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Friday (02/07/2010)
a) Storybook: The Rabbit and the mouse.
• An interesting story of how the animals saved the rabbit that got stuck in the tree stem. Finally, a mouse bit the rabbit’s abdomen and he get off from the hole. 

b) Storybook 2: Duma and the lion.
• An African story which explains why cheetahs have to run fast. They are the fastest runner in the world even faster than the lions. Little cheetahs have to run fast to avoid being eaten by lions.

c) Mime Game.
• Every kid mimed as an animal without speaking. It was fun and actually guided the kids with their story creation later on. Qian Joe mimed as a bat, Jun Hong mimed as a dinosaur, Yun Xin mimed as a duck, I mimed as a firefly.

d) Our story
• We brainstormed to create the story together. I gave them the first 2 sentences and they continued the rest. It was really fun as the kids tried to continue from their friends’ lines. They were really attentive. The story goes:
- Mother Bear disallowed its cub to eat more fish as it was sleeping time. The cub crawled quietly into the forest river when mother fell asleep. The dark forest and the strong wind caused the cub to fall straight into the river. It couldn’t swim very well. It screamed “help” and a snake crawled by wanted to eat it. It screamed louder! The cats meowed and the dogs barked! A porcupine came to rescued but the snake swallow the porcupine. It got angry and shot the snake’s stomach from inside. Wow! Fireflies lit the dark river. Bats came to carry the cub but failed. The elephant came to help. Mother bear reached the forest at this moment. They were very sad. Then, a vet riding his horse came to rescue. Mother Bear growled thinking that humans are predators. The horse explained that he was a good man. He quickly gave the cub CPR. However, it still needed an injection. Mother growled loudly. Firefly suggested herbs. They searched and found it. The vet squashed the herbs and gave to the cub as medicine. The cub woke up and everyone was happy! Hooray!