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PERSONAL FABLES

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Writing a fable: “The Kangaroo and the Koala” Once there lived a strong, huge and proud kangaroo that was called Cameron and lived by a lake. One day Cameron was jumping while he was eating leaves from a tree. He saw a koala that was called Koali eating from the same tree. Koali was wise and fast, but he was in danger because he had eaten all the leaves and left nothing for Cameron. So Koali urged “Please let me free. I will save your life one day!” Cameron was so hungry that he let Koali free. So Koali went trotting away. Suddenly, the koala heard a noise that sounded as someone asking for help. The koala was fast as a cheetah, so he went to where the sound was coming from and saw 12 hunters with guns aiming at his friend the kangaroo. So Koali started to bite the net where Cameron had fallen. The hunters went rushing to their houses because they were scared of Koali. Finally, Cameron murmured: “Why are you nice to me if I didn’t treat you in a nice way?” The koala replied “Because you will always be my friend, even if you treat me in a nasty way. We are all friends aren’t we?” Cameron stopped being proud of himself all the time, and he started to be nice with the animals of the forest. They lived happily ever after. Kindness is more important than strength. By Allegra

“The gorilla and the fish” In a beautiful and colorful jungle in Africa there lived an enormous, grumpy and proud gorilla. He loved being strong, all the animals were scared of him because he was the biggest one in the jungle and he treated them in an awful way. One day, when the gorilla was having a bath in the river of the jungle, a weak and tiny fish went swimming by. He was humble and kind. He treated all his friends in a nice way. He was new at the jungle and he didn’t see the gorilla having a bath. So when he swam past the gorilla, he tickled his feet. The gorilla was very angry, but he let the fish go because he wanted to continue having a bath .The fish was so happy and so excited because he was free!!! At night time some hunters were sauntering through the jungle, and the gorilla saw them. The gorilla was so scared that he started to shout. He shouted and shouted and so the hunters threw him into the river, because they had lost their rifles in the jungle. The fish heard the gorilla falling into the river. So he called all his friends and went swimming to save the gorilla. They took him to the shore and saved the gorilla’s life. Gorilla was so happy and so thankful! He realized that “Kindness is more important than strength”.

BY: Delfi END

The dolphin who cried “Shark!” In the beautiful sea in Sidney there was a dolphin called Sereleena. She was sly, pretty, selfish and proud of her beauty. Sereleena was bored because the fish that were generous, sweet and wise were on vacations in a nearby beach. As she was so bored, she decided to scream “A shark! A shark! A shark!” The humble fish heard her and swam as fast as they could to help her. When they got there they saw the dolphin laughing. The fish warned naughty Sereleena not to do it again, and went again on vacations. Some weeks later Sereleena was tired of being lonely again .So she decided to scream “A shark! A shark!” The fish decided to go where Sereleena was, but they were not so worried this time because the dolphin had already lied once. When they got there, they saw Sereleena, the dolphin, laughing and laughing and laughing. So, they went back on vacations. Two days later, Sereleena was so lonely that she was bored again so she shouted “A huge shark! A shark!” But this time no one came to help her; the intelligent fish didn’t believe her anymore. Finally the shark ate her because no one came to help her!

“If you lie, no one will believe you when you say the truth” By: Emma 

The elephant and the fish At a beautiful forest near the sea, there lived a strong, huge and kind elephant. In the sea lived a teeny weeny fish that was a very good friend, he was kind and cute. One day the elephant was trotting through the forest when suddenly, he tripped and fell into the sea. He didn´t know how to swim. When the tiny fish saw him drowning, he felt sorry for him. The fish called all his friends to help him save the elephant. The elephant replied “Thanks, I am glad that you and your gang saved me. Thanks!” Then something horrible happened. The tiny fish was swimming, when the tide took the fish to the shore. The elephant saw the fish couldn’t breathe, so he filled his trunk with water and splashed it on the fish for him to breathe. The fish started flapping and jumped back into the water. He said “Thanks, you have saved me but …Why did you save me?” “Because you saved me!” replied the elephant “Ah, that’s why you saved me. Well good bye elephant!” exclaimed the fish “Good bye fish.” replied the elephant.

