Possible Fable Morals for Writing Your Own Fables by Rachael Shortt https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm Review this 2 page fable moral list: http://www.togetherweteach.com/MoreSayings/morals_of_aesop.htm On your Padlet post, write down a fable moral that you could potentially write a story about with a plot/animal character ideas. Refer to my example. You will be writing your own fable stories this week. en-us 2021-12-06 12:34:33 UTC 2023-03-07 15:58:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2764.png Mrs.Shortt shortt https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1930972739 Fable Moral: 
Never be ashamed to ask for help.

Possible animal characters/traits and plot idea:
Mama bear (tired, busy, overwhelmed)
Neighbour bear: (understanding, helpful)
Bear cubs (busy, needy, dependent)

Plot: Mama bear is trying to help all the busy cubs at once (feeding, hunting, protecting, creating a den, carrying when traveling) then realized it is exhausting and asked for help from another fellow kind neighbour bear. This fellow bear helped protect cubs while mother bear did her chores and then got some rest too. Mother bear realized to slow down at times and enjoy her sweet bear cubs as they will be leaving her eventually to be on their own. 

]]> 2021-12-06 12:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1930972739 A.G. https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931534170 Fable Moral:
Never be ashamed to ask for help.

Possible animal characters/traits and plot idea:
a lion (teacher helping the cubs)
the cubs (cant figure out their math)

Plot: The lion asked the animals if anyone had any questions about their test. The cubs didnt understand but was too scared to ask because it would be too embarrassing. The lion saw that they were struggling. The lion pulled them out in the hall to help them. The cubs said thanks. 
Never be scared to ask for help. ]]> 2021-12-06 16:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931534170 adrian adrian_geddes686 https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931539839 fable moral: beauty is only skin deep. 

odd nosed monkey( sad he looks ugly) 
spider monkey( helpful) 

plot: monkey gets made fun of and runs away. then he finds a spider monkey who tells him the moral. he says thank you to spider monkey and leaves feeling good about himself.]]> 2021-12-06 16:20:02 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931539839 Matthew https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931540985 Fable Moral: 
Evil friends bring more hurt than profit.

Possible animal characters/traits and plot ideas:

Crocodile (Evil, judgy, rude, bad influence, popular)

Dolphin (Kind, good influence, caring, helpful)

Plot: Dolphin is trying to be good friends with Crocodile, but all Crocodile wants to do is things that will get both of them in trouble. Dolphin doesn't want to lose Crocodile as a friend because he brings Dolphin popularity, but he doesn't want to become Crocodile. When Dolphin tells Crocodile about his feelings, Crocodile begins to insult and bully her and Dolphin decides enough is enough and drops Crocodile as her friend.


]]> 2021-12-06 16:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931540985 Seth https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931542929 fable moral: look before you leap

characters:
Clumsy Monkey
Smart Monkey 
Nice Monkey

plot: they are climbing trees and not paying attention to where they are jumping. and clumsy monkey jumped and missed the tree and fell into a volcano and it blew up so now the monkeys are careful of where they are jumping]]> 2021-12-06 16:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931542929 zack https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931543251 Fable Moral: A false tale often betrays itself

possible charecters: horse greedy liar dog humble kind cow quiet helpful

plot: reindeer makes up story about saving the world but the cow really did it but he is to shy to say it was him and then when everyone is cheering for the reindeer the dog comes and says the cow did it and they praise the cow]]> 2021-12-06 16:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931543251 Nate https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931546130 Fable Moral:
Live and let live.

Possible animal characters/ traits
Wolf (Hungry, angry, soft)
Lamb(scared, weak,)

Plot: The wolf is lurking the forest looking for something to eat. The lamb is also in the forest, scared and alone. The wolf smells the lamb and starts to lurk towards it. The wolf evemtually finds the lamb and charges at it. The lamb starts to curl up into a ball and proceeds to beg to be spared. The wolf  sees the lamb and takes what he says to the heart and decides not to eat him.
The lamb then tells the wolf how greatful he is and leaves in search of his family.

live and let live.


