The Diva Queen Dog And The Diva Puppies
By AlainaMarie E.
The Moral: Lend a hand when you can.
My Fable: One day, outside the Bouncy House Salon of the Diva Queen, the Diva Puppies were asking the Diva Queen over and over, “Can we get hair extensions?”
The Diva Queen said, “Sure, but not right now.”
The Diva Queen was being bossy to the Diva Puppies because they kept asking about the hair extensions and the Diva Queen was busy.
The twins thought it over and decided to help the Diva Queen with her work so she wouldn’t feel so stressed. Because of this, the Diva Puppies were rewarded by getting their hair extensions.
The Shark And The Dog
By Alek M.
The Moral: Always be cautious with anyone you trust.
My Fable: A dog made a bond with a shark and the Shark made a promise that he wouldn’t eat the Dog. Though this promise had been made, every time the Dog saw the Shark, the Dog did in fact try to eat him. The Shark made the Dog think it was just pretend.
Later, a striped fish came by and said to the dog, “Don’t ever trust the Shark! The Shark tries to make friends so he can eat you!”
The striped Fish was right. When the Shark looked towards them, right at the striped Fish, he said, “I’m going to have a very good lunch today!” So, he tried to eat the striped Fish, but the Dog got into a fight with the Shark and the Shark swam away for good.
The Ant and the Lion
By Ali S.
The Moral: Hurt someone and they will hurt you back.
My Fable: One hot sunny day, there lived an Ant in his backyard. There lived a Lion in a hot zoo.
Suddenly, the Lion broke out from the zoo because he wanted to bite the Ant’s brain. The Lion said, “I want to eat the Ant because the Ant is a nerd.”
Before the Lion could bite the Ant, the Ant bit the Lion on the leg. Just then, the Lion got hurt and he asked, “OW! Why did you bite me, Ant?”
The Ant replied, “I bit you because you wanted to eat me.”
The Lion And The Kangaroo
By Alona W.
The Moral: Don’t brag about what you have. Instead, try to give some portion back.
My Fable: Grazing in the grass, the Lion was so excited. He kept talking about how he had 800 dollars, and that now he could get an iPhone 11 at the Apple Store.
The Kangaroo who was nearby was also excited. She bragged that she had 2400 dollars and with this money she could get three iPhone Pros.
Neither the Lion nor the Kangaroo had noticed that their friends in the grass had moved away from them. They had grown tired of listening to them talk about all the money they had and things they would buy.
“Since we have too much, let’s give an iPhone 11 to the community so it will be more equal,” said the Kangaroo.
“Sounds like a nice idea,” said the Lion. “Thank you for thinking of the community! I could give some of my money to help, too.”
The Lion And The Elephant
By Amani C.
The Moral: Be nice and people will be nice to you.
My Fable: Near a river in Africa, a lion saw an elephant drinking water.
The Lion said, “Why are you drinking water if you’re already so big?”
The Elephant said back, “Don’t talk to me please because you’re rude!” Then, the Elephant walked away.
The Lion shouted after the Elephant, “I will talk that way if I want to.”
As soon as the Elephant left, a cheetah appeared and said to the Lion, “Drink up the whole river because you’re so small.” He laughed an evil laugh, and quickly moved on.
The Lion screamed and shouted madly, “I will not!” He thought about the Elephant for a second. The Lion finally realized that he had been mean and rude to the Elephant. The Lion began to search for the Elephant.
After searching for hours, the Lion found the Elephant. The Lion said sorry a bunch of times to the Elephant, but the Elephant ignored the Lion
Finally, the Lion said, “I’m really sorry.” His voice sounded sincere and sad.
The Elephant stopped ignoring the Lion and said, “I forgive you.” Then, they became best friends.
The Mermaid And The Seahorse
By Angel C.
The Moral: Good friends help you to learn new things.
My Fable: One day, there was a mermaid who found a seahorse. They became friends. The Seahorse wanted the Mermaid to swim in the water with him. He asked if the Mermaid knew how to swim, but the Mermaid said, “No, I don’t know how to swim.”
The Seahorse decided he could help. He asked if she wanted him to teach her how to swim, and she kindly accepted his offer to help. The Seahorse helped the Mermaid to swim by putting his arms out. She laid on his arms. Then, he walked and walked in the ocean. She put out her arms and she thought she was swimming, but she was not.
