Friday, April 23, 2010

Folk Stories and Fables



Please click HERE to read the fable called "The Dove and the Ant" then answer the questions below.

1. Have you heard of Aesop's Fables?
2. What is the name of a fable that you know (from Japan or another country)?

Also, please think of a folk story to tell your group next week.

Here are some websites if you are interested in more stories:

AESOP'S FABLES

FOLK STORIES FROM NIGERIA

RUSSIAN FOLK TALES

Also, watch the videos above for some more ideas!!
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15 comments:

  1. Hello!My name is Masumi Horie.
    I would like to answer your question.
    1,No,I haven't.I read this fable for the first
    time.
    2,I know "The Rabbit and the Turtle"and"The Sun
    and the North wind"and etc,,,.
    I'm looking forward to the next class.
    See you then!
    See

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  2.  Hello!My name is Tatsuya Takarabe(M5).
    I want to answer the question.
    ① I have never heard of the tale as far as I know.
    ② I know the story from Japan called Hanasaka Jiisan.I want to talk about it at the next class. I think almost all Japanese may already know the story.

    That's all. Thank you. See you!

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  3. Hello,Matt.
    My name is Saki Takahashi.

    1,I have heard of some Aesop's fables.
    For example,
    2,I know "Kaguya-hime","Momo-taro",
    "Issun-booshi" and so on.
    In Japann,there're many interesting and
    little strange fables.
    Of course,I know some fables from foreign
    countries:)

    That's all.
    See you next week.

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  4. Hello,Matt!
    I'm Ayuka Niwa.

    1 I have heard of Aesop's fables.
    2 I know "Urashimataro" "Kachikachiyama" and so on.
    I read a lot of stories when I was a child.

    See you next week.

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  5. Hi,Matt!My name is Mana Hasegawa.
    1.I have heard of a lot of Aesop's Fables.
    2.I know the story called "Kinnotamogowoumuahiru" in Japan.
    When I was a child, my parents bought me various kinds of books of Aesop's Fables!

    See you again!

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  6. Hi,Matt! I'm Namiho Yamaguchi.
    I would like to answer your question.

    1.Yes,I have heard of some Aesop's Fables.
    2.I know "The Ant and the Grasshopper","The North Wind and the Sun",and so on.

    See you next week!

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  7. Good comments! I look forward to hearing all your stories...

    Next class I will tell you an "urban myth". It is like a modern-style folk story.

    See you soon~

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  8. Hello,Matt!
    I'm Akiko Yamanobe.
    I would like to answer your question.

    1,I have heard of some Aesop's fables.
    2,I know "The Hare and the Tortois" and "The North Wind and the Sun". These are Aesop's fables from Greece.

    See you next week!!

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  9. Hello,Matt!
    My name is Hitomi Iizuka.
    I would like to answer your question.

    1. Yes,but I don't remember them.
    2. I know "Mercury and the Workmen".The fable is called "Kinnoono Ginnoono" in Japan.

    See you on Monday!

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  10. Hello everyone!
    I'd like to answer your question.

    1,Yes, I have heard of Aesop's Fables.
    2,I know "The Ant and the Grasshopper".
    In fact, the fable was originally called "The Ant and the Cicada" . But,cicadas wasn't familiar with people in North Alps. So, it is called "The Ant and the Grasshopper" now. It's very interesting.

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  11. I'm Chie.
    The above comment is mine.
    I forgot my name.
    I'm sorry!!

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  12. Hi! I'm Toru.
    I would like to answer your questions.

    1,No I haven't.
    2,I know "The Lion and the Ant".It is my favorite fable.

    See you next class.

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  13. Hello.
    I am Shiori!

    1 Yes,I have.
    2 I have read ”The Dog and the Shadow”.

    See you tomorrow! Bye!

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  14. Hi, I'm Yohei.
    I'll answer your questions.

    1. No, I haven't.
    2. I know ‘The Grasshopper and the Ant.’

    See you later!

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  15. Hello,I'm Haruka Tsuchida.

    1.No, I've never heard the story.
    2.I know "The rabbit and the turtle."

    See you soon!

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