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(Hele talks to Jewel when Jewel is reading.)
Helen: Jewel! Jewel! Hey, what are you reading? You can’t hear I calling your name.
Jewel: Oh, sorry, Helen. 30. and try to learn lessons from them.
Helen: What are fables?
Jewel: Fable is a fictional story whose characters are usually animals, made-up creatures, plants, or forces of nature. In the end of each story, it gives readers a lesson, which is called a moral.
Helen: I see. Just like “The Rabbit and the Turtle”, and the moral of it is never give up and never underestimate the weakest opponent.
Jewel: You can say that again. Let me share a fable which I enjoy the most with you. It’s “The Lion and The Mouse”. A mouse ran over a lion’s face and woke him up from sleep. Rising up angrily, 31 . However. The mouse said to the lion, “I may be able to do you a good turn, so please let me go”. Then, the lion let him go. One day, the lion was caught by a hunter’s strong ropes which stopped the lion from getting out of it. The mouse found the lion and …
Helen: I think I can guess the end. And 32. and set the lion free.
eJewel: Yep. The moral of the story is that it is possible for even a mouse to save a lion. Never look down on a
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