It
wasn’t until the Zebra came to live in Animaltropolis, that things started to
change. The Zebra was a beautiful animal
with a shiny coat of white fur. He was
proud of his shiny coat but he was boastful.
Other animals wondered how he got his coat so shiny, but the Zebra would
not share his secret.
The
next day, a little baby panda, woke up to find his bowl of cereal empty. He called out to his mother, “Oh my, oh my ….
Where did my cereal go to?” Mother
searched and searched but could not find even a small piece of his mini-wheat.
On the
third day, the animals were gathered together trying to solve the mystery of
the disappearing cereal. All of a
sudden, the Zebra strutted about and his shiny coat looked even shinier. The animals asked him if his cereal went
missing but he didn’t say a word. It was
a suspicious answer and the animals kept watching his actions for the following
days.
On the
night of that third day, Zebra was walking around the city with a bag in his
hand. The fox was closely watching all the animals in search of clues on who
could be stealing the cereal. The fox
saw the Zebra’s bag and wondered what could be in the bag. He used his nose to smell and he was sure
that it was the distinct smell of Lucky Charms.
The
following morning, a little baby lion,
woke up to find her bowl of cereal empty.
She called out to her mother, “Oh my, oh my …. Where did my cereal go
to?” Mother searched and searched but
could not find even a single Lucky Charm.
The
fox heard about the missing lucky charms, his suspicions were pointing toward
the zebra. He called out “The zebra did
it, the zebra did it … oh my gosh, the zebra did it!”
The
other animals charged out of their homes and joined the angry mob, except for
the Zebra. They knocked on his door but
he didn’t answer, they searched the streets but they couldn’t find him, he was nowhere
to be found. Everyone thought the Zebra
left town and moved onto a new home.
Cereal was once again safe, or so they thought.
The
following morning, in the king’s palace, he woke up to find his bowl of cereal
empty. He called out to his guards, “Oh
my, oh my …. Where did my cereal go to?”
The guards searched and searched finding the Zebra eating the king’s
cereal in a dark corner of the palace.
The
guards stomped toward the Zebra and yelled for him to drop the cereal and
slowly back away. But Zebra looked
toward the guards and ate a final spoonful of cereal. The guards slapped the spoon out of his hand
and grabbed him so that he can’t escape.
They marched Zebra to the king by grabbing him by the ear. Zebra cried and screamed all the way to the
king, yelling out, “let me go, I’m innocent!”
The
guards present Zebra to the king, and an empty bowl of cereal. The king’s face turned cherry red and steam
was coming out of his ears, he was furious!
He shouted out, “How dare you take MY royal cereal!” The king commanded the guards to take Zebra
to the royal dungeon, but he forgot he didn’t have one. The zebra tried to explain that he needed
cereal to keep his coat beautiful and shiny.
As punishment, the king took his magic stick and gave the zebra stripes
to remind him of prison bars. From that
day on, all zebras had stripes to remind them that they are not to eat other
people’s cereal.
The
End!Written by all students in Grade 5 -
Mr. Jacinto's 2011/2012 school year