Later, the Seahorse put the Mermaid down in the ocean, and told her to put her face in the ocean. The Mermaid learned how to swim. The Seahorse got to swim with the Mermaid.
The Cat And The Dog
By Charlee P.
The Moral: Do not be jealous of other people.
My Fable: As always, The Cat and the Dog were playing together. They were best friends. Late Monday morning, they heard a squeak. It was a mouse. The Dog wanted both to go play with it, but the Cat was being bossy, and wanted the Dog only to play with her. She said, “No, Dog. Not now.” The Dog went off running to play anyway.
That made the Cat mad. The Cat knew she needed to sabotage the relationship but was not sure how. She gave it some thought. Soon, an idea came to her. “Oh, I know just what to do. I will tell the Dog that the Mouse said something really bad about him.” She went to look for the Dog.
“Hey, Dog,” the Cat yelled. “Mouse said you are mean, and well that is not nice.”
The Dog had been having fun with the Mouse and did not believe the Cat’s words. The Dog went up to the Cat, and said, “Cat, it’s not nice to say things that aren’t true. Do not be jealous of other people. We can all be friends.”
The Shark And The Fish
By De’Andre B.
The Moral: Use what you got to be smarter than your enemy.
My Fable: In the water, there was a big shark named Melvin eating all the small fish that swam its way.
One day, one of these small fish caught Melvin’s eye. “Hey, Fish! I ate all of your friends so there is nobody to save you.”
The Fish remembered a secret spot close by. It swam to it. The Big Shark darted for the Fish but was too big for the secret spot in the water where this one small fish hid.
The Horse And The Unicorn
By Donald R.
The Moral: When faced with a bully, use your big voice.
My Fable: In a nearby forest, a horse was bullying a unicorn. The Unicorn felt sad and tried to talk it out with the Horse. The Horse continued to bully and would not listen.
This continued for days. The Unicorn still tried to get the Horse to stop, but the Horse would not listen to the Unicorn’s soft pleas. The Unicorn did not know what to do.
One day, she decided she had had enough. The Unicorn remembered that her teacher had taught her about using an assertive voice to say how you feel. When the Horse came around, the Unicorn turned to face the Horse and with her super big voice said, “Horse, will you please stop saying mean things about me. If you have nothing nice to say, then please don’t talk me.”
The Horse began to listen. The Horse felt tired of trying to tease the Unicorn, and because of this and the Unicorn’s confidence, the Horse decided to apologize. “I’m sorry, Unicorn.”
The Lobster And The Shrimp
By Ezra C.
The Moral: Be nice to everybody as everyone just wants a friend.
My Fable: Once, there was a big lobster and a little shrimp. The Lobster was very mean, and the Shrimp was very nice, but because the Shrimp was small and the Lobster was big, the Shrimp feared the Lobster. Every time the Lobster came near, the Shrimp was scared to speak up to the Lobster.
One day, the Shrimp saw the Lobster at a party. The Lobster came up to the Shrimp and made fun of the Shrimp. The Shrimp scurried away and went to a shopkeeper for advice. She spoke to him and told him how he could speak up to the Lobster.
So then, the Shrimp spoke up to the Lobster and the Shrimp found out the Lobster’s weakness. He was really scared of anyone who stood up to him. The Shrimp used the Lobster’s weakness on him, and it worked. The Shrimp realized the Lobster just needed a friend. Now, they are friends.
The Mermaid And The Dolphin
By Genesis B.
The Moral: Don’t be mean to anyone — even if they say no.
My Fable: Once there was a mermaid and a dolphin who lived in the ocean. One day the two best friends Mermaid and Dolphin played on the shell swings and Dolphin asked, “May I have one of your shiny scales?”
Mermaid replied, “My apologies, but no.” Dolphin immediately swam away.
The next day Dolphin wouldn’t come out of her sandcastle because she wanted a scale so badly, but little did she know that she was getting a surprise party for her birthday the next day thrown by Mermaid. They had planned to give Dolphin a shiny scale. Later, Mermaid set up the party.
The day of the party had come, and the only way Dolphin would come out of her sandcastle was for her to smell fish. That was exactly what happened. When she saw the party, she admitted that she wanted a scale because she was afraid of darkness. So, Dolphin said, “I sorry I got mad.” Everyone enjoyed the party.
Mrs. Blue And The Fish
By Giselle M.
The Moral: Never be afraid to be a nerd.
