Fairy Tale Summaries

The Ant and the Grasshopper

The grasshopper played all summer instead of getting food, and he had none for winter. The moral is you can’t only play, you have to prepare.

The Bundle of Sticks

People try to break sticks when they are together, but they are too strong, so they have to broken individually. The moral is that union brings strength.

The Camel and the Arab

A camel driver asks the camel a stupid question, and gets a smart-elect response. The moral is that you shouldn’t ask obvious questions.

The Boys and the Frogs

Boys throw stones at frogs in a pond, until one frog tells them to stop because its killing them. The moral is that some things people do for fun can hurt others.

The Bald Man and the Fly

A fly flies around a mans head. The man hits himself trying to kill it. The moral is that you only hurt yourself if you let things bother you.

The Fisher An Aesop's Fable

Fish only dance to a fisherman’s bagpipe when they are in his net. The moral is you have to do what someone wants when you are in there power.

The Four Oxen and the Lion

Four oxen could defeat a lion when they were together, but were defeated when they separated. The moral is “united we stand, divided we fall.”

The Hare With Many Friends

A rabbit who has many “friends” gets turned away by all of them when she needs help. The moral is that he who has many friends has none.

The Horse and the Stag

A horse agrees to carry someone who says he will help get revenge on an enemy. The horse then becomes a slave. The moral is that if you want to hurt others, you usually get hurt yourself.

The Ox and the Frog

A mother frog tries to imitate the size of something that killed her child. The moral is that some things can’t be attained.

Little Red Riding Hood

Little red riding hood went to take a basket of cakes to her sick grandmother. On the way, she veered off the intended path and met the big bad wolf. The wolf, after hearing red riding hood’s grandmother lived alone, went to go eat her. When little red riding hood got to the house, the wolf had already eaten grandma and ate her as well. A hunter saved them both by killing the wolf, and little red riding hood never veered off of the path again.

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel were abandoned in the woods by her father because there step mother wanted him to. The first time they returned home by way of a path Hansel made, but the second time the birds ate the bread crumbs he laid out. When they were lost, the stumbled on a cottage made of candy, inhabited by a witch. They trusted her and went inside, and she tried to eat them. She was dispatched by Gretel, and their father came back for them when the stepmother died. They lived happily ever after.