ANIMAL STORIES

 CAUSES OF WAR

                                          Two tribes lived on the banks of a river. the tribe that lived upstream caught fish by stretching their nets across the river. they beat the water with long sticks to make the fish swim into the nets , but when they did this the water became very muddy.the tribe that lived downstream became angry."how can we live when you are always a making our drinking water so dirty,"they said .'you must stop catching fish .
                                           The other tribe became even angrier . "why should we go angry just to stop you complaining ."they replied. in the end,both tribes  went to war and killed each other , so the river became calm again, and the fish were left in peace

HANG ON TO YOUR OWN BONE

                                           Fanny the farm dog was pretty smart, but one day she got the shock of her life because no-one had ever told her about mirrors.As a special treat, she was given a big bone. she took it down to the river bank to enjoy it in peace.As she stood there with the bone in her mouth,she looked at her reflection in  the water . And what did he see? Another dog with a bone as well as her own,so she opened her mouth to bark and her bone fell straight in and sank to the bottom.

THE WOLF PUTS HIS FOOT IN IT

 

                                                King lion lay on his cane felling very ill. the other animals hurried off to visit him. the lion could be very fierce if they did not show him enough respect . only the fox did not go at once . the wolf hated the fox, who was smarter than he was . "what a good chance to get him into trouble ,'he thought ,and began telling the lion terrible stories about the fox . the fox arrived in time to hear the end of them . he saw how angry the lion was."wait,"said the fox."instead of standing here talking . I your illness . if you wrap the skin of a wolf around you while it's still warm, you'll fell better at once."
                                                with a roar , the lion killed the wolf and wrapped his skin round him . "the wolf would have done better to make the lion  fell happy," the fox told the other animal.                                               KING LOG

                                                The frogs in the lake had an easy life doing exactly what they wanted . but what pleased one frog annoyed another, and they could see things could be better . all the frog agreed they needed a strong leader to make the rules they should live by. so they sent a message to the king of all animals."very well,'said the king, and threw a log into a lake , telling the frogs this was their new leader.
                                               At first the frogs were  terrified of it.
                                               When it splashed into the lake they all dived to the bottom and hid in mud. but after awhile, when the log did nothing but float on the surface , they lost their fear . they hopped all over it and carried on as before they sent another message to the king saying they needed a better one.
                                                "then you must learn your lesson,' said the king. this time he sent a water snake, who took one look at all the frogs and ate as many of them as it could catch.  

                 THE ROOSTER MAKES ITS LAST MISTAKE            

                                                Two burglars were prowling  round a barn one night . they could hear somethings moving inside , and ever so carefully they climbed in to see what it was. it was a rooster . 'Ah-ha,'"they cried.'This will do for our super tomorrow ."they grabbed it and were about to kill it when the rooster squawked in alarm:"please don't kill me. I can be useful to you . I can wake you at dawn every day,ready to start work on time                                        "That's just what we don't wan't," growled the burglars. "if you wake people up they'll catch us robbing their houses ."so that was the end of the rooster

                                             

                               THE JEALOUS GOAT

 A goat and a donkey lived on the same farm. The goat had to find hos own food, but because he made the donkey work hard, the farmer fed him. The goat became jealous, forgetting all the donkey's hard work. He thought if the donkey stopped working. He would get his food. So he pushed him into a large hole, and he was badly hurt. The farmer sent for the vet, who examined the donkey. "The quickest way to make him better, "he said, "Is to feed him with goat soup. "So instead of getting the donkey's food for himself, the goat finished up as food for the donkey!