Moral: One good turn deserves another. By Facundo.A.

The elephant and the mouse One spring evening there was a hungry, enormous and strong elephant that lived in a savannah in Africa. One day the elephant decided to look for food. That day, he met a cute, fast, tiny and weak mouse, so he started to run after the mouse. When the mouse saw the elephant, he started to run as fast as he could and he whispered to the elephant “What do you want from me?” “Just food” said the elephant. “But I am not food!” squeaked the mouse. The elephant was running after him because he wanted to play a joke on him. The mouse felt tired and sad because he had to run away every day .So one day the mouse faced the elephant and shouted “Stop chasing me! Don’t you know elephants don’t eat mice?” After that the elephant stopped and thought about what the mouse had said. Suddenly, the mouse had an idea. He looked for toy mice to put on the ground for the elephant to catch them thinking they were real. A week later, he met the mouse again and shouted “Sorry for the way I treated you. Now I know how I would feel if they did that to me.” From that day on they became friends. Moral: “Treat others the way you want to be treated.” By FRANCO

Writing a fable: “The Shark and the Eel” One lovely day, by the sea, in Australia, there lived an elegant and dangerous shark. The shark didn´t have a very good relationship with the other animals at the sea, because he didn´t even share with his friends. One morning it saw an eel swimming alone by the coral reef. The eel was kind wise and weak. That afternoon the eel saw the shark following her. She was terrified of giant sharks! Still, the shark continued following her. Soon she urged: “Stop! “ “Mmm… I´m going to eat you!” murmured the shark. “Ah… that´s why I´m terrified of giant sharks! “whispered the eel shivering. “No please don´t eat me!” I will repay you one day “urged the eel. “Yes! I will eat you right now!” shouted the shark. However, he thought for a while, and remarked: “OH, just for this first time. I´ll let you go, but only for this time.” “Yes! Thanks,” replied the eel. Some years later… A hunter trapped the shark with his net. As soon as the eel saw that, and as the shark let her go,… she went to help the shark in trouble. After that, the hunter saw the eel crying, and without noticing, the hunter let go the net and went to see what was happening to the eel. And so, the shark was set free.

THE END KINDNESS IS MORE IMPORTANT VTHAN STRENTH. By: Gretu

Writing a fable: “The Bunnies and the Horse”

One day, in a beautiful and enormous farm in London, there lived tiny and cute bunnies. A proud and lazy horse was trotting by and saw the clever bunnies. When the fantastic bunnies saw the silly horse skipping, they murmured: “Hello, do you want to live here? If you do you will have to work hard.” He answered “Ok” “We recommend you work hard because each one of us has her own food and house.” they remarked. The bunnies had a huge, lovely house and plenty of food. The horse didn´t want to work, so he danced all day. When the lovely bunnies looked at him, he pretended that he was working. When winter arrived the horse didn´t have neither food nor a place to stay. So, he was hungry, lonely and cold. He stayed galloping outside. Soon the bunnies saw him and exclaimed “Come to our house!” One of the bunnies screamed “But where is your house?”, and the horse murmured “I don’t have a house.” The bunnies remarked “Ok then, you are invited to come to our cozy house. And always remember: THERE ARE TIMES TO PLAY AND TIMES TO WORK.” BY INÉS

