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"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."

Frank Outlaw

December 5, 2010

A folkale - how the panda acquired its color

This is a retold story 
   One day a shepherd went up to the mountain with her animal . When she was crossing a bamboo wood, she heart a frightened voice from the tall bamboo wood “Help! Help! Help!... ”.
She decided to find out the reason. She saw a young panda. Its fur was as white as snow. He was attacked by a mean leopard. She though, I have to help him. She was fearless. Without thinking of consequent, she charged the leopard with a large bamboo shoot, striking him over and over again. The leopard was not hurt by the big bamboo. It turned on to fight with the little girl instead. While she fought fearlessly, the white panda rushed to get help. Her bravely action rescued the defenseless panda.
When the white panda returned with his helper “the other white panda.” They found the little girl lost hers life in the fight.
All the white pandas decided to held a funeral in honor of the brave little girl. As a local customer, the Pandas wore black armbands as a sign of mourning. All Pandas were very sad. They were carrier away in a tide of tears that moistened the black armbands, and the black dye began to run. When the pandas wiped their eyes, the armband left black marks. When the pandas consoled each other by hugging, the dye left black spots on their backs. When they covered their ears to block out the sound of crying, the black dye colored their ears. The pandas did not wash the black off their fur as a way to remember the girl.
To this day, pandas are covered with the black markings spots on their body to always remember the girl.


1 comment:

  1. I love this story - good job with the use of a simile and quotes and italics. This is retold -- not an original - that is the only drawback. See you in class!

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