Our Own Fables, by 3B
The ant and the crab
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here was once a big, bad and boastful crab. One day the
crab was talking with a little ant. The ant said, “You have to work „‟ „‟No, now is summer „‟ said the crab „‟I am collecting food for winter, „‟”Ok! But now I am going to sing.” The ant went to collect food. The winter came. The crab was very cold and the ant was in his house. The crab didn‟t have food, he knocked on the door and said „‟Can I go in? „‟ And the ant said, „‟No, you have to work, but now is late „‟. The crab learnt. MORAL THERE ARE TIMES TO WORK AND TIMES TO PLAY.
By Alex
The Octopus and the Manta Ray
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here was once, in the deep dark sea a huge strong shark
about to eat Jaz the Octopus. Olli the big strong powerful Manta Ray went to see what was happening. It was Jaz the Octopus she was shouting “Help help.” The shark with the long sharp teeth was going to eat Jaz but Olli hit him, so it hurt so much that he swam away. Jaz thanked him over and over again. Olli whispered “One day I will save your life.” Olli laughed. Olli was coming back from school singing “lalalalala.” Suddenly he was swimming but not moving anywhere Olli cried “Oh no I‟m caught in a net Jaz was right I didn‟t have to laugh at her.” Olli heard that. so she went .She saw Olli in a net so Jaz said “The next time don‟t laugh at me” “Yes I know I was wrong.” Jaz got inside the net, so it was so heavy that they let it go. And the moral is a good turn deserves another. By Alexia
Andrea and the family
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here was girl called Andrea. She lived in a farm with a
kind family. She took care of bunnies. Andrea did not like to take care of bunnies because she wanted action. One day she was so bored that she decided to say a lie. The next morning Andrea shouted “Help help” And the family went to see what was happening. They had to cross a stream. They crossed the stream with a boat. They got to the bunnies and all they saw was Andrea calling help. The family saw that nothing happened. So the family crossed the stream and went back to work. The next day Andrea called again “Help help!” The family went to see what was happening. They crossed the stream and all they saw Andrea yelling help. So they crossed the stream and went back to work. The next day Andrea was about to say a lie but she heard a fox so she looked behind and she saw a fox so she yelled “Fox fox” and the family did not listen but, after a while the family heard Andrea cry so they went to see what was happening. They saw Andrea crying and the bunnies all dead. The family asked what had happened and she said that a fox ate all the bunnies and after the family told Andrea that lying is not a good thing. The moral of the story is nobody believes a liar when they tell the truth. By Antonella
The Ant and the Bunny
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n a deep dark forest, there lived an ant called Sofia and a
bunny called Camila. In this forest during summer it was so hot that you couldn´t move. The lazy bunny Camila was jumping, dancing and singing and Sofia was collecting food for summer, when the bunny shouted “Hey! Stop collecting food and come with me to jump, dance and sing.” But Sofia yelled “No! I am collecting food for summer because it is going to be hot.” The lazy bunny answered “summer doesn´t matter.” Sofia said angrily “In summer it is going to be so hot that you will not be able to move” Days passed and passed and the ant kept on collecting food, meanwhile the bunny was jumping, dancing and singing. When summer arrived the bunny couldn´t move and she had no food, but the ant that was clever and had collected food in spring so she had a lot of food. The dancer, jumper and singer was hungry so she went to ask food to the little, nice, clever and working ant Sofia that had a lot. When the lazy Camila got to the house of the ant Sofia she knocked on the door and asked “Can I have a little bit of food please?”Sofia answered “Maybe, if next time you work I will give you food” Camila replied “Yes I promise.” After that they became friends. The moral is: There times to play and times to work BY: Catalina
The ladybug and the bee
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nce upon a time there was a ladybug called Ana. When
Ana went to school she met a new student called Thomas the bee. Ana was always boasting about how fast she was. One day Thomas challenged Ana to a race. The race was from the forest to the finishing line that was up to the lake. When they were about to start the race an ant said “Ready, steady, go!” The ladybug was going first and she flew so fast that she started to get thirsty and thirsty so she said “I‟m going to drink water, Thomas is never going to pass me.” So she went to drink water and when she turned round the bee had won the race. When Ana got to the finishing line the bee said “You see, I told you I was going to win.” And the ladybug said “I learned a lesson.
