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3 The display text is Herculanum. Adobe, the Adobe Press logo, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe Photoshop are trade-marks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain juris-dictions. 3 Contents Copyright How to use this book Introduction List of fables by title aesop s fables Index of titles Index of morals How to create your own glossary andquestion pages How to print and make your own book Fable questions Click any line to jump to th at section 4 How to use this book This book contains several sections. Click the Bookmarks and Page button in the tool bar to display an electronic Table of Contents.

4 Double-click the small page icon to the left of a bookmark name to jump to that page in the book. List of fables by Title lists the fables in the order in which they appear in this book. Selecting any title will take you to that fable. Select the title on the first page of the fable to return to the List of fables by Title. continued .. The Fox and the CrowA Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. That s for me, said the Fox, and he walked up to the foot of the tree. Good day, Mistress Crow, he cried.

5 How well you are looking today: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eyes. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does. Let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds. The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by the Fox. That will do, said he. That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future: Do not trust 5 Index of Titles lists the fable titles alphabetically.

6 Selecting any title will take you to that fable. Click the Go Back button in the tool bar to return to the Index of Titles. Index of Morals lists the fable morals alphabetically. Selecting any moral will take you to that fable. Select the moral at the end of any fable to return to the Index of Morals. continued ..The Fox and the CrowA Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. That s for me, said the Fox, and he walked up to the foot of the tree. Good day, Mistress Crow, he cried. How well you are looking today: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eyes.

7 I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does. Let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds. The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by the Fox. That will do, said he. That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future: Do not trust 6 Fable Questions encourages you to answer and ask new questions about each fable.

8 Select any fable s question mark to go to that fable s question page. To return to the fable, select the arrow at the bottom of the question page. How to Create Your Own Glossary and Question Pages tells you how to add and replace questions and glossary items. How to Print and Make Your Own Book tells you how to create your own paper Fox and the CrowA Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. That s for me, said the Fox, and he walked up to the foot of the tree. Good day, Mistress Crow, he cried.

9 How well you are looking today: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eyes. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does. Let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds. The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by the Fox. That will do, said he. That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future: Do not trust ?The Fox and the Crow 1 Who is the flatterer in the fable?

10 2 What is the purpose of the flattery? 3 Why do you think the crow enjoyed being flattered? 4 Click the arrow below to reread the fable. How would you say the moral in your ownwords? 7 INTRODUCTION Tut, tut, child said the Duchess. Everything s got a moral, if only you can find it. Lewis Carroll, Alice s Adventures in Wonderland A fable is a very short story that tells us how to behave or that teaches us a lesson. Usually, but not always, fables are stories about animals that talk like people. The lesson that a fable teaches us is called a moral.