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1. The Princess and the Pea
Hans Christian Andersen
2. The Ant and the Grasshopper Aesop
3. The Fox and the Grapes Aesop
4. The Girl in Red The Grimm Brothers
5. The Girl and the Pot of Milk Aesop
6. The Fox and the Cat Aesop
7. The Spring of Youth Lafcadio Hearn
8. The Lion in Love Aesop
9. The Two Pots Aesop
10. The Red Shoes Hans Christian Andersen
LEVEL 3
1. The Fox and the Stork Aesop
2. The Heart of a Monkey African Folk Tale
3. The Wolf and the Seven Children
The Grimm Brothers
4. The Wise Little Girl Alexander Afanasyev
5. The Mice and the Cat Aesop
6. The Little Red Hen Russian Folk Tale
7. The Sleeping Spell Charles Perrault
8. The White Snake The Grimm Brothers
9. The Man and the Lion Aesop
10. The Son Who Doesn’t Listen
Middle Eastern Folk Tale
LEVEL 5
1. The Tortoise and the Rabbit Aesop
2. The Frog Prince The Grimm Brothers
3. The Rabbits and the Frogs Aesop
4. The Firebird Igor Stravinsky
5. The Old Beggar Woman Charles Perrault
6. Rapunzel The Grimm Brothers
7. The Sword in the Stone European Legend
8. Swan Lake Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
9. The Donkey The Grimm Brothers
10. The Origin of Fire Native American Folk Tale
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The Fox
1. Peter and the Wolf Sergei Prokofiev
2. Snow White The Grimm Brothers
3. The Ugly Duckling Hans Christian Andersen
4. The Fox and the Crow Aesop
5. King of the Cats Joseph Jacobs
6. Jack Joseph Jacobs
and the Stork
7. Cupid, the Bad Boy Hans Christian Andersen
8. How the Rabbit Loses Her Tail
South American Folk Tale
9. The King with the Golden Touch
Greek Myth
10. The Rabbit and His Ears Aesop
LEVEL 4 Aesop
1. How the Tiger Gets His Stripes
Vietnamese Folk Tale
2. Bearskin The Grimm Brothers
3. The Rat Catcher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
4. The Four Dragons Chinese Folk Tale
5. Why the Sea Has Salt
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe
6. The Green Monkey Andrew Lang
7. The Language of the Birds Russian Folk Tale
8. The Fisherman and His Wife Aesop
9. The Wolf and the Fox The Grimm Brothers
10. You Can’t Make Everybody Happy
Middle Eastern Folk Tale
LEVEL 6
1. The Gingerbread Man American Folk Tale
2. The Little Mermaid Hans Christian Andresen
3. Rumpelstiltskin The Grimm Brothers
4. Stone Soup European Folk Tale
5. The Three Dogs Andrew Lang
6. One-Eye, Two-Eyes, Three-Eyes
The Grimm Brothers
7. The King and His Clothes
Hans Christian Andersen
8. Chicken Little European Folk Tale
9. Doctor Knowall The Grimm Brothers
10. East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe
Series Editor Rob Waring
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The Fox and the Stork

Aesop

Table of Contents
Before Reading
Think Ahead ················································································ 2

During Reading
Sentence Patterns ······································································ 3
Words to Know ·········································································· 4
Meet the Characters ································································· 6
Comprehension ·········································································· 8

After Reading
Review Quiz ················································································· 12
Fluency ·························································································· 14
Book Report ················································································ 15

Key Words and Phrases ···························································· 16

 ding
Before Rea
Think Ahead

Imagine your friend is coming to dinner. Draw what you

would give your friend to drink and eat.

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 During R
eading
Sentence Patterns

A Trace the words.

“Come to dinner at my house, Fox.”

1 “Come to dinner at my house, Fox.”

2 “Come to dinner at my house, Fox.”
3 “Come to dinner at my house, Fox.”

B Write the sentence from above. Say the sentence three

times.
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 adin g
During Re
Words to Know

A 
Circle and say the word for each picture. Then write the
words.

1 2

3 4

5 dinner
horn
jar
dish soup
clean

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B 
Look and write the missing words. Use the Word Bank.

