1. Task 1. Improve the language
of this fable by Aesop with the
phrases below.
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cunning-ცბიერი
mischievous–მავნე
sly–ცბიერი, ეშმაკი
lap off-ალოკვა
in a jiffy-წამში
remain-დარჩენა
pretend-თავის მოჩვენება
humiliate-დამცირება
keep in mind-გახსენება
treatment-მოპყრობა
mete out-განკუთვნება
minced-დაკეპილი
vessel-ჭურჭელი
munch away-ჭამა, ღეჭვა
was forced to be contentიძულებით
დაკმაყოფილდა
leak-ლოკვა
mean trick-ბოროტი
ხრიკი
outwit-ჭკუაში ჯობნა
occasion-შემთხვევა
Once upon a time there lived a fox. He was cunning as
well as mischievous. One day he met a stork and 1)
……………….him to dine at his house. “Dear friend why
don’t you come to my house for 2)………….….. beef
soup?” “I would be happy, too” said the stork.
The fox delivered on his promise of delicious soup but sly
as he was the fox 3)…………….the soup in a large, flat
dish. Well, he himself could lap off the soup in a jiffy. The
sad stork could only dip in the tip of his long bill in the flat
plate. “I made the soup myself. Isn’t it delicious? Please 4)
………………!” said the fox. The stork remained silent and
pretended to enjoy his meal. At the end of the evening,
however, the stork left the fox’s house 5)………….. and
humiliated.
Keeping in mind the treatment meted out to him the stork
invited the fox to dinner 6)………….. that week. “Dear fox
please come to my house for dinner. I’m cooking meat 7)……………..” said the stork.
“Thank you dear stork I would be delighted to come” said the fox. The stork cooked
minced meat and served the same in a 8)……………….. necked vessel. While the
storks could easily munch away on the meat the cunning fox was forced to be content
leaking away the remains of what ran down the side of the vessel. “Did you enjoy the
dinner that I made especially for you my dear friend?” asked the stork with a
mischievous 9)……………… on his face.
The fox remembered his mean trick on the stork and had to admit that the 10)
………………. stork outwitted him on this occasion.

2. Written Assignment:
Task 2. Create: 1) a monologue of the fox or the stork reflecting this
incident. 2) a dialogue between the fox and the stork apologizing for
their mean tricks and making up.
Who was Aesop?
According to the Greek historian
Herodotus, the famous fables were
written by a slave named Aesop, who
lived in Ancient Greece during the 5th
century BC. His fables [=stories] were
about anthropomorphic animals
[=animals who acted like humans]. He
always added a moral [=conclusion] to
his stories to teach us some
great truths about how
we should live and
treat each other.