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Brandon L.
\n\"Brandon_Lam\"<\/a><\/td>\n		Frog Animals
\n\u201cSamiha, time to go hunt!\u201d Meetka yelled. \u201cI\u2019m coming\u201d Samiha said back. They went far from home to start hunting for food. \u201cRemember, don\u2019t kill animals for fun, only food\u201d Meetka said, but Samiha didn\u2019t listen. They both went on hunting and came home with food for the family \u201cYay!\u201d the family cheered.
\nThey started eating all of the fish, bear, and frog meat. The whole family thanked for the good fortune they had before dinner except Samiha. \u201cSamiha, why aren\u2019t you thanking nature for the good fortune?\u201d Meetka asked. \u201cI don\u2019t want to\u201d Samiha replied, and they just kept eating. Once it was night, they all went to bed and had a very good sleep.
\nIt was morning and Samiha woke up early. Samiha got all hunting tools ready and left home to the frog pond. He shot tons of frogs \u201cHa Ha Ha\u201d laughed Samiha. Then, in just a blink of an eye, Samiha turned into a frog. Samiha was confused as to why he was so low on the ground.
\nHe tried to get up but he could only go up one sun flower seed higher. Samiha looked at his reflection in the pond and screamed \u201cAhhh! I\u2019m a frog!\u201d He didn\u2019t know how to fix this problem. Then all of the sudden, Meetka came and had a bow and arrow in his hand. Meetka started shooting and shot Samiha on the head. Samiha felt a stab of pain and right then, he promised nature that he would not kill animals for fun ever again.
\nThe he popped back into a boy and was right behind Meetka. \u201cThank you for helping me learn to kill animals for necessity only\u201d Samiha said thankfully. \u201cYou\u2019re Welcome, Samiha\u201d Meetka said gratefully.
\nBy Brandon L.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brendan L.
\n\"Brendan_Lee\"<\/a><\/td>\n		Different Colour Wolves
\nA long time ago there was a pack of wolves. They were all black. The wolves didn\u2019t like this because they couldn\u2019t tell who was who. One day the wolves were eating and Raven was there and he overheard them. They were complaining about being all the same color. Raven thought they always nice to him so he is going to be nice back.
\nRaven said, \u201cWhat colour do you want to be Dad wolf?\u201d
\nHe said, \u201cGray!\u201d Bam! He was gray. Mom was up next and she wanted to be white. Bam! She was white.
\nNext up was black wolf he said he wanted to stay black, so Raven\u2019s was done.
\nThe next time the wolves ate they didn\u2019t let Raven eat. Raven didn\u2019t like that so he turned them back into all black. The wolves felt bad so they shared food with him. He turned them back. Everyone was happy.
\nBy Brendan L.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Denise L.
\n\"Denise_Lam\"<\/a><\/td>\n		How The Dolphin Got Its Fin
\nOne day, far in the ocean there was a dolphin named Sea. Sea was playful like most of the dolphins. Sea went out to the ocean. Sea was going to the park. She saw other fish. Then, she saw her best friend Lolly. Lolly was a dolphin too. Lolly loved lollypops. Lolly was also going to the park. Then, the worst thing happened. They saw Whale.
\nWhale was a very big mammal; he was also a very big bully. When Whale saw Lolly and Sea he shouted, \u201cGet out of my way you pests.\u201d It was not very nice calling someone a pest. Whale was rich, very rich. Everyone was scared of Whale. Sea wasn\u2019t scared of Whale though, she wanted him to die. Sea decided to fight Whale but Sea was very sleepy and fell asleep.
\nWhen Sea woke up she wasn\u2019t at her house, she was at Whale\u2019s house. Sea was very scared but she wanted to fight Whale. So Sea went into Whale\u2019s room. In Whale\u2019s room, Sea saw Whale. Sea charged to Whale. Whale was pulling Sea. The fight kept going on and on. Sea was pushing and Whale was pulling. Minutes later, something pointy was coming out of Sea, it was getting longer and longer. Sea got the pointy thing because Whale was pulling Sea. With the pointy thing Sea realized she could kill Whale easily. Sea charged and killed Whale!
\nWhen everyone found out about the great news, they all cheered \u201cYay Sea.\u201d Sea went home to celebrate with her mom and dad. Sea\u2019s parents were proud about the thing she did but told Sea it was a dangerous thing she did. This is how Sea the dolphin got her fin and now all dolphins have fins.
\nBy Denise L.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Domenico P.
