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Hare and his Bravery
Once there was a Hare named Harry, and Harry was as brave and worthy to all of nature and what nature has to offer.
When Harry walked the ground of the forest, he said "Hi" to everything around him.
He loved all animals big and small. He loved the other hares in the forest, the small bugs, and the larger creatures like the Deer.
But, one day a new Hare approached Harry. And suddenly there was fear in his eyes. Harry was terrified. He had never seen this kind of Hare before. In fact, he was so frightened that he ran off and left the forest.
Author's Note:
Aesops Fables: Hares
I chose to retell the story of The Hares and the Frogs, in this short fable, the hares are frightened of everything. In fact, anytime they saw a creature that was different from them, they quickly ran away, but once they met the frogs, the frogs were in fact scared of them. I decided to change this fable by making the Hares more brave, and in particular one special Hare named Harry. But, I did change the ending of the story in making Harry afraid of another Hare. I did this because although in the original story the hares stayed together, I made Harry afraid of his own kind.
Hare's Race
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| Tortoise and Hare race: Milewalk |
2 friends, the Tortoise and Hare decided to run a race. While everyone and all their friends knew that the Hare was a much better runner and of course much quicker than the Tortoise, the Tortoise still decided to participate.
Everyone was voting against the Tortoise to win, even the Tortoise himself. But, he was not going to give up without trying.
Since the Hare knew he was much faster, he kept his pride to himself. In fact, he encouraged his Tortoise friend to do his best.
When race day came, Tortoise and Hare lined up on the start line, heard the whistle go off, and away the two went.
The Tortoise had a very slow start, but he was determined to try. While the Hare took a jump start and raced off in front of the Tortoise.
As the race continued, the Hare realized something. Him and Tortoise had been friends forever, he couldn't let his friend be humiliated. So, he turned around, even though he was way ahead of the Tortoise, and he began to run with the Tortoise.
In fact, he even got behind the Tortoise and began to run with him. Together they ran.
But, as they approached the finish line, the Tortoise was in front because the Hare was behind him, helping him run a little quicker.
In the end, the Tortoise crossed the finish line first. With the help of his friend and Hare being selfless and letting his friend win, the Tortoise received all the cheers and praise for beating his fast friend.
Author's note:
Aesops Fables: Hares
Jacobs 68. The Hare and the Tortoise (Perry 226)
We have all heard the classic story of the Tortoise and the Hare, and that with the boastful attitude, the Hare lost to the Tortoise because he fell asleep. I decided to change the story by making the two characters good friends and deciding to race against each other. However, I made the Hare more humble. Although he knew he was going to win, he put aside his selfish motives and helped his friend the Tortoise to win the race. Together they ran, but Tortoise was faster and received all the praise and glory by the works of the generous and kind Hare.
Julianna,
ReplyDeleteGood job with both of these stories! Although the first story comes from a very short fable I found myself wanting to know more! I did find it interesting that you had the hare be afraid of his own, as opposed to say a wolf that could easily eat him. I thought it was cute though how you had the hare be friendly to everyone because that's how I could picture a cute little rabbit in the woods myself.
I loved your retelling of the rabbit in the hare! I had a "wow" moment when the hare went back to help his friend which is very unlike the original story! I think it would have been nice to have them finish together but I really like your take on letting the tortoise finish first! Great job!
Hi Julianna,
ReplyDeleteI think you did a really good job with these short fables. I actually read both of these during our assignment, but I was not clever enough to come up with a way to change them since they were so short to begin with! But you did a really good job being creative and coming up with a way to make the story your own. I like how you changed the ending of the first story, by making the hare afraid of his own kind. Overall, you did a really good job adjusting these short stories!