(TESOL Worksheets--Aesop Fables, Story Time ESL Listening)
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The Eagle and the Beetle Aesop’s Fables #3
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The Eagle and the Beetle Aesop’s Fables #3
Once upon a time, there was an eagle who was hungry and the eagle decided to eat a rabbit. The eagle flew down and tried to catch the rabbit, but the rabbit tried to run away from the eagle. As the rabbit was running, he saw a small house that belonged to a beetle. (A “beetle” is an insect with a hard, black, shiny body.)
“Please, let me hide in your house,” said the rabbit. “The eagle is trying to eat me.”
“Go and stay in my house,” said the beetle. “I will protect you.”
The rabbit went inside the beetle’s house, but the eagle was right behind him. “Get out of my way, beetle,” said the eagle. “I am going to eat that rabbit.”
“You must not,” said the beetle. “This is my house, and I have promised the rabbit that I will protect him. Please respect my house, and leave the rabbit alone.”
But the eagle only laughed. “You? You are going to protect the rabbit? You are too small to protect anyone from me!”
“Size is not important,” said the beetle. “This is my house, and I am telling you not to enter my house.”
But the eagle did not listen. The eagle pushed the beetle aside, and went into the house, and ate the rabbit. Then the eagle flew away.
The beetle was very angry. Now, beetles can also fly, so when the eagle flew away, the beetle followed her to see where the eagle kept her nest. (A “nest” is a home built by birds for their eggs.) The beetle waited until the eagle was gone, and then the beetle went into the eagle’s nest, and pushed all the eagle’s eggs out of the nest. The eggs fell to the ground, and were smashed to pieces.
When the eagle came back to her nest, and saw all of her eggs had been destroyed, the eagle was very upset. The eagle looked around to try to find who had done it, but the beetle was so small that the eagle could not see him.
The next year, when it was time for the eagle to lay eggs again, the eagle put the nest in an even higher place to keep the eggs safe. But when the eagle was away, the beetle flew up to the higher place, and smashed all the eggs. And when the eagle came back, the eagle was even more upset.
The next year, the eagle flew all the way up to Mount Olympus. (“Mount Olympus” is the home of the gods.) The eagle went and spoke to Zeus, who was the king of the gods. “Oh Zeus,” said the eagle, “twice before I have laid my eggs, and twice before someone has destroyed them. If my eggs keep getting destroyed, then I can have no children, and eagles will become extinct.” (If an animal becomes “extinct”, it means that there are none left alive.) “You must protect my eggs.” Zeus agreed, and the eagle left her eggs in Zeus’s lap. (A “lap” is the top part of someone’s legs when they are sitting down.)
The beetle, however, had seen everything that had happened. And the beetle went and covered himself in cow poop, and then flew right at the face of Zeus. When Zeus saw this filthy, disgusting beetle coming right for his face, he forgot all about the eggs on his lap and he jumped up. The eggs fell to the ground and were smashed once more.
Zeus was very angry at first, but then the beetle explained the whole story to Zeus, and told Zeus why he was angry with the eagle. After the beetle had explained everything, Zeus completely understood. Nevertheless, Zeus did not want eagles to become extinct, so Zeus asked the beetle to forgive the eagle. “Never!” said the beetle. “I will never stop until the eagle is punished completely.”
So, Zeus (who was a god, and had many powers) changed the season of the eagle’s eggs. Eagles now lay their eggs in the winter, when beetles are still sleeping underground. And that is still the way it is to this day.
The moral of the story is:
Do not disregard someone because of their size.
The Eagle and the Beetle Aesop’s Fables #3
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1. Why did the rabbit go into the beetle’s house?
2. Why did the eagle laugh at the beetle?
3. How did the beetle find out where the eagle’s nest was?
4. How did the eagle feel when she came back to her nest and saw all of her eggs destroyed?
5. Why couldn’t the eagle see the beetle?
6. Who did the eagle ask to help protect her eggs?
7. Where did the eagle leave her eggs?
8. What did the beetle cover himself in?
9. What did Zeus ask the beetle to do?
10. Why did Zeus change the season of the eagle’s eggs to winter?
Answers
1. Why did the rabbit go into the beetle’s house?
To try to escape from the eagle.
2. Why did the eagle laugh at the beetle?
He thought the beetle was too small to protect the rabbit from him.
3. How did the beetle find out where the eagle’s nest was?
The beetle followed the eagle when she flew away.
4. How did the eagle feel when she came back to her nest and saw all of her eggs destroyed?
She was upset.
5. Why couldn’t the eagle see the beetle?
The beetle was so small.
6. Who did the eagle ask to help protect her eggs?
Zeus
7. Where did the eagle leave her eggs?
In Zeus’s lap
8. What did the beetle cover himself in?
Cow poop
9. What did Zeus ask the beetle to do?
Forgive the eagle
10. Why did Zeus change the season of the eagle’s eggs to winter?
Beetles are still sleeping underground in the winter.
