One beautiful spring day, Momma Ella Phant and Baby Ella Phant were on their way to Baby Ella’s first trip to the pond.

As they arrived the only animals there were the hippopotamuses and the ducks.

Well, Mr. Piranha had been hungry all morning, but was waiting for a forest animal. He had not yet eaten breakfast.

After Mr. Piranha spotted Baby Ella, he licked his lips and then swam over to where she was drinking. Once he was close enough he opened his mouth so wide that you could see his sharp teeth. SNAP, went Mr. Piranha’s jaws. "OUCH!” Baby Ella yelped. "What’s wrong?”, Momma Ella questioned as she rushed over to Baby Ella’s side. "I think something bit me", whined Baby Ella.

"Poor baby. Go stand over where I was standing and I’ll stand here to see if it comes back again", advised Momma Ella.

Since Mr. Piranha was still hungry, he swam over again but Momma Ella had already seen him coming near. When he was close enough she stomped her foot down as hard she could. BOOM! “YYYOOOWWW!”, Mr. Piranha yelled. “I think that stomp made my snout a flat, useless pancake", he said.

"Did you or did you not bite my baby?", inquired Momma Ella. “I did”, confessed Mr. Piranha.

"And why did you do that?", Momma Ella asked. "Because I was hungry", replied Mr. Piranha.

"Well, are you sorry?", questioned Momma Ella. "Yes", answered Mr. Piranha.

"You better be", added Momma Ella. "Pumpkin, he said that he’s sorry. OK?". "Okay Momma", she responded sweetly.

From that day forward, Mr. Piranha was as flat as a pancake and all his friends and family laughed at him.

There once was a playful squirrel who lived in a forest.

It was a beautiful spring Monday morning. He was about to go play with his best friend Chipmunk, but Squirrel’s mom, whose name was Mother Squirrel, commanded, "Squirrel you better clean your room soon".

"I will, mom, but right now I’m going to play with Chipmunk", replied Squirrel. "Okay, but it better be clean by Wednesday morning", she sighed.

Squirrel raced to Chipmunk’s tree to play. Squirrel and Chipmunk were playing an exciting game of tag when Chipmunk asked, "Hey Squirrel………" "What’s up Chipmunk?", inquired Squirrel. "Do you want to come to my party?", squealed Chipmunk. "Sure, when is it?", Squirrel inquired. "It’s Wednesday morning!", Chipmunk said gleefully. "Okay, I’ll be there!", trumpeted Squirrel already racing to tag Chipmunk.

They had so much fun that they played the remainder of the day and they played all day Tuesday. On Wednesday, the day of Chipmunk’s party, Squirrel found an enormous acorn as a gift for Chipmunk. Before he set off to Chipmunk’s party, he made sure his tail was extra bushy so he could impress all of the lady squirrels.

He was about to walk out of the door when his Mom questioned, "Where are you going with that enormous nut and that bushy tail?" "I’m going to Chipmunk’s party!", he said gaily. "I don’t think so", she interjected. "Why not, mommy?", ask Squirrel gloomily. "Well, let’s see, have you cleaned your room?", pried Mother Squirrel.

So all day Squirrel cleaned his room and had no fun at all.

Once there was an old wise Puffin and a WACKY Penguin.

The Penguin didn't know how to fish, so he asked the Puffin for six fat fishes. Puffin did what he asked. Then the old wise Puffin came back with six juicy, fat fish in a pile.

The Penguin ate all the fish and he got a stomach ache. It hurt so bad! He started to cry. He tried to go swimming but he sank in the water. His friends helped him out of the water and laid him on the ice all afternoon.

Then the Puffin came back and said, "Too much of anything can make you sick!".

One day Lion asked if Bear had his remote control. Bear said, "no" and said it in an unusual voice.

Then the next day Lion looked everywhere but he couldn't find it.

He looked in Bear's room. He still couldn't find it. He could never play his video games again.

Then one day Lion was doing the laundry. He checked all Bear's pockets and found the remote control. Bear got in big trouble.

Once upon a time, Swan was bragging to Toad and saying mean things like, "I'm prettier than you. I could be a model if I wanted to. You are just an ugly, bumpy, worthless toad".

Toad thought and thought. He wanted to show Swan he was not worthless.

Toad had an idea. He wondered who could breathe under water the longest. Toad was very good at that. But there was a problem.... Toad was so shy he didn't think he could do it. Then Toad said, "I will show you I'm not worthless!".

Then Toad went to the pond and told Swan everything. All the critters came to see Swan and Toad breathe under water. They started.

Swan couldn't do it so Toad won the competition.

Once upon a time there was a cheetah, The water hole the cheetah always used was out of water. So he went to a water hole he never went to before.

When he was drinking he felt bubbles so he looked into the water. He saw a turtle. The turtle waved and came out of the water. He noticed the cheetah was glaring at him. The turtle's smile faded.

The turtle questioned, "Why are you mad?". The cheetah said, "You make all cheetahs ashamed because you are so slow and we are faster than any other animal in the world".

Then, with that, the turtle sank into the water and went to the animal goddess. The goddess told him that all animals have something special and the cheetah's special ability is speed. His ability is a shell to protect him from harm.

Once there was a boy named Gorge. Gorge's teacher, Ms. Brain, was very kind.

The morning schedule was the same: math, reading, and writing. Gorge's favorite subject was writing.

One day Ms. Brain said, "Class, a famous writer wants to see an example of writing by someone in our class. Try your best".

The only one who finished was Gorge. Everyone else kept writing "writer" on their paper. The next day Gorge's Fable was published.