The Animals In The Forest
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Carla Di Battista, Grade 1, Marlborough Primary School
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Short Story
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2015
Excellence Award in the 'Read Write Repeat 2015' competition
Once upon a time there was a hippo, a tiger, a giraffe and a monkey in a big green forest. Oh what fun they had. The monkey always swinged in the trees and played tricks on the other animals. The hippo was swimming in the river and the giraffe was eating the leaves from the trees. The tiger was sleeping in the shadow of a tree. But one day a man came with a chainsaw and he cut down all the trees. And after that, the life was very hard for the animals. They had no water and trees, to give fun, food and shade. But one day a boy came with a bucket of seeds and he planted them with a smile on his face. The trees and water came back for the animals and they lived happily ever after.