The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey

"Try to please everyone and you will please no one." This is the lesson of Aesop's classic fable about a man, a boy, and a donkey who set out to market—and soon discover that everyone they encounter has advice on how to get there! Readers make a prediction, then sum up the moral of the tale, all while practicing their fiction comprehension and reading and writing skills. This genre resource was designed to fit into a third grade reading curriculum.