Celia's+Myth


 * How the Zebra Got Its Stripes **

A long time ago in a land called Africa there was a village. This village was located in the Serengeti. In the village lived a tribe called Abimbe.The Serengeti is located all the way from North Tanzania to South-Western Kenya. The Serengeti has a lot of animals and is where the great animal migration is located. The Abimbe people were very organized: the kids went to school, the men went and did all the physical work, and the women cleaned and waited for the kids come home.

One day in the village, a herd of white horses ran around the plains. These horses had no idea the women of the tribe were watching them. These women were bored and had nothing to do but watch these horses. A couple minute later, the women decided to go up to a horse and draw on it. So one of the women took a trip to the ocean and brought them back the ink from a octopus in the ocean. After they got the ink, they sneaked over to the horses and quickly drew a line on one. The horses stopped and looked. They each had a stripe on their back. Before the horses could run away, the women drew more and more stripes on the horses. Soon the horses were covered in lots of stripes all over them. The women stepped back to look at their masterpieces. The women decided to call their masterpieces Zebra which comes from the Abyssinian word zibra, which means striped. Now the species white horse all have stripes. And now all the striped horses are called zebras.

**Moral of the myth**: When life gives you lemons make lemonade. Meaning make the most of what you have in life; make things your own and try to make your situation more fun!

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