Thanks to Mrs Snyman for passing these modern fables written by her First Form group to me. As I said, Who needs Aesop? 

 The Lightning Race

Two wolves - an adult wolf and a baby wolf - decided to go out. They passed a house with a swimming pool. The  adult said, “Why don’t we race in this swimming pool?” So they did. The race went on and on and on. After a while the adult wolf decided to have a rest. He thought the baby wolf would never catch up to him. When he awoke, they were neck and neck. The adult wolf opened his eyes to swim very fast. But he did not notice a lightning spur coming into the pool and it shocked him. The baby wolf crossed the line just as the adult wolf was waking up. He had won.

Moral: Small can win.

A Figg (8.02) 

Bully the Bull and Dexter the dog

One peaceful day there was a dog called Dexter. But on that peaceful day the bold bull Bully thought he was the best at everything. He challenged Dexter the dog to a pie-eating challenge. The sky went dark and the rain was spitting down. Bully said, “Whoever eats the most pies wins.” Dexter replied, “Yeah okay,” so the pie-eating challenge began. It was close but at that moment Bully felt sick because he ate too many pies. So he ran to Bully’s toilet. Dexter managed to eat the last pie and won the challenge.

Moral: Think before you speak.

S Sogbesan (7.08)

The Cheetah was boasting about how fast he was when the tiny white fluffy mouse named Fibgirb came and asked what was going on. Grog and Tox said the same as always. Fibgirb knew now. It didn’t take long for Fibgirb to say I will race him around the tree and back. GO! Said Tox. Fibgirb was too slow, Spotzy made one more boast and was launched into a muddy puddle. He won!

Moral: Keep trying and you may win

By C Blampied (8.01) 

The Eagle and the Sparrow

One morning a falcon decided to hold a two mile race. The only birds who took part were the Eagle and the Sparrow. “How could a massive thing like you not win the race?” joked the Sparrow. The Eagle felt confident but the race began. At first, the Eagle was winning, using up all of his energy. “I’m ... I’m going down,” yelled the Eagle. He fell slowly for about five minutes and then he got his energy back, and slowly got closer and closer to the sparrow. When both the Eagle and the Sparrow were together, they could see the birds marching along the finish line. At the last second, the Sparrow overtook the Eagle and won the two mile race.

Moral: Bigger is not always better.

F Sasada (8.03) 

The Walrus and the Wolf

Once upon a time there was a walrus who wouldn’t stop boasting about how strong he was. So a wolf called Charlie bet that he could beat him in rock-pushing. So a polar bear came the next day to judge the rock-pushing competition. So they started. The walrus couldn’t push his rock over, so the wolf tried his rock and pushed it over and won. The wolf felt terrifically happy and lived happily ever after.

Moral: Don’t think you are the best.  

Once upon a time there was a sea-snake who was boasting to his friends about how good he was at swimming when a tree frog hopped by. The sea snake asked the tree frog if he wanted a race across a lake and the tree frog said, “Yes.” So they went. At first the tree frog was in the lead, but just then the sea snake shot past the tree frog. The sea snake wanted to have a rest, so he did. The tree frog saw his chance to win the race. The tree frog swam as fast as he could and took the lead. When the sea snake woke up, the tree frog was about to win so the sea snake swam as fast as he would but it was too late. The tree frog had won the race. The sea snake congratulated the tree frog because he thought he would win.

Moral:  Small can win.

The Cheetah and the Snake

One sunny morning the cheetah was bragging to his friends about how fast he was when a snake came by. The cheetah wanted to show his friends how fast he was, and he ran over to the snake. The cheetah chattered to the snake. “I’ll race you through the woods to the field,” he said. The snake replied, “Okay.” They both went to the start. “Ready, steady, go.” The cheetah raced off with the snake slithering behind. The cheetah went so fast he crashed into a tree and got knocked out. In two hours the snake already won, he felt grand.

Moral: Don’t boast, you might look the fool.

C Goswami-Myerscough (7.09)

The Cheetah and the Eagle

In a really hot and dry jungle there was a cheetah running lightning-quick looking for some food. He was starving, he hadn’t eaten in days. But just then he saw an eagle and he went rushing towards him. Then a few moments later it was halfway down his mouth. “Please spare me. I beg you”, said the eagle. The cheetah growled and the eagle could tell he meant fine and the cheetah let the eagle out of his mouth and the eagle said “Hi. My name is Bill.” “My name's Roger” said Roger. Later the cheetah was out looking for food when he saw a bullet pass him. A hunter was trying to shoot him.  He dodged a few but he thought, “I can’t keep this up any longer,” but the eagle swooped down and grabbed the gun and the cheetah killed the hunter. “Thany you,” said Rodger.

Moral: One good turn deserves another.

The Race

One day a snake was boasting about how fast he could swim. The dog called Butch said, "I will race you." The frog croaked, and the snake called Slime dashed off. Soon he fell down a two-foot waterfall. The snake went on for two miles then got knocked out because he hit a rock. Meanwhile, Butch fell down the waterfall and soon he passed the snake. After a long time, Slime worked up and dashed but it was too late. Butch won the race.

Moral: Never boast.