Fables and Fairytales

Fables:

1. A rooster finds a precious jewel, but it has no use to him.  He decides that he would rather have food, then a jewel that has no use to him.  Moral of Aesops Fable: Be content with your life.

2.  The pond that the frogs live in dried up.  And so they decided to try to find another place.  They found a deep weel that they could live in.  One of the frogs was hesitant, because he was worried that they might not be able to get out of the well if it dried up. 

Moral of Aesops Fable: Do nothing without a regard to the consequences.

3. There was a sick deer, and his friends ate all his food.  He died, not because of hisd illiness, but because he had bad friends.  Moral of Aesops Fable: Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.

4. This lion and cow were getting a drink and fighting over who should drink first.  They were going to fight, until they saw vultures coming to eat whoever died. They decided to not fight and to be friends, so neither of them got eaten by the vultures.  Moral of Aesops Fable: Those who strive are often watched by others who will take advantage of their defeat to benefit themselves.

5. An old guy was dying, he told his sons to bring in a bundle of sticks.  Then he told them to break all of them together, but they couldn't.  When they broke them all individually, they could.  Moral of Aesops Fable: Union gives strength.

6. This guy coukldn't get the fish to dance, until he captured the fish and forced them to dance.  Moral of Aesops Fable: When you are in a man's power you must do as he bids you.

7. This deer was so proud of his antlers, but had very weak feet.  Then one day his antlers got caught and he could not run away from the lion.  Moral of Aesops Fable: What is most truly valuable is often underrated.

8. One pot was made of a hard metal and the other pot was very soft.  When they went down the river, whether to soft pot hit the hard or the hard hit the soft, the soft would parish.  Moral of Aesops Fable: The strong and the weak cannot keep company.

9. A mom crab was nagging at a little crab about how it walked.  But the little crab told the mom to walk the right way and that he would follow her example.  Moral of Aesops Fable: Example is the best precept.

10. A peacock wated to have a nice voice and be beautiful, but the "Gods" told him no, because he couldn't be the best at everything. Moral of Aesops Fable: Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

Fairytales: 

1. Cinderella:  A girl has a really crappy life cleaning and cooking for her stepmother and two stepsisters.  They are so mean to her and won't let her go to the ball.  But then a fairy coomes and makes her adress and a carriage, so she can go to the ball.  She dances with the prince and they fall in love.  She has to run away at midnight, the prince tried to find out who she was, but she would not tell him.  Then later the prince's gaurd came to find her.  The stepmother was being mean and the fairy came to prove to everyone that Cinderella was the real Princess.  They all lived happily ever after. 

2. Little Red Riding Hood:  This girl was going on a day trip to see her Grandmother.  She found strawberries on the way and picked them for her.  She didn't know, but two big wolf eyes were starring at her.  Then the wolf came out to talk to her and found out about where she was going.  Then the wolf went and disguised itself as the Grandma.  It scared LLRH.  Then a hunter came and killed the wolf and the Grandma came back.  Then the mom came looking for LLRH and found her at the Grandma's house and they all three had a little family reunion.