The moral is slow and steady can win the race. By Cynthia
The Horse and the Dog
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here was once a horse. One day the horse invited the dog
to the park, and the dog sang “Yes.” When they got to the park they saw a slide, so the horse said “Come on let‟s go to the slide”. The dog went to the slide. The dog was going up so he could slide down. When the dog got up the horse pushed the dog, and the dog got hurt, so then the dog couldn‟t slide down and play games. When it was late they said “Goodbye.” A few days later, the dog invited the horse to the park, the horse answered “Yes”. Two hours passed and the horse was in the park. When they saw the slide the dog said “Come to the slide“. The horse cried “Yes. “ The horse was going up to the slide. When the horse got up to the slide the intelligent dog pushed the horse. The horse got hurt, so then the horse couldn‟t play and slide down. The horse learnt that he must not play tricks to friends because he can hurt others. Moral: Treat people the way you want to be treated By: Delfi
The Dog and the Cat One day there was a bad, little and old Cat. The Cat always lied to the animals of the forest and all the animals didn´t play with him because he didn´t treat the animals well. One day a beautiful animal came to the forest .That animal was called Dog .The next morning the Cat saw the Dog and the bad Cat wanted to play a trick on the clever Dog. The Cat went to his house. The house was in a trunk. The Cat said “Do you want to go to the forest?”And the Dog answered “Yes!” When the Cat and the Dog sat on a rock the Cat sang “Do you want to eat tomorrow on an apple tree?” the Dog shouted “Yes!” “Yes!” The next day the Cat didn‟t go to eat with the Dog. The Dog was very sad. The next morning the Dog went to the Cat ´s house .The Dog said “Do you want to go to eat in a restaurant?” the Cat shouted “Yes!”The next beautiful day the Dog didn´t go to the restaurant. The moral is: Treat people the way you wanted to be treat. By Francesca
The Elephant and the Ant
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nce there was an intelligent and powerful elephant, he was
called Chocker. One day when he was working on his house a mouse called POP-PAP came dancing like Michael Jackson and asked “What are you doing?” “I´m working” answered the elephant and the VERY bored mouse went away. A few days after, the mouse was dancing by the lake with his friends and the elephant was working on his big house. After a while, the mouse stopped dancing and begged to the elephant “PLEASE PLEASE STOP WORKING and enjoy the summer!!!!!!!!!!!” “I will stop working to enjoy the summer when I have my own house” replied the elephant. “But when you will finish your house?” asked the mouse. “I WILL FINISH, WEN I WILL FINISH AND THAT´S THE END!!!!!” the elephant said in a naughty way. So the lazy animal went away. In the distance Chocker could hear “I´m going to dance with my friends HAHAHAHAHA” When the winter came the elephant had a nice and colorful house but the mouse didn‟t have anything. He thought that if he asked Chocker to live in the same house he will accept. He was wrong the elephant yelled “NONONONONONONONONONONO” “YOU WERE LAZY WHEN IT WAS TIME TO WORK NOW YOU WILL NOT LIVE IN MY HOUSE.”
