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Where Is The Food? A Tale of a Deer and a Bear
Ursula Alejandro
Ricardo Lazo
It had been a hard season, the food was scarce and it seemed that it wouldn’t be enough for the whole community of Fimtopia. The birds, the squirrels, the bunnies, the deer, the foxes, and the bear of Fimtopia hadn’t ate for days. The fruits and plants that kept all the animals alive were disappearing. The harmony that ruled Fimtopia was fading away. The hunger was driving the bear mad, he soon started to feel an appetite for the other animals; a feeling that he hadn’t experienced in his whole life. One evening, the leader of the community, a deer filled with wisdom, summon the other animals to a food crisis meeting.
“Welcome fellow friends” said the deer.
“What is happening? where’s the food?” said the frightened Bunny.
“Like you all have noticed, we are running low in food”
“I have flown through the whole kingdom and there is no sign of food, not even a sad berry” said the scarlet bird.
“We have a little food left, we can manage the food but it would not last more than a week” the deer told the community.
“I don’t know about you guys, but I’m so hungry I could eat the whole place” the bear exclaimed. Everyone looked at the bear with a shocked face. “Of course I’m joking, you’re so cute I wouldn’t eat you”
“Okay… moving on, I propose we should organize ourselves, so we can all eat for the next days till we find a solution.”, and with this the dear finished the assembly.
Some days later the bear was walking through the woods when he ran into the deer. The deer asked the bear to join them for a search for food, but the bear declined his offer; he was too lazy to help.
After the deer left, the bear laid down and yelled to woods “I’m so hungry, I want some food”. Suddenly a squirrel ran next to him.
“I have some food” the squirrel told the bear.
“Oh, really?”
“Yeah, I can give you a piece”
“Look at you, so kind and helpful by giving me some food”
“Well, you know, we have to help each other as the deer said”
“That’s right, come closer I’m too lazy to go”
With an sudden movement, the bear attacked and ate the squirrel.
“So tasty, finally I found food” The bear started to devour the other animals, until he encountered the deer.
“Have you seen the other ones?” said the deer.
“No, why are you asking?” asked the bear.
“ I can’t find them, and I need to tell them that there is no food left anymore.”
“Really? That’s funny because I just found some food”
“Seriously? That’s sounds great, where is it?” the deer asked with a hopeful voice.
“Well, I’m looking at it and it seems really tasty”
“Where? I can’t see it”
“It’s right here and it smells good”
“What is it?”
“You” said the bear sinisterly and attacked.
The bear satisfied his hunger that night, and the next ones. Until he became the last animal in the kingdom of Fimtopia. He realized that he should have listened to the deer and worked together with the rest of the animals to find food.
“What should I eat now?” said the bear.