\n\"Domenico_Palumbo\"<\/a><\/td>\n		How Raven Got His Powers
\nOnce there was a Raven. He needed to find a very valuable chest because he heard that there were powers inside this chest. For example, he could turn himself into anything like an eagle, bear, wolf, or a baby. But, there were two problems \u2013first, he needed a map, second there was a tiger guarding it because the tiger didn\u2019t want anybody getting the chest. Nobody had ever captured the chest because the tiger would bite their head off.
\nAn elder gave Raven a map to the cave because Raven promised that he would share the treasure but he didn\u2019t .Raven said to the old man, \u201chow do I get past the tiger?\u201d
\nThe old man told Raven just to punch the tiger in the weak spot when he was sleeping. He had to fly over a huge obstacle. It was called Mount Rock, the mountain nobody ever could climb. Raven was the only one. The cave was at the top and inside the cave was the tiger. They called him the super tiger. Raven punched him in the stomach, but he still needed \u2018 mouth and got the key and with the key he opened the chest.
\nThat\u2019s How The Raven Got His Powers.
\nBy Domenico P.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Donald L.
\n\"Donald_Lee\"<\/a><\/td>\n		The Ravens Gets the Glow Balls
\nOnce upon a time the sun fell to earth and it broke in to five pieces. One glow ball fell in the mountains, one on the beach, one in the forest, one in the desert and one in the ocean. The world became dark and all the ravens gathered in the forest to think of a plan to get back the sun. One day, a kid found a glow ball on the beach. That same day, the bear found one in the forest. The ravens heard that a bear had found a piece of the sun so the ravens told the bear \u2018\u2019that is the piece of the sun\u2019\u2019. They decided to work together. The next day a swimmer was in the ocean and he saw a light in the water. He kicked the ball far away. When Raven and Bear were walking the kicked ball hit Raven\u2019s head. Now they needed three more glow balls. Next Raven\u2019s friend Wolf gave him a ball. They heard that a little kid had one too so the ravens went to his house and stole it. They just need one more glow ball. Eagle saw Raven try to get one but Thunderbird chased Eagle away. Then Raven and his friends asked. Thunderbird said, \u201cyes.\u201d They looked and looked but they couldn\u2019t tell whether it was day or night. They ended up in the desert where they saw a glowing light. They found the fifth one! They combined all five of them together and it floated up into the sky. Raven and his friends lived happily together. The End
\nBy Donald L.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\u00a0Eric Y.
\n\"Eric_Yuan\"<\/a><\/td>\n		How Eagle Got Its Curved Beak
\nOne day there lived an eagle and his children. Eagle met a raven named Samuel. The raven named Samuel preferred the name Raven. Raven was a prankster. He loved to play pranks on people especially eagles.
\nThe next day Raven met Eagle at the river near the forest. Raven looked at the river and saw a strong current in the river. Then Raven saw Eagle swoop down and grab all of the fish in the river. Raven looked at Eagle\u2019s technique at catching fish. Raven wondered how Eagle could catch all of the fish. Raven then spotted a hunter and his son near a different river in the forest. So Raven decided to prank eagle for taking all the fish in the river. So Raven came up with an insane plan for his prank.
\nLater on, Eagle went to the river to catch more fish. The hunter was there catching fish and Raven was there waiting for Eagle with a magic potion that he was saving for a prank. Raven drank the potion and turned into an eagle too. Raven swooped down and grabbed the hunter\u2019s son and flew away and tried to fly away. Raven went into the woods with eagle. Raven then turned into a human and grabbed eagle and the hunter\u2019s son and gave them to the hunter. The hunter then curved the eagle\u2019s beak for hurting his son. That\u2019s how eagle got its curved beak.
\nBy Eric Y.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Farah S.
\n\"Farah_Sorkhabi\"<\/a><\/td>\n		The Empty Ocean
\nOne morning, before sunrise, Raven did a check up on the bear cubs, deer, and beaver because\u2026
\nHe\u2019s the king.
\nThen, he wanted to watch the sunrise. What he saw was Eagle coming in with a huge net and scooping a whole bunch of fish from the ocean then flying away with his catch. This went on for days. Eventually, there was no food left for the other animals who were slowly dying from hunger.
\nRaven decided to set a trap for Eagle. The next the fish he ate contained a spell to turn Eagle into a fish himself. It was hard for Eagle because a lot of animals wanted to eat him. Eagle swam to the forest\u2019s edge. He poked his head out and saw all of the animals about to die from hunger.
\nHe realized his net was still down there capturing the fish. He quickly swam to the bottom of the ocean, grabbed a sharp clam shell and cut the net and a million fish came swimming through.
\nRaven turned himself into a fish and saw everything. He turned Eagle and himself back to their form.
\nAll of the animals had a huge feast. Now Eagle helps catch fish for everyone.
