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The hare and the turtle



In the world of the animals, there was a very arrogant hare because she said to everyone she was the fastest. That’s why she was always laughing at the slow turtle.

Look at the turtle! Hey turtle, don’t run so much that you’re going to get tired of going so fast!- The hare used to say laughing at the turtle.

One day, they were talking and it occurred to the turtle to make a strange bet with the hare.

-I’m sure I can win you a race- she said.

- To me?- asked the hare astonished.

-Yes, to you. Let’s put our bet on that stone and let’s see who wins the race.

The hare, very amused, accepted. All the animals met to watch the race. The road and the finishing line were marked. Once it was ready, the race started among big applauses.

Relying on her speed, the hare left the turtle go and she remained lazing about. She had time enough to win such a slow creature!

Then she start running, she run fast as the wind while the turtle went slow but without stopping. At once she went ahead. She stopped next to the road and she sat to rest.

When the turtle passed by her side, the hare made fun of her once more. She left her advantage and set out her quick walk. She did the same several times but, in spite of her mocks, the turtle kept her way until she arrived to the finishing line. When the hare woke up, she ran with all her might but it was too late, the turtle had won the race.

That day was very sad for the hare and she learnt a lesson she would never forget: you must never mock of the others.

THE END



Why? : I have chosen these three stories because I think they all teach something importan:

For example the story of the hare and the turtle teaches that it does not matter your physical form, If you are bigger or stronger... But the most important thing is perseverance and self-confidence.



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The Lion and the Mouse



A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the lion's nose. Roused from his nap, the lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill her.

-Spare me! Please let me go and someday I will surely repay you- begged the poor mouse

The lion was much amused to think that a mouse could ever help him. But he was generous and finally let the Mouse go.

Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the lion was caught in the toils of a hunter's net. Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry roaring. The mouse knew the voice and quickly found the lion struggling in the net. Running to one of the great ropes that bound him, she gnawed it until it parted, and soon the lion was free.

-You laughed when I said I would repay you. Now you see that even a mouse can help a lion- said the mouse

Moral: A kindness is never wasted.

The end



Why? :The story of the lion and the mouse is a clear example that if you help others at some point they will help you.



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Once upon a time there was a little man who was very sad because he had spaceship but he didn't know what to do with it.

- Can you help him?

- What could he do with his spaceship?

The man on the moon

Then, he decided to go to the moon and flew, and flew until be got there.

- So, where is he now?

As he had never been on the moon, he wasn't sure about what he cold do there, so he thought and thought inside his spaceship.

- What do you think he decided to do?

Of course, the little man thought that he had done such a long trip because he wanted to visit the moon, so he decided to go outside for a walk. And he was walking and walking, and walking until he meet a …

- What do you think he met?

Oh! Yes! He met a dinosaur and as they made very good friends, the little man decided to stay in the moon to live with his new friend in a beautiful tent he had in the spaceship. And since then this little man is know as …

"The man on the moon".

END



Why? :The man on the moon has been chosen because it is a more interactive story that asks open questions inviting the child to imagine the answers.