Visit one of the websites listed here and read some of the fables collected there. Then choose one and alter it in some way...
The fable I chose is from bartleby.com and it's called Androcles*. This is the story that I came up with from this story:
A student named Gregory once had a very strict chemistry professor. Gregory would do whatever he could to avoid this class because he hated the professor so. One day, Gregory saw another student drop her books and went to help her pick them up. When he did, he learned her name was Kara and that she was struggling in calculus, which happened to be Gregory's favourite subject. Gregory would spend the time he was supposed to be in chemistry helping Kara learn and master calculus. But soon, finals came around and Gregory was in jeopardy of failing his chemistry class. He went to the office of the awful professor, but the professor didn't want to listen to Gregory. As Gregory was leaving, though, Kara walked into the office, beaming with pride. "Father," she said, "I've passed my calculus class!" The chemistry professor looked upon his daughter with pride. Then Kara realized Gregory was also in the office and she explained to her father what Gregory had done for her. The professor looked at Gregory in awe and thanked him profusely for helping his daughter. He then asked Kara to leave the office and began to go over with Gregory the material that he had missed.
Compose a fable with a lesson that might be useful for college students at the beginning of a term.
There once were two very close friends. One of the friends, a monkey, loved to chatter with all the creatures of the forest. He would sit in the treetops and gain the ground-dwelling animal's attention by calling out loudly to them or throwing the pits of his already eaten fruit at them. The other friend, a squirrel, also loved to partake in these endeavors. He would also call out to the other animals in a screeching voice and they would converse in their animal ways. But the squirrel did not spend all of his time eating fruit and talking to the other animals. Throughout the day the squirrel would venture to the ground and search for nuts to keep and eat later. The monkey laughed at his friend every time he did this, telling him he was wasting his time doing something that was not fun at all. The squirrel, however, just shrugged off his friend's words. As the final days of the year approached, the squirrel was looking for his monkey friend. The squirrel found the monkey frantically looking everywhere for any trace of a good fruit, but there was none to be found. It was now the squirrel's turn to laugh at his friend while he enjoyed the food he had stored for this time.
*You can access this story via this link: http://bartleby.com/17/1/23.html
