OUTLINE: 

Setting: Outside

Characters: The tiger and the rabbit

Plot: The tiger decides not to eat the sleeping rabbit that he finds, because the rabbit thinks of a clever way to trick him into eating rocks

Ending: The Tiger's tail is burnt off when he is tricked by the rabbit for the second time

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Once upon a time there was a tiger and a rabbit. The tiger spotted the rabbit and he decided to eat it. The rabbit was sleeping peacefully by the fire. When the tiger was going to eat the rabbit, the rabbit woke up. The rabbit said, “please don’t eat me! I will give you some delicious rice cakes.”

The tiger said, “Well, ok, I won’t eat you if you give me the rice cake.”

The rabbit got some small rocks. She took the rocks and put them into the fire. The tiger said, “You are tricking me! Then you are eaten by me right now!”

The rabbit said, “No, no, no! I am just cooking the cakes in the fire so they will be delicious. I forgot the syrup, you can stay here and don’t eat it when I come back.”

The rabbit left, and the tiger waited. The tiger couldn’t wait that much so the tiger ate the rocks. So the tiger had a stomach ache. The tiger went inside the cave, the tiger didn’t want to go outside because he was tricked by the rabbit, but he needed to eat so he went outside to get food. While the tiger was outside he saw the rabbit again. The tiger said, “Now you are really eaten by me!”

The rabbit replied, “No, no! Don’t eat me! I will give you some birds.”

The tiger said, “Ok, but you better not trick me again!”

The rabbit said, “You stay here and close your eyes. I will be right back with two, big, juicy birds.” The rabbit put the fire around the tiger. The tiger’s tail got burned. The tiger went to the water and put the tail in the water. He decided he no longer wanted to eat rabbits; they were too much trouble.

The End.

Lucy, do you see anything different in my written version of our story from yours? Do you see any changes that either or both of us need to make? After making all of our corrections, we can finally have a completed final draft of the story!