“The rhino and the beaver” One windy autumn midday, in an enormous and beautiful tropical forest in Africa, there was a huge, proud and grey rhino that was called “Jack” and was stalking by the woods. After some time, he ran into Stewart, a beaver who lived in a house by a lake. Jack hadn’t taken more than five steps when Stewart’s log house went down due to a very strong wind draft. Consequently, the beaver fell into the lake. Soon, the rhino pulled him out of the water but…but to eat him up! “Please, please don’t eat me! If you let me free I will help you when you are in serious trouble”, urged the beaver. “Ha! What can a tiny thing like you do to help me, one of the biggest beasts in this tropical forest?” laughed Jack. “However, I am very tired so as to spend time eating you. You are lucky!” murmured Jack sleepily. A month later the rhino was sauntering by the same lake where Stewart was now rebuilding his house, when he got shot on a leg by a hunter!! The kind and brown beaver saw what had happened, so he started to think of an idea. A minute later, he came up with a plan. He stopped building his house and started throwing logs to the hunter who was about to kill Jack. Finally the hunter ran away. “You have saved me!” remarked the hurt rhino. “I told you I would someday repay you…” warned Stewart. “I am very sorry I said all those things about you.” expressed the rhino sadly. “It doesn’t matter, now you’ve learnt a lesson.” remarked Stewart and they both went back to their homes, but the rhino having learnt this new lesson:

“Even the weak and small may be of help to those much mightier than themselves.” THE END BY JUAN MARTIN

Writing a Fable: “The bird and the chimpanzee” Once in a jungle in Africa, there was a bird that had 2 cute chicks. The bird was very pretty and very hard worker. One day, the bird was looking for some twigs to make her nest, when she saw a chimpanzee. He looked very silly and lazy. The chimpanzee was climbing up a tree and asked the bird “Why are you collecting twigs?” “Because I have a family and I care for my family.” replied the bird “It doesn’t matter, I´m sure they are fine in the place they are.” said the chimpanzee. “Bye, bye, I will go back with my chicks.” said the bird. The next day, the bird stayed with her babies and made her nest with all the things needed for them: water, food, etc. She worked hard, so she had all the things needed. However, the chimpanzee ended alone and he didn´t have anything: no food, no water, and no home. Nothing, because he had played all day while the bird had worked all day. Still, the bird invited the chimpanzee to her house and they became very good friends. MORAL: THERE ARE TIMES TO WORK AND TIMES TO PLAY.

By:Lola

The bear and the seal In the North Pole, there was a teeny weeny seal who loved playing with balls and eating fish. One day, she was swimming when a fisherman saw her and tried to catch her. An enormous bear appeared, ate the man, and saved the seal “Thank you, I will repay you one day.” murmured the lovely seal. Some weeks later the wise bear was in his cave. It was a rainy night, and all of a sudden some rocks fell in the entrance door of the cave. So, the bear was trapped. Bear was very nervous and afraid. That night the bear shouted “Help me please, I am trapped!” The seal heard him so she called all the other polar bears to help her break the ice with their claws, to be able to go into the cave and save the bear. Finally the bear jumped and exclaimed “You have saved me!” “One good turn deserves another.”

BY: LUCAS. R

Writing a fable Once in a huge and famous zoo there lived a hamster that was called Sally. She was dishonest and cute. She pretended to be kind at first but she was not. One day while they were eating, she met an elephant that was called Eli. The elephant was honest, kind and huge. Eli said to Sally “Do you want to be my friend?” and Sally murmured “No, I don’t need friends.”, and they continued eating. Eli was practicing for a swimming competition. One afternoon, Sally saw Eli and she asked her “What are you doing elephant?” “I’m practicing! Do you want to practice with me?” asked Eli. “No, I don’t need to practice for that”, said Sally and she scurried away. Sally wanted to swim, so she wrote her name down on the list of the people that could go into the pool, but Sally just went to the pool to swim for fun. The day of the race, everybody knew what to do except for Sally. When Sally needed to swim, she didn’t know what to do. So Eli asked Sally “What’s wrong?” “I don’t know what to do…” said Sally. So Eli told Sally what to do and she remarked “When I needed a friend, you were one “ Moral: “There are times to work and times to play.”

