Our new look writing project this year offered children and young people an opportunity to develop and showcase their writing skills.

As part of our Olympic Ideal strand, we asked children and young people to fire up their imaginations and create a contemporary re-working of Aesop’s Fables.

Four schools took part in the project and we have over 100 new fables for you to enjoy. You can find poster boards in our festival venues and around central Bath which will take you to audio readings of 15 fables and written versions of all the others.

We hope you enjoy some of the thought-provoking and humourous fables created by the children and young people who took part in the project.


The Arctic Wolf and the Mantis by Malachi and Klajdi


Bff’s by Natalia and Alice


The Lion and the Mouse by Jade


The Ferret and the Cat by India


The Pig and the Crocodile by Rebekka


The Leopard and the Owl by Sofia


The Lynx and the Alligator by Tallulah


The Hippo and the Snake by Madison
 

The Rat and the Owl by Llewy 


The Shark and the Parrot Fish by Curtis


The Owl and the Sloth by Freya


The Duck and the Sloth by Zak


The Badger and the Turkey by Isabel
 

The Penguin and the Cat by Laura
 

The Mouse and the Butterfly by Annie


The Toad and the Rabbit by Emily
 

The Mammoth and the Tiger by Jack


The Aye Aye and the Cheetah by Zac

Read all the fables here

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