]]> 2021-12-06 16:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931546130 ella https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931552430 Fabel Moral: 
clothes dont make the person

possible Animal characters/traits and plot idea: 
a cat (wears all expensive popular brand clothing) 
dog (dosnt wear expensive brand clothing) 

plot: the cat goes up to the dog and says omg your like not cool because you dont have a louis vuitton backpack. the dog is sad. another dog goes up to him and tells him the moral 'clothes do not make the person'

]]> 2021-12-06 16:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931552430 Look before you leap. https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931798757 2021-12-06 18:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931798757 It is easy to kick a man that is down. https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931803832 Possible animal characters/traits and plot idea: old cheeta ( not as fast as he used to be ) Young cheeta ( everyone thinks he is fast but they just race week or old cheetas ) 

plot: The young cheeta is super popular in the rain forset everyone loves him and he acts like a big shots even though he just races old cheetas and the old cheeta he races looses as usual and then he realizes what he is doing and gathers everyone then all the other animals realize what hes doing and he is not as popular anymore.]]> 2021-12-06 18:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931803832 MJ https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931814875 Fabel morel: Be content with your lot 

characters: 
baby lion ( a big but soft friendly lion who was willing to help)
 big boss lion ( selfish, mean ungreatful)
plot: the baby cub is supposed to bring the boss lion food everyday and night and when ever he wants it. One day the baby cub gets attacked and the boss lion didnt help and now his food supplieer is dead and he can't get food. Morel of story apreciate what you already have. Don't be always wanting more.

]]> 2021-12-06 18:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931814875 Georgia georgia_hay852 https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931817214 Moral; do not attempt to hide things that cannot be hiden.

possibe animals/chatacters/traits; 
white bunny (tries to hide himself because he isn't spotted like the other bunnies) 
spotted bunny (the other bunnies are brown and spotted and make fun of snow white bunny)  

plot: there is a snowwhite bunny and she never goes to the water hole because the other bunnies make fun of her for being a different colour, just because she is a little bit different than the other bunnies doesn't mean she should have to hide herself. weater she likes it or not she is slightly different, she shouldn't try to hide that because thats just who she is. ]]> 2021-12-06 18:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931817214 keith https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931817538 Fable moral:
nature exceeds nurture

possible animal characters/traits and plot idea: 
bunny (kind, smart,)
tiger  (mischievous, unkind )

bunny tries to teach tiger to be kind and tiger is starting to understand but then bunny is walking in the street and sees tiger stealing some food, bunny talks to tiger and tiger says that he tries to be kind but it is in his nature to be mischievous and unkind.]]> 2021-12-06 18:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931817538 walter An act of kindness is a good investment. https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931818057 characters traits (lobster kind helpful) spider (kindish) maybe a third animal   

plot: lobster is kind (maybe the spider falls in water and the lobster helps it) ( spider can help the lobster next maybe) spider feels good and is kind to more animals.]]> 2021-12-06 18:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931818057 -Landen- https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931823169 Fable moral: Every man for himself

Possible animal traits: Lion is determined,and has  strong idea of what his end goal will be.

Plot: The lion is lurking in the jungle waiting for something too be its next prey, many hours went by but finally a small hog walked, the lion took this moment to jump on and attempt to eat the hog... But then the lion sees a monkey,then a anaconda,then a jaguar,and finally a crocodile. all of these animals were all waiting for this hog to be its next prey. the second the lion saw all of these animals he leeped out of of tree and landed on the hog, gripping his teeth into his leg, all of the others animals were now all in shock that the lion was so ambishus. The lion walked away with the hog in its mouth.]]> 2021-12-06 18:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931823169 sean https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931823437 Fable Moral:
You miss 100 percent of the shots you dont take.

