We have been studying about ancient India in history and the moon in science this week.  In ancient India they saw a hare on the moon, and we read the story of how the hare came to be on the moon.  What do the markings of the moon look like to you?  Invent your own story about the areas of light and dark, or to explain some other aspect of the moon, such as why it changes shape.  (from "Tales of the Shimmering Sky" by Susan Milord.)

One morning I goed outside, and in the moon I found a cat.  It was a little cat, but it was a cat.  This is why I think the cat got on the moon.  There was this one cat that came around this old man's house.  And this old man was lonely.  The cat would come and comfort him everyday.  Everyday he would feed it and take care of it.  One day a tiger came around and the old man was afraid that the cat would be eaten.  So, he went into the forest to find the cat and warn him about the tiger that was lurking.  But the old man went so far into the forest that he got lost.  Soon it was almost dark in the forest.  And the tiger decided he would rather eat the person than the cat.  So, when it was dark the old man hid in a cave, but when he went in he found the cat.  And then they heard a growl, so they ran out of the cave, because the cave belonged to a vicious bear.  They grabbed sticks and thought that they had scared away the bear, but it wasn't them who scared the bear away.  Behind them was the tiger that ruled the forest.  And the cat jumped in front of the man so that the tiger did not get close to him.  The cat looked at the tiger, like "back off!"  The cat nodded like go, and the man goed.  The next night was a full moon, and he saw the very cat that he liked on the face of the moon.  THE END (in all big letters).