\nBy Farah S.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hana R.
\n\"Hana_Reichel\"<\/a><\/td>\n		How the Beaver Got His 2 Front Teeth
\nA long, long time ago in a faraway forest there was a little hut near a river filled with lots of salmon. And, in that hut there lived a hunter and a little boy. In the forest there were many kinds of animals like Raven, Bear, Hawk and Beaver. Beaver was making a small dam in the river so he needed to get some wood but Beaver did not have those strong teeth yet. He only had regular teeth like humans so Beaver had to look for sticks and twigs from the ground. This took a really long time for Beaver. When Beaver found enough wood to make the dam he went back to the river but the sticks and twigs that Beaver put at the edge of the river were gone. Beaver was mad. He heard laughing from the hut. It was the little boy and the hunter playing with a doll. Beaver realized that the doll was made of sticks. When Beaver went back to the forest to get some more sticks but there were no more. Beaver had to get the sticks back from the little boy and the hunter without being seen. When the little boy and the hunter fell asleep Beaver snuck into the hut and tried to take the wooden doll but the little boy woke up and when the little boy saw Beaver take the doll the little boy started to cry loudly. The hunter woke up by hearing the little boys cry. When the hunter saw Beaver he tried to grab the doll from Beaver\u2019s teeth. The hunter pulled as hard as he could. The hunter pulled on Beaver\u2019s teeth so hard that Beaver\u2019s teeth grew longer and longer. When the hunter let go Beavers teeth were so long that they were sticking out in front of his bottom teeth. From that day on Beaver stopped spying on people and cut trees down with his new front teeth.
\nby Hana R.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hans P.
\n\"Hans<\/a><\/td>\n		How Raven Got Fish For First Nations
\nOne day there was a bird named Raven. Everyday Raven prayed to get some special Powers. All the other animals had special powers, but not Raven. Raven was a little bit jealous of the other animals that had special powers.
\nThe next morning he was up on a tree. He noticed that the First Nations people were complaining that they had no more fish to eat. There wasn`t any fish in the ocean to eat because Orca the whale wanted all the fish for himself.
\nRaven asked Thunderbird for some special powers so he could transform into a sea creature. Thunderbird obeyed his request. When Raven got his special powers he immediately transformed into a sea serpent . When he did, Raven tried to find Orca with his sea serpent tail. Orca tried to get away and find a hiding place. Raven was swimming so fast he didn\u2019t see Orca, but Orca made some noise.
\nWhen Raven heard the noise he went a little bit closer and found Orca. Before Raven could hit Orca again, Orca said \u201cokay I will share\u201d. From then on people always had fish.
\nBy Hans P.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jalen Y.
\n\"Jalen_Yee\"<\/a><\/td>\n		How Salmon Got Their Gills
\nOne day Eagle woke up hungry. He went down to the river to fish; he ate one salmon after another after another until he was full\u2026 then he ate another one. He did this every day and every day Kingfisher came to find no salmon in the river. The next day Kingfisher arrived early to find out who was stealing all the salmon, he ate his share then hid in a nearby bush to watch. A minute later Eagle came and sat himself on a rock in the water. From there, he grabbed all the salmon he could and ate them all up, Eagle felt really full so\u2026he ate another one.
\nKingfisher was mad so later in the day, he went to Eagle\u2019s hollow and said,
\n\u201cEagle, you can\u2019t eat all the salmon in the river; it\u2019s not fair to all other animals who also hunt salmon.\u201d
\n\u201cI can eat as many as I want of whatever I want. After all, I\u2019m Eagle!\u201d
\nKingfisher was very mad so he went to see Thunderbird.
\n\u201cThunderbird,\u201d said Kingfisher, \u201cEagle is eating all the fish in the river and he doesn\u2019t care about all the other animals who hunt salmon.\u201d
\n\u201cI will see to that!\u201d said Thunderbird.
\nHe flew off in search of Eagle, he found Eagle fishing, he said,
\n\u201cEagle, you are being too greedy and all the other animals are suffering.\u201d
\nEagle grabbed a salmon and flew away, but Thunderbird caught him. Kingfisher grabbed the salmon but still, Eagle held on. When Kingfisher finally got the salmon back, there were slits on either side of salmon\u2019s throat.
\nAnd that is how salmon got their gills.
\nBy Jalen Y.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Joshua T.
\n\"Joshua_Teichroeb\"<\/a><\/td>\n		How Raven Became Black
\nOne day near a village Raven was thinking of ways to tease the villagers. Raven was white so he could not sneak up on them without being seen. When Raven found out the village was a fishing village he transformed into a fish and let the fishermen catch him. When he was in the village house he transformed back into Raven and grabbed all the fish and flew out the smoke hole. The villagers panicked and prayed for their fish back. Raven did this over and over with the same reactions from the villagers every time.
