Analizing Fables

We read "The Creation of the Lion", by Manuel Busquets, Mora Merlini & Thigao Sendón.

1- What were the names of the animals?
2- Who saved them?
3- Who was the god that sent their savior?

1_The names of the animals were Jim, Jam, Jeff and July.
2_The lions save them.
3_Hammurabi, he was the God of the Animals.

Katomba´s Myth

Katomba was son of the great god Zeus. He was the god of the seas. He always helped mortals to make their lives with the seas easier and rarely got angry with them, he was one of the kindest gods ever. He loved his job, as everyone in the Olympus did; everyone, except for his brother, Poseidon. Poseidon was the god of the wind, but for him, this job was very unexciting and difficult. He wanted to be the god of the seas since he was young, but Katomba already was.
He thought of many ways to steal the job from Katomba, but all his plans were useless. But one day he thought of a great game to fool his brother, this plan could never fail.

 One day Katomba was very cheerful and wanted to found a god to play with. And on top of a cloud, Poseidon his brother was also searching for someone to play with. In that moment he heard “Poseidon, Poseidon! Let's play a game”.
He went down and found Katomba that was waiting for him. In that moment Poseidon said "We will play the trunk game", that consisted on getting into a trunk that Poseidon made. The objective was to resist as much time as it could to win the game. But what Katomba and the other gods didn't know was that the Winner would change powers with the Looser. When it finished Poseidon won and Katomba loose, the eldest brother said “Now you are the wind god and I am ocean god!!!! Thank you for playing my beautiful game, brother".

 Katomba was furious. He was fooled by his own brother, but soon he had an idea: his father could return him to his beautiful, sunny coasts. He thought it was going to be very easy to convince him, but it wasn´t. Apparently, his oldest brother, Poseidon, was better than him making waves and pushing boats, and that was what make Zeus don´t allow Katomba return to his old job. But finally he makes a decision he make his son the God of a powder that was spread in the center of the Pangea. This giant piece of land, as many people know nowadays, started to divide throughout the years and this light-brown powder was spread in some of the coast of what now are continents. Letting Katomba be near his brother, the seas, with the shape of “Sand”.

By: Nazarena Ballesteros, Martín Errarte & Agustina Rivarola.

The Stork and the Fox

Once upon time there was a little fox who was called Willy. He was the fastest and most dangerous fox in the west California. One Day he was walking to find a lake, he was really thirsty. When he arrived to it he saw a stork, a white and lovely stork. Its name was Florinda. She thought that Willy would her if she run, but not. Willy was there just to drink some water. When Florinda realized that Willy was there for it, she felt very good. Willy was a known dangerous fox. But it was as lovely and friendly as Florinda.
They talked and made good friends. They went for a walk, knowing more about each other. They spent all the day together, they were really good friends.

 Before they went to willy's house they started to play a very funny game. It was very difficult but was entertaining too. One of them had to hide and the other had to find him. After playing a long time they decide to do something else . A game where they had to touch the other and when it touch him, he had to touch his partner; and this was repeated through all the game. After playing for 4 hours, they started to talk again for a long time and they decide that they could be very good friend-brothers. After that they decided to go to Willy's house.

 When they start walking (or flying in the case of the stork) the fox showted:
Not so fast!
 And the stork asked “Where do you live? Do you live in a zoo?” No, I live in a little and pretty cave that you will see when we arrived. The stork anxious, asked: have you got any brother or sister? the fox answer “No, I only have a mother that go to the sahara to be part of a zoo. The fox said :" look that is the cave run, run, run, that we're almost there.” Hurry up william I think I left the oven open!!

 So, when they arrived the fox realised he was wrong. So, Willy turned on the hot fire and started cooking the soup in a saucepan. The stork sat on one side of a rock that the fox used as a big table. When the meal was ready, the fox served it in bowls and started to eat. Although the stork tried many times to drink the soup, her peak didn't allow her so finally she throw the soup away and stood up of her seat. The fox who was slowly enjoying his food jumped frightened and bumped his head with the cave´s hard roof made of stone. 

 The next morning as a way of revenge, the stork invited the fox to drink something to her house and so they can spend time for a while. The stork only have bottles to drink, so the fox couldn't drink there.She served some water waiting for the fox to drink and a very hot piece of meat. The fox bite the food and practically his mouth turned on i fire, again after many tries the fox couldn't drink his drink of the long, thin and uncomfortable bottle. It was definitely a special model for this types of birds. “Ok, ok, I understand” So the stork, understanding everything, served the water in a big bowl.

 Moral: Don´t do to others what you don't like them to do to you.

Formal Letter

Dear Mr Schofield,

   I am writing to introduce you to Hannah Diamond, an old friend of childhood that is looking for a job.

   Hannah has worked as a cooker for more than three years in the Gonzalez´s house, where, as you know, I was working before I came here. Hannah and I worked together on several local family houses. She wants a job in the San Francisco area. I would appreciate your recommendations in order to applyit as a chef position in restaurants, hotels or residences. She really loves cooking all types of foods.

   I am sending attached her resume for your consideration and if you need to contact her, you can do it hannah_d@email.com or 888-888-8888. Thank you in advance for any kind of help you can provide her.

Sincerely,

Martha

Informal Letter

Dear Sophie,

            Hello my little sister. Last weekend I broke my left arm skiing in Aspen´s Mountains. It´s not a serious injury, but I´ll be with a plaster in my arm for a month.

            As you know when I decided to make the best 10.000 dollar´s investment of my life in Marionettes Inc. they provided me “Nettie 2”, with two arms, in good conditions. She has been replacing me at home during two or three days a week for several months, while I was spending my time with Tom, my best friend from the University. We decided to go on holidays to Aspen, where we spent most of the day skiing in the mountains and eating delicious chocolates. The second day, we competed to see who was the fastest and the “finish line” for me was a strong and big pine. Unluckily I couldn’t stop my race. I can´t return home with a plaster in my arm, and on top of this, I can´t stay here any longer with Tom, because of his work. Sometimes I think that, maybe, if I had bought that little house on the Hudson, I´d be there right now.

I imagine Nettie2 living in my house with Smith, my husband. What a problem! Where can I go now?

I hope you can help me, Best wishes for you,

Your sister, Nettie