A b EA r T ri ES TO TAL k

by Kevin James

once upon a time, there was a medium-brown bear who loved to talk to people. Most people didn’t want to talk to the bear because they were busy, asleep, or scared. People would say, “It’s a bear trying to talk to me. Bears can’t talk!”

One day, while Bear was trying to talk to some people, Animal Control came in a green car and chased him away. Bear hid in a gray car until they were gone. Bear saw a man coming from his friend’s house. The bear jumped out and scared the man. The man fell to the ground.

Bear said, “Hello! I am not going to hurt you!”

The man said, “Hey, I didn’t know bears could talk.” The man and the bear became friends.

Moral: Be friends with everybody.

by Mercedes Phelan

there once Was a girl named Mercedes. She loved everything, but she would not fight, push, pull, or kick. Also, she was a fantastic girl. But when she got to her school one day, people were mean to her. People beat her up.

The next day she told the principal, and they got in trouble. Big, big, big trouble. And they got detention. Then they cried so hard that they even got in trouble at home. They got very angry. They smacked their mothers. They got a spanking.

The next day, they were nice, very nice. Then they walked to the park and had a good time.

Moral: Do not be mean, be nice.

by Naomi Alvarado

once there Was a horse who went to Meijer. The horse wanted to get a shiny My Little Pony toy with her birthday money. She forgot her money at home! So she stole it, and then she went back home. She felt extremely bad, so she returned the My Little Pony. She said she was sorry to the manager and gave back the My Little Pony toy. The manager told her she did the right thing by returning the toy. On her next trip to Meijer, she remembered her money.

Moral: Don’t take it if you didn’t buy it.

by Gracious Phillips

there Were four girls: Merecedes, Mayson, Zimaya, and Gracious. Gracious told Zimaya to jump off of a huge tree, and she did. She broke her arm and leg. She went to the hospital and had to stay there for a few days. When she came back, Zimaya and her friends had dessert and told secrets. They watched TV, and they watched a scary movie. And they drank juice.

Moral: Never jump off of a tree because you could hurt yourself.

by Angelina Holmes

once upon a time, there was a monkey named Nico who lived in Michigan with his family. Nico loved to go grocery shopping to buy food for his family.

One day, Nico did not have any more money to buy food. He decided to go and get a job. He went into town and found a restaurant where he wanted to work as a chef. The name of the restaurant was the Sparkly Chunky Junk Monkey.

The chef at the restaurant told Nico that he did not have a job for him. “I have enough cookers!” said the chef.

Nico left sadly, without a job. Nico came back to the restaurant once a week to try to get a job as a chef. One day, the chef got sick. Nico got a call from one of the cookers.

“We need your help. The chef is sick, and we need you to take over for him,” said the cooker. Nico took over for the chef. He cooked for everyone. His best dish was banana pie. Everyone loved it so much. The