My Fable: The Fish was in his underwater school and the Fish said, “Hello, Mrs. Blue.” Mrs. Blue said, “Hello, Fish.” Every animal was doing work until Mrs. Blue said, “You are doing your speeches today.”
The Fish started to panic and let out an, “Oh, no.” The speeches were about themselves.
While the Fish was writing his speech, Mrs. Blue stopped by and said, “Is your speech ready?”
The Fish said nothing.
It was almost time for speech presentations. The Fish said to Mrs. Blue, “I am scared.” Mrs. Blue said, “Do not be scared.”
It was the Fish’s turn and he took a deep breath. Before he said his speech, he said, “I cannot do it.”
Mrs. Blue said, “You can say the speech to each student and if some animal laughs or calls you a nerd, just tell me and I will ask them to be nice.”
The Fish said, “Ok.” Then, the Fish said his speech to the class. No one laughed.
The Whale And The Shrimp
By Joshua J.
The Moral: If you do bad, bad will come to you.
My fable: Once, there was a shrimp near a reef playing. A whale came and bullied the shrimp. “Why are you bullying me?” the Shrimp said.
The Whale replied, “Because I can.” The Shrimp got upset and took cover.
Suddenly, a shark came and said, “Why are you bullying the Shrimp?” The Whale did not answer. The Shark said, “Again, why are you bullying the Shrimp?” Still the Whale did not answer. The Shark told the Whale that he will be back to make sure that he is not bothering the Shrimp again.
Then, the Shrimp returned near the reef to play and noticed the Whale. He said to the Whale, “Why did not you listen to the Shark?”
The Whale replied, “Why did you not care when the Shark came up to me?”
To that the Shrimp said, “Because you bullied me.”
The Fox And The Wolf
By Kayden J.
The Moral: Don’t set out to do something without a plan.
My Fable: In a forest, there was a fox and a wolf. The Wolf and the Fox’s names were Albert and Lona. Albert was the fox and Lona was the wolf. They were building a nursing home in the forest. They had all the stuff they needed but two very important things—the plan and additional help.
Albert did not want to put signs on every tree asking for help or take the time to come up with a plan. He said, “Let’s just go ahead and build.” They started to build.
Later, they stood back to look at what they had put together and noticed that it looked all wrong. Also, they had no furniture inside for the residents of the nursing home.
Lona said, “How did we end up doing everything wrong? Albert!”
After they calmed down a bit, they planned on paper. Albert rented a crane, and Lona found workers to help. Everyone worked on trying to fix the nursing home. Everyone worked hard.
As a final touch, Albert used the crane to place the sign at the top of the rebuilt nursing home. Lona stood back and said, “I can faint right now. It is so amazing!”
The Cheetah And The Lion
By Kaylei D.
The Moral: Don’t trust someone who has not been nice to you.
My Fable: Outside in Africa, a cheetah was making fun of a lion. An animal passing by looked to both and reminded them to be nice to each other. “Don’t you both know you’re amazing creatures?” With those words, the animal moved on.
The Cheetah looked at the Lion and said, “I’m sorry for saying you’re not cool.”
“It’s ok,” said the Lion. “Want to go for a hunt?”
Afterwards, they started to hang out and get food for each other. All seemed to be going well.
Days later, the Cheetah stopped hanging out with the Lion. The Lion started to spy on the Cheetah and found out that the Cheetah was hanging out with someone else and giving away the food the Lion had gotten for him.
The Spider And The Frog
By Messiah W.
The Moral: Keep trying even if it seems the odds are against you.
My Fable: A spider was outside when she saw a tornado not far off in the distance. The Spider said to a nearby frog, “Let’s build a base.”
The Frog replied, “No. We will never get it done.”
As fast as she could, the Spider built the base by herself. A lizard came to help the Spider build its base. They took shelter. There was hail falling from the sky. The Spider and the Lizard remained inside while the hail came down.
In the end, the Frog got caught and swept up in the tornado.
The Crab And The Lobster
By Miah A.
The Moral: Keep good friends protected.
My Fable: One day, a crab made friends with a lobster. He was excited about his new friend and he wanted to show him his home.
The Lobster could not come out of the water because it would dry out. The Crab said, “I’ll just move my home near the water.”
The Lobster replied, “Ok,” when suddenly, he got caught in a net.
The Crab crawled to find the person who caught the Lobster and he pinched him. The Lobster was let go. The Crab said, “I’m going to live under water now so no one gets hurt and we can be together.”
