Fables and Stories: Supplemental Guide 5A | The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing 85Second Read Show image 5A-1: The wolf covered with a sheepskin
Night after night a wolf prowled—the wolf walked sneakily and
silently—around a flock of sheep looking for one of them to eat, but
the shepherd and his dogs always chased him away.[Have students point to this scene on Response Card 5. You may wish to have
four students act this out: one wolf, one shepherd, one dog, and one sheep.
Have the student playing the wolf prowl sneakily and silently around the student
playing the sheep. Ask students: “Why is the wolf prowling around the sheep?”
(The wolf does not want to be noticed by others.)]
But one day the wolf found the skin of a sheep that had been thrown
aside. He pulled the skin carefully over him so that none of his fur
showed under the white fleece.[Ask students: “What will the wolf look like now?” (The wolf will look like a
sheep.) “Could this really happen; could a wolf really think of putting on a
sheep’s fleece as a disguise?” (No, this could not really happen.)]
Then he strolled—and walked slowly and calmly—among the flock in
this disguise.[Have students point to this scene on Response Card 5.]
The shepherd, thinking that the wolf was one of his sheep, allowed
the wolf to graze on the lush grass in the pasture, and even let him
sleep in the warm barn with the sheep.[Say to students: “Tell your partner whether you think the shepherd made the
right choice. Why or why not?” Allow fifteen seconds for students to talk. Call
on two partner pairs to answer.]
For many days and nights the wolf ate and slept better than he ever
had. But one day the shepherd decided to sell one of his flock at the
market. The shepherd needed to choose one of his sheep to sell. He
chose the biggest, fattest sheep he could find and brought that sheep
into town.Can you guess who it was?[Wait for students’ choral response.]
It was the wolf!What is the moral of this story?