Reading Notes: Aesop's Fables: The Lion

Caption: The Lion of Fables

Link: http://www.longlongtimeago.com/once-upon-a-time/fables/from-aesop/the-fox-and-the-lion/

Aesop's Fables: The Lion

Link: https://sites.google.com/view/mythfolkloreanthology/fables

The thing I like the most about an Aesop Fable is not the moral that comes at the end of the story but rather how the story seems to just appear. They need no more background than a simple sentence of introduction and the story begins as if it was always there. 

The stories are also shorter, but they convey a large message. Every word in an Aesop Fable is necessary and meaningful. There is very little fluff.

I also like that the characters come with a distinguishable personality. The personalities are divulged in such a way that it is clear who the foe/sly/victor/passerby is. 

Reading Options

Caption: All the reading.

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The Alice in Wonderland Unit

Link: http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/search/label/Unit%3A%20Alice%20in%20Wonderland

My mom used to read Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll to me every night in second grade, but I wasn't old enough to retain enough of the story to remember now. I think it would be interesting to go through and re-read a book that created so many good childhood memories.

The Brer Rabbit I Unit

Link: http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/search/label/Unit%3A%20Brer%20Rabbit%20I

My grandma taped Brer Rabbit the show when my mom was little, and she saved it for me to watch when I was small. This was also the debut of the song "Zippidy Doo Da" and my first introduction to someone who was not white. I enjoy African American folklore and would like to read through this unit.

The Arabian Nights Unit

Link: http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/search/label/Unit%3A%20Arabian%20Nights

Reading the folklore of Scheherazade was so encapsulating! How she became the narrator of the following stories and what the stories meant for her: life or death. Her cunning brain and thought out stories in order to save her country from terror is worth a read.