A rabbit met a heavy turtle. ''Turtle, you cannot jump as high as me!'' Rabbit laughed.

''Yeah right. With a bit of courage I could beat you big time! I'll challenge you to a jumping contest next to that tree.''

Rabbit laughed again. He hopped over to that tree.

Ready, steady, GO!'' Yelled Rabbit.

Rabbit jumped 2 yards in the air. ''Bet you can't beat me.'' ''Yes I can!'' said Turtle.

When Rabbit turned away for a few seconds, Turtle saw a branch near the ground that was connected to the tree. Turtle climbed up on it then jumped with all his might.

Rabbit turned around to see Turtle jump higher than him. Turtle landed on the ground. ''I told you I could beat you. Just because you think you are better doesn't mean you are better.''

Turtle happily walked away.

There were two kids, a boy and a girl. They thought they were perfect except against rich and famous people.

When a person was in trouble, they laughed at him.

They didn't even play ball because they didn't want to get dirty.

Even on pajama day they wore normal clothes.

One day a famous and rich person came to their school. He told everyone that no one is perfect. At the same time the boy and girl made a mistake.

There was going to be a race. It was planned for the next month. Two people decided to work and train together.

They both practiced and raced each other. They worked and trained everyday. And they pushed each other hard to make sure they were each in their best form.

When the race came the first guy won first place and the second guy won second place.

They got money and a lot of satisfaction in having trained together and won together.

My fable is:

One day the Sun did not shine and Rain did not fall from the clouds. Tree, who was a close friend to both Sun and Rain wondered what had happened.

Just as Tree was about to ask Sun why he wasn't high in the sky, Wind appeared.

Tree was thankful for a breeze that Wind gave but also knew it was to gentle a breeze for wind. "Wind, what is the matter with Sun?" Tree asked with worry in her voice.

Wind sighed, "I had hoped you already knew about the conflict between Sun and Rain". Tree waited for Wind to finish the tale. "Rain asked if she could start the tears of all clouds but Sun did not agree with her and said that he wanted to shine a few days more". Wind said in a lazy voice, "Of course Rain did not agree with the thought, so now neither are doing their jobs".

Tree was shocked at such news.

Sun and Rain did not fight. Tree needed the water Rain provided and Tree needed the light Sun provided, as well.

It was many days before Tree finally talked with Sun. "Sun, my dear friend, why don't you apologize to Rain", Tree suggested to Sun.

"I do not want to speak with Rain", Sun said softly to Tree. "Perhaps you did not notice that I need both water and light in order to live", Tree said to Sun.

Sun agreed to speak to Rain that night.

The following morning Tree was awakened to rainfall. "Oh, thank you, Rain. I do not know what I'd do without you", exclaimed Tree.

"Well, that is not true Tree. You do know what would happen to you without me", Rain laughed.

Tree knew that his friends learned a lesson.

One ordinary day in New York City an eagle was just sitting on one of the twin towers. All of a sudden there was a loud explosion that startled the eagle.

The eagle tried to fly away but hurt its foot so it couldn't move.

The eagle was hoping and praying someone would come and save him.

Then, all of a sudden, Spot the rescue K9 dog came to save the eagle's life.

Spot helped him to safety. That was another job well done for Spot the rescue K9 dog.

* * *  Dedicated to 9-11-2001 Rescuers  * * *

One day a cat was looking for food. He heard a mouse in the house, but did not know where it was.

The next day he found the mouse and tried to catch him. Later the cat came into contact with the mouse and they started talking one Saturday morning.

The mouse asked the cat questions about himself.

The cat asked the mouse where he had been hiding. The mouse said, "Upstairs in a hole".

After getting to know one another, the cat and mouse became friends and looked for food together.

There once was a bear that went out of his den to catch some fish from the nearby river.

When he got there the first fish he laid eyes on was a big fish. The bear tried to grab him but he got away.

The next fish that came by said, "Please don't eat me. I'll return with more fish you can catch".

The Bear decided to let the fish go.

Later, the fish returned to the where the bear was. He saw that the bear was looking in the water for more fish.

Then the fish said, "I can't find any fish for you to eat." He decided to let the bear eat him instead because he promised fish for the bear.

But the bear said, "I can't eat you, because you tried so hard to get me food".

At school in the jungle, a tiger was being bullied. A bobcat got in the middle of it because they were bulling the tiger for being different than them.

The tiger went to hit one of the other animals because he pushed the bobcat out of their way.

Just then a teacher came out of the classroom to see what all the fuss was about.

The tiger and the bobcat told the teacher about everything that happened. The teacher asked the other animals to explain why they were bullying tiger because he was different than they are.

After the tiger and the bobcat got to know each other they became best friends.