\nWhen a family picked the fish that was Raven for dinner one night he had to transform back into Raven in front of them. The villagers panicked when Raven left with all the fish.
\nThe wise man of the village had an idea. He took some of the black ick stuff from dead whales and covered the ground with it.
\nWhen Raven returned again they chased Raven out the door into the black ick that turned him black. Then Raven was told by the wise man that you are now black and are not welcome at our village ever again.
\nBy Joshua T.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Karen L.
\n\"Karen_Li\"<\/a><\/td>\n		A Killer Whale Lost It\u2019s Fin
\nOne day Killer Whale lost his fin in a cave. Chicken did same magic to steal the fin because Chicken liked sharp things and pointy things. Chicken wanted to have a collection of pointy things for himself. One day Raven saw Chicken stealing Killer Whale\u2019s fin. Raven was mad at Chicken and he turned Chicken into a pig. Chicken was sad because he was turned in to pig. Chicken said to Killer Whale, \u201csorry for stealing your fin\u201d, and the Raven turned the pig back into a chicken. Chicken learned to be nice and not to steal. Stealing is bad and makes people sad.
\nBY Karen L.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Katelyn Y.
\n\"Katelyn_Young\"<\/a><\/td>\n		Raven\u2019s Lesson
\nOnce upon a time in a village called F.A.V., there lived 6 galoop(galoop means groups of families) In that galoop, there was father 6, mother 6, Marky(sister), Molisso(brother) There also lived another group called 4 galoop. In that galoop, there was father 4, mother 4, Malissa(sister), Marky(brother) 6 and 4 galoops were best friends, and they treat each other like family!
\nThere was also a lake full of salmon. The lake was called F.A.W.L.
\nOne day both galoops didn\u2019t have anymore water and salmon to eat and drink so, they decided to go fetch more. 6 galoop grabbed 6 buckets and 4 galoop grabbed 4 bucket. On the way there, they had to walk through a forest called F.A.S.F. and when they did, they kept thinking that something was watching them but who did? They just ignored it, but it gave them the shivers!
\nWhen they were at F.A.W.L., they got water and got as many salmon as they could. The most they got was 5 in each bucket because it was dusk and was getting dark.
\nThey went through the forest and still, they got the shivers! Soon it was dark and they headed home for dinner. They ate dinner and left their doors and windows open.
\nRaven was spying on them from when they left home and went to get salmon and water. Raven was black and sneaky. He went to 6 galoop\u2019s house and stole all of their buckets including the salmon and water inside it. He put it in 4 galoop\u2019s house.
\nThe next day, father and mother 6 went to 4 galoop\u2019s house and complained that they stole it. They argued for at least 1 house. Then the kids saw Raven laughing in a bush. They followed Raven and saw that he went to an enormous tree hole. They decided to go inside to see what he was up to. When they saw the place, they were frozen for a second. The children saw his plan and it was on paper. Raven came back and wasn\u2019t happy about finding them there. They sued Raven and told them not to do it again. 6 galoop said SORRY to 4 galoop because they were blaming them. 4 galoop gave back all the buckets that were 6 galoops. They lived happily ever after!
\nBy Katelyn Y.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kathy N.
\n\"Kathy_Nguyen\"<\/a><\/td>\n		How Raven Saved Water
\nIt was a cold day and the sun had just risen. Villagers were getting ready for a long day of work. The fruit had just ripened and Salmon needed to be smoked for a long winter ahead.
\nThe villagers climbed up the mountain to collect water, but the river was dry. They looked around thinking they were at a different area but they soon figured out there was no more water and were in shock.
\nThe night before a very greedy man named Tookoome had collected all the water for himself. He stored it high up on his house where only he could access it.
\nDays passed and everyone was thirsty. Their mouths were dry and their skin was covered in dirt and grime. There was nothing to eat, the animals had left to search for food and the plants weren\u2019t watered.
\nRaven was the only one who stayed and he didn\u2019t like it one bit. That night he planned to fly high up in the sky and push down the water from the house. Then everybody could get water.
\nSo that night Raven flew high up in the sky but it was too dark for him to see. Raven bumped into the cloud and all of the water from the container evaporated. Rain dropped down and in a few days everybody got food and water again.
\nAnd what happened to the man? Well Tookoome swore to never be greedy again, in fact he inspired the villagers to work together and share.
\nBy Kathy N.
\nDivison 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kenny K.