MORAL: THERE TIME TO PLAY AND TIMES TO WORK
BY GASPAR
The fish and the killer whale
There was once, in the deep dark sea a Killer whale called Killer that was laying on the rocks. When he heard “HELP! HELP!” Killer went swimming there. When he got there he saw a fish called Dory that was caught in an anemone. He started pulling to get Dory out. When Dory got out she said “Thank you, thank you. Dory asked “What can I do for you?” “You?” laughed Killer. “Yes me!” “You can‟t do anything” yelled Killer. So Killer went away. Dory thought “May be I can do a lot. Suddenly she heard “Fish! Fish! Come and help me.” When she got there she saw Killer in a net. When the people pulled the net outside, Killer was on the surface. “If I go outside may be the people want to catch me, because I am so colorful and smart,” she said to herself. “Yes, I am goging to do it. I‟m going to distract them.” When Dory went to the surface the people did want to catch her, so Dory swam fast to escape and Killer was free. Then Dory and Killer were best friends. Finally they never fought again. The moral is: “One good turn deserves another.” By Jazmin
The Whale and the Fish
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ne morning a whale was swimming to school, but
suddenly he heard a noise “Help help!” The whale went to see what was happening. The whale said “A shark is going to eat the fish.” The clever whale scared the shark away. The fish was very pleased so she said “One day I am going to rescue you.” And the whale laughed “ha ha! “ Later, the weak and little fish was dancing happily to grandma‟s house. After that he heard a noise so he looked up and there was an enormous net that was going to catch the whale. So the little fish went and bit the net. The big and strong whale was very pleased and the fish felt very proud so she invited the whale to grandma‟s house to have dinner. So the fish and the whale went to grandma‟s house. And the moral is: One good turn deserves another By Lara
The Eagle and the Mouse
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ne day was an Eagle flying in the air, saw a mouse
working in the deep dark forest. The Eagle flew down to asked the Mouse. “Do you want to jump up on my back?”The Mouse answered “No because I am collecting food for winter.” Why don‟t you come if now it is time to play?” “I can‟t because I am working for the winter, like you should be doing because if not you are not going to have food when winter comes.” Goodbye little mouse, I‟m going to carry on playing.” So winter came and the Eagle cried, “Can you give me a little bit of food please” “Yes” answered the Mouse, “but next summer you have to get food because I‟m not going to share it with you” The Moral is, there are times to work and there are times to play. BY Machi
The Blue Pony and the Red Hawks
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nce in a farm, Sofia, the quick and clever Pony, was eating
grass by a big, tall tree and Thommás, the sly and cunning Hawks, knew she was new so to welcome her he sang: “Welcome to the farm…” Thomas loved to trick people, but everyone knew him and his tricks. So when he saw Sofi he was sure of what he was going to do next: play a trick on her. He thought and thought. He already knew that Ponies couldn`t climb up trees, so he asked her “Would you like to sit down with me, to see the sunset?” Sofi cried of happiness and then yelled, “Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes and yes!!!!!!!! I would love to go!!!!!!!!” But when he tried to climb the tree she couldn`t go up and when she turned and looked at Thomas she noticed that he was laughing, she saw he was trying to hide it, but as Sofi was very clever she noticed that. She was so angry that she decided to play back the trick on Thomas. It was a very hot day; she asked Thomas if he wanted to go with her into the delicious lake of the farm. Thomas had forgotten that he couldn`t swim so he answered “Yes!” But when he was in the water he couldn`t swim and went quickly out of the water and felt very hot. Then he looked at Sofi and noticed that she had a grin on her face. Thomas learned that he has to: “Treat people the way he wants to be treated.”
The Eagle and the Dog
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nce there was a fast Eagle who was called Sharp eye, who
was very kind but sometimes he could be very mean. He lived close to a lake to eat. Every day a dog named Bobby went to the lake to talk with Sharp Eye. The dog was very slow so he took some time to get to lake. Sharp eye was his friend so he went down the tree every time Bobby came. They started talking about the shark that came swimming “Bobby, did you see that a shark came swimming? “ “Yes, Sharp eye.” The eagle was very hungry so he wanted to get a fish. The eagle was trying to get a fish when the shark jumped out of the water. So Bobby jumped on to the shark and started to scratch it. So the shark swam away. The eagle thanked him ten times. The next day they gathered and started to drink water but Bobby was drinking water and he fell. Sharp eye got him with his feet. Bobby thanked him ten times. Now they are best friends. The moral is one good turn deserves another BY Matias
The Eagle and the Mouse
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nce there was a mouse. He saw an eagle. The eagle said “I
will eat you!” The mouse yelled “Help! Help!” The mouse said “If you let me go, one day I will save your life.” “Ha ha ha! I want to see that.” The next day the eagle stopped to have breakfast. A fish jumped. The eagle ate the fish and he was caught in a net and the eagle yelled “Help! Help!” The mouse heard the eagle. The lucky mouse ran as fast as his legs could carry him. The mouse saw the eagle. He broke the net and the eagle was free. Then the mouse and the eagle were best friends.
