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Living in ancient Greece, Aesop wrote a collection of fables. According to records, Aesop used to be a slave, but he was such a great story-teller that he was given his freedom.
The fables are usually short stories. The main characters in the stories are not only humans, but also animals and plants which are given human qualities. The fables explain various aspects of human behavior and try to teach us a lesson. Well-known stories such as ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf,’ ‘The Fox and the Grapes,’ ‘Belling the Cat,’ ‘The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs’ are good examples of Aesop’s Fables .
Think about what wisdom of life each fable wants to give us when you read the four stories included in the book.
Frogs that ask Zeus for a king! But no matter whatkind of king is sent, they aren’t satisfied. Whatshould Zeus do to deal with the displeased frogs?
There is a Korean saying ‘Even when you are takenaway by a tiger, you can survive if you calm yourselfdown’. Here is a mouse that escaped from a lionwithout being eaten. How did the mouse survive?
A wolf looking at a flock of sheep and figuring ouhow to prey on them! Can the wolf prey on thesheep?
Three brothers who never listen and always arguewith each other! How can their father make thesethree hopeless brothers reconcile?