\n\"Kenny_Kwan\"<\/a><\/td>\n		How Raven and the Animals Got the Sun Back
\nOnce there was a dark land that had no light. In a dark forest the Kingfisher couldn\u2019t find any food for all the animals. The animals were starving and Raven said \u201cdon\u2019t worry, I will find some food because the Kingfisher could not do this for you.\u201d
\nThen Bear said \u201cwhy are you back here in the forest?\u201d
\nRaven said, \u201cBecause I cannot find food.\u201d
\nThe Mole said \u201cRaven is right because someone stole the sunlight away.\u201d
\n\u201cHow?\u201d said Beaver.
\n\u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d said Bear \u201cbut I cannot see because it\u2019s dark. Come on we must stay together and gather all the food we have.\u201d
\nThen Mole and Beaver said, \u201cFollow us. Because we saw an old man getting some water and he had a light orb on his hand. The old man got some fish and water!\u201d
\n\u201cShow me\u201d said Raven.
\n\u201cOkay\u201d, said Mole and Beaver.
\nRaven said, \u201cBear, you must bust the door down. Kingfisher you must distract the old man\u201d. Raven said \u201cMole and Beaver go distract the guards\u201d and then Raven said, \u201cI will take the sun back and leave.\u201d Raven flew around in a circle and then he went up as fast as he could then he put the sun in the sky! When the old man saw the land he said it was beautiful.
\nBy Kenny K.
\nDivision\u00a0\u00a04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lily C.
\n\"Lily_Chen\"<\/a><\/td>\n		Raven Tricks People
\nOnce upon a time in a little village near the shore there was a trickster named Raven. He would trick anybody he met, especially Eagle. He thought that everybody was big and clumsy, especially Eagle. One day he even tricked two cute little children into trouble. When Eagle heard about this he was really upset.
\nOne day he met up with Raven and said, \u201cstop tricking people.\u201d Raven was surprised. He thought that Eagle liked it when people were tricked .Then Eagle said, \u201cby the shore I saw lots of fish this morning.\u201d Raven was so excited that he rushed over to the lake without thinking. There were no fish.
\nWhen Raven returned back he yelled, \u201cyou tricked me there isn\u2019t any fish and that not nice.\u201d \u201cWell you have tricked lot of people too.\u201d said Eagle. Then he realized that a lot of people\u2019s feelings had been hurt by him. So from that day on Raven did not trick people instead he helped them.
\nBy Lily C.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Logen W.<\/td>\nHow Salmon Came To Be
\nOnce, in the middle of the freezing Atlantic Ocean there was a huge gray whale. Whale wasn\u2019t very hungry so she always ate only 1 \u00bd pounds of plankton at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
\nOne day, Whale heard the other sea creatures laughing and calling her names like: pip-squeak and little fin. She wondered why the other sea creatures were laughing and calling her names. So she thought and thought and thought of all the possibilities.
\nThen, she looked at a big shiny clam and she saw that she was thin and a small adult. She should have eaten like the other sea creatures and eaten 3 pounds of plankton per meal. But she had to have it her way. That\u2019s how salmon came to be.
\nBy Logen W.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Massimo M.
\n\"Massimo_Mezzomo\"<\/a><\/td>\n		How Salmon Learned His Lesson
\nOne day Eagle went out looking for salmon. When Eagle was looking for salmon one of the salmon made a fake salmon because he didn\u2019t want his friends to be eaten. When Eagle saw the fake salmon he thought it was real. Eagle flew down to the water and took it. Eagle thought it tasted like seaweed. Eagle found out that the salmon was fake. Eagle was furious.
\nEagle flew to Thunderbird and told him what happened. Thunderbird was angry too. The Thunderbird flew to the ocean and turned salmon into plankton. Salmon was now being chased by whales.
\nLater Eagle came back looking for food. Salmon saw Eagle. Salmon told Eagle he was really sorry. Eagle forgave him. Eagle called the Thunderbird and asked him if he could turn salmon back into salmon. The Thunderbird did. Eagle and salmon became friends
\nBy Massimo M.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthew Q.
\n\"Matthew_Quock\"<\/a><\/td>\n		Whale\u2019s Problem
\nOne day there was an orca named Whale. He was young and hungry. While he was swimming, Whale saw fish in a net. Whale darted at the fish in the net. But instead of eating the fish, Whale got caught by the net. The fisherman got so excited that he had a fish in his net. He pulled it out of the water and saw Whale. He thought, \u201cI\u2019m going to have a big dinner tonight and everyone will think I\u2019m the best at fishing!\u201d As he tried to pull it out, Raven saw what was happening. He knew he had to do something, so he turned himself into a raindrop and fell on the man\u2019s head. As that happened he thought there was going to be a storm coming so he dropped the net. When he fell back he hit his head on the side of the boat. He was knocked out and the boat started tipping. When that happened Whale was free! He felt so happy but that wasn\u2019t all. He saw legs floating in the water. He looked above the water and saw the man. Whale swam to him and brought him to a little island that had a tree. The man woke up and thought that it was helpless. So he started to lie down and close his eyes. He thought that no one would ever find him and take him home. But Whale scooped him up and took him home. When they got home the other people celebrated. The man still had some fish. They cooked it and had a good dinner.
