AESOP’S FABLES BY JENNIFFER MENENDEZ

AND JESSICA PINEDAAesop was a slave who

gained his freedom from his Greek master and went to the city of Babylon . He worked there as a riddle solver for the king. He made up stories about animals that acted like people. Aesop ‘s fables were told for centuries before anyone wrote them down.

Carlson, Laurie. Classical Kids. Chicago, IL: Chicago review Press, 1998. p. 38.