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The Toucan And The Killer Bee
Isaiah M., 8, Oregon
The moral of my fable is: To do today’s work today and not wait till later.
My Fable: In 1983 there was a colorful, hard-working toucan that visited Africa where there lived a very, very lazy killer bee.
The toucan was visiting for one year and somehow he was staying near bee’s large hive. Immediately, toucan heard the black and yellow bee snoring loudly. Subsequently, the bird flew to meet bee and tried to make friends. In bee’s smelly hive it seemed hard for toucan to breathe.
At first, toucan talked to bee about building a garden next to bee’s round tree. Then the oval-shaped bee put up his guard and talked to toucan sternly that he should not build a garden next to his tree because he didn’t want the noise to ruin his T.V. watching and his naps. But toucan said he was planting now to have good-tasting food later.
Finally, bee let toucan plant the sweet-tasting garden because he realized that he would need food when toucan left. As a result, bee agreed to work with toucan to build the green garden.
Chasing The Cheese
Jonas L., 10, South Carolina
The moral of my fable is: Treat others the way you would like to be treated.
My Fable: When the house is empty, the chase begins. Fuzzball liked napping on the counter. Squeakers liked to sneak around the house looking for cheese. Squeakers smelled something like cheese coming from the kitchen.
He thought it was his lucky day. But then he saw Fuzzball.
Squeakers sneaked around quietly, stole the cheese, and was about to run away when suddenly Fuzzball woke up and chased him all around the house. Squeakers almost made it to his hole when Fuzzball caught him.
Fuzzball said, “You are naughty little Squeakers. The next time you steal the cheese, you won’t get away!” Fuzzball took the cheese back to the counter. The owner returned. Squeakers stayed in his hole the rest of the night.
When the morning came, Squeakers smelled cheese again, but knew that Fuzzball would be guarding it. Squeakers thought to himself, “That naughty cat will be mean to me again. Maybe I should try asking for the cheese instead of taking it.”
After the owner left the house, Squeakers ran to the kitchen, jumped on the counter, and woke Fuzzball. “Can I have some cheese, please?” asked Squeakers. Fuzzball answers rudely, “No, you can’t have any cheese!” Squeakers responded, “Would you like for me to never come out for a chase? Would you like to be treated so poorly? Treat others the way you want to be treated Fuzzball.”
Fuzzball responded, “Sorry for being mean to you Squeakers. Would you like to share the cheese?” Fuzzball and Squeakers became friends. Fuzzball often shared his cheese and Squeakers gave him good chases.
Fuzzball learned a good lesson: Treat others the way you want to be treated.
The Jaguar And The Bunny
Matthew A., 8, Michigan
The moral of my fable is: Encouragement wins over criticism.
My Fable: Once there was a fast bunny named Bub and a jumpy jaguar named Bob. The jaguar had soft fur and the bunny had scruffy fur.
One day they met while walking and hopping in the woods. “Hi, I’m fast”, said the bunny. “I like to eat carrots. What do you like to eat?” The jaguar answered, “I like to eat other animals, but not my friends. I also like to jump.”
They became good friends, so they decided to go snowboarding together. They kept falling and saying mean things to each other.
After a while, a wise old stink bug came by. “You guys should try encouraging each other!”, he exclaimed. So they spoke encouraging words, and they managed to learn how to snowboard. They had lots of fun together.
The Zebra And The Lion
Evelyn J., 9, California
The moral of my fable is: It’s better to be rich in Christ than rich in money.
My Fable: There once was a zebra and a lion. The zebra was a Christian, and the lion was not. But the lion was rich, and he thought the zebra was pretty and wanted to marry her. One day the zebra was munching on dead grass when the fat, rich lion saw her and said to himself, “She is a pretty zebra.”
So he walked up to her. The lion told her how he felt and the zebra said, “I will only marry you if you are a Christian.”
“I am not! But you will marry me, no matter what!”, demanded the lion.
“You don’t have faith!”, exclaimed the zebra. The lion walked away.
The next day all his money was stolen by a robber. He was rich in nothing, but the zebra was still rich in something. It was Jesus!
The Puffer Fish And The Blue Whale
Caleb J., 7, California
The moral of my fable is: We need to be thankful for what we have.
My Fable: There once was a puffer fish who was very nice. On the other hand, there was a blue whale who was SUPER RUDE!! The puffer fish loved algae and he was so nice. He once saw green algae and went after it.
While chasing it, he ran into a blue whale. The blue whale said, “You are so tiny and you can do nothing.” The puffer fish felt sad and puffed out because he was surprised the blue whale said that, but he was happy that the blue whale wasn’t going to try to kill him.
The blue whale said, “I actually do like you. I want your spikes! Or, I can slay you! I also want to be as small as you so I can hide just like you can.”
The puffer fish said, “You should be thankful for what you have. You can’t change. That’s how God made you.” The whale said, “I’m not thankful and I want to change.”
The puffer fish, while chewing on his algae, said, “Well, you should be thankful and LOOK what’s coming behind you!”
The whale yelled, “It’s… it’s… it’s a sea lion!” The sea lion came up and bit him because he has been listening to all the bad things the whale was saying.
The blue whale screamed, “OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!” That was how the blue whale learned his lesson. The bite made him feel the sting of consequence. He realized he should have been thankful after all. He is a beautiful, blue creature of the ocean.
Two Who Helped Each Other
Abigail M., 6 (almost 7), California
The moral of my fable is: Always be ready to help someone who has helped you.
It was a beautiful, but chilly, day in the North Pole. Ladybug and Butterfly were keeping warm inside Butterfly’s house. Butterfly was working on a puzzle, but was having trouble. She needed help so she asked Ladybug to help her.
Ladybug said, “OK, I will! And then I’ll make us some soup.”
By working together, the puzzle was finished and the soup was delicious.
Later, Ladybug went back home to her family. Because Ladybug didn’t know how to fly yet, walking through the snow made her exhausted. She needed help learning to fly. Ladybug asked her big sister, her big brother, and her even bigger, bigger brother to help, but they all said, “No!”
She asked her mom and her dad and even her grandma and grandpa, but they all said, “No! It’s too cold outside. We don’t want to be out there. Stop asking us crazy questions!”
Ladybug felt sad, so she decided to call Butterfly. “Would you help me learn to fly?” Butterfly said, “Sure! I’ll be right there.” Butterfly came over and taught Ladybug how to fly.
Penguin Learns To Swim
Raya M., 8, California
The moral of my fable is: Treat others the way you would like to be treated if you were them.
The penguins are having fun twirling in the water. All except one. This Penguin doesn’t know how to swim and feels sad that she can’t join in the fun. The other penguins, however, are not helping this penguin learn to swim because they think that she’s too small to swim with them.
Across the water, Dolphin is watching the penguins. She feels bad for Penguin. She decides to help Penguin learn to swim. Dolphin swims over to penguin and says, “I will help you learn to swim, Penguin. Do you want to be my friend?”
“Yes, I will be your friend and I’m happy that you will help me learn to swim,” answers Penguin.
Penguin feels happy that Dolphin is going to teach her. So Dolphin helps Penguin learn to swim and the two of them have fun splashing in the water.