Charlie The Snake

• Landon Glover, Grade 1
• Short Story
• 2018

One day a green and white spotted snake named Charlie was playing with his snake friends and he tried to do a figure of eight in the air but fell down into a deep river.
He yelled “help!" to a lion but the lion didn’t want to help him.
So, he yelled, “help!” to a jaguar but he was too busy to help.
Then he yelled “help!” to a rabbit but he was too afraid.
He yelled, “Help!” to a cheetah but he ran away.
Finally, he yelled, “help!’” to a hippo and the hippo said yes to Charlie and he took Charlie out of the river. Then he took Charlie to a medical clinic to get fixed up. After Charlie got fixed up, Hippo said, “Don’t do a figure of eight without having your parents supervise you,” and Charlie listened to the hippo and did what he was told. Then after that, Charlie started playing with friends and they were so interested in what had happened to him. He told his friends all about what had happened to him and about his new friend Hippo. Then they kept on playing catch the snake except for Charlie because he was so tired from telling the story about what had happened to him!