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=Fairy Tales Created by Groups of Grades 4 and 5 Students-=

//Guidelines for creating the story://

 * All three groups were given the same first paragraph to start their fairy tale with.
 * Students were also asked to incorporate typical elements of the fairy into their stories.

//The Story of the Woodcutter//
//**Group 1 - Grade 4 students**// nce upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a woodcutter and his two children. It was a fiercely cold winter. Deep snow and frigid temperatures made it difficult for the woodcutter to go to work. He needed money to feed his son and daughter, so he decided to go into the next town and see what work he could find. (Kathy)

He went off to the next town at night. When the children woke up they saw a fairy and a witch. The witch turned the fairy to a FAIRY ZOMBIE! (Enzo)

The fairy zombie flew to the children’s room moaning. The children were frightened so much that they pulled their covers over their heads. The room vanished and they found themselves outside in the freezing cold. The snow danced around their heads making it impossible to see. They were lost! Stumbling around they took shelter under a large oak tree wondering what to do. (Katie)

It then stopped snowing, so they started to walk around, still cold, though now in a magical place. There were fairies everywhere. There were half wolverine and half crocodile creatures. (Luca)

While the children continued walking, the half wolverine and half crocodile creatures saw them and started to chase them. They ran but the creatures were faster than them and caught up. The children tricked the creatures into thinking that it was a race and then the creatures ran to where they thought there was a finish line and the kids ran away. (Mac)

The kids ran away into a forest. They entered a bear cave. They were cold and made a fire. The bear came home and saw them sitting in the cave. When the kids saw the bear they said, “Please don’t hurt us!” (Megan)

Then the bear started to chase them. The bear was too fast for them. The children ran out of the cave. They quickly climbed up the tree outside the cave. (James)

They continued on their journey. (Lora)

Suddenly the witch and the fairy appeared. The fairy asks, “Do you want to return to your father's and house?” “Yes!" replied the children. Suddenly the fairy started twirling around them and pouf! - they were back with their dad. (Ruby)

The dad turns to the kids and asks, ”Where were you two?” The kids “We were running away from these creatures. Where were you?” (Sefa)

“I found a job in the country working and made a lot of money. I was so far away and missed you.” (Ciara)

"The witch that saved you also saved me and brought us together again." said the father. "I couldn’t be happier. I will never leave you again." The father and children were delighted to be together. The children were also pleased that their father now had a job and earned enough money to care for them...they lived happily ever after. (Kathy)

//**Group 2 - Grade 4 students**//
nce upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a woodcutter and his two children. It was a fiercely cold winter. Deep snow and frigid temperatures made it difficult for the woodcutter to go to work. He needed money to feed his son and daughter, so he decided to go into the next town and see what work he could find. (Kathy)

He went to town and found a job selling lemonade though didn’t make any money because the weather was too cold. Then he got a job as a store clerk and made $100, so he could feed his children. (Gavin)

Then he got an employee discount and bought food for his children. At the end of the day he returned home. They had dinner. They went to bed. In the morning they woke up had breakfast. The father returned to his job and some goblins came and robbed the store. (Evan)

The kids back at the house were playing a game up until a giant snow dog attacked them. They were scared. A fairy came and said, “Don’t worry, I can help you.” (Aliki)

The fairy scared the snow dog away by pouring hot water on it and since that didn’t work, she made it disappear. The snow dog never came again. (Han Ju)

The goblins that attacked the dad went after the children. The children wanted the fairy to come but she didn’t. They ran for help and then left the house and the goblins destroyed the house. (Callum)

The kids are lost in the forest. The goblins go after the kids. They find a cave to hide in. They find sticks and a small house outside the cave. (Matthew)

The children go to the house to find some food to eat because they were very hungry. They rang the doorbell and no one answered. They went in anyway and found lots of treats. They also found more sticks to make their fire. It was getting dark so they went to sleep outside with the fire on. The next day the fire was out. The goblins took away all their sticks to make their own fire. (George)

The dad comes and finds the kids in the forest. The fairy appears as well. She brings them money to buy a new house. They go and get a new house but the goblins came back and tried to destroy the house the family are looking at. (Kelsey)

The next day they set up a trap. They put rocks on top of the cave. When the goblins came they dropped the giant rocks on them. Things were better when the goblins were gone and they lived happily ever after. (Paul)

//**Group 3 - Grade 5 students**//
nce upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a woodcutter and his two children. It was a fiercely cold winter. Deep snow and frigid temperatures made it difficult for the woodcutter to go to work. He needed money to feed his son and daughter, so he decided to go into the next town and see what work he could find. (Kathy)

He went to town and couldn’t find a job. So he went back to his house. While the woodcutter was gone the children accidentally knocked down the oil lamp. There was a big fire. When the woodcutter got home the kids were sitting outside the house. (Cameron)

They have no house now. The woodcutter asked the kids what happened. They explained what happened. A magical wizard came to fix their house. He says to the kids “I will fix your house if you find me a dragon egg.” (Owen)

The kids go into the forest nearby and try to look for a dragon egg. They find something shiny in the bush. It’s pink. (Shanae)

The egg started to sparkle so they knew it was the egg they were looking for. So the children took it back to the wizard. The egg turns into a magical bird. (Melanie)

The bird flies to the dad and says they need a house to live in and that the dad needs to build the house. The dad starts to build a house. When the house was finished the two kids were very happy and they went inside the house and saw all their things inside. They also saw a magical candle. The kids swore not to burn the house down again. One day they were running around the house and they knocked down the magical candle and the house caught on fire. The dad didn’t notice because he was out searching for firewood. (Adrienne)

When the father came home he was angry with the children and surprised. The children felt guilty and once again promised to be more careful. To help make things better they tried to help him fix the house. A fairy came along and when they weren’t looking, the house was fixed. She flew off and left them astonished. (Mary)

The fairy put an invisible layer of indestructable magic wood so the house could not be destroyed. (Joe)

The kids were happy that the fairy fixed their house and they lived happily ever after. (Eli)