\nBy Matthew Q.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nathan C.
\n\"Nathan_Chow\"<\/a><\/td>\n		Turtle Lost His Shell
\nLong, long ago in the forest and the pond there was a turtle who didn\u2019t like to share land. Everywhere Raven landed turtle chased raven away.
\nThe next day\u2026. Turtle didn\u2019t share land again so raven used his powers and turned Turtle into a bear. His shell is now in the highest tree. Evrytime bear tried to knock the shell down raven magically moved to a nother tree. Bear was so mad that he charged at raven\u2019s tree and charged at Ravens house.
\nRaven said, \u201cIf you want your shell back you have to promise to share land\u201d. Then bear accepted so he was turned back in to a turtle
\nNow Raven happily sits on the ground with Turtle.
\nBy Nathan C.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nathan K.
\n\"Nathan_Kong\"<\/a><\/td>\n		Raven Changes Loon
\nOnce upon a time all the animals were having a great day until Loon saw Raven and shouted, \u201cstop flying next to this river all the time because you always fly next to this one river!\u201d Raven\u2019s feelings were hurt. After that day Raven started playing tricks on everybody. Even the people and all of the animals and the people\u2019s food.
\nBear and Wolf came by and said, \u201cLoon you have to say sorry to Raven so that he stops playing tricks.\u201d Loon did not listen to a single word they said. Owl came and said, \u201cLoon you have to say sorry to Raven. You don\u2019t have much time, it\u2019s going to rain soon.\u201d
\nLoon still did not listen so she waited until the rain stopped. When she woke up she noticed that her voice changed into the worst sound she ever heard. She did not like that at all she was so stubborn that she didn\u2019t want to say sorry to Raven. She really wanted her voice back but she didn\u2019t listen to the wolf, bear or the owl. Loon went to the three animals and they all went to the village and all of the people heard Loon\u2019s new voice and they all had never heard such a horrible voice before.
\nThey all said, \u201cLoon you must say sorry to Raven as quick as possible.\u201d So she did.
\nShe went to forest and swam as fast as possible to find Raven. Finally, she made it and she said \u201cI\u2019m sorry Raven\u201d and Raven was happy, so he transformed Loon\u2019s voice back to her normal voice again.
\nBy Nathan K.
\nDivision 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Owen H.
\n\"Owen_Henderson\"<\/a><\/td>\n		How the Stars Got Put in Sky
\nOnce there was an old man in the woods thinking about how plain the sky looked. As he was thinking he bumped his foot on something. It was underground so he dug. After a while he hit a bright ball. He picked it up, it burned him. He grabbed some leaves and covered the ball so it was easy to grab. He took it to a stream to cool it down. Then he started to go home.
\nAfter he got home, he hid the ball under some blankets then went to bed.
\nWhile the man was in bed Raven noticed his ball was gone. He told his friend bear. He knew what everyone\u2019s footsteps looked like so he told his bear that he saw the old man\u2019s footsteps so they came up to get it back.
\nThe next morning the man was awakened by his door breaking down. The man jumped out of bed. He saw bear and Raven searching for something. The bear tackled the old man. Raven grabbed the ball and flew outside and bear ran away. The old man ran outside to watch raven .But, Raven had flown up too high and the ball exploded. The chunks became the stars and that night they gazed at them.
\nBy Owen H.
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Patrick H.
\n\"Patrick_Hong\"<\/a><\/td>\n		Raven Boy
\nOne day, there was a kid who was learning how to hunt. He kept trying and trying but he couldn\u2019t shoot anything. A few weeks later, he finally shot down a raven. So he brought it home and cooked it. It was delicious.
\nThe next day he went outside and shot a raven again! Except this time he killed over 20 ravens! So a flock of raven came and used their magic powers to transform the boy into a raven and flew away. The boy was now a raven!
\nAfter the flock left, Raven Boy was finding it very hard to survive. Over several days Raven Boy almost got killed many times. He knew he had done something wrong and he knew he had to apologize.
\nSo Raven Boy flew and flew and flew. When he got to the raven flock he was very tired. When he found the Raven King, Raven Boy apologized for killing so many ravens. Then the king turned him back into a boy. The boy thanked the king.
