Fables

 __Three Hundres Aesop's Fables__ by George Fowler Townsend

n Fables are a type of folk tale, but they are very short works n The moral of these stories are stated directly n Th e listener is meant to be taught the lesson/moralrather than one of the characters. n The characters are mostly personified animals that have obvious human faults.

[|Aesop's Fables]

**Task** You may complete this task on your own or with one other classmate. After having read one of the fables in __Aesop's Fables__, use Inspiration to complete a graphic organizer illustrating how the story fits the characterictics of a fable. You may create your own web or you may use the theme template. There is an example on the Documents page. Be sure to provide cited textual evidence to support your asertions