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The Ox Who Envied The Pig  by Ellen C. Babbitt Big Red and Little Red are brothers who cart all over the large farm They are only fed straw and grass to eat They envy the pig who does nothing but eat choice food The two Ox are furious about the situation because they put it in all the hard work Then, Big Red told Little Red to not be envious, because the pig was soon to be dead Fattened only to be killed and eaten The Pig ate the food of death and Little Red now realized what was to come if they ate well Big Red and Little Red

Bibliography:  The Elephant Girly-Face  by Ellen C. Babbitt There was an elephant named "Girly-face" There were robbers who were scheming to rob a house The robbers said a man should not be afraid to kill The next morning, Girly-face used what he had heard and killed his keeper Then another keeper ran to see what had happen and was killed as well The king sent someone to check up on all the noise happening Then they all figured out that the bad talk was what had been getting to Girly-face So then they schemed to talk good only around Girly-face's stall and get him back From then on, Girly-face never killed anyone and became the good elephant he once was Girly-Face

How the turtle saved his own life by Ellen C. Babbitt The King had a lake where the little princes could play The princes would catch fish and lurk around the river to play They came across a turtle one day and were terrified because they've never seen one before The turtle was seen as a demon because of their lack of knowledge The princes rushed to the king to tell him of the frightening "demon" The king ordered soldiers to go and catch this demon at once Once the turtle was captured, they began planning on how they should kill it After many suggestions, the turtle heard one of them say to throw him in the lake Excited as he was, he popped his head out crying of such "cruel" action Once the king saw the action of the turtle, he ordered the soldiers to throw him in the lake From this, the turtle was saved The Turtle

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The Three Fishes  by Ellen C. Babbitt This story revolves around three fishes, very-thoughtful, thoughtful and thoughtless The three were from the wild area and decided one day that they would swim out near a town Very-thoughtful had an eerie feeling, so he said that it was dangerous and to leave at once Being the lazy ones, the other two refused and said that it would be fine One day, the two swam ahead of Very-thoughtful and got caught by a fisherman's net Once Very-thoughtful saw this, he made a plan to make it seem as if they gotten away He splashed water from one side to the other, to make it seem as if they had gotten out Once the fisherman were fooled by this act, the three quickly ran away The Three Fish

In the busy streets of Hanoi, there was a man whose name was George. He was quite the man and was loved by many people. His humble acts and kindness rubbed off to the city he was at. George was often helping people who were incapable of doing specific activities and he would go out of his way to make sure everything was done. It was one summer day when he was involved in an accident and injured his arm. His broken arm kept him from doing his daily activities and the people whom he helped were also affected. George was not very wealthy, so he could not pay off his hospital bills. So he lay vulnerable, not able to do anything but sit at home. The people of Hanoi heard of George's situation and were devastated. The immediate reaction was to help George so that he could get back on his feet and do what he loves to do. Everyone was all-in to help him and his circumstance because of everything he's done for the city of Hanoi. George Only one day later, the people helping Ge...