Stories for Level 1.

You must choose only 1 story from

the stories given.

A very good morning to the TEACHERS and Friends.

I’m __________________ and I’m going to tell you a

story entitled ________________________________'.

Story 1

The Elephant and Friends

There was once a lonely elephant. One day, he set out to

find friends for himself in the jungle. He found a monkey

and asked him if he would be a friend. The monkey refused

saying, "You can't swing from trees like me." The elephant

next met a rabbit and asked him to be his friend. The

rabbit refused as well saying, "You are too big to enter my

burrow." The elephant then met a frog, who also refused,

saying, "You can't leap like me." The elephant ventured

deeper into the jungle where he met a fox. The fox also

refused the elephant's friendship saying, "You are too big."

Disheartened, the elephant returned. However, the next

day he decided to go to the jungle again. As he entered the

jungle, the elephant found all the animals running to save

their lives. He stopped the bear to enquire what had

happened.

The bear said, "The tiger wants to eat us and so we are all

running to save ourselves."

As the elephant was thinking about what he could do to help

the animals, the tiger walked up to him.

"Mr Tiger, please spare these animals. Do not kill and eat

them," the elephant implored.

"Run or I'll kill and eat you as well," growled the tiger.

This angered the elephant and he kicked the tiger. The

frightened tiger ran away.

All the animals now wanted to be friends with the elephant.

Moral of the story: You can even be friends with those

who are different from you.

Story 2

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Once there was a shepherd boy who had to look after a

flock of

sheep. One day, he felt bored and decided to play a trick on

the villagers. He shouted, “Help! Wolf! Wolf!”

The villagers heard his cries and rushed out of the village to

help

the shepherd boy. When they reached him, they asked,

“Where is the wolf?”

The shepherd boy laughed loudly, “Ha, Ha, Ha! I fooled all

of you.

I was only playing a trick on you.”

A few days later, the shepherd boy played this trick again.

Again he cried, “Help! Help! Wolf! Wolf!” Again, the villagers

rushed up the hill to help him and again they found that boy

had tricked them. They were very angry with him for being

so naughty. The villagers then return to their homes.

Then, sometime later, a wolf went into the field. The wolf

attacked

one sheep, and then another and another. The shepherd boy

ran towards the village shouting, “Help! Help! Wolf! Help!

Somebody!”

The villagers heard his cries but they laughed because they

thought it was another trick. The boy ran to the nearest

villager and said, “A wolf is attacking the sheep. I lied

before, but this time it is true!”

Finally, the villagers went to look. It was true. They could

see the

wolf running away and many dead sheep lying on the grass.

My friends! We may not believe someone who often tells

lies, even when he tells the truth. That is the moral

value that we can learn from this story.