Bat and Koala
By Dylan G., Age 9, Michigan
The moral of my fable: Don’t judge a book by its cover.
In an Australian Eucalyptus forest lived an adorable Koala and her ugly neighbor, Bat. One dark night in late spring, Bat was busy at work pollinating the Eucalyptus forest while Koala ate and slept. “Bat scram! Can’t you see that I’m sleeping here? To be as cute as me you need hours and hours of rest. It’s obvious that sleep isn’t important to you,” Koala snapped.
“Okay, I’ll leave your forest, but if I do you will need to take care of it yourself,” Bat replied. Koala answered, “LEAVE!” and with that, Bat flew off.
As time passed Koala continued to eat and sleep while Bat continued to do his work. However, a change was happening in Koala’s forest. Her forest was dying, but the forest around her was flourishing.
One day Koala decided she needed to leave her forest and find Bat. She was starving and she wanted to ask Bat if she could move into her forest.
At last Koala found Bat busy at work and she asked him if she could live in his forest. “Please Bat, can you see that I am nearly as ugly as you now? Working so hard to find my food I can no longer get my beauty rest,” begged Koala.
“Yes, you can live here, but I hope that you have learned that beauty is more than skin deep. My beauty is in the job I do for our environment.
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The Herd And The Wolf
Noah S., Age 11, Oregon
The moral of my fable is: To stay out of trouble, don’t make the same mistakes others make.
The year was 1920, a big wolf stood on a rock. He looked at the wide open green prairie. Then, out of nowhere a huge herd of horses came rumbling by. The sly wolf looked at the herd and thought it would be an easy meal. So he started to run.
Pretty soon he was running alongside the herd. Then, he looked to his side and saw a sleek, chestnut mare. He ran towards it. “Kaboom!’’ he went flying. When the wolf hit the ground he looked up and saw standing over him was a massive, golden stallion that was obviously angry. The wolf says “su…su…su…sorry.’’ The stallion raises his giant hoof and sends the sly wolf flying.
The wolf slowly opens his eyes and his head is throbbing. An agile, young gray wolf trots up to him. The young wolf says, “I was thinking about going after that herd, do you want to come?’’ The older wolf slowly says, “Let me tell you a story.’’ Therefore, the moral of the story is, “To stay out of trouble, don’t make the same mistakes others make.”
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A Cheetah And The Wolf
By Grace S., Age 7, Oregon
The moral of my fable is: It is best to do today’s work and don’t wait till later.
One hot summer day Cheetahwah the cheetah and Woodrover the wolf learned a very important lesson.
Cheetahwah was like a normal cheetah; he was fast, agile and sleek. He had black spots with yellow surrounding the spots. Woodrover was chubby, gray and white, and his face was gray and white also.
The zookeeper told all of the animals to clean their stalls in one hour. Quickly, Cheetahwah cleaned his stall in five minutes. Meanwhile Woodrover played with his friends outside and never cleaned his stall.
The zookeeper said, “All the animals that cleaned there stalls can go to the carousel.’’ The cheetah got to go, the wolf had to stay. It is best to do today’s work and don’t wait till later.
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The Peacock And The Dog
Hazel P., Age 10, MN, USA
The moral of my story: Everyone is unique.
Two thousand years ago in a land far far far away lived a wonderful and kind peacock and a sassy dog. They had their differences.
One day Hallie, the peacock, was walking through the woods when Karen, the dog, jumped out from behind a bush.
“Ahhhhhh!” screamed Hallie.
“Oops!” said Karen.
“That’s okay,” said Hallie.
Karen asked, “Why are you so proud?”
Hallie replied, “Because, I have so many differences!”
“Oh, really?” asked Karen.
Hallie replied, “Yeah, let’s see here… I have my name, beautiful feathers, ummmm… my body shape, my voice, ummm… I can’t think of any more, but I know that I have many more.”
“Ugg!” said Karen. “Differences, shmifferences! Soooo boring.”
“Stop being so rude!” Hallie said.
“I don’t care!” said Karen.
“Quick question,” said Hallie.
Karen said, “Quick answer!”
Hallie asked, “Why are you so mad?”
“Because,” Karen sniffed, “I don’t have any differences!”
“Yes, you do!” said Hallie. “You have your body shape, your bark, ummmm… your fur, your name and so many more!”
Karen said, “Wow, you’re soooo right! I’m sorry that I was so rude.
Do you want to be friends?” she asked.
Hallie replied, “That’s okay. We can be friends!!”
“Yay!”, said Karen.
THE END! 🐕 🐦
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