Extra Reading Diary: Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables book cover. Source

Fables About People

The Wolf and the Shepherd's Boy

• A boy cried wolf when there was no wolf repeatedly
• The town people became upset with his lies
• A wolf appeared and he cried wolf.
• No one came to his rescue
• The wolf ate  him

The Man and the Goose

• A goose could lay golden eggs
• A man was greedy and wanted more
• He killed the goose for what he thought he would find inside of him
• It was just a normal goose on the inside
• Now he has no more golden eggs

The Housewife and her Hen

• A housewife owned a hen
• The hen would lay fine eggs one in the morning and one a night
• The hen became fat from over eating and not moving
• Then hen died

Esop at Play

• Esop is an Athenian
• He is playing with his friends
• A man begins to laugh at them
• The man had no explanation for his laughing.
• The man is just relaxing
• The man is harmless, just enjoying time

The Man and his Mistresses

• The mistresses wanted the love they could get from their man
• One was older
• 2 were engaged at the same time
• One understood art
• Another seemed very young
• One was blossoming and beautiful
• Each wanted the man differently
• Eventually the man went bald from what they each wanted

The Dog and the Quaker

• Quakers are not allowed to hit animals
• A dog had stolen a Quakers bread and cheese
• He did not hit the dog but called out to him
• He used rocks and bricks to break the dogs bones.