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Fable
One for all and all for one
Once upon a time, before planets were created, the four great ancient animals were dinning in the Grand Royal Divine Table. They do not get along well; each of them thinks he is better than the others. The eagle, the whale and the bear were discussing about who was the most capable to create the best planet suited so that the fourth animal, the stork, could bring people to it. They were so overbearing, the last thing they would do would be to team up with each other to create a planet.
Whale: “I am going to make a really big planet full of beautiful oceans so that people can admire the sunrises and sunsets in it, they will live in peace and also they will never get thirsty.”
The whale started to throw water like a big hose trying to fill a bucket, when it was done the stork brought people, they all got to see their first sunrise, but after that many of them got tired of swimming and started drowning, it was not the best planet for people.
Eagle: “I am going to make a planet full of skies. It is going to be the best because people will contemplate its blueness and will look at the clouds.”
The eagle started to flap its big wings and blew wind, it had created its marvelous planet, but when the stork brought the people, it didn’t find a place to put them, because it was just a big sky and people had no place to walk on, this was another planet not suited for people.
Bear: “My planet is going to be better than the whale’s and the eagle’s because I will make an enormous rock in which people will walk all they want, rest and relax.”
The bear created a solid rock planet, the stork came with people, but it had a problem too, it was too dry, and people could not plant any trees or grow any food in it, so it was another failed attempt.
After their big failures, they definitely knew they could not do it alone. Therefore, they tried to work out their differences, and put their pride besides them. As they were finishing the planet, which later would be called Earth, they realized it had no flaws, they were sure people could live there with no problems like the ones they had before, it had a big sky, a beautiful ocean and a really useful ground, then the stork brought people to it.
The four animals called another meeting at their Divine table:
Whale: “Sorry guys. I did not knew I could work so well with you to create this wonderful planet.”
Bear: “Yeah… It is a good thing we ended up being pals.”
Eagle: “I wonder how much other things we can do working together as one.”
Stork: “Well… this is it guys, we made it. It is always better if we combine our forces”
- Alexis Ruiz Bernadac A00819813
