim in a cool clear lake. But he was unaware of what

lurked in the depths. As the fox dove beneath the surf a group of fish swam up. "Go back to the

shore land mammal the water's dangerous" the fish warned. "why?" asked the fox, "there are

dangerous currents that can pull you under" replied the fish. The fox being as clever as he was

thought he should test the fish by asking the fish where the currents were to see if they would hesitate,
and they did. "What is it really?" the fox quizzed."We can't tell you he'll kill us" the fish whispered, and
he did, for no sooner did they say it a shark snapped them up.

The moral is: You shouldn't ignore warnings

Fun Facts

• Most of his fables are meant to highlight bad or poor human decisions and behaviors.
• In order to allow the animals to appear in multiple tales and roles, Aesop did not restrict the animals to behaving in a manner generally associated with that particular animal.
• While it's hard to know for sure, it's suggested in several older writings that perhaps Aesop stuttered.
• It seems like perhaps, after earning his freedom from slavery, he upset a few people with his wit, stories, and opinions. The tale goes that he openly criticized the priests at Delphi and angered them so much so they murdered him.

Bibliography (References)

Fables:

http://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html

Fun facts:

Search google: Why did aesop write fables

Other fun facts:

https://childrens-books.lovetoknow.com/interesting-facts-about-aesop

The powtoon: