by
Katie
long time ago in an African forest there lived a clan of pure white zebras. The queen of the zebras was a mean zebra named Cazas. She hated creatures who weren't pure white and she banned all colored creatures from the forest.
One morning Cazas went out looking for food when it started to rain. It rained and rained and rained. Suddenly the rain god came down and said to her," You have been very mean to all the animals. They are starving in the desert. You must allow colored animals to live in the forest or you will be punished."
The queen went back to her clan. She saw two butterflies .She became furious and she banished them.That night it began to rain very hard. Again the river god came down and spoke the Cazas, "You fool !!! I warned you and now you will be punished."
The rain god sent down lighting strikes to hit every zebra. The lighting made jagged black stripes on all of the zebras. And that's how the zebra got its stripes.
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