🦁 The Donkey in Lion’s Skin

Aesop’s Fable – Easy English Story for Ages 4–6

🎭 Character Descriptions

• 🫏 Donkey: A gray donkey who wants to look powerful. He finds a lion’s skin and wears it like a costume.

• 🐮 Farm Animals: Cows, goats, and sheep who are scared when they see the “lion.”

📜 Script 

NARRATOR:
One day, a donkey found a lion’s skin in the forest.
He put it on and looked in the water.

🫏 DONKEY (thinking):
“I look like a real lion! Now everyone will fear me!”

NARRATOR:
He walked to the farm.
The cows, goats, and sheep saw him and ran away in fear.

The donkey laughed. It was fun to pretend.

NARRATOR:
But then he wanted to speak.

🫏 DONKEY:
“Hee-haw! Hee-haw!”

NARRATOR:
The animals stopped.
They heard the donkey’s voice.

ANIMALS:
“That’s not a lion! That’s just a donkey!”

NARRATOR:
They came back and chased him away.

NARRATOR (ending):
Clothes can hide the outside,
but your voice and actions show who you really are.

THE END.

📚 Vocabulary 

1. skin – the outer covering of an animal

2. costume – clothes that make you look like someone else

3. chase – to run after and try to catch

4. pretend – to act like something is true when it’s not

5. voice – the sound you make when you speak

💬 Useful Expressions 

1. “I look like a real lion!” – I look powerful and scary

2. “Hee-haw! Hee-haw!” – The donkey’s loud, silly sound

3. “Your actions show who you really are.” – What you do is more important than how you look

❓Comprehension Questions 

1. What did the donkey find in the forest?

2. What did he do with the lion’s skin?

3. How did the animals react at first?

4. What gave away the donkey’s true identity?

5. What is the lesson of the story?