Story telling: “Don’t be angry – always smile!”

Story telling: “Don’t be angry – always smile!”

Grade 6.

Read and put in order

1. Heggy's mother told them, "Don't take a stick and a stone, but smile at the hedgehogs in the water." Heggy and Chamby went back to the river, looked at the hedgehogs and smiled at them.
2. Last Sunday Heggy and Chamby wanted to go to the Blue Forest. The Blue Forest was across* the river. Chamby told Heggy, "There's someone in the river. I'm afraid of him."
3. They saw that the hedgehogs in the water smiled at them too! Heggy and Chamby were happy.
4. One hedgehog was holding a big stone and another hedgehog was holding a longstick*. Heggy and Chamby ran to Heggy's mother for help.
5. Heggy took a long stick and Chamby took a big stone. In the water they saw two hedgehogs.

Answers:

1. Last Sunday Heggy and Chamby wanted to go to the Blue Forest. The Blue Forest was across* the river. Chamby told Heggy, "There's someone in the river. I'm afraid of him."
2. Heggy took a long stick and Chamby took a big stone. In the water they saw two hedgehogs.
3. One hedgehog was holding a big stone and another hedgehog was holding a longstick*. Heggy and Chamby ran to Heggy's mother for help.
4. Heggy's mother told them, "Don't take a stick and a stone, but smile at the hedgehogs in the water." Heggy and Chamby went back to the river, looked at the hedgehogs and smiled at them.
5. They saw that the hedgehogs in the water smiled at them too! Heggy and Chamby were happy.

I divided my class into roles and they performed this story.

Roles: Heggy’s mother, Heggy, Chamby and story teller.

Discussion:

Do you know the meanings of the words pointed with star *?

Do you like this story?

Which is better: to smile or to be angry?

What’s the moral of this story?

Conclusion:

“Don’t be angry – always smile!”