Aesop's Fable The Dog And The River Reflection, Free printable Coloring Page

A free print and color page for Aesop's Fable about the dog, the bone, and the river.  

The free printable coloring page illustrates a famous fable by Aesop about the dog who was jealous of the dog in the reflection in the water and lost his bone. You can easily print it out and color it as part of a lesson on Aesop.

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Parents and teachers will have a lot of fun with this picture. It could be used in a class or done at home.

Aesop's Fable, The Dog And The Reflection, Printable Coloring Page.  

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The page above may be printed by highlighting it and sending it to your printer or saving it to your device to print later. Some people have better luck by dragging the image to the desktop and printing from there. If you have problems printing this page, CLICK HERE to see the how-to print tab above.

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This is an illustration of The Dog And The Shadow. To read the fable in detail, click here. In short, the dog loses his bone or piece of meat by trying to get the one out of the dog's mouth reflected in the river.

The landscape offers a lot of opportunities to color in a creative way.

To see free printable coloring pages like this, click on the label for Aesop's fables in the sidebar.

(C) A. E. Dozat 11/22/15

The Boy Who Cried Wolf Free Coloring Page of Aesop's Fable

The Boy Who Cried Wolf, print and color page. 

Parents, teachers, and home school families will find this goes well with a lesson on fables and mythology, it can be done as part of a classroom assignment, given as a take-home project, or as part of an after school club.

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The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Free Coloring Page

It was a very difficult fable to illustrate and took several days to get it organized to tell the point of the fable and still be something that gives young artists opportunities to color in. The story is classic; the shepherd boy had cried wolf so many times the men of the village no longer paid attention, so when a wolf appears, no one comes to his aid.   In my illustration, I have the men walking back to the village, covering their ears, and the wolf menacingly looking over the sheep pen wall while the sheep cower around the shepherd who is vainly calling for help. I did not want it to look too terrible so as not to disturb young minds.

There are a lot of opportunities for young artist to be creative with this picture. There elements of landscape and drama. The sheep pen wall can be gray, brown or sandstone red, the landscape can be full of greens, the village can have red roofs, the men can have all kinds of colors on their clothing and the wolf can be gray or black.

Here is a link to my favorite Aesop's Fables website: aesopsfables.org.

Another favorite is aesopfables.com

(c) Adron 3/18/24

Aesop's Fable Coloring Page, The Milk Maid, Don't Count Your Eggs Before They Hatch

Print and color Aesop's Fable Page. Parents, teachers, and homeschool families will find many ways to use this printable coloring picture. It can be used in class or at home, or as part of an after-school club.

The picture illustrates Aesop's Fable of the Milkmaid, who planned to sell her milk and buy eggs she hoped to hatch and raise the chickens to sell. As she fantasized about how she would spend her profits. She imagined flaunting a new dress in front of the town girls but being caught up in the image, she tossed her head as she would when wearing her dress. Of course, the milk she was carrying on her head fell, and she lost it all. So the moral is don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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Free Aesop's Fable Coloring Page. The Milkmaid. 

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If you have trouble printing the image below or are printing on A-4 sized paper, CLICK HERE to visit my how-to-print page. I have some helpful tips for you there. There is a link below that may print better if you have problems.
Here is a website with more Aesop's fables with audio. 

Here is a link to another Aesop's fables website with more to choose from.

The picture has a lot of places where a young artist could get creative.

I had to draw it over four times before I got it right. I may have overdone the landscape a bit. I wanted it to have a Mediterranean scene.

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(c) Adron D.2/3/14

Tortoise And The Hare Print and Color Page

Kids love this free to print and color page about Aesop's famous fable of the Hare who took a nap when he thought he won the race but while he is sleeping the tortoise passes by and wins. This teaches a great life lesson that we often need to learn over and again.

This coloring page can be used at home or in school. It can be part of a lesson or given out as an extra time activity.  It can be used in the office to give people something to do while they sit in the waiting room. It can be printed and brought on vacation to occupy little ones in the long car ride.

To print the picture below just highlight it and send it to your printer or save to your device to print later. If you have problems printing see the how to print tab above for some suggestions.

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Free Print and Color Page of Aesop's Fable, Tortoise and the Hare.

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This is helpful for parents and teachers to use in teaching the lesson of Aesop's fable. It could be used as a classroom activity or as a take-home project.

There are many areas for creative coloring on this page. The tortoise can be green or brown or a combination. The road can be clay, brown, red or grey. The grasses and trees can be various hues of green. There are some flowers that can be used to add color. The distant horizon can be purple and the hare can be brown or just leave him white. The finish banner can be pink if the road is blue or gray and it will stand out. If the road is clay or brown then do the banner in a light blue.
I hope you have as much fun coloring it as I had in drawing it.
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(C) Adron 5/22/13