| How Tigers Got Their Stripes
A long time ago, when the world was new, a tiger was so hungry that
he was angry.
So he jumped to the Arctic and stuffed the penguins into his mouth.
Then the leader of the penguins said, "If you eat me, you will
have black stripes." So the tiger did!
And that, boys and girls, is how the tiger got black stripes. By
Maya
How Snakes Got Their Rattle Tails
A long, long time ago when the world was new, there was a mean snake.
When his father heard how mean he was he threw the little snake's
tail into the fire. The tail got stickers in it.
And that, boys and girls, is how snake got his rattle tail. By Tom
Why Lizards Have Heads
A long time ago when the world was new, lizards didn't have heads.
They bumped into stuff and each other.
The leader said, "We need heads. Let's go find some."
They asked coyote, "Do you have any heads for us?" Coyote
said, "No." They went to snake. They asked snake, "Do
you have any heads we can have?" Snake said, "No,"
but the lizards new that snake was lying.
They came back that night and got their heads! They didn't bump
into things anymore.
And that, boys and girls, is how lizards got their heads.
By Shayman
Why Dinosaurs Are Extinct
A long time ago when the world was new, dinosaurs roamed the world,
but when it got so hot in the desert, the dinosaurs got tired of
eating saquaros.
So they built a space ship and flew to the sky.
Sometimes you can see the dinosaurs in the sky.
And that, boys and girls, is how dinosaurs became extinct. By Rio |
