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This is an Aesop Fable about a mean dog who wanders onto a farm where he does not belong. He sees the farmer in the dell driving his tractor. The farmer and an ox are pulling out an old tree stump. Th...

Aesop Fables are over 3,000 years old and still have meaning today. You can enjoy reading Fables and try to think about the meanings or morals. Not everyone has the same meaning for a Fable. Many poss...

This is a retelling of a folktale about the Little Red Hen. She asks the farm animals for help. Each refuses to help her. What lesson will be learned from what happens?

This is a retelling of an Aesop Fable about Melony, the milkmaid who is going to market to sell her pail of milk. Her parents tell her to carefully hold the pail on her head. What lesson will she lear...

My Pet Rattlesnake is an interactive story between storyteller and children. Feel free to adlib your own words. Usually, whatever the children say, the storyteller says something different. “Do you ...

The complete rhyme of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and it seems to be based upon a real girl by the name of Mary Sawyer (1806 – 1889). She brought a pet lamb to school. An uproar followed. A nephew ...