🐭 Fable Time 4: The Mouse and the Elephant

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🐭 The Mouse and the Elephant

A huge elephant laughed at a tiny mouse.

"You are too small to help anyone," he said.

One day, the elephant's foot was caught in a vine.

The mouse chewed and chewed until the vine broke.

"Thank you," said the elephant. "Small friends can be big helpers."

A fable is a short story, often with talking animals, that teaches a lesson.

1.Who are the characters?

2.Do the animals talk? yesno

3. What is the lesson? Circle it.

Even small friends can help in a big way.

Sharing makes life happier.

Kindness comes back to you.

Answer key: lesson: Even small friends can help in a big way.

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About this kindergarten & grade 1 worksheet

Free fable reading printable for K & Grade 1 (The Mouse and the Elephant): read the original fable “The Mouse and the Elephant”. Skill: Begins to understand fables, stories and legends (first-grade readiness). Level: Kindergarten & Grade 1 — also great for Reception / EYFS (UK) and Foundation (Australia).

For teachers: skills & standards

CCSS RL.1.2: Retell stories, including key details, and show the central message
Works as a morning-work page, a centre/station activity, homework or an early-finisher task.

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It is designed for Kindergarten & Grade 1 (ages 5–7), but use it with any child who is ready.

What skills does it build?

Begins to understand fables, stories and legends (first-grade readiness).

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More “Fable Time” printables (begins to understand fables, stories and legends)

Fable Time 1: The Turtle and the Rabbit Who Shared · Fable Time 2: The Proud Peacock · Fable Time 3: The Ant's Plan · Fable Time 5: The Greedy Crow · Fable Time 6: The Fox Who Told the Truth · Fable Time 7: The Two Goats on the Bridge · Fable Time 8: The Bee Who Kept Trying · Fable Time 9: The Lion and the Lost Cub · Fable Time 10: The Squirrel Who Shared the Tree

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