The End By: Martu L

The eagle and the wild pigs

At a forest in “LA PAMPA” there lived a family of wild pigs. They were brown and slow. One day a proud eagle appeared and he ate some of the baby pigs. When the father saw this, he got cross and said to the eagle: “I challenge you to a race tomorrow, the winner will decide what to do with the rest of the babies.” “Okay!” said the eagle. The next day, it was the day of the race. The wild pig was getting ready to run, and the eagle was very sleepy because he had trained the whole night. The baby pigs yelled: “Ready, steady go!!!” At first the eagle was ahead of the pig, therefore he lay on a log and he took a nap. However,the wild pig kept on running and won the race. When the eagle woke up and he saw that the wild pig had won, he was so angry! Still, the wild pig said that he could not eat wild pigs anymore.

“Slow and steady wins the race” By: Mateo

Writing a fable: “The beaver and the fish” One afternoon in a tropical forest by a beautiful, big and white river there lived a hardworking, strong female beaver called Leila. At night time she was sprinting through the river while chopping wood, when she heard a big, lazy male fish called Max that was playing and lauging. But she ignored him and continued chopping wood and gathering food because if not she was going to starve in winter. Slowly winter days started, Leila was in her shelter having fun, but Max was freezing in the cold weather because he didn´t have a shelter. Some nights later, he asked Leila if she could let him into her house and Leila accepted, so Max remarked: “Thank you! I promise I will work hard all next summer.” The end. Moral: There are times to work and times to play.

By Mati

“The chickens and the fox” One day at an enormous park in Miami, some tiny, cute, friendly and hard-working chickens were working very very hard to collect fruits so as to survive during winter. In the park there was a pond, and next to it there was a tree full of fruits. Sitting next to the tree there was a liar and lazy fox. As the fox was throwing all the fruits to the pond just for fun, the chickens saw him and shouted: “You are so lazy. You can`t throw all the fruits away!” So the fox asked: “Why?” A chicken was about to answer, but the fox started to dance because he wasn´t really worried. After some months, winter arrived so all the animals started to go into their houses and locked themselves in. There were no more fruits on the tree. The fox murmured to himself: “What can I do now? I’m so cold and hungry. I wish I had worked a little harder. I’m going to knock on the chickens’ door.”, and so he did. A little chicken opened the door and asked: “What are you doing here?” The fox asked: “Cccccan I go in? Please, please!” The chicken opened the door widely and the fox went in, and trembling he said: “I’m so sorry. I promise I won´t do it again.” He went scurrying around the place saying: “I’m really sorry!” MORAL: “There are times to work and times to play.” By : Mora 

Link and Coral’s race Once in a jungle in Africa, there was a butterfly called Coral. She was slow, smart and humble. She liked to sleep and play. One day she was flying, when she bumped into an eagle called Link. Link was fast, proud and a fair-weather friend. He did not have a good relationship with his friends. “How could you have bumped into me!” said Link. “I am sorry, but I have an idea. Why don’t we run a race?” remarked Coral. “You challenge me?” exclaimed Link. “OK! You will learn who is who in this jungle!” And they arranged to run a race. “Let’s meet at 11 o’clock in the morning.” shouted Link. The following morning, it was time for the race! “We are going to run a race of 1km!” said Coral. Link started the race running very fast and was ahead of Coral, but he bumped into a tree and fell asleep. While he was asleep, Coral won the race! When Link woke up he learnt that:

SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE By: Oli

Writing a fable: The Eagle and the guinea pig. In a huge forest in Mendoza there was a white, strong and intelligent eagle called Cloud that knew how to do lots of things, as for example dodging. One day, a new, clever and kind guinea pig called Flash appeared in the forest. He was a kind friend and he liked to help others. The guinea pig smelled a delicious scent, and he followed it. He ended without realizing in between the eagle´s nest and a trap, and he fell into the trap. So, Cloud saw him and she went flying and got him out. Flash said “Thank you!” and Cloud answered “You are welcome.” One month later Cloud fell into the river as she was catching fish for her babies. So Flash went scurrying and threw a log to the river so that Cloud could stand on it. The eagle said “Thank you!” and they became best friends forever. MORAL: One good turn deserves another By: Ramón

