hello all, I know this is no great work of writing, I did this all very quickly, because I have still lots of hw to do, however this is almost entirely the work of my brother dan, with slight editing out of IM format and into a format that can be easily (by myself) translated into italian... as the assignment he was helping me with was a composition of a fable that I'll be rewriting in italian for class. Ever the political commentator, my brother's blood chills blue. Hehe just so you know, here is the cast of characters as appropriated by my brother dan:

CHARACTER WILL BE PLAYED BY

1- Story Narrarator/Toucan :: GENEVIEVE P
(apparently a beautiful bird
with loads of "birds eye view"
insight to shed on the situation)

2- Chilled out Lemur :: DAN P
(hangs around literally all day)

3- Raccoon :: SEAN F
(Rebel with black eyes, a sly
guy with james dean written
all over him)

4- Squirrel :: CHRISTINA P
(She's a cutie, you can't deny)

5- Fox :: JAMES W
(He's keepin his eyes on peoples)

6- Billy Goat :: JOE K
(He's wise and calculated, he
lives on a mountain, one wrong step
.... plus very aggressive with the
horns.)

7- RHINO :: GEORGIE W. B n CREW
(Militaristic, Opportunistic,
Greedy and stuck in a rut)

enjoy:


Una favola

Once upon a time in Madagascar there was a beautiful oasis beside a mountain which separates the harsh desert of Madagascar, from the thick forest. In this oasis there was a group of animals who lived in harmony until one day a ruffian rhino, with thick and rough skin came along, and started to force the other animals to do his bidding. The rhino had come to the watering hole because he had heard talk of this wonderful oasis, where the water runs wild and the fruits taste sweet. It was easy for him to take control, because it was not well defended.

The rhino came into the watering hole to get water, and started to boss around the lemur and the fox and the squirrel. When the fox tried to stop the rhino, the rhinos horn was too strong. So the squirrel and the lemur went and told the billy-goat about this ruffian rhino who had made so much trouble. He forced the lemur to gather food from the tops of the trees, forced the fox to gather grass from the other side of the thick forest, where the rhino couldn’t fit, and had his allies the squirrel and the raccoon steal things from the local villagers. At first the raccoon was happy working with the rhino, but after a while he realized that the rhino didn’t think of them as allies, but slaves. The raccoon didn’t like getting bullied around, and soon thought of the oasis as an oppressive place.

Daily each animal complained to the wise and strong Billy-Goat for help. The Billy Goat thought for a long time about the animals’ problem. Then one day he announced his plan. He told the fox to tell the rhino of glorious treasures hidden deep in the thick forest, that the fox was too weak to retrieve. The squirrel and the raccoon also bragged to the rhino about the many treasures in the deep forest. So the rhino, selfishly decided to leave the water hole in the middle of the night and steal all of the treasures for himself. When he went into the forest, he got stuck in the dense bushes and couldn’t get out. He went in too deep, without any friends around to help, because he misused him and didn’t want to share. From that day on the animals were happy.

Moral: Those who are willing to abandon their friends and allies, might just find themselves stuck with Bushs.