Re-thinking pop songs as fables

Greetings!
Sadly, I'm out sick today and not able to celebrate 12-12-12 with you.  I hope you enjoy it!

For today, we will be using the form of fables to explore the idea of voice in our writing.

First, read these few short fables from Aesop's Fables - a childhood classic:

The Fox and the Grapes One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. "Just the thing to quench my thirst," quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success. Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: "I am sure they are sour." It is easy to despise what you cannot get.

The Wind and the Sun The Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger. Suddenly they saw a traveller coming down the road, and the Sun said: "I see a way to decide our dispute. Whichever of us can cause that traveller to take off his cloak shall be regarded as the stronger. You begin." So the Sun retired behind a cloud, and the Wind began to blow as hard as it could upon the traveller. But the harder he blew the more closely did the traveller wrap his cloak round him, till at last the Wind had to give up in despair. Then the Sun came out and shone in all his glory upon the traveller, who soon found it too hot to walk with his cloak on. Kindness effects more than severity.

The Hare and the Tortoise A HARE one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who replied, laughing: "Though you be swift as the wind, I will beat you in a race." The Hare, believing her assertion to be simply impossible, assented to the proposal; and they agreed that the Fox should choose the course and fix the goal. On the day appointed for the race the two started together. The Tortoise never for a moment stopped, but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the course. The Hare, lying down by the wayside, fell fast asleep. At last waking up, and moving as fast as he could, he saw the Tortoise had reached the goal, and was comfortably dozing after her fatigue. Slow but steady wins the race.

You can see that the form is pretty basic - a simple (yet ultimately complex) story is told, using animals or natural elements in place of humans.  It is followed by a statement of a moral truth.

For today, you will revisit the pop songs you chose to write about last Friday.  Start by re-reading what you wrote (if you were out you still need to complete that step before moving ahead).

Then, re-write each one as a fable, substituting an animal or natural object for the people in the song.  Be sure to change it from a song lyric to a story, like in the examples above.

Also, be sure to have a moral at the end!

After you post these onto your blog, write out answers to these questions at the bottom of the blog post:
1- Why did you choose the animals you did?
2- In what ways is your story similar to / different from the original song?
3- What did you learn about the original song by re-writing it into this form?

If there is time left at the end, check out what other people posted onto their blogs!