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THE CUNNING FOX AND THE CLEVER STORK

Once upon a time, there lived a very cunning and mischievous fox. He used to speak to other animals sweetly and gain their trust, before playing tricks on them.

One day the fox met a stork. He befriended the stork and acted like a very good friend. Soon, he invited the stork to have a feast with him. The stork happily accepted the invitation.

The day of the feast came, and the stork went to the fox’s house. To her surprise and disappointment, the fox said that he could not make a big feast as promised, and just offered some soup. When he brought the soup out of the kitchen, the stork saw that it was in a shallow bowl!

The poor stork could not have any soup with its long bill, but the fox easily licked the soup from the plate. As the stork just touched the soup with the tip of its bill, the fox asked her, “How is the soup? Don’t you like it?”

The hungry stork replied, “Oh it is good, but my stomach is upset, and I can’t take any more soup!”

“I’m sorry for troubling you,” said the fox.

The stork replied, “Oh dear, please don’t say sorry. I have some health problem and cannot enjoy what you offer.”

She left the place after thanking the fox, and inviting him to her house for dinner.

Cunning Fox and the Clever Stork StoryThe day arrived and the fox reached the stork’s place. After exchanging pleasantries, the stork served soup for both of them, in a narrow jar with a long neck. She was able to have the soup very easily with her long bill, but the fox obviously could not.

After finishing hers, the stork asked the fox if he was enjoying the soup. The fox remembered the feast he himself had given the stork, and felt very ashamed. He stammered, “I…I’d better leave now. I have a tummy ache.”

Humiliated, he left the place running.

Moral: One bad turn begets another.

Analiza el cuento the fox and the crane empleando el siguiente formato:

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READING AND ANALYSIS OF A SHORT STORY

Name:	Date:	Grade:
Short story:
Produced by:
Short story subgenres:
Short story elements
Plot
Exposition
Crisis
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Resolution
Observations:

A short story is fictional work of prose that is shorter in length than a novel. Edgar Allan Poe, in his essay "The Philosophy of Composition," said that a short story should be read in one sitting, anywhere from a half hour to two hours. In contemporary fiction, a short story can range from 1,000 to 20,000 words.

Because of the shorter length, a short story usually focuses on one plot, one main character (with a few additional minor characters), and one central theme, whereas a novel can tackle multiple plots and themes, with a variety of prominent characters. Short stories also lend themselves more to experimentation — that is, using uncommon prose styles or literary devices to tell the story. Such uncommon styles or devices might get tedious, and downright annoying, in a novel, but they may work well in a short story.

SHORT STORY SUBGENRES

- Folk short story The songs, stories, myths, and proverbs of a people or "folk" as handed down by word of mouth

- Fantastic short story

fiction with strange or otherworldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality

- Horror short story

fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread and sometimes fear in both the characters and the reader

- Science fiction short story

Story based on impact of actual, imagined, or potential

science, usually set in the future or on other planets

- Crime short story

Fiction about a crime, how the criminal gets caught, and the repercussions of the crime

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http://www.miscelaneajournal.net/images/stories/articulos/vol24/Bonheim24.pdf

PLOT The plot is how the author arranges events to develop his basic idea; It is the sequence of events in a story or play. The plot is a planned, logical series of events having a beginning, middle, and end. The short story usually has one plot so it can be read in one sitting. There are five essential parts of plot:

Exposition or the introduction.

This is known as the beginning of the story where characters and setting are established.

Rising action

The rising action which occurs when a series of events build up to the conflict. The main characters are established by the time the rising action of a plot occurs and at the same time, events begin to get complicated. It is during this part of a story that excitement, tension or crisis is encountered.

Climax or the main point of the plot.

This is the turning point of the story and is meant to be the moment of highest interest and emotion. The reader wonders what is going to happen next.

Falling action or the winding up of the story. Events and complications begin to resolve and the result of actions of the main characters are put forward.

Resolution or the conclusion. It is the end of a story and ends with either a happy or a tragic ending.