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 * __HOW THE FISH GOT HIS FINS.__**

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One day a clumsy, old fish was slowly swimming with his friends. None of them had fins. He wanted to get some but he didn’t know how. He went to ask his friend, shark. He was sure that he would know how, but sadly he had no idea. ======

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That night when fish went lazily to bed, a net suddenly pulled him out of the water. Fish screamed to Sharky, while the net was beginning to dry onto his body. Sharky eventually pounced and bit the bottom of the net. Fish flopped into the water, but both sides of the fishing net had dried onto him. The net had formed his fins! ======

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Today, blue cod can swim really fast. The colour of the net changed over time to match the colour of the fish. He can swim fast enough to get away from all the other fish and not always lose when they are playing tag. This is all thanks to the clumsy blue cod, who is not so clumsy any more. =====

How the Tui got his voice = = = One hot Summer’s morning, the good looking tui bird woke up the other forest animals. It was the most ground shaking, horrid noise. They all covered their ears. The lonely tui bird was disappointed about his voice. “Why don’t I have a beautiful voice like the others?” he thought. = = = = He went off to find breakfast. Little did he know that his friend the monkey was making a plan to help him sound better. He got his radio and a bunch of delicious fruit. I know what you’re thinking. What is she going to do with that stuff? Well listen and I’ll tell you. He put the radio on the ground and piled the fruit on top. When the tui spotted it, he flew down to eat it. By mistake he ate the radio as well. Suddenly, he started to sing. He sounded wonderful. He went to see the other tuis and just then the lovely singing spat out. They all clapped and cheered. “If you can make the forest happy, you can join our group” they said. Tui was so happy and he did make the forest happy too. = = = = So that is how the tui got his beautiful voice. = = = = By Noelle =

HOW THE RHINO GOT HIS HORN The rhino lived in the wild. One day while he was running around he accidentally bumped into a tree. A horn popped up on his head from the big bang. He was a dangerous animal now because he could run everyone over with his sharp horn. He thought that was great. That is how the rhino got his horn.

By George

HOW THE CHAMELEON GOT ITS COLOURS “Yummy fruit” said the chameleon. “Where has our lovely fruit gone?” yelled the angry villagers. Well the little white chameleon had eaten it all. The villagers decided to make a plan of attack to catch the fruit eating chameleon. “Tonight we will capture that greedy lizard” they yelled. That same night the villagers hid in a bush and waited for the chameleon. Night came. Everyone was tired. The chameleon did not come. The next day the villagers made another plan. “We will put out a cage with some fruit in it to trap him” they agreed. That night the greedy chameleon was hungry again and crawled into the cage. “Boom!” went the door of the cage. The villagers punished him by painting him many colours like the fruit that he had stolen. He said he was sorry, but today if a chameleon sees a human or enemy approach it will change colours to hide from them.

By Jayden HOW THE BUNNY FOUND HIS TAIL Once upon a time there was a cute and cuddly bunny. All the other horrible animals laughed at him because he didn’t have a tail and he was so clumsy and was always falling over things. He didn’t like that. One frosty day he went for an enormous wander around. He was a long time. He was fed up of the other animals laughing at him out loud and wanted it to stop. He didn’t want his parents to see. That would make him a very sad bunny. While he was wandering, he tripped into some very icy water. The freezing ice covered him. Later that day the sun came out and melted the ice. Suddenly, he had an idea. If he could make the ice stick to him again, it could be a tail for him. He jumped over to the pond and made a huge splash. A huge ball of ice stuck to him. Now he had to wait for his fur to grow over the icy ball. When he eventually went home, he had a beautiful tail. So that is how the bunny got his tail.

By Jessica

HOW THE FIREFLY GOT HIS LIGHT

Every night a little firefly called Kaleb would come and eat all of the food in the village. House by house he would steal lots of food. He used up a lot of energy, but the food made him happy. One night he saw a person in the village bringing home their groceries. “I will have a feast tonight” he thought to himself. Night time came and he went on his journey to the house. He flew through the catdoor and he saw a big cupboard. He saw it had a padlock and this made him sad. The he saw a golden pear (aka a lightbulb) and he ate it. From then on when night fell the little firefly woke up to find a light at his tail.

By Kaleb

HOW THE TIGER GOT HIS STRIPES Once upon a time a tiger lived close to a village. He was dangerous because he would eat anything he saw. One morning when he woke up he noticed some meat close by. He did not notice it was in a trap. Suddenly, there was a big bang and the trap door fell over him. The villagers punished the tiger for eating their food and they cut off his ears. He was sad, but he knew the punishment was right for him. When he was set free he rolled over in the mud because he was so happy. When he got up, he was covered in stripes. He learned a lesson not to do bad things ever again.

By Madisyn