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Extra Credit Reading Notes, The Lion and The Boar

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    Bibliography: W. Robinson , The Lion and The Boar -This lion lived in the mountains and used to drink water out of this lake. One day, he saw a boar feeding over on the opposite side. He had just eaten a leg of an elephant and wasn't hungry. But he thought to himself that the boar would be a nice meal one day.  -He crawled quietly away through the bushes, hoping he wouldn't see him.  -The boar had sharp ever and did see him. The boar thought the lion was afraid.  If he wants to go, he must fight me first!” He puffed his chest out very big, and rubbed his tusks against a tree, then he called out:  Stay, stay, runaway!  Let us have a fight to-day!  You have four feet, so have I!  If you fail, you can but try! -The lion was so shook, he couldn't believe the boar wanted to fight. The lion talked so much trash to the boar and he was so scared. His friends barely knew him when he got home. All bristles on his back standing up, greedy eyes were ...

Reading Notes, Why The Owl Is Not The King Of The Birds

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  Bibliography:  Ellen C. Babbitt ,  Why The Owl Is Not The King Of The Birds -The people who lived together when the world was young took a certain man for their king. The four footed animals also took one of their number for their king. -Fish in the ocean chose a king to rule. The birds never had a king so they all decided to try to make the Owl the birds king. -The crane didn't want the owl to be king.  See how sour he looks right now. If that's the cross look he wears when he is happy, how will he look when he is angry? I, for one, want no such sour-looking king!" -The crow flew up crying, the owl followed him. From then, they were enemies. The birds then decided to make a turtle dove their king. Turtle dove, king of birds

Reading Notes, The Banyan Deer

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   Bibliography:  Ellen C. Babbitt , The Banyan Deer -There was a deer the color gold. His eyes were round jewels, horns white as silver, mouth red like a flower, and his hoofs bright and hard. Had a large body and a fine tail.  -He lived in a forest and was king of a herd of five hundred deer called Banyans. Near by, there was another herd called the monkey deer, who had a king as well.  -The king was fond of hunting the deer and eating deer meat. He never wanted to go alone so he would invite people of the town to go with him.  -No one did their work, so they decided to make a park and drive the deer into it. Then the king could go into the park and hunt and they could go on with their daily work. -The made a park with grass and provided water for the Deer. Built a fence for them as well.  - The king went at once to look at the Deer. First he saw there the two Deer kings, and granted them their lives. -Some days the king would go to hunt the Deer, so...