The eagle and the snail Once in a tropical forest there was an eagle and a snail. The eagle´s name was Facundo and the snail was called Thomas. Facundo was strong and he had white feathers with a black tip. He was respectful, intelligent and generous because he had learnt how to be a good person. Thomas was tiny, humble and kind. He loved to share his things because he wanted to be a good friend. One day Thomas was slithering on the ground when the wind blew and threw Thomas into the river. He didn’t know how to swim and so he shouted “Help, help!”. Facundo got Thomas with a stick and took him out of the river, and left him on the ground. The following day Facundo was in trouble because he was up in a tree and there was a thunderstorm. Suddenly, lightning hit the tree and Facundo was about to fall. When Thomas saw Facundo falling, he called his friends and they placed some leaves where he was going to fall. Facundo fell on the leaves and nothing happened to him. Facundo and Thomas became best friends forever. “One good turn deserves another.” By Santi

THE OWL AND THE SQUIRREL In a beautiful barn in Austria, full of wheat, there lived a very hungry owl, called Ruby, who was as white as cream. When she spread her wings under the moonlight, you could see how her feathers shone. She was very proud of the tricks she played on other animals. She was very pretty, but her personality was different. She was nasty, fair-weather and for a fact, very sly and disrespectful. One day, the clever owl saw a squirrel called Maggie and muttered to herself “I am very hungry. I shall trick that squirrel so that I can eat her.” The squirrel´s personality was exactly the opposite to the owl´s personality. Her fur was light brown and she had twinkling blue eyes. She was kind, humble, generous and respectful. Some days had past, and Ruby was still thinking of how to trick Maggie. Then she whispered to herself “What trick should I use? The one I used for the grasshopper or for the mouse? No, I can’t use those on the squirrel because they started the problem. I know, I should invent a new trick!” So the hungry owl flew away and thought of a new trick. When Ruby went back to her nest she had a horrible trick in mind. Suddenly the sly creature shouted “Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp! I have broken my arm and I need someone to put a bandage on it.” As soon as Maggie heard someone was hurt she replied “Don’t worry. I am here to help you!!” She scurried to the nest, bringing a bandage with her. While the cute animal got the bandage ready, Ruby tried to eat her, but the lovely creature got away just in time. The following day, the same thing happened but Maggie managed to escape again. The third day when Ruby cried for help, she had really broken an arm, but Maggie did not trust the owl and shouted “I shall not help you because you are trying to eat me!” And angrily she scurried back to her house. “Oh, no!” murmured Ruby, “I shouldn’t have lied!” “If you lie no one will believe you when you tell the truth.” By:Sofia Ch 35

Writing a fable: “The goose and the lion” In the woods in Miami there lived a goose that was naughty, proud, sly, tiny and nasty. She loved treating the animals of the woods nastily. One day the goose was sauntering through the woods when she met a wise, intelligent, huge and humble lion lying against a tree. The goose invited the lion to lunch at her house. She served some delicious grain for lunch. However, the lion couldn´t eat grain. So, he didn´t eat that day and he felt very hungry. That night the lion trotted to the goose’s house to trick her back. He invited her to dinner not to play. So when it was time to eat, the lion served meat and the goose didn´t eat because the goose didn’t like meat. So, she didn´t eat that night and she felt very hungry. After that, the goose learnt a lesson: “Treat others the way you want to be treated”. So the goose felt very sorry of having treated the lion so badly and she murmured to the lion “I am sorry lion.” Sofi M

