T h E f LY i N g DAD

by Perkita Sanders

once upon a time, my dad tried to fly like a bird. He climbed up a tree, and he stood on the end of the longest branch. He flapped and he flapped and he flapped his arms and tried to fly. Sadly, he fell down from the tree on his leg and broke it! A lady who was walking her dog saw my dad fall from the tree, and she called the ambulance. My dad learned his lesson and never tried to climb up a tree or fly again.

Moral: Don’t try to fly if you can’t fly.

by Charles Carter

deep in the Jungle lived Cheetah Charles. Cheetah Charles was the greatest African cheetah ever. He was the best at fighting crime and hunting for food, and he was the fastest runner in the wild. The lions, tigers, and panthers were all jealous of Cheetah Charles, because he was the best at everything.

One day, Cheetah Charles was hunting for food when a group of panthers, lions, and tigers ganged up on him and tried to beat him up. Again, Cheetah Charles was too strong for anyone to hurt him.

But Cheetah Charles had a bad attitude, and it upset the other animals. So the other animals decided that they were going to play a trick on Cheetah Charles to put him in his place.

The lions said, “We should trick him into a trap, and then he will never be able to escape!” All the other animals began to laugh and chant, “Bye-bye, Cheetah Charles.”

The next day, the lions, tigers, and panthers set up a trap to defeat Cheetah Charles. The trap they set