\nWhen he got home, the boy saw a gigantic feast; he only ate what he needed. From that day on, the boy never killed another raven and learned his lesson about not taking more than he needed.
\nBy Patrick H.
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Rachel Z.
\n\"Rachel_Zhang\"<\/a><\/td>\n		How Raven Stole Music and Traditional Dances Away
\nOne day, Raven was just napping on a tree branch. By the tree was a village. The Aboriginal people were celebrating the young daughter\u2019s birthday. They got their instruments and got ready to do some celebrating! Everyone in the village gathered around the campfire outside of the big house they lived in.
\nSuddenly, Raven woke up. Raven couldn\u2019t go back to sleep! He got very disturbed so he transformed into a little boy. Raven jumped into the water and came back out. He went to the village and everyone stared and thought that he looked so poor and lost. Everyone was worried about him they all left to get blankets and food for Raven. While they were gone, Raven used his powers to take the talents of dancing and the beautiful sounds of the instruments and put them in a box. Raven flew away and hid the box.
\nThe Flamey butterfly saw the whole thing. When the villagers came back he was gone. They forgot about it and kept on celebrating her birthday. Later on, the dancers couldn\u2019t dance and the instrument players had no sound from their instrument. The butterfly told them everything. Then, butterfly flew to Raven and said, \u201cif you don\u2019t give back their things I will burn your feathers off!\u201d Raven was frightened and said, \u201cbut where do I sleep?\u201d Butterfly had an idea. She said, \u201cI will find you a perfect place to sleep but you have to say sorry and give back their stuff.\u201d Raven agreed with her plan and did as she said.
\nBy Rachel Z.
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Salina F.
\n\"Salina_Fan\"<\/a><\/td>\n		The Greedy Man
\nOnce upon a time there was a little girl and her grandpa. They lived in a hut beside a river in a forest. One day, while the little girl went to hunt for food, the old man went to the river and caught lots of fish. He was so excited to eat the fish he forgot about sharing with all of the animals and even his grand-daughter. He quickly shoved the salmon into his mouth and spit out the bones. That was easy because he was hungry.
\nThe bear, hummingbird, loon and raven saw him, but the little girl did not see him doing that. Finally, the other animals told the little girl to look and the little girl was so surprised that they decided to teach him a lesson.
\nThey waited for the old man to go to sleep and the bear took all of the fish and hid it in the forest where the old man wouldn\u2019t look.
\nThe next day, he went to the river, but there was no salmon anywhere. That happened for a few days.
\nThe old man was so hungry he went to his grand-daughter to ask for help. She confessed that she and the animals were teaching him a lesson because he was so greedy.
\nThe old man felt guilty and promised to share food from now on. They decided to forgive him and returned the food. From that day on he always shared what he had.
\nBy Salina F.
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\u00a0Sofia G.
\n\"Sofia_Gomez\"<\/a><\/td>\n		How Hummingbird got her Hum
\nHummingbird was the most energetic little bird in all the meadow. She had shiny red and blue feathers and a long thin beak. One day, she overheard Raven boasting that he was the fastest flyer in all land. Hummingbird knew he was wrong so she challenged him to a race. \u201dHA! You think you can beat me?!\u201d retorted Raven but he agreed because he wanted to win.
\nHumming bird\u2019s friend, Loon, helped prepare Hummingbird, and then wished her good luck. Raven was cleaning out his nails when Hummingbird arrived. Eagle showed them the route for the race.
\nThe race began!!! Hummingbird was flapping her wings so fast, they began to hum. Near the end of the race, Raven was so tired, that he couldn\u2019t finish. Hummingbird, on the other hand easily raced to the finish, though her wings forever hummed when they flapped.
\nBy Sofia G.
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\u00a0Steven C.
\n\"Steven_Chung\"<\/a><\/td>\n		How Raven Got Revenge On Bear
\nThe story started at a small lake. Raven was meeting his only sea friend Salmon. The two friends played and played until one day something changed. Raven was chatting with Salmon when they saw two glowing red eyes. Salmon quickly recognized the eyes. Bear leapt out of the bush and bit Salmon.
\n\u201cHelp!\u201d cried Salmon as Bear sunk his teeth to the salmon\u2019s skin. \u201cOuch\u201d said Salmon. \u201cOuch!\u201d
\n\u201cThis is what you get for not letting me eat you!\u201d yelled Bear. Then, he escaped with Salmon into the dark forest.
\nMeanwhile Raven was thinking of how to rescue Salmon. He had an idea. A very funny one\u2026.
\nRaven remembered Bear had escaped into the forest. He waited until nighttime, and then went in the forest.
