Yesha Desai

Once upon a time there was a huge haunted mansion. Nobody lived there but ghosts, spiders, beetles and lizards.There was a giant bathtub that they all used for bathing. They loved that bathtub dearly. Everyone was allotted different jobs to help maintain the bathtub.The ghosts kept the tub clean, the beetles ensured the plughole remained free, the lizards made sure that the taps were working properly and so on.However, one spooky spider noticed that the plughole of the bathtub was blocked by something huge and unmovable— a watermelon!The watermelon was so big that not even the biggest beetle, could move it.It was so big that not even the ghosts could magically shift it.They tried everything they could think of but nothing worked. In the end, they decided to just move away and find another house with a beautiful bathtub to haunt.Suddenly there came a tiny little non- spooky creature. She politely asked everyone if she could take the watermelon away to feed her children.The ghosts laughed. The spiders rolled their eyes, the lizards didn’t acknowledge her and the beetles tried their best to not take offense.The ant took this response as a yes and bit off a little watermelon. It barely decreased the size of the melon.The beatles said, “Wow, look the watermelon is gone. Good job weirdo.”The ant pouted and brought in her friends.Turns out that this weird foreign ant with doe eyes was very social and had lots of friends. They all came into the house and suddenly it was not so spooky.They bit off a little of the watermelon and suddenly it was all gone in their bellies.The ghosts looked at it in shock. The ants smiled, “Thank you for the dinner. You are not so scary after all.”

This is a story of watermelon, ants, spiders, beetles and lizards.Moral(s) of the story: judgement and hard work

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