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The Fly and the Lion Once upon a time, in a jungle that was much more peaceful and much larger than the jungle today, the lion was still the King of the jungle. The lion ruled over everyone and believed he was better than every other animal that also lived in the jungle. The flies became tired of hearing the lions brag about how good they were all the time, so one day two flies approached a lion and said "we are better than you." The lion began to laugh at such a preposterous comment, how could anyone believe they were better than a lion? "We will prove it to you!" said the flies. "Fine" agreed the lion, but you both are only waisting your time and mine. "I propose a race, whoever can get from this side of the jungle all the way to the opposite side by the waterfall wins." "Sounds good." the flies agreed. This would be the longest race in the history of the jungle, running to the complete opposite side was unheard of, but the li...

The Elephant and the Ants By: Cecil Henry Bompas begins by giving the setting introduces two main groups introduces the problem between the groups uses dialogue between both introduces the challege involves trickery the ants tricked the elephant one group fails the challenge explains why there are so many ants these days ends with a reason for the outcome  ends with reason from God Elephant

The Monkey and the Girl By: Cecil Henry Bompas begins by giving the setting introduces characters introduces main character, the hanuman introduces to problem for the monkey introduces main girl discusses her thoughts monkey is killed uses analogies detailed actions trickery young girl does what she planned to do ends abruptly describes emotions of other characters A Hanuman .

This story is now in my portfolio . How the Turtle Got It's Shell Once upon a time, in a forest filled with all of the animals, there lived a small colony of turtles. These turtles lived a happy and peaceful life, for the most part. The turtles were kind and there were few animals in the forest who did not like the turtles. But, there was one animal that the turtles did not like, the bear. The bears in the forest thought the turtles were the best snack in all of the forest, so the turtles were constantly in fear of being eaten by a bear. One day the turtles had had enough, they no longer wanted to live in fear and they were determined to whatever it took to save themselves. The leader of the turtle colony decided that he had no other option than to go and visit the forest god. "Please Forest God, I need your help, all of my family and friends are being eaten" pleaded the turtle. The Forest God was known for helping when she was asked, but every wish she granted ...

How the Tiger Got His Strength By: Mrs. K. U. Rafy begins by referring to the past states the problem that leads to the conclusion refers to gods that helped solve the problem reads as a novel the solution starts to be put into place a new problem arises both characters use their quality they were given the tiger, using his gift, decides he wants the strength the tiger tricks the god in order to gain strength uses imagery to describe his strength the tiger believed he had overcome the man dialogue to express confusion among the man the tiger received what he wanted but the man received a gift that is far more dangerous irony ends with how hunting began A Strong Tiger

How the Dog Came to Live with Man by: Mrs. K. U. Rafy begins by talking about the past  uses imagery for the setting talks about event in the past written in a novel form introduces the story that is going to be told refers to the beginning of the story where it talked about the event discusses tradition writes from the point of view of the dog describes senses of the dog first interaction is described the dog immediately gets along with humans the dog solves his predicament by finding a product for the event mentions customs describes dogs emotions and thoughts he goes to the event with his good others did not react well to his food describes other animals emotions the dog disagrees with the other animals the dog becomes angry at all the other animals and leaves them describing his actions and emotions of anger climax happens which leads the dog to find humans reconnects with humans the man joins the side of the dog they unite together discusses the iro...

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