THE CROW AND THE SPARROWAuthor:Flora Annie SteelRetold by Ashraf Siddiqui

Presented by Group 2

Fable

a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.

Characters

The Crow

The Sparrow

Settings• at the Farm

Settings• at the Village

Summary

• a sparrow made friends with a crow. one day, when they were hunting for food, the crow spied some red peppers that were spread out on a mat to dry. "look at those peppers" said the crow to the sparrow."let's see who eats the most" answered the sparrow."then, the one who wins will eat the other" said the crow. the sparrow agreed for he thought the crow was joking.

Scenario

• the sparrow ate the peppers fairly, but the crow cheated. for each pepper that he ate, he hid three or more under the mat without sparrow's seeing."i've won! now im going to eat you!" said the crow.but the sparrow said "before you eat me, you must wash your beak, for everyone knows that you are a dirty bird and eat lots of nasty things."

scenario

• so the crow went to the river and asked for water to wash his beakthe river agreed but the crow must get a pot to put in it, then he can have as much water as he wantsthe crow went to the potter in the village to get a potthe potter replied: "you want a pot? very well, but i have no clay, bring me some and i'll make you a pot"

Scenario

scenario

• The crow went to the field and began digging up clay with his beak. The earth said “The whole world knows that you eat rubbish and nasty things. I can not allow you to dig up my clay unless you use a spade”

scenario

• the crow went to the village blacksmith, who was working on a wheel. the crow asked the blacksmith to make him a spade. the blacksmith replied if he wants a spade he must bring the blacksmith a fire. the crow went to the farmer's house nearby.

Scenario

• the farmer's wife was cooking rice in the country yard and the crow asked the farmer's wife if she could give him fire. the farmer's wife put the fire on the crow's back and his feathers burst into flames. the greedy crow was burnt to ashes but the honest sparrow lived to a ripe old age.

scenario

Lesson

“Cheaters never win, Winners never cheat”

Quiz

Question #1-5

1. Who is the main character?2. Who challenged the Sparrow?3. Who’s the author of this story?4. What is a fable?5. What did they use in their

challenge.

Question #6-12

6.Where are they when did they take the challenge?

7.Who won in their challenge?8-9. If you are the crow,are you

going to cheat or not? Why? 10-11. What is the lesson of this

story?

What do they need?

12.River13.Potter14.Earth15.Blacksmith

Thank You and

Mabuhay!!