by
Tara
ne bright and Sunny Day, the animal king decided that the jungle was WAY too plain and boring. So, he decided to let every animal choose a pattern to paint on itself to make it more colorful. So, at the Animal Meeting, he told the animals to come to the Color Cliff to choose a pattern.The first animal to come was Butterfly. She chose to have the same pattern on each wing. She looked very pretty. Next came Zebra, and he chose stripes. One by on, all the animals came to the cliff and chose a pattern, but one animal did not. Leopard was up on a rock, sunning himself. He thought," The Animal King will save the BEST one for me, that's for sure. I am the best animal in the jungle, so I will get the best."
The next day, Leopard slowly went up to Color Cliff. There was the Animal King, napping in the sun. Leopard woke him and said, "Where's my pattern? I know you saved the best for ME. I think I will take a pretty rainbow stripe pattern; that will make ALL the lady leopards just come houding on me, or should I......." Leopard trailed of, lost in thought.
"I'm sorry, Leopard, but you came too late. I have just ONE pattern left, and it's not rainbow stripes. Rainbow Fish took that one. This is all I have left." said Animal King, showing Leopard the spots he had for Leopard to wear.
"THAT?!"shouted Leopard,"YOU EXPECT ME TO WEAR SPOTS??????" he pushed them away.
"I am sorry, but you'll just have to wear these." answered the Animal King.
"Oh, Alright, I'll wear them. But nobody better laugh, 'cause I HATE them." grumbled Leopard.
And from this day on, Leopard STILL growls when he thinks about the spots he had to put on and never takeoff so long, long age. And that's how the Leopard got his spots.
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