Three little Stories

鄭達儀

Author Chelsea Zheng Dayi， Grade 5， SMIC Private School， Shanghai

（I）The Bell

Once upon a time， there was a forest. Unlike the others， that forest was stuffed with trees， carrots， mushrooms， and anything that a rabbit could think of. Its filled with birds， decorated with flowers， and the sky is so blue and clear that it seems like the sea， only calmer and has some marshmallow-like clouds. When the sun should shine， it shines， and when the rain should rain， it rains.

It was a wonderful place. It is called Vergissmeinnicht. But， it has no other animals other than birds and insects. No one had ever found it！

Until once， there were these five rabbits， followed by a tiger. （they didnt know it） Lily， Willy， Milly， Silly， and Fifi were just adventuring around their little tiny rabbit hole. They knew this place very well， so today， they decided to explore more deeply and see what they could find. These rabbits are siblings， with Lily the oldest， then Willy， Milly and Silly， who are twins， and at last little Fifi. They were quite tired just when they reached Vergissmeinnicht， so they sat down on the soft green grass， and， in the trees arms， they slept.

The morning sun came out， peeking behind the mountains. The sunshine， little by little， reached to the five tiny bunnies， and with her fingers gently touching them. Lily was the first one awake. She called everyone up so that they could restart their journey， and found that they were at this heaven-like place. Everyone stared in awe. Suddenly， a loud roar broke the silence. Birds flew， leaves fell， and the bunnies knew what it was. “It was a tiger！” Everyone whisper-shouted in terror. When they calm down， they decided to have a meeting about how to deal with the tiger.

In the meeting， everyone tried to come up with a good idea about how to prevent the tiger from hunting them down.

Lily exclaimed， “Fight it！ Fight it！ Fight it！”

Willy and Silly shouted， “Hide！ Hide！ Hide！”

Milly told everyone to be quiet， and said， “Why dont we just put a bell on the tigers neck？ Then， when it comes closer to us， the bell will ring and we would know！”

Everyone clapped and all began to say how smart Milly is and how good the idea was.

Milly stood proudly in triumph， happy that he came up with that brilliant idea. Just then， Fifi stood up.

In her small voice， Fifi stammered， ”But… But who is going to put that bell on the tigers neck？ Its too scary， I dont want to do it！”

Even though a plan may be smart， the most important thing to think about is how to accomplish it.

（II） The Forever other half

A person has two dogs. Because there is only one food bowl， he trained the smaller dog to always leave half of the food for the older dog to eat. So， every day， the smaller dog left the food bowl with half of the food for the older dog. Then， one day， the older dog died.

Because there is only one dog to feed， the owner gave the smaller dog half the amount of food he usually gave it. Then， at one night， when the owner got up and checked if the small dog ate any food， he found that there was half of the food left in the food bowl. Day by day， half of the food was being left by the small dog， for the older dog.

Days passed. Months passed， and years passed. Finally， one day， the small dog died. The owner， after the dogs being buried， went home. Then， he finally gave the two dogs a name： Half and Whole.

In life， we admire people that are loyal， even though sometimes it makes no good for us.

（III） Two Grasslands

Once upon a time， there was a white， little sheep. It was very tired， and wanted to munch on some grass. When he looked around， he saw that there were two grasslands. He went the one which he thought was better， and prepared to eat. Then， he saw that the other grasslands grass is greener， so he ran to the other side. When he reached the other grassland， he saw that the first one is bigger than the other. So， he ran back to the other side again. When he was about to eat， he saw that the other ones grass is taller. So then， again， he ran to the other side. This running back and forth continued on， and at last the sheep died of hunger.

We should see whats more important and do that first.