The Fox and The Crow
A crow,
perched in a tree with a piece of cheese in his beak, attracted the eye and
nose of a fox. "If you can sing as prettily as you sit," said the
fox, "then you are the prettiest singer within my scent and sight."
The fox had read somewhere, and somewhere, and somewhere else, that praising
the voice of a crow with a cheese in his beak would make him drop the cheese
and sing. But this is not what happened to this particular crow in this
particular case.
"They say you are sly and they say you are crazy," said the crow,
having carefully removed the cheese from his beak with the claws of one foot,
"but you must be nearsighted as well. Warblers wear gay hats and colored
jackets and bright vest, and they are a dollar a hundred. I wear black and I am
unique.
"I am sure you are," said the fox, who was neither crazy nor
nearsighted, but sly. "I recognize you, now that I look more closely, as
the most famed and talented of all birds, and I fain would hear you tell about
yourself, but I am hungry and must go."
"Tarry awhile," said the crow quickly, "and share my lunch with
me." Whereupon he tossed the cunning fox the lion's share of the cheese,
and began to tell about himself. "A ship that sails without a crow's nest
sails to doom," he said. "Bars may come and bars may go, but crow
bars last forever. I am the pioneer of flight, I am the map maker. Last, but
never least, my flight is known to scientists and engineers, geometricians, and
scholar, as the shortest distance between two points. Any two points," he
concluded arrogantly.
"Oh, every two points, I am sure," said the fox. "And thank you
for the lion's share of what I know you could not spare." And with this he
trotted away into the woods, his appetite appeased, leaving the hungry crow
perched forlornly in the tree.
The Lion and The Mouse
Once, as a
lion lay sleeping in his den, a naughty little mouse ran up his tail, and onto
his back and up his mane and danced and jumped on his head, so that the lion
woke up.
lion angry and mouseThe lion grabbed the mouse and, holding him in his large
claws, roared in anger. 'How dare you wake me up! Don't you know that I am King
of the Beasts? Anyone who disturbs my rest deserves to die! I shall kill you
and eat you!'
The terrified mouse, shaking and trembling, begged the lion to let him go.
'Please don't eat me Your Majesty! I did not mean to wake you, it was a
mistake. I was only playing. Please let me go - and I promise I will be your
friend forever. Who knows but one day I could save your life?'
The lion looked at the tiny mouse and laughed. 'You save my life? What an
absurd idea!' he said scornfully. 'But you have made me laugh, and put me into
a good mood again, so I shall let you go.' And the lion opened his claws and let
the mouse go free.
'Oh thank you, your majesty,' squeaked the mouse, and scurried away as fast as
he could.
A few days later the lion was caught in a hunter's snare. Struggle as he might,
he couldn't break free and became even more entangled in the net of ropes. He
let out a roar of anger that shook the forest. Every animal heard it, including
the tiny mouse.
Long time ago, in a faraway land. King Stevan and his queen wished for a
child. Finally a daughter was born and they named her Aurora. To honor the baby
princess the king help a great feast. He also invited his good friend king
Hubert to the feast. King Hubert had brought his young son Philip. The kings
agreed that someday Philip and Aurora would be married.
Among the guest were three good fairies, Flora, Fauna, and Marryweather.
They wished to bless the princess with a give. Waving her wand, Flora said, “
My gift shall be the gift of beauty.” “ And mine.” Said Fauna, “ Shall be the
gift of song.”, Marryweather turn was next. But before the Marryweather could
speak the castle door flew opened. It was the evil witch named Maleficent. She
was furious because she had not been to the feast. “ My gift for the child is,
before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday she shall prick her finger on the
spindle of a spinning wheel and die!” , Than she disappeared.
But Marryweather still had gift to give, so she said, “ She will not die
but she will fall into a deep sleep and when theirs true love’s kiss the spell
shall break and the princess opened her eyes!”
King Stevan feared the witch curse so the good fairies hatched a plan. They
would take Aurora to live with them, deep in the woods, saved from Maleficent.
The king and queen agreed with heavy heart.
To guard their secret, the fairies changed Aurora’s named to Briar Rose.
The years passed quietly, and Briar Rose grew into a beautiful young woman. At
last the princess reached her sixteenth birthday, in a mossy glen she danced
and sang with her friends, the birds and animals. She told them of her
beautiful dream about meeting a tall. Handsome boy and falling in love.
A handsome boy came. When he heard Briar Rose singing he jumped for his
horse and reached out to take her hand. Briar Rose was startled. “ I do not
mean to frighten you, but I feel like we have met before.” Said the youngman.
Briar Rose felt very happy. But she didn’t know that he was prince Phillip and
Prince Phillip didn’t know that she was Princess Aurora. Back at the cottage,
Briar Rose told the fairies that she had falling in love. “ impossible! “ cried
the fairies. Then, they told her that she was a royal princess. It was time to
return home. Actually the witch Maleficent knew that Aurora was return home.
Using her evil powers she lured Aurora to high tower in the tiny room spinning
well suddenly appeared. “ Touch the spindle, touch it.''said the witch. The
three good fairies rushed to the rescue, but they were too late. Aurora touched
the sharp spindle and felt into deep sleep.
Meanwhile, the witch captured Phillip and chain him deep on her dungeon.
But the good fairies had other plans for him. They melted the prince’s chain.
And they armed him with the shield of virtue and the sword of truth. Than they
sent him to the castle to awaken the princess.
When the witch saw Philip escaping she was changed into a Monstrous Dragon
to stop him. Prince Phillip threw his sword to sword the witch. Then Maleficent
was no more. Then Prince Phillip raced to the tower where his love lay
sleeping. Gently he kissed her and Aurora eyes slowly opened. The kings and
queens planed for the prince and princess wedding. And they lived happily.
Snow White
Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow
White. She lived with her Aunt and Uncle because her parents were dead.
One day she heard her Uncle and Aunt talking about
leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and
they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White.
Snow White did not want her Uncle and Aunt to do this
so she decided it would be best if she ran away. The next morning she ran away
from home when her Aunt and Uncle were having breakfast. She ran away into the
woods.
Then she saw this little cottage. She knocked but no
one answered so she went inside and fell asleep.
Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from
work. They went inside. There they found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White
woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said, “what is your name?” Snow White
said, “My name is Snow White.”
Doc, one of the dwarfs, said, “If you wish, you may
live here with us.” Snow White said, “Oh could I? Thank you.” Then Snow White
told the dwarfs the whole story and finally Snow White and the seven dwarfs
lived happily ever after.
