1. Story from me : Bell The Cat
Bell The cat
There
was a grocery shop in a town. Plenty of mice lived in that grocery
shop. Food was in plenty for them. They ate everything and spoiled all
the bags. They also wasted the bread, biscuits and fruits of the shop.
The grocer got really worried. So, he thought "I should buy a cat and
let it stay at the grocery. Only then I can save my things."
He bought a nice, big fat cat and let him stay there. The cat had a nice
time hunting the mice and killing them. The mice could not move freely
now. They were afraid that anytime the cat would eat them up.
The mice wanted to do something. They held a meeting and all of them
tweeted "We must get rid of the cat. Can someone give a suggestion"?
All the mice sat and brooded. A smart looking mouse stood up and said,
"The cat moves softly. That is the problem. If we can tie a bell around
her neck, then things will be fine. We can know the movements of the
cat".
“Yes, that is answer," stated all the mice. An old mouse slowly stood up
and asked, "Who would tie the bell?" After some moments there was no
one there to answer this question.
Moral Value: Empty solutions are no worth
from : http://www.english-for-students.com/Bell-The-Cat.html
2. Story from Ghefira
By Traditional
Once
upon a time, in the distant past, there was a great war between the
animals who live in the sky and those that live on the ground. Nobody
now remembers how the war started or what it was about, but it was a
terrible time. Many animals on both sides were wounded or killed, and
eventually somebody said that if they carried on like this, there would
be no animals left on the earth. So some of the sky animals and some of
the ground animals had a meeting, and as nobody could recall what they
were fighting each other for, it was agreed that a truce should be
called, and peace declared.
For
the sky dwellers, the heron was appointed to make the announcements,
and for the ground animals, the hare would do this job, as he was able
to get around the area very quickly. This was done the next morning, but
as all animals settled down, realising they could now live in peace and
rebuild their lives, some body found the body of Mr Bat. He was the
last victim of the war, and must have been killed late the previous day.
All the flying animals were very upset, and the decided to organise a
big burial for their friend. But as they were preparing his body for the
funeral, one of the birds noticed that Mr Bat had teeth in his mouth.
How
was that possible? Flying animals don’t have teeth. They called a
meeting, and they agreed that Bat can’t be one of them, as no other bird
has teeth in his mouth. So they took bat’s body to the ground animals,
and told them that as Mr Bat was not a bird, it was their responsibility
to give him a decent burial.
The
ground animals agreed to accept the body, but then, as they were
preparing for the burial, one of them shouted: “Wait a minute, this bat
may have teeth, but he definitely also has wings! How can he be one of
us if he has wings?”
So
now the ground animals had a meeting to consider the problem, and they
decided that no ground animal can have wings, so therefore, Mr Bat can’t
be regarded as one of them. So they too, refused to bury Mr Bat.
Poor
Mr Bat, the flying animals refused to accept him because he has teeth,
and the ground animals refused to accept him because he has wings. And
that is why the bat is still flying around every night.
Found among the papers of John Fumey, my deceased father in law, in Madina, Accra
Moral Value : We must spread peace and accept everyone just the way they are
from : http://fairytalesoftheworld.com/quick-reads/why-the-bat-flies-at-night/
3. Story from Rindu
Elephant and Friends
One day an elephant wandered into a
forest in search of friends. He saw a monkey on a tree. “Will you be my
friend?” asked the elephant. Replied the monkey, “You are too big. You
can not swing from trees like me.” Next, the elephant met a rabbit. He
asked him to be his friends. But the rabbit said, “You are too big to
play in my burrow!” Then the elephant met a frog.
“Will you be my friend? He asked.
“How can I?” asked the frog.
“You are too big to leap about like me.”
The elephant was upset. He met a fox next.
“Will you be my friend?” he asked the fox.
The fox said, “Sorry, sir, you are too big.”
The next day, the elephant saw all the animals in the forest running
for their lives. The elephant asked them what the matter was. The bear
replied, “There is a tiger in the forest. He’s trying to gobble us all
up!” The animals all ran away to hide. The elephant wondered what he
could do to solve everyone in the forest. Meanwhile, the tiger kept
eating up whoever he could find. The elephant walked up to the tiger and
said, “Please, Mr. Tiger, do not eat up these poor animals.”
“Mind your own business!” growled the tiger.
The elephant has a no choice but to give the tiger a hefty kick. The
frightened tiger ran for his life. The elephant ambled back into the
forest to announce the good news to everyone. All the animals thanked
the elephant. They said, “You are just the right size to be our friend.”
Moral Value : We should be brave to say our thought.
From : http://www.sekolahbahasainggris.com/10-contoh-cerita-binatang-dalam-bahasa-inggris-dan-artinya-terbaru/
4. Story from Fadly
Pinocchio
Once upon a time, Gepetto, an old woodsman, living in the great
Italian pine forest, was lonely. He always dreamed about having a son.
Each
day, he went cutting woods for the town’s people. One day, an idea
illuminated his mind, the idea of crafting a puppet, which he will call
it Pinocchio. He crafted that puppet and during the night, the puppet
becomes alive!
One year of happiness and thriller passed, on a Sunday morning, Gepetto told Pinocchio:
‘’It’s my birthday soon, my little son! I hope you didn’t forget it!’’
‘’Euh, sure, I didn’t!’’
Pinocchio
felt awkward. He didn’t thought about that. Gepetto’s birthday was
coming in only three days, and he hadn’t even a present.
After a long night of reflecting, Pinocchio finally decided to offer a homemade chocolate cake to him as a present.
When
the sun rose, Pinocchio was already ready to go outside find the
ingredients. The main problem was he didn’t even known the in and the
recipe.
So after school, he decided to go ask someone for the
ingredients to bake a cake. During his walk, Pinocchio, the wooden
puppet, met the town’s sorcerer.
‘’Hey, little boy, do you need some help for your chocolate cake?’’
‘’Hum…You can help me?’’, asked Pinocchio.
‘’Sure, I can. Follow me!’’
After
walking few minutes so, Pinocchio saw a big, big, big candy house. They
entered together and Pinocchio got caught by a big cage.
‘’Mouahahaha!!! I finally caught you! You’ll be mine, you’re gonna work for me!’’, said the evil sorcerer.
Pinocchio
was so scared. When the guards came and took him out of the cage, he
immediately ran away very fast and he succeeded to escape.
At the
same time, the evil sorcerer, calling all his troops with him, ran after
him and he took out his magic wand. The evil devil changed the little
wooden puppet into a chocolate cake!
When he came back home, he told the entire story to his father and they went to find the god fairy.
After a long trip, they finally find the god fairy and they got the magical potion for Pinocchio.
Moral Value : We must not lie.
From : http://www.belajaringgris.net/teks-cerita-pinokio-dalam-bahasa-inggris-1221.html
