UNDER CONSTRUCTION
WHO ARE THE FOLKS AND WHAT ARE THEIR TALES- GR. K-1
"Folks"means"people."
"Tales"mean"stories."
Folktales are "people stories."
They are stories people love to tell.
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WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT FOLKTALES?
Folktales are special.
People have been telling them for a
long time.Folktales are old stories.
We don't usually know who wrote the
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOLKTALES?
Here are some different kinds of folktales.
1. FAIRY TALES
Fairy Tales are MAGIC stories.
Some of the people and animals
in the fairy tale are magical.They may be
fairies,
elves
giants or
witches.
Can you think of OTHER magical people or animals in fairy tales?
Magical things happen in the stories.
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Some fairy tales are famous.
Here are some famous fairy tales.
If you want to read these stories,
click on the titles.Can you think of some other fairy tales?
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2. FABLES
Fables are stories that teach a lesson.
A sentence at the end of the story tells you what that lesson is.
A man named Aesop lived a long time ago.
He told many fables.
We call those fables, "Aesop's Fables."
Many fables have animals in them.
The animals act just like real people.
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Here are some famous fables.
If you want to read them,click on the
names of the fables.The City Mouse and the Country Mouse