Two little children were sitting together at lunch in the schools cafeteria. They had been friends every year and had not made any friends but they always had each other. Many kids picked on them because they wore glasses and carried Pokémon lunch boxes. The two little kids always ignored the comments and were thankful to have each other as friends.
One day, the two little kids were walking home when they ran into a big mean bully. The big mean bully grabbed both of them by their underpants and went over to the side of the road. The two little kids kicked and squirmed but could not get out of the strong grasp of the bully. The bully then hung the kids by their underpants up on the nearby fence post and left them hanging there as he ran off in laughter.
A horse in the field on the other side of the fence saw what happened and galloped over to help the kids. He grabbed each one by the strap of their suspenders and lifted them off the fence post onto the ground. The horse said, “Let me follow you home tomorrow and I will protect you from the bully.” The kids began to run the rest of the way home after thanking the horse, so the bully would not come back and get them. On the way they passed a barn cat that asked them, “Why are you two kids running so fast?” The kids told the cat about the bully and the cat wanted to help protect the kids the next day just like the horse did. Before the kids could make it home, they ran into a rooster and porcupine. Both the rooster and the porcupine asked the kids why they were in such a hurry to get home. After the two little kids told them about the bully they also wanted to protect them the next day.
The next day finally arrived and the two little kids went to school. They did not see the bully all day and when the bell rang they began to head home. They ran straight to the horse in the field that was waiting on them. As the kids were approaching the horse they heard the bully yelling at them from a nearby distance. The horse neighed at them to jump on his back. The bully was getting closer but the horse managed to gallop off towards the kids’ house faster than the bully could run. The kids hopped off the horses back and began to run the two blocks that was left to their houses.
The bully had taken a different route and cornered them one block away from their houses. The barn cat was hiding a top his barn and jumped on the bully’s back. The cat began screeching and clawing at the bully, distracting him as the kids kept running home. The bully was taken by surprise from the cats attack and exhausted began to walk one more block to the kids house. “These two little nerds will not get away with this!” yelled the bully. In the mean time the two little kids had arrived to their house and had the rooster and porcupine to stand watch. When the bully showed up the rooster began chasing the bully. “No rooster will stop me from beating these nerds!” screamed the bully. The bully ran around in circles trying to escape the rooster. He began to get dizzy and stumbled landing on something very pokey. “Owww Oww Oww Oww!” cried the bully. He jumped up and saw a porcupine where he had fallen and reached down to his leg where there were many porcupine needles stuck!
The bully ran off back to his house crying and hopping on one leg. The two little kids watched from the window as the rooster and the porcupine had scared off the big mean bully. After that day the two little kids never had a problem with being bullied by anyone ever again. The animals always watched the kids walk home in case they needed to protect them again.
Authors Note: This story is from The Two Kittens story from the Tibetan Folk Tales unit. I went along with most of the story except I used all animals that were saving humans. In the original story there were animals and objects that had a plan to protect the kittens from a mean Handre.
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I actually really like that story a lot, but I don't think I can like it as much as that awesome picture. I have heard that story before and I think I liked your version better. The animals really stepped in and saved the day! I hope that I will be able to read more of your stories later on.
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute story, Cobi! Although I have not read the original, I am definitely considering reading the Tibetan Folktales unit now! I liked how you used a variety of animals in your story, especially since they weren’t all the typical animals that you find in folktales. Also, I thought the picture you included was great and went nicely with the story! Great job!
ReplyDeleteI like this story a lot. I haven't picked my reading for next week yet, and might try to do this unit because this story seemed interesting. I really want to read the original for this story, as well. I liked that you twisted it to help a couple of young boys from a bully. I also liked that they never had anyone bully them again because they have little "guardian angels" of sorts watching over them on their way home.
ReplyDeleteThis was such a fun story! You would think the bully would learn after the first couple of wild animals came to the defense of the nerds. I certainly wouldn't want to mess with anyone with an attack porcupine! I'm glad that everything worked out in the end. The picture you chose was absolutely perfect for the story as well.
ReplyDeleteI did not read the original story, but I liked the story and enjoyed the anti-bullying message that has become popular in recent years. I stepped on many toy planes and legos as a kid so I could not imagine stepping on a porcupine. The picture you chose for the end was perfect! It had humor and really fit the story. Good job!
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