(TESOL Worksheets--Aesop Fables, Story Time ESL Listening)
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The Farmer and the Banker Aesop’s Fables #5
(Original Title: The Athenian Debtor)
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Vocabulary
The Farmer and the Banker Aesop’s Fables #5
Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer who needed money. So he borrowed some money from a bank. (A “bank” is a place that keeps a lot of money. You can borrow money from a bank, but you always have to pay it back.) The farmer promised to pay the money back to the bank at the end of the month. But when the end of the month came, the farmer still didn’t have any money to pay.
The banker went to meet the farmer. (A “banker” is someone who works at a bank). “You must pay me the money back,” said the banker. “Or else you will go to prison.” (“Prison” is a place where bad people are kept as punishment. In the old times, you could go to prison for not paying back money.)
The farmer was very scared. “Please don’t send me to prison,” he said. “Please! I’ll do anything.”
“You must get the money,” said the banker. “Or you will go to prison.”
“I don’t have any money,” said the farmer. “But I have a pig. I will sell the pig right now, and I will give you whatever money I can make.”
So, the farmer took his pig down to the market to try to sell it. The banker followed the farmer and the pig to see what would happen.
At first, no one was interested in buying the pig, and the farmer began to get more and more worried. But at last, a man stopped to look at the pig.
“The truth is,” the man said, “I want to start a pig farm of my own. I’m looking for a pig that will give me lots of baby pigs.”
“Oh, well then this is the pig for you,” said the farmer. “This pig will give birth to lots and lots of little baby pigs for you.”
“I especially want to get lots of girl pigs,” said the man.
“Oh, what good news,” said the farmer. “This pig is a special pig. In the spring, it only gives birth to girl pigs.”
“But I’ll also need boy pigs,” said the man.
“Then you are very lucky,” said the farmer. “Because this pig gives birth to boy pigs in the fall.”
At this point, the banker, who had been watching the whole thing, could not stop himself any longer, and he started laughing and laughing. “Oh, what lies!” the banker said. “Next, you will tell him that in the winter, this pig gives birth to goats!”
The moral of the story is:
If someone is trying to sell you something, you cannot believe anything that they tell you.
The Farmer and the Banker Aesop’s Fables #5
Video slow speed: https://youtu.be/Y150e_bvnwA
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1. Where did the farmer borrow money from?
2. When did the farmer promise to pay the money back?
3. Where did the banker threaten to send the farmer if he couldn’t pay back the money?
4. What idea did the farmer think of to make some money?
5. Where did the farmer take his pig to try to sell it?
6. Why did the man want to buy the pig?
7. What did the farmer say the pig would do in the spring?
8. What did the farmer say the pig would do in the fall?
9. After the banker couldn’t stop himself any longer, what did he start doing?
10. According to the banker, what will the farmer tell the man next?
Answers
1. Where did the farmer borrow money from?
From the bank.
2. When did the farmer promise to pay the money back?
At the end of the month
3. Where did the banker threaten to send the farmer if he couldn’t pay back the money?
To prison
4. What idea did the farmer think of to make some money?
Sell his pig
5. Where did the farmer take his pig to try to sell it?
To the market.
6. Why did the man want to buy the pig?
He wanted to start a pig farm of his own.
7. What did the farmer say the pig would do in the spring?
Give birth to lots of girl pigs.
8. What did the farmer say the pig would do in the fall?
Give birth to lots of boy pigs.
9. After the banker couldn’t stop himself any longer, what did he start doing?
He started laughing.
10. According to the banker, what will the farmer tell the man next?
In the winter, this pig gives birth to baby goats.
Vocabulary
baby - a very young animal:
This is a baby bird.
banker - someone who has an important job in a bank
believe - to think that something is true, or that what someone says is true:
They believe that their health has suffered because of the chemicals.
birth - the time when a baby is born:
Write your date of birth here.
borrow - to take money from a bank or financial organization and pay it back over a period of time
else - in addition to someone or something:
Would you like anything else to eat?
especially - more than other things or people, or much more than usual:
He's always making comments about her appearance, especially her weight.
fall - the season of the year between summer and winter, when leaves fall from the trees:
He started a new job in the fall.
farm - an area of land with fields and buildings that is used for growing crops and keeping animals as a business:
I grew up on a farm.
farmer - someone who owns or looks after a farm:
Many farmers have been forced to sell their land.
follow - to move behind someone or something and go where they go:
She followed me into the kitchen.
give birth - When a woman or an animal gives birth, she produces a baby from her body:
She will give birth to twins.
goat - an animal with horns that is kept for the milk it produces
lie - something that you say or write which you know is not true:
I told a lie when I said I liked her haircut.
lucky - having good things happen to you:
"I'm going on holiday." "Lucky you!"
moral - something you learn from a story or event about how to behave:
The moral of the story is never lie.
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
or else - used to say what will happen if another thing does not happen:
We must be there by six, or else we'll miss the beginning.
pay back - to pay someone the money that you owe them:
Only borrow money if you're sure you can pay it back.
pig - a large pink, brown, or black farm animal that is kept for its meat:
Most of the farmers keep pigs or sheep.
place - a position, building, town, area, etc:
Is there a place where we can talk privately?
point - a particular time in an event or process:
At this point, people started to leave.
poor - having very little money or few possessions:
Most of these people are desperately poor.
prison - a place where criminals are kept as a punishment:
He's spent most of his life in prison.
punishment - something that is done to punish someone:
He had to stay in his bedroom as a punishment for fighting.
upon - on:
Her story was seized upon by the press.
scared - frightened or worried:
Robert's scared of heights.
special - better or more important than usual things:
I'm cooking something special for her birthday.
spring - the season of the year between winter and summer, when the weather becomes warmer and plants start to grow again:
I'm starting a new course in the spring.
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.
to tell the truth - to be honest:
To tell the truth, I didn't understand a word of what he was saying.
truth - the real facts about a situation:
Do you think he was telling the truth?
whole - complete, including every part:
She spent the whole afternoon studying.
the whole thing - everything that has been planned or discussed:
Let's call the whole thing off.
winter - the coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring:
We went skiing last winter.
worried - anxious because you are thinking about problems or unpleasant things that might happen:
She's really worried about her son.
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