The story of the koala

Project: Helping Hands

The first koala in Australia

Once upon a time there was a boy that lived in Australia. He didn`t have a mother and a father and he didn`t want to do anything because he was so lazy and very naughty. In Australia there were a lot of animals and there were birds singing cute songs. Australia was so beautiful. And some tribes went to dig plants.

One day in Australia there was a draught; there was no water in the ponds and in the rivers and the tribes had to collect water when it rained.

The other day he wanted to drink water but he didn`t have so he went to drink water from the other tribes but the tribes said-“go away” -and he didn`t drink water. Before very long he needed to drink water so he went to walk in the forest and he found the water bowls. He drank from the water bowls in five minutes. Then he wanted to hide the water bowls in the branches of the gum tree but something happened...there was a strange magic and the gum tree grew a lot and a lot higher.

Then the boy climbed the tree and he hid the water bowls. Another time the tribes went to the forest to drink water but the bowls weren`t there. They saw to the tree and there was the boy hidden. The tribes talked to the boy –“come here with the water bowls” the boy shouted -“no, if you want the bowls come here!”. So the people started climbing the tree, and something happened...the tree grew higher and higher again.

The boy climbed again because the tribe people were climbing. Then, he fell to the floor. The tribes touched him, and he moaned and he changed. The nose was black and his eyes were very little. He transformed into a koala. This was the first koala in Australia.

THE END

By Felicitas Aguirre