3 Aesopian fables

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Jason Pefkianakis Christina Botsi Stefia Tzekou Dimitris Papadimitriou Nick Terzakis

The Tortoise kept going slowly but steadily, and, after a time, passed the place where the Hare was sleeping. But, the Hare slept on, very peacefully.

"Very well," growled the North Wind, and at once sent a cold. With the first gust of wind the ends of the coat whipped about the Traveler's body. But he immediately wrapped it closely around him, and the harder the Wind blew, the tighter he held it to him. The North Wind blew angrily at the man, but all his efforts were in vain.

And when at last he did wake up, the Tortoise was near the goal. The Hare now ran his swiftest, but he could not overtake the Tortoise in time.

The purpose of this work is to highlight an alternative and inclusive learning method, in which children learn through drawings &amp; colours and not by strict memorization. Students familiarize with the text and identify the plot and the characters of the story. They move on to drawing complex forms, the way they perceive them. &nbsp;They also aim at achieving a uniformity in the illustration- to render a complete composition. The precision in depicting the painting features, lies both in the children's enormous subconscious power- as they express themselves freely and creatively on the visual level- and on the teacher’ s&nbsp; information, instructions and feedback. The pupils of E2 class decided to work on Aesop's fables. They formed 3 groups. Together we divided the stories, worked on vocabulary, plot and narration, each pupil read a part and we recorded them in class. The pupils followed Ms. Theophanopoulou's example, on how to illustrate a fairytale using colourful geometrical patterns, circles, lines, triangles, hearts, dots e.t.c- similar to a colourful <a href="https://www.wikihow-fun.com/Create-a-Neopoprealist-Art-Work" style="color: rgb(160, 6, 14);">neo-pop realism</a> technique. They all collaborated with joy, patience and responsibility, exchanged opinions and ideas and produced a wonderful audio book, for all of us to enjoy. Vicky Theophanopoulou &amp; Elena Molassioti

Thank you, for reading!

The Hare was soon far out of sight, and to make the Tortoise feel very deeply how ridiculous it was for him to try a race with a Hare, he lay down beside the course to take a nap until the Tortoise should catch up.

Listening to these words, the Crow forgot her suspicion. She wanted very much to be called Queen of Birds. She opened her beak and down fell the cheese from her mouth.

"We love Aesop!"

While they were disputing with much heat and bluster, a Traveler passed along the road, wrapped in a coat.

A Hare was making fun of the Tortoise one day for being so slow. "Do you ever get anywhere?" he asked with a mocking laugh.

"Thank you," said Master Fox. "You have a voice, surely! But, where are your wits?"

3rd Primary school of Loutraki publication, 2024

Aesop was an&nbsp;ancient Greek storyteller, born around 620 BC, as a slave. In his fables we see animals acting as people. The stories, or fables, have lessons, or morals and were retold to children during Aesop's life and to people in every generation since.

Aesop (c. 1639-40) by Diego Velazquez

"What a beautiful creature she is!" said the Fox. "Such a wonderful Bird must have a very lovely voice. "Can you sing for me, Queen of Birds?"

Michael Ravdas Mary Papadimitriou Michael Sparos Simone Miliou Panos Panteleon Jason Tsirakidis

The Crow watched the Fox suspiciously and she kept her beak closed on the cheese.

Then, the Sun began to shine. At first his beams were gentle and  the Traveler unfastened his coat. The Sun's rays grew warmer and warmer. At last, the man became so heated, that he pulled off his coat.

Panagiotis Dimitropoulos Stavros Polychronatos Maria Mouzaki Agapi Stavropoulou Efi Makri Kaltrina Chaidari Marianna Papantoniou

The North Wind and the Sun had a quarrel about which of them was stronger.

"No need to search anymore", thought Master Fox. "Here is a lovely bite for my breakfast." Up he trotted to the foot of the tree and looking up, he cried, "Good-morning, beautiful bird!"

We dedicate this ebook to our beloved friend, Ησυχούλη!

The pupils of class E2  illustrate and narrate Aesop's fables.

3rd Primary school of Loutraki-2024 Teachers: Elena Molassioti and Vicky Theofanopoulou

One morning as the Fox was following his nose through the wood in search of a bit to eat, he saw a Crow on the limb of a tree. 

"Let us agree," said the Wind. "If you take this man's coat off, you win!" 

The Hare was much amused at the idea of running a race with the Tortoise, but for the fun of the thing he agreed. So the Fox, who had agreed to act as judge, marked the distance and started the runners off.

"Yes", replied the Tortoise. "And I get there sooner than you think."

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