Parable or Fable? Toy Story The Tortoise and the Hare The Emperor’s New Clothes Little Red Riding Hood The three little pigs

The Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan Parables of Jesus The Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan

What is a parable? What is a fable? Both are simple stories with lesson Parables most often have PEOPLE Fables most often have animals or objects to teach a lesson

Prodigal Son

What is the point of the story? Who is the father representing? Who is the Prodigal Son representing? The moral of the story? Terms and ideas: prodigal “kill the fatted calf” Inheritance

The Good Samaritan

2nd time Who is my neighbor? Pick a new setting. A DANGEROUS place. Someone is traveling, alone. Who is it? Mode of transportation? From where to where? Attack! Who attacks? Who doesn’t help, but is supposed to? Who is the unlikely helper(the Good Samaritan)? Who is the real neighbor?

Retelling the Good Samaritan 1 page There was a rich dude who was traveling from Running Springs to Highland on his motorcycle at night. There was a traffic jam. While he was stopped, the car in front of him and behind him both opened their car doors and beat him up, took his motorcycle and money, threw him in the turn out, unconscious, bloody and almost dead. An off duty paramedic drove by, slowed down, saw the rich guy, but did nothing. A priest pulled over his retreat van to stretch his legs, saw the guy and stepped over him to pick some flowers for the nuns in the car on the way to camp. But did nothing.

The Good Samaritan retold Then, a foreign man stopped. He took the turban off his head, wrapped it around the wounds of the unconscious man. The foreigner had expensive medicine and special water that he gave the biker. He put the biker on his back and carried him to his car and then nearest hospital. The foreigner said to the hospice worker…”here is my credit card number. Anything you need for this man, please put in on my card. If there is more, I will return. Here is my number.” And then the foreigner left. Who was the best neighbor? The paramedic, the priest or the foreigner.