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A TALE OF TAILS

             A very good morning to the honorable judges, teachers, ladies and gentlemen and all my dear friends. Today I would like to tell you an interesting story entitle A TALE OF TAILS.

One sunny day, there was a cheeky monkey, named Lola, playing happily with her friend, Chicka, the chimpanzee. They were talking and laughing as they were having so much fun together. Suddenly… as they were busy playing, Chicka, the fat chimpanzee, accidentally stepped on Lola’s tail.

“Ouch!” said Lola. “You are hurting me”

“What did I do, Lola?” asked Chicka.

“You step on my tail, ouch, ouch, ouch!            ””, said Lola painfully.

“Why do you need a tail, doesn’t it disturbs you, such a long and funny looking thing. It must be miserable for you to carry it everywhere, ha, ha, ha.”Said Chicka, with a teasing voice.

Lola is angry. She said, “No, Chicka, my tail is very important to me, it helps me a lot. Let’s go and see our friends. They will tell you the important of our tails. Come on!”

So. Lola and Chicka walked deep, deep inside the jungle.

“We walk to the left, and we walk  to the right, we walk and we walk, we walk till night”, they sang happily together.

 Suddenly, it started to rain.

After a few minutes, they met Tutty, the squirrel.

“ Ehem… ehemm..Good Morning, Tutty. What are you doing? What is that funny, furry, looking thing on your head”, asked Chicka.

“ Hi, Lola, Chicka. Can’t you see that it is raining? This is my umbrella; I carry it everywhere with me.”said Tutty.

“WHAT?”, asked Lola.

“This is actually my tail, in rainy days; I curl my tail up over my head. Then I’ll flick it to shake off the raindrops. See I don’t have to carry an umbrella everywhere. “Answer Tutty proudly.

Later they saw Spiky, the porcupine. It was walking very slowly, Spiky can’t run very fast. As they approached him, Chicka asked,” Hello, Spiky, why are you swinging back and forth? Ouch! You are hurting me, what are those sharp things at the back of your body? Screamed Chicka.

“What are you doing here, both of you, please don’t disturb me. If I am afraid, I will swing my tail, it is covered with sharp quills. It protects me a lot. I really love my tail”, said Spiky, as he started to swing his tail again. Chicka and Lola ran quickly.

Later, they were startled by a snorting sound. It was Mrs. Kinga, the deer. She was busy looking for her daughter. She raised her tail, and leaped away. Her tail is brown on top and white underneath. Suddenly, she raised her tail. They were shocked to see the white fur shone.

“What in the hell is that?” asked Lola.

Mrs. Kinga smiled and answered. “Children, my tail is very important to me. It is like a signal. When another deer sees the white tail, they follow the first one to safety. As I am looking for my daughter, my tail is helping me too.”

It was getting dark, the rain started to pour heavily. Chicka and Lola ran quickly. They did not know that the path ahead was slippery. Lola ran fast and Chicka was quiet slow as she was fat.

PRANG! Chicka fell into a hole, deep, deep, dark hole.

“Help! help!, Lola, Lola, help me!”Chicka cried for help.

It was getting darker and darker. Thunder and lightning were clapping and screaming loudly. Chicka started to cry, she was actually a coward.

“Chicka, Chicka, where are you? asked Lola, frightened.

“Lola, Lola! Here down here, to your left!” Lola searched and looked everywhere. After a while, she saw Chicka in the hole. She did not know what to do, than she remembered her most important thing.

“Here, Chicka grasp my tail; hold on tightly, I’ll try to pull you up. As hard as she could, Lola whole on to a big branch with both her hands and pull Chicka with her tail.

“One, two, three, pull!” Lola saved Chicka with her tail. She was glad, as Chicka was her best friend.

“Lola, now I now the wonder of tails, your tail saved my life!”

As conclusion friends, many animals depend on their tails. They are very useful to them. Thank You. I hope you enjoy my story. Don’t ever step on animals tails!