Week 6 Story
Once upon a time there were two birds. They were best friends and did everything
together. One morning they were really
hungry, and decided to go get breakfast together. They flew to a riverbed to look for worms in
the mud by the water. After a while they
each saw a worm sticking out of the mud.
They grabbed the end of the worms and pulled. They pulled the worms out of the mud, only to
discover that they each had a side of the same worm. They set down the worm and decided to talk it
out. The first bird suggested that they
split the worm down the middle. They
split the worm, but one side was slightly bigger than the other. The second bird said that he should have a
slightly bigger side, because he suggested that they go get breakfast. The first said that he should have the larger
side, because he suggested that they go by the river. They continued arguing like this until a fish
poked her head out of the water. She asked
what was going on. The birds explained
their situation to her, each saying that they should get a bigger section of
the worm. The fish listened patiently. When the birds finished, they asked the fish
her opinion. She said that they should place
the two pieces of the worm in her mouth, and then they will each pick a piece
at random to make it fair. The birds
placed the worm in the fish’s mouth. The
fish snapped her mouth shut and dove into the water. The birds stood there, dumbstruck. Extremely sad, the flew back home, deciding
not to argue over such trivial things again, because a small piece of worm is
better than no worm at all.
Authors Bibliography: I based this story off of the otters and the wolf. In the story, two otters could not decide how to share the fish, so they had the wolf divide it. The wolf gave one the head, another the tail, and kept the middle for himself. I wanted to rewrite the story with birds. The moral of the story is to not be greedy, or you may end up with less than what you started with.
Kathleen,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your story this week! You really entertained the reader while giving a very valuable lesson. The birds' greed kept them from a meal. Sometimes it is better to share and get the smaller portion than getting nothing at all. I remember my parents teaching me the same lesson. As a kid my brother and I would fight over a toy we wanted to play with and wouldn't share, so my parents would just take it away from us and then neither of us would get to play with it. I think this is a valuable lesson everyone should learn.
Hi Kathleen, wow, I absolutely loved that story! I really enjoyed how the birds were so caught up in wanting the larger piece of the worm that they didn’t realize that they were going to get tricked by the fish to completely lose the worm. I really wish you had written an author’s note so that I could see how you changed your story compared to the original one.
ReplyDeleteHey Kathleen! I enjoyed your story. I realize that you put listed instead of listened in your story, but I knew what you meant. I like the lesson that was told in this story, because it can be related to anything we go through right now. People are always arguing about things that do not matter as much as they should, instead of appreciating. Perspective has a lot to do with this. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteKathleen,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your story. I reminded me of another story I think was in the Aespo’s Fables. These fables tell stories with lessons, like yours, that deal with animals having human characteristic. I wish you would have done an author’s notes about which story you remade and why you choose different characteristics and what they were. Over all I enjoyed your tale. Great story.