Moral little friends can become big friends. By Maximo
The fish and the shark
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nce there was a slow, steady and clever fish called Fishy.
There was also a fast, cunning and boastful shark called Sharky. A few days later, Fishy and Sharky wanted to run a race to see who was the quicker of the two. Sharky said “I‟m the best.” The race started a few days later of that. When the referee shouted “Ready, steady, go” Sharky ran as fast as he could, and Fishy was in the start of the race. When Fishy was in middle of the race Sharky was in the last part of the race. At last, Sharky was about to finish the race when he bumped with a plant and he got hurt. Fishy won the race. The moral is; slow and steady wins the race. By Max
The Fox and the Fish
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ne day there was a fox that lived in a big forest and a fish
that lived in a small lagoon. Fox was drinking water. The fish jumped to see him so the fox saw the fish and they chatted a lot. It was a beautiful day so a tall fisherman came to fish a lot of fish, the fox saw the fisherman and to protect the fish he bit the leg of the fisherman. The fisherman ran and ran very fast to his house. Fish yelled “Thank you, thank you fox, one day I am going to rescue you” “You?” asked fox and he ran to his house. The next day the fox was sleeping and a strong hunter came. The hunter wanted to hunt the fox. The fish to protect the fox threw water into the eye of the hunter. He couldn‟t see anything, he shot to another place and they ran. The moral is: ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER By acho
The Goat and the Mouse
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nce a long time ago there was a Mouse walking and a
Goat eating grass. The goat by mistake ate Mouse, but Mouse got out when Goat opened the mouth. The next day there was a cat walking and he found Mouse he shouted “HELP!” The Goat saw Mouse and ran up to the cat he hit the cat with his horns .Cat yelled “OUCH “ and he dropped Mouse . Mouse exclaimed “thank you!” ”One day I will save you “”you are too little to save me “said Goat whispering. A few days later a hunter shot Goat with a tranquilizer .Mouse got a medicine to wake up Goat. The moral is: Little friends can become big friends. By Nico
The Cheetah and the Tortoise
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ne day there was a cheetah in a football match shouting:
“FOX, FOX, scored A GOAL!” And a little, clever and slow tortoise yelled “Stop” and the cheetah answered “No! I`ll only stop if you run a race with me and you beat me.” ”Ok” answered the tortoise” “We will see tomorrow” laughed the cheetah. When the cheetah was training he said, “I am the best, I am the fastest in the world.” When the race started Charlie the cheetah passed Hector the tortoise quickly. When Charlie was in the middle of the race he thought, “I‟ll go to sleep and then I will be as fresh as a flower” But when he went to sleep he thought “Even better, I‟ll go to a party with the fox”. Fox went to the party while in the race the slow tortoise with slow steps passed the cheetah. When Hector was about to win, the party finished and Charlie yelled, “Oh! No! I have to pass the tortoise.“ But it was late, the tortoise had just won. “Impossible! I lost this time!”
