MYTHS vs. FABLES
Myths are made up stories that try to
explain how our world works and how
we should treat each other. “How did
our world come to be?” or “Why do
tornadoes happen?” Some myths
answered these questions.
In other myths, gods or
“super-beings” used their powers to
make events happen. Or the stories
were the adventures of gods,
goddesses, men and women.
These myths described the big things
that happened to people and the
choices they made. They might be
about triumph (achieving something),
tragedy (losing something), honour
(doing the right thing), being brave
even when you are frightened, or
being foolish and making mistakes.
People might be heroes in these
stories and gods and goddesses could
use their powers to help them or
make things more difficult for them.
A fable is another type of story, also
passed down from generation to
generation and told to teach a lesson
about something.
Fables are about animals that can talk
and act like people, or plants or
forces of nature like thunder or wind.
The plants may be able to move and
also talk and the natural forces cause
things to happen in the story because
of their strength.
The most famous fables were written
by a man called Aesop. We know them
as Aesop‛s Fables, and he wrote more
than 600 of them.
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ONE OF AESOP‛ S FABLES
The fox and the crow
by Kostas
Once upon a time there was a crow
that found a piece of cheese,
grabbed it and sat on the branch
of an olive tree to eat it in peace.
At that moment a sly and hungry
fox was passing under the tree.
When he saw the cheese into the
crow‛ s mouth, he began to drool
but he could not climb the tree to
steal it. He began thinking how he
would get it. So, he said:
- Oh, what a beautiful bird you are,
Crow! Your plumage is completely
black and shining, your feet are
thin and beautiful and your nails
look like pearls. Your eyes are the
most beautiful and the most
intelligent and your beak will be
the envy of all the birds!
The crow, who was unintelligent,
heard the fox‛ s words and felt
very proud of himself. Fox went on
to say:
- With so much beauty and
intelligence, you should be the king
of all birds. Oh, how I would like to
hear your voice! I am sure that it
will be sweeter than the
nightingale‛ s!
The crow with all that flatter took
great pleasure and at once opened
his beak to sing:
- Craw, craw, craw ...
But as soon as he opened his beak,
the cheese fell down and the sly
fox ate it! Then he turned to the
crow and said:
- Crow, you fool, stop singing with
your ugly voice! If you were a little
cleverer, now your tummy would be
full and mine empty, but you‛ re a
fool and I ate the cheese. Bye now,
and be more careful with those
that flatter you because you can
be fooled again!
“The Trojan Horse”
-
a Greek myth
by Socrates S.
The Trojan horse by Socrates S.
Ulysses
by Evi
My favourite myth is Ulysses. He
fought in the Trojan war and he
had a lot of adventures until he
arrived in Ithaca. There his wife
Penelope and his son were waiting
for him. I admire him because he
was very intelligent and cunning!!
Ulysses and Penelope
Themistocles
by Angel
My favourite hero is Themistocles. He
lived in Athens in 527-461 B.C. He fought
the Persians. Themistocles is my favorite
hero because he was generous, strong and
had courage.
Themistocles
18th Elementary school of Kalamata, Greece
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