Possible animal charectors/traits
meerkat: scared, nervous unconfident
Mom meerkat: worried, positive
kangaroo: athlete, good at sports, captain of basketball team

plot:
The meerkat desides to try out for the basketball team and his mom is worried about him making the team but before he leaves for tryouts his mom tells him you miss 100 percent of the shots you dont take. He makes the team he is really happy in his first game the kangaroo is playing really good. there is 5 sec left in the game and the kangaroo has the ball he passess to the meerkat in the corner there is one second left and he was to scared to shoot so he passed but the time ran out so they lost he was sad. after the game the kangaroo came up to him and instead of getting really mad he said you miss 100 percent of the shots you dont take and the meerkay went on to be an NBA hall of famer.]]> 2021-12-06 18:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931823437 KAI https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931823746 Moral:
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.

Possible animal characters/traits and plot idea: 
Wolf (rude, passive agressive, jealous)
Rbbit (Nice, popular, "athletic")

Plot: the rabbit is very popular and everyone in school likes him. the wolf gets very jealous from not getting any attention.  but rabbit and wolf are best friends, or so the rabbit thought. one day the rabbit doesn't show up to school, the wolf doesn't think much of it. but then one day turns into weeks and people in the school start to get worried, they start looking for rabbit but the wolf stays back becasue he is still jealous that rabbit gets all the attention. they end up finding the rabbit very injured in a ditch. they save rabbit but rabbit gets confused when he figures out that wolf didn't help find him and stayed back. when rabbit returns to school he doesn't talk to wolf anymore becasue he realized that wolf wasn't a real friend and was just trying to get popularity off of him.
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
 ]]> 2021-12-06 18:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931823746 eric https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931826234 Fable moral:
The wise are always prepared.

Possible animal characters/traits and plot ideas: 
Chickadee (wise, always prepared, calm quiet)
Beaver (arrogant, annoying, loud)

Plot: Chickadee is preparing for winter by putting food in many hiding spots. an arrogant beaver shows up and asks chickadee why she hiding food. she answers and beaver laughs and says he doesn't need to prepare because his dam will keep him safe all winter. chickadee laughs it off and goes back to work. during winter beavers dam gets frozen and broke, and the beaver swam back and apologized to the chickadee.


]]> 2021-12-06 18:15:15 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931826234 Gemma https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931835584 Fable Moral: One cannot be first in everything.

Possible animal characters/traits and plot ideas: Cheetah and the Lion

Cheetah: Show off, braggy, thinks he's all that, rude, jealous,poor sport, no soft spot, arrogant, try hard. 

Lion: Humble, healthy competiter,  kind, nice, cool as a cucumber, not showy. 


Plot: Cheetah and Lion show up to the ''Fasttest Will survive''annuel race where every year they race at. The cheetah and the lion face off and race. Cheetah is bragging about how he's won 9 years in a row and how this would be his 10th win. He has always won races in the past years. The lion acts cool and doesn't let him under his skin. Both head and head in the final minute, the lion is a head and Cheetah tries his hardest to ketch up. Lion wins the race and cheetah is furious. Lion proves that one cannot be first in everything. ]]> 2021-12-06 18:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931835584 Dahlia https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931835654 Fable Moral: Once bitten twice shy 

Possible animal characters/traits and plot ideas: 
- Giraffe 
- Lion 

Plot: The giraffe was once attacked by a lion when he was young and has been terified ever sence because his parents always told him that Lions where dangerous. But when the giraffe comes across a Lion again one day he knows that he should stay away because he will end up getting hurt. 
Once bitten twice shy. ]]> 2021-12-06 18:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931835654 jake https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931835724 fabel moral: an act of kindness is a good investment. 

possible characters: lion nice showing how to be kind. pig- being rude, snoughty, bully. frog
shy, small.


plot: the frog was chasing his dream, by playing in the NBA. When a random pig went out of his way to make the frogs day worse. The pig was pleating you are small you will never play basketball. A lion saw what was happening and he lifted him and was being nice, by playing basketball with the frog and seeing how good the frog actually is.

