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Texas Reading Club Manual 263
And if I were an Olympic swimmer,
Everyone would cheer hurray for me!
Oh, I wish I were an Olympic runner.
I love to run and jump all day long.
And if I were an Olympic runner,
Everyone would cheer hurray for me!
(Substitute additional sports.)
Audio Recordings
Aesop for All Ages by Anne Nachtrieb Zesiger.
“Go the Distance” by Michael Bolton on Disney’s Hercules: An Original Walt Disney Records
Soundtrack by Various Artists.
Stories
Tell several of Aesop’s fables. Start with “The Boy and the Nettles” to encourage kids to put
everything they can into their activities. Most of Aesop’s fables are easily available on-line at
Aesop’s Fables Online Collection, www.aesopfables.com, and in books, such as Aesop’s Fables
by Aesop, with illustrations by Jerry Pinkney.
The Boy and the Nettles
(Aesop fable. Adapted by Jeanette Larson.)
Playing in the woods, a boy pricked his finger on a nettle bush. He ran home and told his
Mother. "Although I only touched the bush gently, it hurts me very much.” “That was just why
it stung you," said his Mother. "The next time you touch a nettle bush, grasp it boldly, and it will
be soft as silk to your hand, and not in the least hurt you."
Whatever you do, do with all your might.
Crafts
Light the Torch
Materials
Red construction paper
Red, yellow, and orange tissue paper cut into 4” X 5” pieces
Sports-themed stickers (optional)
Markers or colored pencils
Scotch tape
Glue sticks
Scissors