Lit fables

After reading the fable titled The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, I think the maxim is that appearances can be deceiving and just because you trust someone, doesn't mean they can always be trusted. Appearances can be deceiving because as shown in this fable, the lamb fell for the wolf's plan and thought it was it's mother. The lambwas then killed, because it was really the wolf in disguise. This fable also shows that because you trust someone, doesn't mean they can be trusted, because the lamb thought it was it's mother, who he believed he could trust, and followed it's 'mother' to his death.

After reading the other fable, The Four Oxen and the Lion, I believe the maxim is that united/sticking together we stand or succeed and divided we fall or don't succeed. This is shown in this fable because the four oxen stuck together so whenever the lion came, the faced their tails together so he would run into their horns, and they lived by doing this. But the one day they divided/split up to eat, the lion was able to hunt them one by one and before you knew the number of oxen went from 4 to1.

After reading the fable The Crow and the Pitcher, I think the maxim is that step by step, you will succeed. This is shown in the fable because a crow came across a pitcher put could not reach the water. Then he placed pebbles into the water to make it rise. Pebble by pebble he soon succeeded and managed to get the water high enough to quench his thirst and save his life.

After reading the fable The Fisher and the little fish, I believe the maxim is something little is worth something great over time. I think this because in the fable the little fish begs to the fisher to let him go and catch him when he is bigger, but the fisher refuses and says he may not catch him later on. The reason why I think this is because the little fish may seem little now, but later on the same fish could save the fisher from hunger.

After reading the fable The Fox and the Goat, I think the maxim is 'look before you leap' as I have once heard, or think before you act. The goat didn't do this and believed the fox without thinking about if it was a lie or not, and ended up being fooled into jumping into the well to escape the 'drought'.