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Aesop Fable Word Search - October 2021
Dates: 10/01/21 - 10/31/21



I have always loved Aesop. For these monthly challenges, we are going to hunt for both the creatures of the fable, as well as the morals of the story, leaving out all the wee words like the, and, you, of, for, etc. We will start with the most well-known, and then dive into those less familiar, including those that maybe are too dark for children’s reading!

The Town Mouse & The Country Mouse
Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.
Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.

The Ants & The Grasshopper
There's a time for work and a time for play.
That they who drink, sing, and dance in the summer, must starve in the winter.

The Crow & The Pitcher
In a pinch a good use of our wits may help us out.
Necessity is the mother of invention.

The Eagle & The Beetle
Even the weakest may find means to avenge a wrong.


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The Challenge: Below is a list of 38 words to find within the text of a book. For each word found, you will need to provide the book title, the page or location number, the sentence containing the word, and the date you finished reading your book.

- There is no limit to the number of words found per book. (No, you don’t have to read 38 books this month, although I know there are many of you who could!)
- No page minimum.
- Words must match exactly. No substitutions, please.

ale
ants
avenge
bacon
beans
beetle
better
cakes
country
crow
dance
drink
eagle
fear
grasshopper
invention
midst
mother
mouse
necessity
peace
pinch
pitcher
play
plenty
poverty
security
sing
starve
summer
time
town
uncertainty
weakest
winter
wits
work
wrong

BONUS: Read a book that you feel illustrates one of these morals. Tell us why!

For the spell-out fans, watch out for spell-out versions coming in the Spell-Out Folder!

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P A R T I C I P A N T S

KarenK2 - FINISHED
Shelly - FINISHED 35/38

COMPLETED

Aesop Fable Word Search - October 2021
Dates: 10/01/21 - 10/31/21

Words must match exactly. No substitutions, please.

ale .. her warm ginger ale .. O Beautiful: A Novel loc 855

ants .. coming and going like ants .. Under an Outlaw Moon loc 692

avenge .. avenge his mother's honor .. Witness in Death pg 324

bacon .. supersize bacon double cheeseburger .. O Beautiful: A Novel loc 584

beans .. dinner of hash and beans .. Witness in Death pg 120

beetle .. a flesh-eating beetle .. These Silent Woods loc 474

better .. for better or worse .. Witness in Death pg 4

cakes .. or little frosted cakes .. Witness in Death pg 273

country .. and their country cousins .. Witness in Death pg 2

crow .. the crow gathered around .. O Beautiful: A Novel loc 1866

dance .. in some tribal dance .. Witness in Death pg 121

drink .. invite them for a drink .. Witness in Death pg 5

eagle .. a sign with a cartoon eagle .. O Beautiful: A Novel loc 201

fear .. were instantly full of fear .. Witness in Death pg 16

grasshopper .. not so much as a grasshopper .. Under an Outlaw Moon loc 978

invention .. are my own invention .. Captains and the Kings pg 7

midst .. in the midst of it .. Witness in Death pg 211

mother .. my mother did some theater .. Witness in Death pg 27

mouse .. his mouse-brown hair hangs .. O Beautiful: A Novel loc 499

necessity .. in terms of basic necessity .. These Silent Woods loc 997

peace .. held up her hands for peace .. Witness in Death pg 192

pinch .. and pinch her cheeks for some color .. O Beautiful: A Novel loc 1598

pitcher .. a fancy glass pitcher .. These Silent Woods loc 1761

play .. murder play out on stage .. Witness in Death pg 2

plenty .. had plenty of bruises .. Witness in Death pg 118

poverty .. seem to be poverty stricken .. Captains and the Kings pg 34

security .. New York Police and Security .. Witness in Death pg 10

sing .. feeling the shock sing up her legs .. Witness in Death pg 245

starve .. or else you'd probably starve .. O Beautiful: A Novel loc 3075

summer .. open for business by summer .. Witness in Death pg 176

time .. this time the Christians would win .. Witness in Death pg 1

town .. a charming seaside town .. Witness in Death pg 237

uncertainty .. their uncertainty in her presence .. The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven loc 3796

weakest .. in her weakest moments .. O Beautiful: A Novel loc 1279

winter .. the last gasp of winter .. Witness in Death pg 2

wits .. my wits are still rather sadly scrambled .. The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven loc 626

work .. how does it work? .. Witness in Death pg 12

wrong .. somethings wrong .. Witness in Death pg 9


10/7/21 3☆ 10/8/21 2☆ 10/9/21 2.75☆
10/12/21 3.36☆ 10/13/21 3☆ 10/15/21 3.75☆

Since I'm the only one playing, I won't repost my challenge. But, I'm Done!!

Aesop Fable Word Search - October 2021
Dates: 10/01/21 - 10/31/21

35/38 words
6 book used

I have always loved Aesop. For these monthly challenges, we are going to hunt for both the creatures of the fable, as well as the morals of the story, leaving out all the wee words like the, and, you, of, for, etc. We will start with the most well-known, and then dive into those less familiar, including those that maybe are too dark for children’s reading!

