The Ant And The Dove / Aespop Retold by Galilee

One hot summer day, an ant who was wandering and searching for a cool drink because she was so sweaty, thought that it was a great idea to get quenched. So she went down to the bank of the stream and reached down to the water where she slipped and fell in, nearly drowning. There was a dove who appeared from the sky in the full shaded tree. She heard someone splashing but when she looked down, it wasn't someone splashing cheerfully, it was the ant drowning. She took a large flat leaf off the tree and threw it to the ant because she didn't want the poor thing to die. The ant caught the leaf and floated to a nearby bank. The ant was so thrilled that the dove had saved her and she thought she was blessed to have her. The beautiful white dove thought highly of herself, until there came an evil bird catcher who wanted to catch her. The ant saw that her friend was in deep serious doo doo, so she decided to save her from the heinous man by stinging him. The man was in terrible pain. He cried, threw down the lime twigs he was going to make a net with, and ran away. The bird catcher felt horrible about trying to catch the dove. The dove felt happy because she had saved the cute little ant. The ant felt cheerful because she saved the dove. The ant, the dove, and the bird catcher became very honorable friends. They decided to live with eachother. The man wasn't called "the bird catcher" any more. His name became Ralphy. His friends names were Aunt Jemima and Bitty. After that, if anyone was in trouble, they would always be there for oneanother.