STORY 5 REWRITTEN

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date

April 2003

written by

Sonu Mondot, Bijal Paleja

grade

 

teacher

Aswathi G

from

Bai Kabibai English School

city/country

Mumbai, INDIA

e-mail

chatnarayani@yahoo.co.in

Free Bird

Once Ramlal  brought  one dog  and one parrot to his house. After some months the dog and the parrot  became best friends. The parrot was always kept in a cage. Ramlal  fed  the  parrot with food and water in the  cage.

The  dog on the other hand  was  kept free because he guarded the house .

The dog saw that the parrot could not enjoy  his life freely. The dog thought “ My poor friend cannot enjoy his life freely”.

Once when Ramlal  went to the market he forgot to hang the cage up . The dog thought that this is a good  time to free the parrot .The dog ran and opened the cage. The parrot thanked him for giving him freedom and flew away happily.

date

April 2003

written by

Daan, Jeroen

grade

4

teacher

Ard Hesselink

from

van Reenenschool

city/country

Bergen, the Netherlands

e-mail

ardhesselink@kennisnet.nl

The dog and the parrot

Chello the dog is in the livingroom. He looks at Croks the parrot in its cage. He takes pity on Croks. That’s why he opens the gate of the cage. The parrot comes out and flies out of the window. Chello thinks: “Oh, now I’ll be punsished by my master! I better get out quick!” He runs outside and looks around to see if he can find Croks the parrot. He runs through the street and finally he finds Croks.

Daan, Jeroen (4)

date

April 2003

written by

Cailyn

grade

3

teacher

Jennifer Montgomery

from

Coventry Village School

city/country

Coventry, Vermont, USA

e-mail

jenmontgomery62@hotmail.com

Cuckoo went Cuckoo

One time there was a parrot named Cuckoo and a dog named Raymond. They had gotten along but not all the time and this was one of the times when they were not getting along. The dog just got wild for no reason. It accidentally pushed the cage and at the same time he pushed the lock down. That let the door open. Cuckoo flew away with out Raymond knowing. Raymond looked under the couch. It was the first thing he thought of. He had an idea. It may have flown out the window. He looked outside but no Cuckoo.  Raymond thought he would get punished for good. But the owner wouldn’t find out. He had two hours to find Cuckoo and until the owner gets home. The dog started to run away down the street. He barked and barked his name. “Cuckoo. Woof. Woof. Cuckoo! Woof! Woof!” He still couldn’t find him though. He barked and barked and he thought he heard something it was Cuckoo, Cuckoo went cuckoo.  He was in a tree and he didn’t even like trees. So Cuckoo and Raymond went home. And Cuckoo promised he wouldn’t ever fly out again.

Cailyn (3)

date

April 2003

written by

Muhammed, Husseyin, Hicham, Arif & Ridvan

grade

5

teacher

Marianne Bossema, Betty van Dam

from

Slotermeerschool

city/country

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

e-mail

m.bossema@chello.nl

Kurt the dog is sleeping very nicely in his kennel. He hears a sound and wakes up. He’s lucky because the door of his kennel is already open. Inside the house, he looks at the cage and sees a parrot. The parrot asks him to open the cage. Kurt opens the cage with his leg and the parrot flies out of the window. He runs outside, barking. He barks and looks around. He keeps on barking and runs to the tree. He looks for the bird in the tree. Then Kurt sees the bird and barks: ‘Waf, waf, I have you there!’