How the Frog Got Its Chirp
(A Just-S0 Story by Gordon Reynolds)
Back when the world was so new and all the frog couldn't chirp, so of course that's what this story is about. He went to the snake and asked "Could you please make me sound better than all the other animals?" The snake said "No!" and lashed out at him. He went to the bird and asked, "Could you please make me sound better than all the other animals?" The bird said, "No!" and dive bombed him. The frog went to the monkey ans asked "Could you please make me sound better than all the other animals?" The monkey said, "Yes!" The frog thought the monkey was going to do something bad to him so he ran from the monkey. The monkey then started chasing him all over the forest and finally caught up with him. The monkey then asked, "What flavor soda do you want?" The frog by this time was very thirsty, so he said, "Mosquito flavor, please!" After he drank the soda, he started burping and couldn't stop.
How Horse Got His
Big Brown Beautiful Eyes.
(A Just-So Story by Gunther Krueger)
In the great Arabian Desert region, occupying almost the entire Arabian Peninsula, bordered on the north by the Syrian Desert, on the northeast and east by the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, on the southeast and south by the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden, and on the west by the Red Sea, Best Beloved, walked a horse. This was an Arabian horse. Horse was a lot like the horse as we know it now. He was an incredibly shiny chestnut, with a long mane and tail, and four graceful legs. He had beady little eyes from squinting in all of the dust storms. Currently, Horse was wandering the desert looking for his herd that seemed to have galloped off with out him.
Off in the distance, with his squinty little beady eyes, Horse could see a spot on the horizon. Hoping for some companionship (because horses are very social), horse trotted toward this dot. He came upon a man. Now, this was no ordinary man. He was a little bit Arab, a little bit Kurd, a little bit Turkmeni, and little bit Assyrian. Man was very delighted at the sight of Horse. It seemed that Man too had been separated from his tribe. He had been wandering the desert for quite some time.
In Man’s clearest voice, he spoke to Horse in a mix of Arabic, Kurdish, Aramaic, and Armenian dialect. Translated, what he said was, “May I please ride you? We are stuck here in the middle of the desert together. I know where a great river is located, but it is too far for me to walk on foot. If you will allow me to ride on your back, I will lead you to the water.” Having no idea where any water was, Horse decided this was a good deal. Man hopped up on the back of Horse and they began their long, dry, treacherous, and not to mention, boring trip across the dunes to the great river. This great river, Best Beloved, is now known as the Nile.
After a long adventure through the desert, Man with his little bit Arab, a little bit Kurd, a little bit Turkmeni, and little bit Assyrian eyes and Horse with his beady little squinty eyes had the great river in their view. Man hopped off Horse and ran as fast as he could to the bank of the great river, where he drank and drank and drank some more. Horse, tired and extremely thirsty, also ran up to the banks of the great river to drink and drink and drink some more. Suddenly, Horse felt a bump against his muzzle. He didn’t pay much attention because he was so happy to be drinking. All of a sudden, a gigantic carp came roaring up from the great river right into Horse’s face. Having never seen a carp before, Horse’s eyes widened to ten times their previous little beady squinty selves. The carp, having never seen a horse before, hastily swam back into deeper waters of the great river. That was when, Best Beloved, that Horse learned that going on an adventure almost always leads to a big surprise. Forever more Horse’s eyes were not little, beady or squinty. They have always remained big, brown, beautiful eyes.
How The Pegasus Got His Wings
(A Just-So Story by Phillip Reynolds)
It was an excruciatingly hot summer day in the middle of July. A horse was walking on a road near a mossy pond. The horse saw a duck on the road that was near the mossy pond. The duck said, Today is an excrutiatingly hot summer day in the middle of July, and I have wandered too far from the pond. I can't get back. I'm too tired. Can you please carry me on your back?" The horse said, "Sure, I'll carry you to the mossy pond near this road on this excruciatingly hot summer day in the middle of July." So the horse started carrying the duck down the road to the mossy pond. Suddenly the horse said, "Aak, why is this duck melting on me?" The narrator said, "Because this is when the world was new and all. Ducks stayed near ponds at this time bacause they knew they'd melt on excrutiatingly hot summer days in the middle of July." The horse said, "I wish I could fly to the mossy pond and get there faster!" Suddenly the horse started to fly because this is just a magic story, so somehow the duck wings welded on to the horse.
