The Blacksmith and His Dog by Aesop for ESL students with a video, vocabulary in real context, discussion questions, and moral of the short story based on the English Immersion Program The Blacksmith and His Dog is now in the public domain available on Gutenberg Project. Video of the Blacksmith and His Dog The Blacksmith and His Dog A blacksmith had a little dog, which used to sleep when his master was at work, but was very wide awake indeed when it was time for meals. One day, his master pretended to be disgusted at this, and when he had ...
The Blacksmith and His Dog by Aesop for ESL Students
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I really think the master of the dog was saying the truth at this point. The dog was just being fed for sleeping . And the master always works . The dog really deserves to be starved to learn a new lesson!
Glad to see you’re commenting, Soroosh, and you’re absolutely right about the central message of the story, The Blacksmith and His dog. The lazy dog was quite useless, yet it was consuming a great deal of food. I agree with you on this matter that the dog did not deserve to be fed unless he would change this wrong attitude.