Recount a Fable is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on retelling a fable with its key details, 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, 19 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.

Set 17 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 19 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

Recount a Fable

RL.2.2

NameDate

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. Recount this story with its key details.

2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Kite in the Elm

Sami's kite caught in the top of the elm on the very first day. He tried throwing a ball at it. He tried a long stick. He tried shaking the trunk with both arms. The kite stayed exactly where it was. His sister Rana came out with a bucket and a length of washing line. She tied the line to the bucket handle, threw the bucket over the branch, and pulled. The branch bent. The kite slid off and dropped into the grass. "How did you know that would work?" said Sami. "I didn't," said Rana.

1. Recount this story with its key details.

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Answer key — Recount a Fable

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Ada made bread alone, used salt twice instead of yeast, the dough did not rise, and she started again.
2.1. Sami's kite stuck in an elm, three of his attempts failed, and Rana got it down with a bucket on a washing line.

More practice for RL.2.2

Retell a fable or folktale and say what its moral is.

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