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== **Once there was a beautiful ………..in the middle of the jungle. Every evening when the moon came out, it ……………. down into the pool. A family of rabbits lived near the pool and they loved to see the big round moon reflected in the water.** == == **Then one day some elephants arrived. They'd come ……………… and they stopped to drink the water. They liked the pool very much, so much that they decided to stay. But the rabbits were very unhappy.** == == **"Those elephants are too big!" said the oldest rabbit. "Elephants can't………… a pool with rabbits! They will ………………… us under their big clumsy feet. We must tell them to go away."** == == **But none of the rabbits were brave enough. Suddenly, the smallest rabbit spoke up. "I'll make them go away!" he squeaked. "I've got an idea!"** == == **That night the smallest rabbit hid in the long …………… by the pool. The moon came out and its reflection shone, big and round and silver, in the water.** == == **When the elephants came to drink, the rabbit called to them in a loud voice, "Oh Elephants, I am the Moon and this pool is …………….!** ==

**You have made me very cross by drinking my water!"**
== **The Elephants were ………………..! They couldn't see the little rabbit, they thought the Moon was really talking to them! One elephant put his trunk into the water to …………….the Moon's reflection.** == == **Straight away, the water started to ripple and the Moon's reflection broke up into little tiny waves. The smallest rabbit cried out: "Look what you've done! The Moon is so cross she's broken into a ……………….. pieces!"** == == **The elephants looked at the water and thought the Moon really was angry. They went away and never ………………….** == == **All the rabbits came out and laughed and danced. They thanked the smallest rabbit for his good idea and the reflection of the silver Moon twinkled in the pool again** ==

**__Sunil the Tiger__**
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== **One morning Sunil the Stripy Tiger woke up. He'd been asleep all night under the pink Dewlip Tree.** ==

**Sunil went down to the river and stared at his reflection in the water. It really was true.**
== **He wasn't a tiger with stripes ……………... He was a tiger with spots! How could it have happened?** == == **Sunil heard Jip and Jamila calling him to play but he slunk away. He didn't feel like seeing anyone.Dark rain clouds were coming over so he went home to find his Mum.** ==

**The rain started to fall – plop, plop, plop, on poor Sunil.**
== **Wet and miserable, he crept under the Dewlip Tree and curled up by his mother."……………………………………….?" she asked.** ==

**"I've got spots ……………………. stripes," moaned Sunil.**
== **His mother laughed softly. “Those aren't spots, Sunil. They're just leaves from the Dewlip tree, pink leaves and look, the rain has been washing them all off!"Sunil looked and saw all his pink spots lying on the grass. He snuggled up to his mother and soon fell fast asleep, a happy and stripy tiger.** ==