Once upon a time, there was a fox that lived in a cave. His cave was located close to a farm
The fox had always been a problem for the barnyard animals and they never got along.
The fox was always up to some kind of mischief and was either tricking the animals out of their food, or he was stealing it. Once he stole food while the hens were taking care of their chicks. Another time he tricked the horse out of his meal by closing the gate and letting the pigs have the food.
The fox always thought he was smarter than all the other animals on the farm. One day while the chickens were pecking the dirt around the barnyard the fox told them that he didn’t feel good and was going to go to his cave. He asked the chickens to come and check on him to make sure he was okay. He said that he felt he might be too sick to take care of himself.
After the fox had left, the chickens were talking (peeping) to each other and wondered what to do.
“I think it is a trick,” said Paula Pullet. “That fox has always been trouble for us and I don’t see this as any different.”
“I agree,” peeped in Frieda Fryer. “He only looks out for himself.”
Donna Drumstick said that she felt he was telling the truth this time and felt the right thing to do would be to go and check on the fox.
After three days the chickens hadn’t seen the fox around the barnyard. They were talking about this one day while they were in the barnyard visiting their peeps.
“I think we should go up to the cave and see if he is okay,” said Donna. “We haven’t seen him for over three days. He has never been gone that long before.”
“I’m starting to agree,” clucked in Freida. “I thought he was trying to trick us, but now I don’t know.”
Paula too said she thought it was odd that the fox hadn’t been around for so long and that he must be getting hungry and it would be the right thing to do.
Donna said that she would go up to the cave and check on the fox. When she didn’t come back Freida said that she must have gotten lost and that she would go check on her.
The next day when neither hide nor feather of either chicken had been seen, Paula went out to check on her friends.
After a week, the fox came to the barnyard and asked Ralph the Rooster why he hadn’t come to his cave to check on him when he said that he was sick.
Ralph replied that, “I saw a lot of chicken tracks going into your cave, but I didn’t see any coming out.”
The moral of the story is: “Don’t just follow the crowd.”
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I liked the alliteration in the names. I also liked how the moral was very clear-cut throughout the story. A mark of a good fable is that you know the moral without having to be told, and yours definately did that (even though you did tell us the moral at the end).
ReplyDeleteEven though this sounds similar to the story we read in class, it has a different storyline and viewpoint (the hens' p.o.v.). I would suggest starting your sentences differently, instead of using "the" or "I"
ReplyDeleteHaha I love the story and I love the names! Ya... the fox reminds me of our old dog. He was a big problem
ReplyDeleteI like the names a lot and it has a good moral.
ReplyDeleteI liked the moral! I'm glad that Ralf the Rooster didn't follow them. The names were unique too (Paula Pullet, Donna Drumstick)haha.
ReplyDeleteThe message is very understandable and i liked the ending
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