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Find the Moral is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on naming the lesson a fable is built to teach, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 18 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Find the Moral

RL.2.2

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Read the story, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Bread That Would Not Rise

Nana let Ada make the bread on her own for the first time. Ada measured the flour, the salt and the water. She kneaded the dough until her arms ached. Then she covered the bowl and waited. An hour later the dough sat in the bowl exactly as she had left it. It had not risen at all. Nana looked at the packet on the shelf. "You used the salt twice," she said. "There is no yeast in it." Ada wanted to throw the bowl across the kitchen. Instead she washed it out and started again.

  1. 1. What is the lesson of this story?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Lion and the Mouse

A lion lay sleeping in the sun. A mouse ran across his paw and woke him. The lion caught the mouse in one hand. "Please let me go," said the mouse. "One day I may help you." The lion laughed. How could a mouse help a lion? But he opened his hand. Weeks later the lion walked into a hunter's net. He roared and pulled, and the ropes only tightened. The mouse heard him. She came at once and gnawed the ropes, one strand at a time, until the lion could step free.

  1. 1. What is the moral of this fable?

LessonPrint · RL.2.2 · Set 14 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Find the Moral

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A mistake is worth starting over for; being cross does not fix it.
  2. 2.1. A small friend can do what a strong lion cannot — the mouse gnawed the ropes his strength could not break.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.2.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.