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How Rabbit Lost His Tail
by Ann Tompert
| We read Native American Legends that explained animal characteristics. As a class, we read in our Heath text book the story "Why Bears Have Short Tails." Then the students read other Native American Legends, including one from the Bunny Reader list- "How Rabbit Lost His Tail," by Ann Tompert. As a follow up, each student wrote an original Why/How story. The story had to explain an animal feature. It was typed by the student on the program "The Amazing Writing Machine." It had illustrations that followed the sequence of the story. We hope you enjoyed this story. If you are ever on Long Island, N.Y., check out a fold-up book of other students stories at the Norwood School Library. You can also read more of these stories at Gardner's Goodies. |
WHY BUNNIES ARE SOFT
Once upon a time a bunny was running in the field. Then he saw a lamb. He asked the lamb, "Am I soft?" The lamb felt him and answered, "I don't know." So they both walked on to see if someone knew if bunnies were soft. Then they ran into a bear. The bunny said, "Am I soft?" The bear felt the bunny and answered, "I don't know." So all three animals walked to see if someone knew if bunnies were soft. They ran into a lion. The bunny said, "Am I soft?" The lion answered, "I don't know." So all four animals walked and walked to see if someone knew if bunnies were soft. Then they ran into a monkey. The bunny said, "Am I soft?" The monkey answered, "I don't know." So all five animals walked and walked to see if bunnies were soft. Then they ran into a groundhog. The bunny said, "Am I soft?" The groundhog kept on feeling the rabbit. And then the groundhog jumped and said, "Oh, yes! You are really soft!" Because everyone was petting the bunny, his fur got so soft. From this day
on bunnies are soft. |
| New York State Standard 2 Language for Literary Response and Expression Performance Indicator: create their own stories, poems, and songs using the elements of the literature they have read and appropriate vocabulary |
