Parables, Fables, & Folktales

1. Parables, Fables, & Folktales

2. The Prodigal Son / The Good Samaritan What brother squandered their wealth? What happened in the kingdom where the son was living? How did father react when he saw his son? What’s the story’s lesson? • Where was the man that was beaten traveling to? • Who was the first person who walked by the beaten man? • Where did the man take the beaten man? • Jesus told the story to who? • What’s the lesson from the story?

3. Roosters and the eagle / Lion and the beetle What were the roosters fighting over? Which rooster was older? Which rooster got bit and then bled? Which rooster won the fight? Who snatched the black roster away? What’s the moral of the story? After the lion roared, what did the other animals do? Why were the lion’s clothes so heavy? What did the beetle mean by saying “but inside, I’m tall as a tree”? At the end, why was the lion not so mighty? What’s the moral of the story?

4. The rooster and the pearl / the old grandfather/wise old woman What kind of pearl did the rooster find? Why did the rooster give a cluck of disgust? How many karats was the peral? What’s the moral of the story? Why does the grandfather eat his meals in the corner? What does Misha learn by watching parents behavior? What’s the mother do to show love for her son? The elderly characters in the stories are alike why?

5. vocab Arrogant Levite Haughtily Preen finery Gradeur Strut Bedraggle Impudent folktale Misery Cackle Priest Cascade Unheed Talltale Jericho Parable Fable fairytale