The Town Mouse & The Country Mouse
Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.
Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.

The Ants & The Grasshopper
There's a time for work and a time for play.
That they who drink, sing, and dance in the summer, must starve in the winter.

The Crow & The Pitcher
In a pinch a good use of our wits may help us out.
Necessity is the mother of invention.

The Eagle & The Beetle
Even the weakest may find means to avenge a wrong.


******************************************************************
The Challenge: Below is a list of 38 words to find within the text of a book. For each word found, you will need to provide the book title, the page or location number, the sentence containing the word, and the date you finished reading your book.

- There is no limit to the number of words found per book. (No, you don’t have to read 38 books this month, although I know there are many of you who could!)
- No page minimum.
- Words must match exactly. No substitutions, please.

🎃ale Sleeping with the Fishes - MaryJanice Davidson 10/10/21 pg. 174 “The waitress brought him his Appletini and a ginger ALE for Dr. Barb.”

ants

🎃avenge A Cast-Off Coven - Juliet Blackwell 10/10/21 pg. 275 “Well, his ghost. To AVENGE his death.”
🎃bacon Owl Be Home for Christmas - Donna Andrews 10/05/21 pg. 54 “health objections to consuming -wrapped filet minion.”
🎃beans Owl Be Home for Christmas pg. 56 “except for the BEANS and borscht.”

beetle

🎃better Stitches and Witches - Nancy Warren 10/03/21 pg. 4 “now that I understood them BETTER, I’d become fond of them.”
🎃cakes Stitches and Witches pg. 39 “had barely touched their sandwiches and CAKES.”
🎃country Stitches and Witches pg. 54 “I prefer to speak English in this COUNTRY.”

crow

🎃dance Owl Be Home for Christmas pg. 91 time they did their signature DANCE move”
🎃drink Stitches and Witches pg. 9 “that he most likely didn’t DRINK tea.”
🎃eagle A Cast-Off Coven pg. 264 with the wings of an EAGLE and the head of a big cat,”
🎃fear Stitches and Witches pg. 91 “as I felt her FEAR, I was filled with compassion”
🎃grasshopper Mrs. Morris and the Sorceress - Traci Wilton 10/29/21 pg. 167 “The cat pounced at a GRASSHOPPER but didn’t seem to put out when the insect hopped away.”
🎃invention Owl Be Home for Christmas pg. 206 “energy flow system of Green’s own INVENTION.”
🎃midst Stitches and Witches pg. 49 “oasis of calm in the MIDST of this dreadful experience”
🎃mother Stitches and Witches pg. 106 “There was one from my MOTHER, I hoped she was setting a date to come back to England”
🎃mouse Owl Be Home for Christmas pg. 219 “by taping it to a MOUSE they were feeding him”
🎃necessity Sleeping with the Fishes pg. 141 “And, by NECESSITY the place between them.”
🎃peace Stitches and Witches pg. 11 “but they seemed to come in PEACE.”
🎃pinch Stitches and Witches pg. 33 “I saw her sister PINCH her lips together.”
🎃pitcher Partners in Lime - Bree Baker 10/13/21 pg. 194 “and a delicate looking PITCHER with creamer on the table”
🎃play Stitches and Witches pg. 3 “I was excited to PLAY even a minor role in a golden age romance.”
🎃plenty Stitches and Witches pg. 7 “so I had PLENTY of leisure to wonder what was going on next door.”
🎃poverty Owl Be Home for Christmas pg. 143 “junior faculty would be almost as POVERTY-stricken.”
🎃security Stitches and Witches pg. 67 “through the high-tech SECURITY system that Rafe had installed,”
🎃sing Owl Be Home for Christmas pg. 153 “and Heaven and Nature SING And Heaven and Nature”
🎃starve Owl Be Home for Christmas pg. 28 “I wouldn’t want the poor thing to STARVE.”
🎃summer Owl Be Home for Christmas pg.34 “in the late spring and SUMMER.”
🎃time Stitches and Witches pg. 2 “running the Elderflower Tea Shop next door for a long TIME, probably since tea first came to England.”
🎃town Stitches and Witches pg. 8 “I pictured evil vampires coming from another TOWN, a powerful and dangerous witch”
uncertainty Mrs. Morris and the Sorceress - pg. 293 “Neville stayed on the edge of the room but watched with UNCERTAINTY and, yes, concern in his expression.”
weakest
🎃winter Stitches and Witches pg. 151 “It was WINTER, but she wouldn’t rest.”
🎃wits Stitches and Witches pg. 90 “before I could gather my WITS, she said to Agatha”
🎃work Stitches and Witches pg. 9 “assistant was due to start WORK at eleven.”
🎃wrong Stitches and Witches pg. 8 “What’s WRONG with children?”

BONUS: Read a book that you feel illustrates one of these morals. Tell us why!

For the spell-out fans, watch out for spell-out versions coming in the Spell-Out Folder!

Nice work, Karen!

Finished 35/38 Words

Great job, Shelly!