Wednesday, February 15, 2006
How the Rhinoceros got his skin
The Parsee made a cake. The rhinoceros had no manners, he ate all the cake up then he walked off.
There was a heatwave everyone got hot and the rhinoceros took off his skin when he went to the beach. He went under water and it went bubble, bubble, bubble. The Parsee took the rhinoceros' skin and put cake crumbs in it and waited and waited in the palm tree, and waited for the rhinoceros to come.
The rhinoceros put his skin on and he scratched and scratched and scratched everywhere and he rubbed on the palm tree because the cake crumbs tickled him and he could never get them out ever again. All those days he scratched and scratched and the cake crumbs tickled him worse and worse. That why his skin got loose and folded up to his chin and down to his legs and he went home very crossly.
The End.
There was a heatwave everyone got hot and the rhinoceros took off his skin when he went to the beach. He went under water and it went bubble, bubble, bubble. The Parsee took the rhinoceros' skin and put cake crumbs in it and waited and waited in the palm tree, and waited for the rhinoceros to come.
The rhinoceros put his skin on and he scratched and scratched and scratched everywhere and he rubbed on the palm tree because the cake crumbs tickled him and he could never get them out ever again. All those days he scratched and scratched and the cake crumbs tickled him worse and worse. That why his skin got loose and folded up to his chin and down to his legs and he went home very crossly.
The End.
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Monday, February 13, 2006
How Birds Got Bright Feathers
"Well one morning the snake woke up, went out of his cave and saw all the flowers. He found red flowers that he gobbled all up. When he turned round to look at his tail it had red spots on it.
Then he slithered along until he found blue flowers and he gobbled them all up. When he turned around to look at his tail he had blue spots.
He gobbled up all the flowers in the forest. When he turned round he was covered in all colours and he was the most beautiful snake of all.
The birds said "You ate all the flowers and now the forest is all green". So the snake went back to his cave and then his skin started to come off and he wriggled out of it and then he was just green.
The birds used the skin to cover themselves to make them look pretty - The End"
Then he slithered along until he found blue flowers and he gobbled them all up. When he turned around to look at his tail he had blue spots.
He gobbled up all the flowers in the forest. When he turned round he was covered in all colours and he was the most beautiful snake of all.
The birds said "You ate all the flowers and now the forest is all green". So the snake went back to his cave and then his skin started to come off and he wriggled out of it and then he was just green.
The birds used the skin to cover themselves to make them look pretty - The End"
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Monday, February 06, 2006
The Story of Arachne
Arachne did beautiful weaving. She said "i can weave better than anyone else, even better than the goddess Athene".
Then Athene was standing in the doorway!
Athene said "Let's have a competition of weaving."
Athene tore Arachne's beautiful weaving and said "OK, that's better than mine". She touched Arachne on her shoulder and said "No one will like your weaving and you will weave every day!"
Arachne turned into a black blob with 8 legs and ran into a dark corner.
Then Athene was standing in the doorway!
Athene said "Let's have a competition of weaving."
Athene tore Arachne's beautiful weaving and said "OK, that's better than mine". She touched Arachne on her shoulder and said "No one will like your weaving and you will weave every day!"
Arachne turned into a black blob with 8 legs and ran into a dark corner.
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Emily's armadillo illustration for 'The Beginning of the Armadillos' in felt tip and pencil crayon
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