Writing a fable “The cat and the rats” A long, long time ago in a huge and beautiful house lived a cat, a very naughty cat who loved eating little rats. He was very dishonest .One day he saw a minute, tiny hole and inside there lived some mini, cute and honest rats. So the cat went outside to think of a plan to catch them while they were working. Suddenly a fantastic idea came to his head. He put a net right at their entrance door with some cheese. So when the rats went out to eat, they got trapped in the net. However, one of the rats escaped and with his teeth he gnawed the net to let the other rats free. He squeaked “We are going to trick the cat.” That afternoon the rats thought of a plan to trick him. Finally they came up with a brilliant plan. They went and asked the cat “Do you have any best friend?” The cat replied “Yes.” So the rats invented that his best friend was in trouble. They exclaimed “Well he is in trouble, his house is burning!” The cat went as fast as his body could trot and when he arrived, he noticed that his best friend wasn´t in trouble. The rats had tricked him! So he went back to the garden, where he liked to spend his time, feeling very furious. Still he didn´t shout at the rats, he remarked “I was wrong. I will treat you better next time because I don´t like to be treated in such a way. I’m really sorry.” And the rats felt very excited and amazed. Moral: “Treat others the way you want to be treated.” By Tati

The girl and the toucan Once there lived a pretty, red haired, beautiful and wise girl who was called Julie. She loved spaghetti, she didn´t like problems and was a very good athlete. She had a very, very good friend: a toucan called Snoop. She was a black and friendly animal and loved ponds. They lived in a colourful jungle in Africa. The jungle was full of animals and bugs. One day while Julie was skipping through the jungle, when she saw her friend in danger because a cheetah who was in a hurry, without meaning, threw her to the pond. Snoop didn´t deserve to be thrown to the pond. So, the girl scurried to her boat and went rowing until she got to where her friend was, in the middle of the pond. She took her friend out of the water throwing an inflatable for her to float. The girl saved her life. Later that day, in the middle of the jungle, Julie was singing the wellknown song “Hey Jude” and she didn´t realize that a huge and disgusting tarantula was about to bite her. So, Snoop killed the tarantula with her beak, and the two friends lived happily ever after. Snoop married a toucan called Jony and they had two daughters and a son. End

“ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER” BY: TINCHY

The tiger and the elephant One day in the hot and green savanna in Africa, a new comer arrived. It was an elephant called Grey. It was wise, huge and humble. In the savanna lived a tiger too that was fast, sly, strong and dishonest. Soon, the tiger challenged the elephant to a race. The two dashed as soon as the race started, but the tiger won. After the race, the tiger invited Grey for a drink. The tiger poured some coke in two little glasses. The elephant could not drink, but didn’t say a word. The next day Grey invited the tiger for lunch at the waterfalls. He stalked to the waterfalls, and the elephant served soup in a big, tall bowl. The only one who was able to eat was Grey because he was tall and had a large trunk. The tiger felt lonely, tricked and disappointed. So, he looked at the elephant and exclaimed “Sorry, sorry! I will not do it again.” “Treat others the way you want to be treated.” Tobi

The cheetah and the pig One summer evening in the savannah in Africa, a rude and fast cheetah called Jack was teasing a pig because she was very slow. Jack said “Ha, ha pig you are very slow!” Goldy, the pig, was tiny and wise. She trotted back to her house crying because Jack had teased her. The next morning Jack, who wanted to bother Goldy, threw some meat on Goldy’s face. Goldy went to her house feeling very sad. The next morning, the cheetah challenged Goldy to a race because he wanted to show how fast he was. Goldy accepted the challenge. That winter morning, Goldy thought and thought if she should run the race. She muttered to herself “I can win the race!” At night she dreamt that she won the race. Finally, the day of the race arrived. Goldy started to run as fast as her legs could carry her. Jack was running faster and faster, but suddenly, he got lost. Goldy ran steadily and always paying attention to the directions. Sometime later, Goldy won the race. All the people at the finishing line exclaimed “Hurray! Hurray! Goldy! Goldy! Goldy!” Jack was very disappointed and ashamed. “Slow and steady wins the race.” By Tommy

THE END