Is it hard to find a friend?
Some people have life‑long friends. They know and love each other since childhood and share not only their toys, but joys and sorrows as well. Still, “eternal” friendship may be ruined in one brief moment. A moment when it turns out that the whole life is not enough to get to know a real friend...
Read the comic in the „Czy trudno znaleźć przyjaciela?” lesson and tell the story of the hare.
Watch the video rendition of Ignacy Krasicki’s “Przyjaciele” fable in the „Czy trudno znaleźć przyjaciela?”. Does your story resemble the one in the fable? What are the differences?
Make sure you understood the story well. Fill in the gaps in the text below.
nice, old, in the morning, cars, in the forest., young, dogs, is terrified., do not help, friend, is not scared., unpleasant, do not help, enemy, in the garden., in the evening, likes, do not like
A ............................ hare is grazing ............................ He is very ............................, so everybody ............................ him. He is everybody’s ............................. One day ............................ he heard ............................. Hare ............................ He asks other animals for help. Friends ............................ the hare.
What animals appear in the text? Put them in order.
- calf
- horse
- ox
- goat
- sheep
- dogs
How did animals refuse to help the hare? Who said what? Match words with authors. Match the pairs.
My back is uncomfortable and hard., I cannot help you. Ask others., I cannot help you. Dogs can eat me as well., Wait here, hide in the grass. I must go back to my wife., I am too young. Older animals should help you.
| horse | |
| ox | |
| goat | |
| sheep | |
| calf |
Talk in pairs or groups, answer the questions:
Why do you think animals refused to help the hare?
How should friends behave in a situation like this?
Does true friendship exist between animals?
Imagine you are in the position of a) hare; b) other animals in the fable. How would you behave in this situation?
Complete the definition. Choose the right words.
ox, animals, verse, prose, people., ram, plants, hare, dwarves, fox, moral, happy ending
Fable is a short story, often in ........................ featuring ........................, plants or objects that behave like ........................ Sometimes people are featured as well. In fables ........................ is cowardly, ........................ – smart and wolf – evil. A fable usually has a ........................, i.e. a message from the story intended to teach the reader a lesson.
Somebody mixed up letters in adjectives defining friends. Guess those adjectives. Write them correctly.
l d o ............
d o g o ............
l e c s o ............
r e t u ............
l y a o l ............
s e r t u t d ..............
r a d e ............
Create sentences with three adjectives of your choice describing a friend from the previous exercise. Write them here or in your notebook.
How was this lesson? Did you like it? Finish selected sentences.
Keywords
friend, friendship, fable
Glossary
bajka, krótki utwór literacki zawierający morał (pouczenie), często jest wierszowany, czasem żartobliwy.
morał, nauka umoralniająca; puenta końcowa o charakterze pouczającym.
wiersz, utwór liryczny.
proza, jeden z rodzajów literackich.