]]> 2021-12-06 18:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931835724 Alyssa https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931839497 Fable Moral: 
Be responsible in your criticism.

Possible animal characters/traits and plot ideas:
Pigeon (not the most liked bird)
Hawk (bigger and cooler bird)

Plot:
The Pigeon asks the Hawk how to help him look nice. The Hawk gives him some good advice but later on ends up sounding rude. The Hawk started being unkind to the Pigeon and did not know.]]> 2021-12-06 18:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931839497 Look before you leap. Evan https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931843753 Fable moral:
you shouldn't act without considering the possible consequences or dangers.


Possible animal 
characters / traits 

Monkey: (Mischievous Misbehaved Naughty/Bad)


]]> 2021-12-06 18:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931843753 Sapphire https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931844335 Fable Moral: Beauty is only skin deep

Possible animals/ character traits and plot idea: 
horse- ( arrogant,boastful,pretty)

pony- ( Self  conscious, quiet, hardworking, not as pretty on the outside)


Plot- The horse is always racing and is the star of every show, everyone loves him. But he isn't all that nice behind the scenes to his fellow pony's and horses. Until one pony exposes him and puts an end to his behavior in front of everyone at his biggest race of the year!


]]> 2021-12-06 18:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931844335 Ruby ruby_mcanulty794 https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931876425 Fable Moral:
 Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents .

Possible Animal Characters/traits:

Baby bear: Enthusiastic Happy outgoing extrovert

Daddy bear: Closed off will put everything aside for his son


Plot Idea:

baby Bear goes off to school and tries to make a friend with Baby deer but turns out baby Bears dad hurt Babys deer dad  so Baby deer does not want to be friends with baby Bear 

(Daddy bear realizes that his actions from his past hurt his son so daddy bear goes and makes it right with Daddy deer)]]> 2021-12-06 18:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1931876425 Vanessa https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1934839641 Fable Moral: Do not try to do that which is not natural to you and be yourself.

Possible animal characters/traits and plot idea: 
African elephant: shy, kind, introverted, loud (when she gets in a bad mood)
Meerkat: (outgoing, social, confident, extroverted)

Plot: Plot: The African elephant doesn't have any friends and wants to fit in with everyone else. So she tries hanging out with Meerkat. They become friends even though the elephant doesn't really enjoy it. Meerkat invites her to a party that he said only has a couple of his friends, but it ends up being a crowd full of animals. The Elephant gets uncomfortable and can’t handle it anymore. Then she releases, she should just be herself, and don’t do which is not natural to you. The next day she finds an elephant similar to her, and has the same interests. He gets the courage to talk to her and they become friends and enjoy hanging out.
]]> 2021-12-08 01:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1934839641 Mary https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1940709602 Fable Moral:
It is easier to make a suggestion than to carry it out.

Possible animal characters/traits and plot idea:
-A Puppy (shy, playful, nervous)
-A kitten (scared, convinsing, playful)

Plot: 
Kitten and Puppy are running and playing on the top of a hill, then they start to roll down very fast. As soon as they get to the bottom of hill they see this big big lake. The Puppy is very afraid of the water so he runs away very fast. The Kitten chases after the Puppy and brings him back to the lake. The Kitten tells the Puppy not to be afraid, and says the lake is very fun. The Puppy is very nervous to jump in, but he takes the cats advice and just jumps in. The Puppy starts to swim around and is having a lot of fun. The Puppy invites the Kitten to join him in the water. The Puppy says to the kitten it's a lot of fun, but the kitten says no its scary. The kitten ran away and never came back, but to this day the Puppy will go to swim everyday. ]]> 2021-12-10 16:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/shortt/fablebrainstorm/wish/1940709602