FRIENDS
Stories to Heal - eTwinning Project
STEP 3 - ME and OTHERS
One day an antelope and a monkey were walking alone.
‘I feel tired,’ said the monkey. ‘It’s easier for you. You’ve got long legs. Mine are very short.’
‘If you climb on my back, I’ll carry you,’ said the antelope.
‘Thank you,’ said the monkey.
‘Don’t mention it, my friend’ said the antelope. ‘I know that if I need anything, you’ll help me.’
‘Of course,’ said the monkey and climbed onto the antelope’s back.
The two friends walked on till they came to a tree. The monkey jumped down and they both sat down in the shade. While they were sitting there, however, they saw a lion coming towards them.
‘Oh, no,” said the monkey. ’If that lion catches us, he’ll eat us.’
‘Perhaps he’s already had his dinner,’ said the antelope. ‘If he isn’t hungry, he’ll leave us alone.’
‘Yes, but we don’t know if he’s hungry or not,’ said the monkey. ‘Quick. I’ll get on your back again and we can escape.’
‘That’s no good,’ said his friend. ‘I won’t be able to run very fast if you’re on my back.’
All the time the lion was getting closer. The monkey looked up. ‘I know,’ he said. ‘He won’t get us if we climbed this tree.’
‘But I can’t climb trees,’ said the antelope.
‘I can,’ said the monkey, and jumped up into the tree. The lion was very close.
‘I can’t run away now,’ thought the antelope. So he laid down on the ground and pretended to be dead.
The lion came to the tree. He looked up and saw the monkey sitting on a branch. Then he walked up to the antelope. He bent down and sniffed the antelope’s ear for a few moments.
He didn’t eat the antelope, however.
When the lion was gone, the monkey came down the tree and the antelope stood up.
’Phew,’ said the monkey. ’That was scary, but what was the lion doing? I saw him sniffing your ear.’
He was talking to me,’ said the antelope.
’Really?’ said the monkey.
What did the lion say?
He said…
Artova Gazipaşa Primary School,3/A,Aydanur Ay, Turkey
“A friend in need is a friend indeed.”
IC2 Poggibonsi class 3C/D, Laura Farinaccio ITALY
“Today you’re safe, but you have to learn how to choose a real friend” Niccolò G.
“I’m vegan! I won’t eat you!” by Gemma
“I won’t eat you, I’ll eat another antelope!” by Pietro
“That monkey isn’t a real friend, also I don’t like the taste of the antelopes. No offence!!” by Ilaria
“I’m just looking for some friends!” by Martina
“Be careful! That monkey is selfish!” by Niccolò R.
IC2 Arnolfo di Cambio - Sant’Andrea Primary School, Italy
Silvana Rassu
“I know you are not dead: do not help anymore somebody who didn’t reciprocate your kindness!”
“Don't trust the monkey: sooner or later he will let you down!”
“Don't trust appearances: the monkey pretends to be a friend but in your moment of need he abandoned you to your fate.”
Saint Joseph Primary School - ST1 +ST2
Eleni Kapsokali - GREECE
OŠ Rudolfa Strohala, Vedrana Frlan, Croatia
That monkey is not your true friend! (class 3)
Your friend is a very bad one! (class 5)
Leave the monkey, he is very rude - you can find a better friend than him! (class 6)
Monkey is not really your good friend because he left you alone when in danger. (class 7)
IC 2 Poggibonsi, ITALY
class 3B, Martina Tanfoni & Letizia Salvadori
“ Be more careful when you choose a friend” Maida
“Don’t trust wrong people” Cristian
“When you have a bad moment false friends go and real friends always help you” Gabriele
“Dear antelope, these are the moments when you have to choose if you want to keep a friend or not” Emma
IC2 Arnolfo di Cambio - Secondary School, Italy
Laura Maffei
“A true friend would never let you down in your moment of need!”
“Don't judge by appearances. I just wanted to make friends, because being a predator, all animals run away when they see me..”
"I will be back tomorrow morning at eight: if you give me the monkey, I will spare you!"
Szegedi Orczy István Általános Iskola, Hungary
Kiss Mónika
“Don’t be afraid of me!”
“I have already had dinner.”
“What happened to you?”
“Will you be my friend?”
“I am not hungry,”
“You are not alone.”
HIGH SCHOOL WITH A SPORTS PROGRAM SLATINA - ROMANIA clasa a V-a B, Capisizu Simona Sofia & Vâlcea Ionica Odeta
FRIENDS
STEP 3 - ME and OTHERS