🦊 What Is a Fable?
2nd Grade 📚 Literature
A fable is a short story, often with talking animals, that teaches a lesson called a moral.
Animals with a lesson
In fables, animals act like people. In "The Tortoise and the Hare," a slow tortoise wins a race against a fast but lazy hare. The moral: slow and steady wins the race.
Aesop
Many famous fables are credited to Aesop, a storyteller in ancient Greece about 2,500 years ago. "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and "The Ant and the Grasshopper" are his too.
Find the moral
When you read a fable, ask: what did the character learn? That lesson is the moral, and sometimes it is written at the end.
Quick quiz
What is the lesson of a fable called?
Who told many famous fables?
What is the moral of "The Tortoise and the Hare"?