Extra Credit Reading, Week 15, Why the Owl in Not King of the Birds

Why the Owl is Not King of the Birds 

All species had a king so the birds decided to pick one too

The birds all wanted the owl to be the king except for the crows

The turtle dove became king of the birds

and the crows and the owls became enemies

Owl

Week 14 Extra Credit Reading Notes, The Quarrel of the Quals

The Quarrell of the Quails , Ellen C. Babbitt

Their was a leader quail who had a specific calling for his group

A hunter of quails learned the calls and used it to capture the with nets

The leader of the quails tells his brethren to stick their head through the net and fly away together

The quails plan worked and the hunter was angry

The quails start fighting with each other and take sides

The fowler caught them while they were quarreling

Quail

Extra Credit Reading, Week 13, Grannie's Blackie

 Grannie's Blackie , Ellen C. Babbitt

There was a lady named Granny with an elephant named Blackie.

Blackie didn't work and Grannie did

Blackie saw Grannie getting old and decided to get a job to help her out

Blackie got a job pulling wagons for 2 pieces of silver

The man under pays everyone with 1 piece of silver

Blackie stand up to him and gets a bunch of silver

Grannie got to retire

Blackie