\n\u201cThis is one scary forest.\u201d He said to himself. He was scared that Bear might jump out and eat him along with Salmon. But luckily he didn\u2019t.
\nAfter a long time of walking in the forest, He approached a cave. He knew all bears live in caves. So Raven transformed into a rock and rolled into the cave. Raven was relieved to see that Salmon hadn\u2019t been eaten.
\nThen the \u201crock\u201d said \u201cKnock knock.\u201d
\nBear said, \u201cWho\u2019s there?\u201d
\n\u201cRoar!\u201d
\n\u201cRoar who? Grrrrr I\u2019m getting out of here, this cave haunted!\u201d said Bear.
\nAfter that Raven turned back into his normal form and rescued Salmon and escaped.
\nRaven released Salmon into the lake. Salmon thanked him. They stayed best friends forever.
\nBy Steven C.
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\u00a0Tiffany T.
\n\"Tiffany_Tse\"<\/a><\/td>\n		Bears Lesson
\nOne day Bear was sleeping in a cave. When Bear woke up he was hungry. So Bear went to the river to get some salmon. Bear got so hungry he went for more and more until Bear finally got full. There was now barely anymore salmon left. What Bear didn\u2019t know was that Raven saw Bear eat up almost all of the salmon. Raven got so mad that he turned Bear into a salmon.
\nBear didn\u2019t feel happy. Bear only got to swim and tried to let people catch him. So Bear tried to stay close to the cave which was near the water. Raven saw what Bear was doing down there. Raven went down because Bear was calling for help.
\nNo one could hear Bear except for Raven. Raven told himself not to help Bear because he had to learn his lesson first. Hours later, Bear swam to places over and over again. Soon Bear saw Whale. Whale was stuck under a rock. So Bear tried to help him. Raven saw Bear helping. Raven turned Bear back into a bear. Bear got Whale out.
\nRaven was glad that Bear helped Whale, but Raven wanted to make sure that Bear would share. So Bear and Raven were talking about it. So Bear said that he would try to share. Bear tried sharing and he liked sharing.
\nBy Tiffany T.
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Vanessa C.
\n\"Vanessa_Cannata\"<\/a><\/td>\n		How the Eagle Knew Who He Was
\nOnce there was an eagle. He loved his whole life- except for one thing. Eagle was jealous of his friends. He liked Loon\u2019s beautiful singing voice, how Salmon knew how to swim, and how Beaver knew how to make dens with wood.
\nBut, one day, Eagle came up with a plan. He called for Raven to turn him into an interesting animal. He decided on a bear so Raven turned him into one. Eagle went up to Loon, Salmon, and Beaver, and he asked them if he could play with them. Loon, Salmon, and Beaver were scared of him so they kept walking away.
\nRaven saw what happened and he came down and turned Eagle back into an eagle. Raven said \u201cwhat you have is great, everyone has different talents.\u201d
\nLoon, Salmon, and Beaver saw Eagle and they yelled to him, \u201cEagle, do you want to come and play with us?\u201d
\nEagle shouted back, \u201cyes!\u201d
\nRaven was very happy for Eagle. Now Eagle loved his whole life, especially this part.
\nMoral or lessen: accept who you are
\nBy Vanessa C.
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Winnie C.
\n\"Winnie_Cheung\"<\/a><\/td>\n		How Raven Freed the Sun
\nIt was a long time ago when the Moon blocked the Sun. One day, Raven said to himself, \u201cI don\u2019t like the dark, I wish that the Moon could just free the Sun.\u201d Then he had an idea! He would fly up to the Moon and tell the Moon that it\u2019s not nice to block the Sun just so that you can have it the dark all of the time. Raven hoped that if he did that then Moon would listen.
\nOne day he thought that it was time to have a talk with the Moon. So Raven flew up to the sky and found the Moon. He asked him, \u201cCan you free the Sun?\u201d
\nThe Moon asked, \u201cWhy should I free the Sun?\u201d
\nRaven said, \u201cIt\u2019s not nice to block the Sun because you aren\u2019t sharing the day. Why can\u2019t you split the day in half so you and the Sun can be out equally?\u201d
\nThe Moon thought about that and though it would be nice to share, so the Moon freed the Sun?
\nThey said,\u201dlet\u2019s just split the day in half.\u201d
\nThe Sun said, \u201cI will come out at day time and you come out at night time.\u201d The Moon realized that it\u2019s not nice to block the Sun. The Moon like coming out at night time and the Sun liked to come out during the day time. Raven finally enjoyed the day time in the Sun and enjoyed sleeping during the night.
\nBy Winnie C.
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