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Part One · The Leaf for Ant

Ant went to the river to get a drink.

About The Leaf for Ant

A free Grade 1 story from the Peabody library, Level 5. It has 14 short pages and about 129 words, so it reads in a few minutes.

Words this story teaches

At reading level 5, Peabody's practice works on phonics (sounding words out), first sounds, sight words; the level page says what is in each.

What it teaches

Be kind, and kind comes back.

Where this story comes from

Aesop, a storyteller in Greece, told this about 2,600 years ago.

More like this: Aesop's fables for kids · moral stories for kids

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For teachers: read it to the class, questions and key
Questions and answer key (5)
  1. Who fell in the river?
    • A. Dove
    • B. Ant
    • C. The man
    Show answerB. Ant
  2. What did Dove drop for Ant?
    • A. A net
    • B. A hat
    • C. A leaf
    Show answerC. A leaf
  3. What did the man have?
    • A. A net
    • B. A boat
    • C. A kite
    Show answerA. A net
  4. What did Ant bite?
    • A. Dove
    • B. The leaf
    • C. His heel
    Show answerC. His heel
  5. What does this fable show?
    • A. Ants like leaves
    • B. Kind helps come back
    • C. Men are mean
    Show answerB. Kind helps come back

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