Every culture has it's own folklore.Folklore is a collection of tales and bits of（1）
wisdom
wisdom
（wise） that teach students how to behave and think.It includes legends，songs，art，tales，myths and proverbs.People pass on folklore from one generation to the next.
Folklore helps keep history alive.For example，legends are folktales that（2）
are based
are based
（base）on true stories.The plain truth about history is not always（3）
exciting
exciting
（excite）.To keep listeners interested，a storyteller invents details.The tale becomes so interesting that people retell（4）
it
it
many times.Then it becomes a legend.
Tall tales are folktales that mix the truth（5）
with
with
fiction，or events that did not really happen.People sometimes tell tall tales to fool people.（6）
An
An
example of a tall tale is the story about Paul Bunyan，the giant lumberjack，or woodcutter.The tale says that Bunyan's clothes were so large that his shirt buttons were wagon wheels.Tales about Bunyan took place at his lumber camp.The tales are fun（7）
to hear
to hear
（hear）.They also show what life was like in a lumber camp.
Myths are folktales that describe the（8）
creation
creation
（create）of the world.They describe how the first human beings（9）
came
came
（come）into the world.Myths focus on gods or heavenly beings.The gods may be humans or animals in form.The first people to tell myths thought that the stories were true-and（10）
so
so
did their listeners.Myths may teach about the beliefs and values of a group of people.