The Lion And The Cheetah
By Quran W. & Jennie C.
The Moral: Don’t judge someone you’ve never met before.
My Fable: In the forest, there was a lion and a cheetah with lots of energy. As he jumped around a great open space in the forest, he woke the Lion from his nap.
The Cheetah had heard lions have tempers and leaped behind a bush. The Lion saw the tail of the Cheetah stretched out beyond the bush. “Come out here, Cheetah.”
The Cheetah slide out from behind the bush. “I am sorry that I woke you. I will move to another part of the forest so that you can get back to napping.”
“It is no worries Cheetah,” the Lion said. “This is your forest, too, and is a great opening for you to leap about. I will move to a different spot.”
The Cheetah thanked the Lion for his generousness and the two became friends.
The Sheep And The Snake
By Rafaella D.
The Moral: If you help others you can get saved from danger.
A sheep was eating grass in a meadow. “Oh, how I love to eat,” said the sheep.
Then, the Snake came slithering by, “I ran out of food. Do you possibly have any?” asked the Snake. “Yes, I do” the Sheep answered. The Sheep gave the Snake some food, and then the Snake slithered away and thanked him.
A hunter came walking by and saw the Sheep. “I’m going to go kill that sheep,” said the Hunter. The Hunter got close enough to get the Sheep! The Sheep heard a small noise from the Hunter but thought it was just in his mind.
Once again, the Snake came slithering by and saw the Hunter about to get the Sheep. “I must go save the Sheep!” said the snake. So, the Snake quietly slithered towards the Hunter and bit the Hunter. The Hunter ran away in pain.
“Thank you so much!” said the Sheep. “You’re welcome!” said the Snake.
The Dog And The Cat
By Ramon Noguera
The Moral: Stay calm in stressful situations.
My Fable: The Dog was playing near a sleeping cat. The dog was careless and while he was playing, hit the Cat with his wagging tail. The sleeping Cat woke up and hit the Dog.
“Please stop,” the Dog cried.
“No,” said the cat. “You woke me up!”
The Cat kept hitting and scratching at the Dog, but the Dog remained calm and didn’t fight back. The owner saw how bad the Dog was hurt, and so he kicked out the cat.
The Bunny And The Turtle
By Saada H.
The Moral: Help those in need.
My fable: Outside in the heat were a bunny and a turtle. The Turtle needed help when he saw the Bunny hopping by. “Bunny, can you help me?” he said with fear in his voice.
The Bunny said, “Yes. What’s wrong?”
The Bunny soon saw that there was a man trying to capture the Turtle! The man had sneaked up from behind the Turtle to try to capture it. The Bunny saw the man and the Bunny yelled, “He’s behind you!”
The Bunny whipped past the man confusing him. The turtle made it to safety, and both kept together as they went back home.
The Rainbow Unicorn And The Rainbow Mermaid
By Sharise M.
The Moral: You get what you deserve.
My Fable: In a forest, inside Rainbow Unicorn’s tree house, Rainbow Unicorn coughed and coughed. She was sick.
A floating mermaid overhead the Rainbow Unicorn call Pizzacorn where she worked to tell them she could not come in. “I’m going to steal Rainbow Unicorn’s job,” Rainbow Mermaid said meanly.
Soon Rainbow Mermaid arrived at Pizzacorn, offering help, and told the manager that he could count on her to never get sick. The manager gave Rainbow Mermaid, Rainbow Unicorn’s job.
A couple days later, Rainbow Unicorn walked past Pizzacorn to find that Rainbow Mermaid had her job. “I don’t like being sick. Just look what happens.”
Just then, Rainbow Mermaid began to cough and cough. The manager sent her home. Rainbow Unicorn went up to the manager and he gave Rainbow Unicorn her job back.
The Lion And The Tiger
By Vincent H.
The Moral: It’s better to be caring rather than cruel.
My Fable: In the jungle, the Lion always laid around acting lazy and the Tiger played all day long making noise and singing the song, “I love the World. Oh, I love the World!” He sang and the Lion could not sleep.
Then, one day the Lion came up to the Tiger and wrecked the Tiger’s rock flower and said, “I can’t sleep. You should be quiet,” and he walked to his hammock.
After a few days, a panther came and told the Lion, “Don’t mess with my friend,” he said with a roar and gave the Lion a great big scare. The Lion never messed with the Tiger again.