In The Ants and the Grasshopper, the ants spend a fine winter day drying grain they collected in the summer. Which everyday situation is most like this?

In The Ants and the Grasshopper, the grasshopper sang all summer instead of gathering food. In winter he is starving and begs the ants. Which everyday situation is most like this?

In The Ants and the Grasshopper, the ants ask the grasshopper why he stored no food in summer. He answers that he had no leisure. Which everyday situation matches this best?

In The Ants and the Grasshopper, the ants say the grasshopper must dance supperless to bed because he chose to sing all summer. Which everyday situation is most like this?

In The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf, the boy cries "Wolf!" when there is none, then laughs at the neighbors who ran to help him. Which everyday situation is most like this?

In The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf, the wolf truly comes at last, but the boy has lied so often that no neighbor answers his cries. Which everyday situation matches this best?

In The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf, the villagers leave their work and run to the boy three or four times, and each time there is no wolf. Which everyday situation is most like this?

In The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf, the boy loses the whole flock because nobody comes when he finally tells the truth. Which everyday situation is closest to it?

In The Hare and the Tortoise, the hare laughs at the short feet and slow pace of the tortoise. Which everyday situation is closest to it?

In The Hare and the Tortoise, the tortoise never stops for a moment. She keeps a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the course. Which everyday situation matches this best?

In The Hare and the Tortoise, the hare is so sure of winning that he lies down by the wayside and falls fast asleep. Which of these everyday situations is most like it?

In The Hare and the Tortoise, the hare wakes up and runs as fast as he can, but the tortoise has already reached the goal. Which everyday situation is closest to it?

In The Man with the Cocoanuts, a boy tells the man with the heavy load that going slowly will get him home sooner. The man does not believe him. Which of these everyday situations is most like it?

In The Man with the Cocoanuts, the man hurries his horse, so the cocoanuts fall off and he has to stop and pick them up. Which everyday situation matches this best?

In The Man with the Cocoanuts, the man hurries even more to make up for lost time, and the cocoanuts fall off again. Which of these everyday situations is most like it?

In The Man with the Cocoanuts, all the hurrying and stopping means the man reaches home only at night. Which everyday situation is closest to it?

In The Lion and the Mouse, a mouse runs over the sleeping lion's face. The angry lion catches him, and the mouse begs to be spared. Which of these everyday situations is most like it?

In The Lion and the Mouse, the lion laughs at the idea that a tiny mouse could ever help him, but he lets the mouse go. Which everyday situation matches this best?

In The Lion and the Mouse, hunters tie the lion to the ground with strong ropes. The little mouse hears his roar, gnaws the ropes, and frees him. Which of these everyday situations is most like it?

In The Lion and the Mouse, the mouse promised to repay the lion's kindness if his life was spared, and later he truly does. Which everyday situation is closest to it?