Word Bank tries goes looks asks

1
One day, Fox ______________________________ Stork to
come to dinner.

Stork ______________________________ at the dish.

3
Stork ______________________________ out of Fox’s house
hungry.

Fox ______________________________ to eat some soup.

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 ading
During Re
Meet the Characters

A Who is who? Match and write.

1 2

Stork Fox

Hello, Stork. Hello, Fox.

Come in. Come in.

I can’t eat soup I can’t eat soup

in a jar. in a dish.

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B 
What are they saying? Look and circle. Say the sentences.

Don’t you like the

(soup / milk)?

Come to (lunch / dinner)

at my house, Fox.

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 ading
During Re
Comprehension

A 
Look and circle ( ) True or False.

1
A man tells a story about a fox
and a stork.

True False

Fox invites Stork for a party.

True False

3
Stork cannot eat soup from a
dish.

True False

Fox can eat soup from a jar.

True False

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B Look and check () the correct answers.

1 
How does Stork feel after
dinner at Fox’s house?
Hungry
Not hungry

2 
What does Stork say to
Fox?
The soup was not good.
Come to my house.

3 
What does Stork invite
Fox for?
Lunch
Dinner

4 
What does Stork make
for Fox?
Soup
Tea

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 C Write the correct words. Use the Word Bank.

1
Word Bank

hungry
jar

A lot of soup is in the ______________________________.

Fox goes out of Stork’s house ______________________________.

2
Word Bank

nice
teach

What do the fox and the stork ______________________________ us,

children?

Be nice, and others will be ______________________________.

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D 
Write the letters for the correct pictures. Match the cause
to its effect.

Cause Effect
1

a. Stork cannot eat. Stork goes out of Fox’s house hungry.

b. Stork puts soup in jars.
c. Fox puts soup in dishes.
d. Fox cannot eat. Fox goes out of Stork’s house hungry.

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 in g
After Read
Review Quiz

A Who am I? Match.

I put some soup

on a dish.

I put some soup

in a jar.

B 
Circle ( ) the best answer.
1 
One day, Fox asks Stork to come to (dinner / play).
2 
Fox makes some (bread / soup) for dinner.
3 
Fox puts some soup on a (dish / hand).
4 
Fox laughs and laughs as he (breaks / cleans) the dishes.
5 
Stork put some soup in a (jar / chair).

C Match the two parts of the sentence.

1 
Fox sees two will be nice.
2 
Stork eats all of tall jars.
3 
Be bad, and others his soup.
4 Be nice, and others will be bad.

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D 
Choose the correct answer.

1 Who eats well from the dish?

a. Fox
b. Stork

2 Why does Stork put soup in jars?
a. To be bad
b. To be nice

E 
Number the pictures in order (1=first, 4=last). Write the
missing words.

Fox invites Stork for a dish of Stork invites Fox to his house
soup. Stork cannot _______________. for _______________.

Stork puts soup in a _______________. Fox invites _______________ to his

Fox cannot eat. house for dinner.

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After Read
Fluency

Read the sentences aloud following the / or // marks below.

/ means to pause. // means to stop.

At the door,/Stork says,/“Come to

dinner at my house,/Fox.”//

Be bad,/and others will be bad.//

Be nice,/and others will be nice.//

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 After Rea

Book Report
ding

Name Date

Book Title

Words

Write three words you learned from the story.

_______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________

Summary

Fill in the blanks with the words from the box.

soup house Fox jar cannot

This is a story about a fox and a stork. _______________________ invites

Stork for a dish of _______________________. Stork _______________________ eat.

Stork invites Fox to his _______________________ for dinner. Stork puts

soup in a _______________________. Fox cannot eat.

Lesson

Complete the lesson you learned from the story. Circle ( )

the best word.

Treat others how you want to be treated. If you treat them

bad, they might treat you (bad / good).

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
 Key Words and Phrases

Children, let me tell you

a story.

One day, Fox asks Stork to

come to dinner.

Stork tries to eat some soup,

but he can’t.

Be bad, and others will be bad.

Be nice, and others will be nice.

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