Vocabulary
alive - living, not dead:
Are your grandparents still alive?
alone - without other people:
She lives alone.
leave alone - to stop bothering someone or annoying them:
Leave him alone, he's tired.
animal - something that lives and moves but is not a person, bird, fish, or insect:
She's a real animal lover.
aside - in a direction to one side:
I gave her a plate of food but she pushed it aside.
beetle - an insect with a hard, usually black, shiny body
behind - at or to the back of someone or something:
Close the door behind you.
cover - to put something over something else, in order to protect or hide it:
They covered him with a blanket.
cow - a large farm animal kept for milk or meat:
They keep cows for milk.
decide - to choose something after thinking about several possibilities:
I haven't decided whether or not to tell him.
destroy - to damage something so badly that it does not exist or cannot be used:
Many works of art were destroyed in the fire.
disgusting - extremely unpleasant:
What's that disgusting smell?
disregard - behaviour that shows you do not care about or have any interest in someone or something:
His behaviour shows a total disregard for other people.
eagle - a large, wild bird with a big, curved beak, that hunts smaller animals
egg - an oval object with a hard shell that contains a baby bird, insect, or other creature:
The bird lays (= produces) its eggs in a nest.
enter - to come or go into a place:
The police entered by the back door.
explain - to make something clear or easy to understand by giving reasons for it or details about it:
Can you explain why you did this?
extinct - If a type of animal is extinct, it does not now exist.
face - the front part of the head where the eyes, nose, and mouth are, or the expression on this part:
She's got a long, thin face.
fall - to move down towards the ground:
Huge drops of rain were falling from the sky.
filthy - extremely dirty:
Wash your hands, they're filthy!
fly - When a bird, insect, aircraft, etc flies, it moves through the air:
The plane was flying at 5000 feet.
follow - to move behind someone or something and go where they go, sometimes secretly:
She followed me into the kitchen.
forgive - to decide not to be angry with someone or not to punish them for something they have done:
I've apologized, but I don't think she'll ever forgive me.
god - a spirit, especially a male one, that people pray to and who has control over parts of the world or nature:
the ancient Greek gods and goddesses
ground - the surface of the Earth:
I sat down on the ground.
hide - to go to a place where you cannot be seen or found:
She is going to run off and hide behind a tree.
however - used when you are about to say something that is surprising compared with what you have just said:
He had always been a successful businessman. Recently, however, things have not been going well for him.
hungry - wanting or needing food:
I'm hungry. What's for supper?
insect - a small creature with six legs, for example a bee or a fly:
The smell repels insects.
inside - the part of something that is under its surface:
I cleaned the inside of the oven.
jump - to push your body up and away from the ground using your feet and legs:
The children were jumping up and down with excitement.
king - a male ruler in some countries:
He is King Richard II.
lap - Your lap is the top part of your legs when you are sitting down:
Sit on my lap and I'll read you a story.
laugh - to smile while making sounds with your voice that show you are happy or think something is funny:
You never laugh at my jokes.
lay - to put something down somewhere carefully:
She will lay the baby on the bed.
lay eggs - If an animal lays eggs, it produces them out of its body.
leg - one of the parts of the body of a human or animal that is used for standing and walking:
My legs are tired after so much walking.
Mount - used in the names of mountains:
He climbed Mount Everest.
Mount Olympus - the highest mountain in Greece. It is notable in Greek mythology as the home of the Greek gods.
moral - something you learn from a story or event about how to behave:
The moral of the story is never lie.
nest - a home built by birds for their eggs and by some other creatures to live in:
This is a birds' nest.
nevertheless - despite that:
I knew a lot about the subject already, but her talk was interesting nevertheless.
none - not any:
None of them smoke.
once - in the past, but not now:
This house once belonged to my grandfather.
once upon a time - used at the beginning of a children's story to mean that something happened a long time ago
piece - an amount of something, or a part of something:
She cut the flan into eight pieces.
place - a position, building, town, area, etc:
Edinburgh would be a nice place to live.
poop - solid waste from the body
promise - to say that you will certainly do something or that something will certainly happen:
She promised to write to me every week.
protect - to keep someone or something safe from something dangerous or bad:
It's important to protect your skin from the harmful effects of the sun.
punish - to make someone suffer because they have done something bad:
They must be severely punished for these crimes.
push - to move someone or something by pressing them with your hands or body:
She pushed the books aside and sat down on my desk.
rabbit - a small animal with fur and long ears that lives in a hole in the ground
respect - If you respect someone's rights, customs, wishes, etc you accept their importance and are careful not to do anything they would not want.
season - one of the four periods of the year; winter, spring, summer, or autumn:
Autumn is my favourite season.
shiny - A shiny surface is bright because it reflects light:
He has shiny, black shoes.
size - how big or small something is:
It's an area about the size of Oxford.
smash - to break into a lot of pieces with a loud noise, or to make something break into a lot of pieces with a loud noise:
Thieves smashed the shop window and stole $50,000 worth of computer equipment.
stay - to spend a short period of time in a place:
We stayed in a hotel.
still - used to say that something is continuing to happen now or that someone is continuing to do something now:
He's still here if you want to speak to him.
underground - under the surface of the ground:
This is an animal that lives underground.
upon - on:
Her story was seized upon by the press.
upset - unhappy or worried because something unpleasant has happened:
They'd had an argument and she was still upset about it.
whole - complete, including every part:
She spent the whole afternoon studying.
whole story - all the facts ; everything:
They failed to tell us the whole story.
winter - the coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring:
We went skiing last winter.
Zeus - in Greek mythology (= ancient stories), the greatest of the gods, the god of the sky and the weather, who ruled over human beings and the other gods:
Before Zeus hurled his first thunderbolt from Olympus, the pre-Greek people occupying the land presumably offered sacrifices to their own gods and goddesses.
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