Ingles

HOW A FLY SAVED THE RIVER

Many, many years ago, when the world was new, there was a
Beautiful river. Fish in great numbers lived in this river whose water
Was so pure andsweet that all the animals came there to drink.

A giant moose found out about the river and he too came there to drink. But he
Was so big , and he drank so much, that soon thewater began to sink, lower and lower,
The beavers were worried. The water around their lodges was disappearing. Soon
Their homes would be wiped out the muskrats were worried,too.what would they
Do if the water ran out? How would they live?

The fish were very worried. The other animals could live on land if the water dried up,
But they couldn’t.All the animals tried to figure out a way to get rid of the moose, but
He was so big that they were too afraid to try. Even the bear, who was big and atrong, was afraid of him.At last the fly said he would try to drive the moose away. All the animals laughed.
How could a fly that was so small frighten a giant moose?the fly sai nothing,but thatDay, as soon as the moose appeared, he went into action. He landed on the moose’s
Foreleg and bit sharply. The the moose stamped his foot hard. Each time he stamped, theground sank and the water rushed in to fill it up. Then the fly jumped about all over the moose biting and biting and biting until the moose couldn’t put up with it anymore. Hedashed madly about the banks of the river, shaking his head ,stamping his feet, snorting and blowing, but he couldn’t get rid of that pesky fly.at last, the moose ran away from the riverand didn’t come back the fly was very proud of how he looked after the problem, and boasted to the other animals,

“Even the small can fight the strong if they use their brains”