THE LITTLE THUMB by hermanos grimm

THE LITTLE THUMB by hermanos Grimm he was born of a old couple . god gave them this beautiful gift; he was as small as a thumb,thus he was called with that especial name ; his great adventure began a night , when a little thumb ,hidden behind the door heard his father who was a humble wood cutter was telling to his mother " I do not have money, I don't have job, I cannot feed our child, we are old.we will take him to the town and we will abandon him. I wish a charitable soul finds him. we need a person who help us. the following day his parents took him through places that he didn't know, when the child was distracted the parents left him abandoned. the little thumb said "I'm lost, I'm lost!but I will find my house. he walked from side to side. it was this way as he found a wonderful mansion .it is my last hope.he went to the house where lives an ogre that eats up the children alive. suddenly a noise of steps resounded the whole house , the ogre appeared smelling and saying "I SMELL FRESH MEAT" little thumb left running , but the ogre scream "DAMNED ! you won't escape from me. the ogre had something very important in his favor "THE BOOTS of 7 inches, some magic boots with which he could run very quick with immense steps.luckily the ogre was very tired , he was sure with his boots ,he decided to rest.little thumb hoped when the ogre was slept. the valiant little thumb was able for that feat.he removed the boots to the ogre ,that awful giant could not follow him. the boots were magic,they fitted to the little thumb's feet easily.thanks to that , he could return his home. finally the family met again. a little thumb said .mom and dad don't worry,we will never be hungry ,these boots will be our fortune! the little thumb was the real messenger , he earned a lot of money and his parents lived happy for ever object height="267" width="200" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" id="widget_name">

The skinned parrot by HORACIO QUIROGA (Tale)

the skinned parrot by HORACIO QUIROGA Horacio Quiroga (1879-1937) THE SKINNED PARROT ( Jungle Tales , 1918 ) Once there was a flock of parrots living in the bush. From early morning would eat corn on the farm , and later they ate oranges. They made great fuss with their cries , and they always had a parrot sentinel in the highest trees , to see if anyone was coming . Parrots are as harmful as lobster, because they open the corn for peaked it , which, after the rain rot . And while parrots are rich to eat stews , pawns hunted shot One day a man fell from a sentry shot parrot , who was wounded and fought a long time before being allowed to grab. The helper tooks it to the house for the children of the pattern; cured because the boys had only a broken wing. The parrot healed fine, and completely tamed. He called little Pedro. Learned to give paw, he liked being on the shoulder of people and made them tickle the ear. He lived lost and spent most of the day in the orange and eucalyptus garden. He also liked to mock the hens. At four or five o'clock, it was time we had tea at home, the parrot also entered the room, and they went up the tablecloth, to eat bread soaked in milk. His craze for tea with milk. Both little Pedro was given to the boys, and told him many things creatures, the parrot learned to speak. It said: "Good morning, little parrot! " delicious Potato " " potato for little Pedro ... " He said no more that they can say things that parrots, like the kids , learning with great easily bad words! . great easily bad words! . When raining, the little Pedro curling and counted himself a piece of things, very softly. When the time was made up, and then flew screaming like crazy. It was, as you see, well happy parrot, besides being free, as we want all the birds also had, as rich people, it's five o' clock tea. Now in the midst of this happiness , it happened that one afternoon of rain the sun finally came out after five days of vacation , and began to fly little Pedro crying - ! Chipped day parrot ...delicious potato ...potato for little Pedro ... and flying away, until he saw below him, far below, the Paraná River, which seemed a distant and wide white ribbon. And continued, continued flying until he finally settled on a tree to rest. And behold, suddenly I saw shining on the ground, through the branches, two green lights, like huge bugs light. - What is it? Was the parrot –rich potato, potato! Said ... What is that? ...Good day, Jim! ... The parrot spoke always so, as all parrots, mixing the words without rhyme or reason, and sometimes hard to understand. And as I was very curious, was down from branch to branch until close.

THE DEAF FROG by anonymous --from:selected children's fables

A group of frogs traveled across the forest, when suddenly two of them fell into a deep pit. the others gathered around the pit and when they saw how deep it was, told the falls that, for paractical purposes. they should be taken for dead. however, they were still trying to get out of the pit with all their might. the others told that these efforts would be futile. finally, one of the frogs responded to what the others said, she gave up and died,the others continued jumping as hard as they could . the crowd shouted that it was useless but the frog was hopping with increasing force until it finally came out of the hole .the other asked, Did not you hear what we said? the frog explained to them that she was deaf and believed that other were encouraging from the edge to do more and more to get out the hole. ANONYMOUS. TEACHING : BE PERSISTENT AND CONSISTENT IN ACHIEVING THE GOALS.

"Mice congress " By Samaniego

Mice congress since the great Zapiron, the white and blond, who after the dilivium was a universal father of the all cats, have been miauracat who bloodly followed to the unhappy mice society. the true is that, they forced by persecution of the cat, the mice had a congress in ratonpolls. the eloquent Roecheese proposed give him sleighbell, this way they can hear the noise and could escape from dead. they approve the proyect, one by one,who is going to do that? no one.I cannot see well, I am too old, I am sick " they said. Council ended up like many in the world. they propose a proyect without a second one: they appove it : and made another one. Oh surprise! but, the execution? that is the point. by SAMANIEGO. teaching: saying thing easy task, perforn them is complicate.

THE QUAIL by SAMANIEGO

THE QUAIL Prey in a narrow loop the simple quail, complained to the air but she felt sorry very late. Ah! about me, miserable and unhappy little bird, before I SUNG FREE, Now I cry captive! I LOST MY BELOVED NEST, I lost my delight in it . So I lost everythimg,because I lost the life. Why so much misfortune? Why such misery? by a grain of wheat !oh expensive candy! blind appetite how many precipitates, to get nothing , sacrifice everything! by: Samaniego MORAL:We must not be carried away by ambition to no fall into the trap of misfortune.

the bat and the weasels By ESOPO

The bat and the weasels One day a bat fell on to the ground, and was caught by a weasel, "please don´t eat me"the bat begged. The weasel did not accept. the weasel continued. the weasels are the enemies of all the birds. !I have to eat you! The bat said ,no,I am not a bird,I am a mouse; the weasel believed the bat, and let him free and placed him on the on the twig. Sometime later the twig fell on the ground again. This time he was caught by a different weasel. once again he begged. please do not eat me! the weasel answered I hate mice, you are a mouse, and I will eat you!, the bat said: "no, no, I am not a mouse, I am a bird, the weasel believed the bat and set him free. MORAL: IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO ADAPT CIRCUNSTANCES TO YOUR OWN BENEFIT. BY ESOPO.

THE ANTS by SAMANIEGO

THE ANTS .

What the ants are now.
they were the old men:
of the self and the foreign
they did their provision. Jupiter,
 such passion saw some centuries ago,
 he could not bear, he converted them into ants:
they changed the form;
what about customs?
Never.
SAMANIEGO

teaching.
you have to work and have provisions for when hard times arrive.