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1 Fatma Abdullah Modifed and illustrated by:
the seashore.
the fute. He walked happily to
fute. He was good at playing
took with him his old net and a
house early in the morning. He
warm day, a fsherman left his
Once upon a time, on a sunny
On the seashore, the fsherman
climbed a very big rock. He put
his net very close to the
seashore. “Today I will catch so
many fsh with my fute. They
will jump and dance when they
hear my melody.” Said the
fsherman to himself and started
playing the fute.
3 However, no
fsh jumped into his net.
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with a moral
Fable: a short false story
and beasts.
stories are about animals
give advice. Most of his
wrote many short stories to
Aesop is a Greek man. He
When the fsherman was tired of
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waiting, he put the fute aside
and took his net and threw it
very hard into the sea. When he
pulled the net, it was heavy and
full of fsh. The fsherman smiled
when he saw the fsh jumps in
his net and said “Now I have
Aesop’s Fables?
stopped playing 4 the fute you
dance in the net!”
F. Townsend Originally Translated by: George lots of fsh.
play nice music and catch
fsh with his fute. He will
music. He decided to catch
The fsherman likes to play
What did you learn from
the story?
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