World Literature (Aesop Fables)｜世界文学（イソップ童話）Lesson54: The Wolf and the Lean Dog

PART A_1

Let’s learn vocabulary. Listen and repeat the words and the sentences with your tutor.

PART A_2

1.　prowl	/proul/
	-to move around quietly in a place trying not to be seen or heard, such as an animal does when hunting
	The tiger prowls over its prey.
2.　lean	/leen/
	-thin or skinny
	He looks lean and sick.
3.　feast	/feest/
	-a special meal with very good food or a large meal for many people
	The king celebrated his win with a feast.
4.　scrawny	/SKRAW-nee/
	-unpleasantly thin, often with bones showing
	The stray dog looks scrawny and starving.
5.　deceive	/dih-SEEV/
	-to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage
	The mobile store deceived me with this fake iPhone.

PART B_1

Let’s read the story. Please read them aloud, and I will check your pronunciation and intonation.

PART B_2

The Wolf and the Lean Dog

A Wolf prowling near a village one evening met a Dog. It happened to be a very lean and bony Dog, and Master Wolf would have turned up his nose at such meager fare had he not been more hungry than usual. So he began to edge toward the Dog, while the Dog backed away.

“Let me remind your lordship,” said the Dog, his words interrupted now and then as he dodged a snap of the Wolf’s teeth, “how unpleasant it would be to eat me now. Look at my ribs. I am nothing but skin and bone. But let me tell you something in private. In a few days my master will give a wedding feast for his only daughter. You can guess how fine and fat I will grow on the scraps from the table. Then is the time to eat me.”

The Wolf could not help thinking how nice it would be to have a fine fat Dog to eat instead of the scrawny object before him. So he went away pulling in his belt and promising to return.

Some days later the Wolf came back for the promised feast. He found the Dog in his master’s yard, and asked him to come out and be eaten.

“Sir,” said the Dog, with a grin, “I shall be delighted to have you eat me. I’ll be out as soon as the porter opens the door.”

But the “porter” was a huge Dog whom the Wolf knew by painful experience to be very unkind toward wolves. So he decided not to wait and made off as fast as his legs could carry him.

Do not depend on the promises of those whose interest it is to deceive you.
Take what you can get when you can get it.

PART C_1

Let’s answer comprehension questions. Please answer them based on the story.

PART C_2

1.	How was the Dog described in the story?
2.	According to the Dog, why was it not best to eat him at the moment?
3.	Why did the Wolf fail to eat the Dog later on?

PART D_1

Let’s discuss the story. Please answer the questions below and express your opinions.

PART D_2

1.	What characteristic of the Dog do you admire the most? Why?
2.	Do you take every chance you get in life? Why or why not?
3.	What action would you initially take if someone deceived you?
4.	Is it always wrong to deceive someone? Please explain your answer.
5.	Have you experienced something similar to the fable’s lesson? Please share.

REVIEW AND FEEDBACK

Now, let us review the things that you learned in this lesson.

ではこのレッスンで学んだことを振り返りましょう。

(Please give a short feedback on how your student did on your class.)

	Grammar 文法	Pronunciation 発音	Vocabulary 単語	Comprehension 理解
GOOD	文法の誤りはほとんどなく、完全な文章で話すことができる	ほとんどの単語をはっきりと正しく発音することができる	習った表現を適切に使うことができる	文章を理解し、質問に正しく答えることができる
FAIR	文法の誤りはあるが、完全な文章で話すことができる	発音の練習が必要な言葉がいくつかある	たまにミスはあるが、習った表現を適切に使うことができる	文章を完全に理解するのは難しく、質問に正しく答えられないときもある
POOR	文章で話すのは難しく、単語だけで話すことができる	発音の練習が必要である	習った単語と表現を少しだけ使うことができる	文章を理解するのは難しく、質問に答えるのは難しい

TUTOR FEEDBACK

GRAMMAR
Good:	Was able to speak in complete sentences with minimal grammatical errors.
Fair:	Was able to speak in complete sentences with evident grammatical errors.
Poor:	Was able to speak using words only.
PRONUNCIATION
Good:	Was able to pronounce most of the words clearly and correctly.
Fair:	Mispronounced a few words.
Poor:	Mispronounced most of the words.
VOCABULARY
Good:	Used appropriate expressions learned in class.
Fair:	Used appropriate expressions learned in class and made a few errors in word choice.
Poor:	Used only a few words and expressions.
COMPREHENSION
Good:	Was able to understand the passages and answer the questions correctly.
Fair:	Had a little difficulty in understanding passages and answering questions.
Poor:	Had a hard time understanding passages and answering questions.

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