THE MORAL IS: SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE BY PABLO
The Dolphin and the Crab
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here was once a hard working, smart, kind and clever
dolphin who was building her house and collecting food for the end of the year, because she knew that the big and strong shark was going to come for his food and was going to break all the houses. The dolphin‟s house was very far away from the fish town. The crab was taking a walk with his coffee and playing with a ball. Suddenly his coffee fell on the dolphin‟s work. The dolphin that was collecting food didn‟t know anything about the mess that the crab had made. Quickly the crab went running away. But when the dolphin came she knew who had made that mess was. The dolphin restarted her work and nobody stopped her now. The crab didn‟t start his house and didn‟t collect food. At the end of the year the shark came and the crab didn‟t have food or a house because he was playing when it was time to work. Moral, there are times to play and times to work. By Sofia VN
The girl who lied
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ne day a lady was taking care of the cute little bunnies
that belonged to the castle were she worked. But there was a terrible problem she was about to have a baby! And she was very tired, so she told the king if she could go home. The king said she could go, but he was worried about the little bunnies. So he remembered about the cousin of his son that was very responsible so he thought she could do the work. He knew that she was responsible but he didn’t know that the cousin of his son was a liar. When the girl heard that she had to take care of the bunnies, it sounded a little bored but then she thought that she could play a trick on the soldiers, she liked the job. When she got to the meadow with the bunnies the dishonest girl thought what trick she could play on the soldiers. She thought and she thought until she got a brilliant idea. She would shout Fox! Fox! And everyone would think that there was a fox in the meadow. When the girl shouted fox, all the soldiers went running really fast up the hill. When they got to the top and they saw no fox they just saw the little girl laughing and saying: “You’ve just fell in my trap there is no fox.” The girl giggled, all the soldiers went back to work. The soldiers were very angry with the girl. The dishonest girl did that again, this time just five of the soldiers came. The next day a real fox came and the girl shouted “Fox Fox!!”But nobody came, because they still thought that it was a lie. The fox ate all the cute little bunnies.
The moral is: NOBODY BELIEVES A LIAR EVEN WHEN HE TELLS THE TRUTH By Sofia .T.
The Lion and the Cheetah
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ne sunny day, in a big jungle a strong lion called Stocky
was walking. When he was passing by he saw big group of elephants. He was very scared so he tried to run, but he couldn‟t because the elephants ran very fast. An elephant was about to step on him but the fast cheetah that was called Lokry came running and pushed the elephant. The lion thanked him like fifty times. After that, the cheetah was resting. When he woke up he saw that he was going to be attacked by a tiger, he shouted “HELP!” The lion went running to see what was happening. The small cheetah was being attacked by the tiger so he threw a net. Next, the cheetah thanked the fat lion and they became best friends for ever. Moral: One good turn deserves another. BY Tomas P
The Wolf and the Donkey
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ne day in the forest there was a slow and clever Donkey
who had lots and lots of friends. One day his friends invited him to a very fun party. After three hours of talking and dancing a loud and boastful Wolf came without invitation and started to talk about how fast he was. After that the Wolf saw the Donkey and the Donkey challenged the Wolf to the largest race in the whole world and the Wolf accepted. Then when the referee said, “Go” the Wolf ran so fast that if you ran beside him you wouldn´t see anything because the dust will get into your eyes. Meanwhile the Donkey was walking and singing the entire race. The Wolf was running and looking at the Donkey, so he bumped into a tree and fainted. When the Wolf woke up the Donkey was about to win, so he ran very fast but it was too late, the Donkey had already won the race. The moral is “Slow and steady wins the race”. By Tomas Z. G.
