Aesops's Fables:

The Wolf and the Lamb

One day, the Wolf met a lamb who was too far from his home. He decided not to eat the Lamb at once, but tried to explain why he had the right to eat him. This is what he said: "Little one, I am very angry with you, because last year you said something very bad about me!"

"Really?" said the Lamb. "I was not even born then."

Then the Wolf said, "You eat the grass from my pasture!"

"No, good sir," the Lamb replied. "I have never tasted grass in my life."

Again, the Wolf said: "You drink the water from my well!"

"No," the Lamb cried. "I have never drunk water. My mother's milk is both food and drink to me."

Then the Wolf took him and ate him. "Well, I will not stay without supper," he said, "even though you could see through all my lies."

Moral: A cruel person will always find an excuse for cruelty.

Short quiz:

How old was the lamb?

a) about one year old

b) less than one year old

c) more than one year old

d) older than the wolf

Where do farm animals often eat grass?

a) in the forest

b) in the pasture

c) in the stream

d) in the well

The wolf in the story wasn't:

a) angry

b) cruel

c) hungry

d) thirsty

When you don't understand something, you want somebody to _______ it to you.

a) decide

b) explain

c) find

d) taste

angry - rozzlobený, rozčilený having a strong feeling towards somebody, feeling as if you want to shout at them

born - narozen given life

cruel - krutý enjoying hurting somebody and causing pain to someone

cruelty - krutost an act that hurts someone or causes pain to them

decide - rozhodnout se, rozhodnout to make a choice, to make up your mind

excuse - omluva, výmluva the reason that you give when you apologize or when somebody blames you for something

explain - vysvětlit to say what something means and how it works etc.

far - daleko a long distance away, not near

food - jídlo, potrava, strava the things that you eat

grass - tráva the green plants that grow everywhere in meadows, football fields, lawns etc., animals such as sheep or cows eat it

lamb - jehně a young sheep

lie - lež something said that is not true

milk - mléko the white drink or liquid that comes from cows

pasture - pastvina, pastva a meadow or a field where animals (cows, sheep, horses etc.) can eat grass

right - právo something you are allowed to do or should have by law

supper - večeře, druhá večeře the last meal of the day

taste - chutnat, ochutnat to put something (usually food or drink) in your mouth in order to test if it is good or not

through - skrz, skrze Going in at one end and out at the other, e.g. tunnels, doors, passages etc.

well - studna a deep hole in the ground from which water is taken

wolf - vlk a wild animal that looks like a dog, it lives and hunts in a group

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