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The Fox and the Crane

There was a fox who just loved to make fun of


other people. One day he invited a crane to
dinner.
“I have made some delicious soup especially There was once a Prince who wanted to marry a Princess;
for you,” he said. But when they went to the but she had to be a real Princess. He travelled all over the
table, the crane saw that the soup was in a very world to find such a lady; but there was always something
shallow dish and she could not drink a single wrong. He found lots of princesses, but he could never be
drop with her long, pointed bill. The fox sure whether they were real or not. He came home to the
castle feeling very sad and thinking he’d never find the
laughed when she tried. right Princess for him.
“So you don’t like my soup, all the more for One evening, a massive storm thundered. Through the rain
me!” He lapped up every last drop. and wind, the King heard a knock at the door. It was a
The crane was so upset, she made up her mind Princess, soaked to the skin with water trickling down from
to get her own back. her hair. She said she was a real Princess.
“Do come to dinner with me. I know you like The old Queen-mother knew how to test whether she was
soup so I have made some especially for you,” telling the truth or not. She took a hard dried-up pea
upstairs and made a bed piled high with 20 mattresses.
she said. The fox licked his lips, thinking how Underneath the mattress at the very bottom, she placed the
stupid the crane was. But when he came up to hard pea. The Princess would sleep in this bed that night.
the crane’s table, he saw that she has put the The next morning she was asked how she had slept. "Oh,
soup in a jug with a long, thin neck and his very badly!" she replied. "I haven’t slept a wink all night. I
tongue could never reach it. was so uncomfortable, and I’m bruised black and blue all
“Tit for tat,” snapped the crane. The fox went over.
home hungry with his tail between his legs. Now it was clear that the lady must be a real Princess, since
she had been able to feel the tiny little pea through the
twenty mattresses. None but a real Princess could have had
such a delicate skin.
The Prince knew then that he has found his wife, and they
lived together happily ever after.
The Lion and the Mouse

A lion was dozing in the shade after a large meal, when a mouse ran across his tummy. The lion felt something
tickling him so he put out his paw and picked up the little mouse, who squeaked in terror.
“Oh, please don’t eat me, I’ll make such a very small mouthful. Let me go, and one day, I’ll do you a good turn,”
said the mouse.

“You! What could you ever do for me?” the lion laughed. But he wasn’t hungry so he let the mouse go. Some weeks
later the mouse heard the lion roaring with pain. The fierce lion had been caught by hunters and was tied up with
rope. When the mouse saw this, he started chewing the rope with his sharp little teeth. When the lion was free, the
mouse looked up at him.

“There, you see! You’d be in big trouble if it weren’t for me!” he said. Even though he was small, the mouse could
still save the lion’s life. The lion walked slowly away without a sound.
L.O. To compare different fables

Fable Comprehension Questions


1. What is the moral of:
A) The Fox and the Crane

B)The Lion and the Mouse

2. What does the queen do in the ‘Princess and the


Pea’ to make sure the girl is a real princess?

3. Fables usually have a good and a bad character in


each story. Who do you think is the good and the
bad character in the three fables you have read
and why?
4. Why do you think the lion walked slowly away at
the end of ‘The Lion and the Mouse’?

5. Why did the crane decide to get her own back on


the fox in ‘The Fox and the Crane’?

6. Name two similarities all three fables have.

7. Name two differences all three fables have

8. Which was your favourite fable and why?


1.

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