The Fish and the Whale One day in the sea the slow, steady and clever Fish was going to scool. She saw that Sophie, the Whale, was with all his friends so Olli, the Fish, got closer. She heard that Sophie was boasting about how fast she was. The next day she heard the same again and again, so the third day she got near the Whale and she challenged her to a race. Sophie laughed and answered “Yes”. The Whale was sure she was going to win because Olli was the slowest Fish in sea. The next day Sophie didn`t have breakfast and she was very, very hungry but she couldn’ t get late to the race, so she went quickly to the race. When she got to the race she saw that all the animals on sea were there and that Olli was also there and the referee. They put in the position to start and the referee shouted “Ready steady go!” Sophie went as fast as a flash but she was hungry, very hungry. Olli went slow and steady, it didn’t matter to her. She continued slowly. On the half of the race Sophie saw a restaurant for fish; she was so hungry that she went to eat something. But she forgot about the race. Olli slowly and steady was getting to the finishing line. When the Whale finished eating she realized that she was on the race but it was late, Olli had already won. MORAL "Slow and steady wins the race." BY VIOLE
The Tiger and the Bunny One day, in the zoo a guard brought a little bunny that was called Oli. Oli, the bunny, was the cutest bunny in the zoo, she had pink small ears, a little white nose, she was all white except for ears and toes, and she had little black whiskers. Momo was the tiger of the cage in front of Oli‟s. He was dishonest, a liar and a very selfish tiger. One hot day, Momo the tiger invited Oli to have lunch in his cage, Oli exclaimed “Yes I would love to”. When it was lunch time Oli went to Momo‟s cage, Momo put snake food into Oli‟s plate and Tiger food in his plate. When Oli felt that the selfish Momo tricked her, because this disgusting food was not bunny food if not snake food, Oli didn‟t say anything, she just kept on eating without saying anything. The next day, Oli wanted to get him back so she thought thought and thought until she had an idea, she was going to give Momo bird food. That night Oli got out of her cage when everyone else was asleep, the lions, the birds, the snakes … except for Momo that was about to go to sleep. When Momo was already asleep Oli went to Sophie, the bird cage, she got Sophie‟s food and went to sleep. The day after, Oli invited Momo to have lunch. Momo said, “Yes”. “Be careful” reminded Sophie, the bird. “Why?” asked Momo. “She could trick you” said Sophie. “NO, nobody tricks me” shouted Momo. “Be careful” said Sophie. When it was lunch time, Momo went to Oli‟s cage. Oli served bird food on Momo‟s plate and bunny food on her plate. They ate. When Momo realized that Oli tricked him, he shouted “You were right Sophie the bird!”
Moral: “Treat people the way you want to be treated.”
By: Chiara K. S.
The Cheetah and Snail
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here an intelligent and strong snail called Mateo. He was
once lived in a beach. On the other side of the beach there lived a Cheetah who was very fast and boastful. They went to the same school but they never saw each other. One day the Mateo‟s best friend told him about the Cheetah. So Mateo asked “Are you his friend?”And his best friend answered “Yes.”On his way to his house he invited his best friend Max and another Snail to tell him about that Cheetah called Diego. When Max got to his house he saw Diego passing in front of his house. On his way to school he saw a Snail crying and Mateo asked “What happened to you? “And the Snail told him that Diego told him that he was the slowest Snail in the world and he was the fastest animal in the world. Mateo was tired of Diego so he told Max that he would challenge him for a race. They started the race in Mateo‟s house and fish on Diego´s house. When the referee said “Go” Diego ran like a light and Mateo went very slowly. When Diego was about to win the race, he saw a girl, so he asked her “Do want to drink a sprite with me?”And he answered “Yes”. Mateo won the race. Moral: Slow and steady wins the race. By Mateo
The Ladybug and the Lion
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ne day in the hot jungle a tinny ladybug called Lulu was
going to school when she met Jack the elephant. Jack was about to step on her. Suddenly Mateo the lion appeared and exclaimed “Stop, stop you are about to step on Lulu the ladybug. “ Jack stopped walking forwards. Lulu was very grateful to Mateo and she said that one day she would help him. Mateo laughed. When Lulu was coming back from school she saw Mateo in big trouble because he was going to get caught by a scary hunter. Lulu screamed “Help Mateo is in trouble” but nobody could listen. Lulu decided to fly around the hunter, so the hunter got distracted. Mateo the lion could escape in no time. The moral is one good turn deserves another. By Rocio
The manta ray and the crocodile
One day there was a manta ray and a crocodile. They were best friends. They lived in the sea. They liked to play tag. One day a boat came to fish. The crocodile told the manta ray that a fisherman was going to catch him. But it was a joke. The manta ray felt very sad because the crocodile lied to him. So the manta ray played the trick back. He exclaimed that five sharks were coming to eat the crocodile because they were hungry. He was scared do he swam very fast and he bumped in the coral. Then when he woke up the manta ray whispered that there were no sharks and they were friends again. The manta ray explained that he had made a joke to teach him a lesson. The crocodile learned that you have to treat people the way you want to be treated.
By Ivan