G3 allegory story.

1. The Story of Cow
by: Kimberly Waltz

2. Story Line
Story line: Cow, Dragonfly, Lion, Fox, Beth & Jill (2 birds), and
Sheep are in the same class. Dragonfly is the popular girl.
Cow is not popular; she is always grouchy. One day, they get a
new student; Hippo. He is kind and genial. He notices Cow’s
unhappiness and gets her story. Her siblings are unkind to her
and she has a low self-esteem. Beth & Jill, having
eavesdropped on them tell the story to the others. They
become a lot friendlier to Cow. Cow’s self-esteem eventually
rises and she enjoys school more.
(Read only if you didn’t understand the story)

3. Character List
Cow: moody, unpopular girl
Dragonfly: popular girl
Lion: popular, athletic male
2 birds: the gossips
Fox, Sheep: other classmates
Hippo: the new kid
Owl: teacher

4. Cow headed into the classroom with a gloomy cloud looming
over her head as usual. She slid into her seat and waited in
silence for the other kids to come in. The kids came;
Dragonfly with her dainty step, Lion with his manly stride,
Beth and Jill (the 2 birds) chatting the whole way, then Fox
and Sheep.

5. (Conversation before class
starts)
Hey, are
you free
next
Friday?
Yea!!
Great! Meet
me at the
bowling alley
Friday. Okay.
Dragonfly
is so
lucky!
Totally!
She is so
pretty
and skinny
Yea! And she
just got
asked out by
Lion! That
lucky duck.
Hmph 
OMG! Did
you just
hear that
moo?
Yea!
Interrupting
cow… as usual
She’s
always so
grumpy…
sheesh
Totally
They wouldn’t
be talking if
they knew
what was going
on in my life

6. ahmm
Thank you.
Class, I would
like you to give a
hearty welcome
to your new
classmate Hippo!
Hi!! I’m
Hippo. Nice
to meet you!
…class continues as usual

7. (Recess time)
Hey
Hippo!
Hi!!
Wow!
Hippo is
such a nice
person!
Hmmph
Yea!
Man, what is that cow’s
problem? Is she having a
cow? (haha see the pun)
Umm, that’s not
very nice Lion.
I’m going over to
check on her.
Tootles for now.
Uh, ok. Umm sorry? Oh,
ah bye.
Hey Cow!
Is there
anything I
can help
you with?
Hmmph.
Go away
No, really.
I want to
help you.
Please.
Ok. FINE.
Since you
asked so
nicely
But don’t you
dare go
around
telling
others.
No, no.
Of course
not.
Ok. *sigh*
Here it
goes…

8. (Center in on Hippo and Cow)
*Titters*
This should
be good.
Shh!!
Not so
loud.
Okay so…
What was
that
sound?!?
Uh, I didn’t
hear
anything.
I hope so…
Ok. My older
siblings at home
are super mean.
They always use
me as a
scapegoat.
Continue
please
They tease me,
call me fat, and
beat me. There’s
nothing I can do
about it! My
parents don’t
listen to me at all.
After awhile, it
really started
getting to me and
my self-esteem
dropped
tremendously.
I also got grouchy
and
unapproachable; I
thought other
kids would bully
me too if I let
down my guard.
Yea. So that’s
basically why I’m
always in a bad
mood.
Wow. I’m
sorry.
DON’T GIVE ME
THAT PITY
LOOK!!
Oh, ok.
Sorry.
How about
we become
friends and
I help you
out?
I am perfectly
fine on my own fyi
Mr. Hippo.
Uhh ok. But
could we
please be
friends?
Maybe. Only if
you don’t talk like
I am mentally
retarded.
Yea yea. Of
course.
Ok. Then we can
be friends.
Wow. There’s
a lot more to
Cow than we
thought.
Yea. I’m
really
sorry
about
the mean
things I
said
about
her.
Same. Let’s
go tell the
others.
Okay!
Let’s go.

9. (Beth and Jill head to the others,
leaving Hippo and Cow on their own)
Hey guys! Gather in
a group. We need
to tell you
something.
Ok.
So we were
eavsdropping on
Hippo’s and Cow’s
conversation.
Huh. Uh~, ok.
Yea. So, you know
how Cow is always
grouchy and aloof?
Yea…
Well, there’s a
whole lot more to
her than we
thought.
She has a lot of
problems at home,
which make her
unapproachable here.
I think she would be
nice if we warmed up
to her like Hippo did.
What do you guys
say? Yes or no?
Yes.
Yes for me. Same
here.
Yes!
Alrighty then.
Starting from now we
will be a lot nicer.
Ok. Meeting
dismissed.

10. (Hippo and Cow come back)
Hi Cow!!
How are
you? Uh, hi.
Um, okay
I guess.
Great! Do you
want to play tag
with us?
Uh,
sure?
Awesome!!
(whisper) Hippo, why are
they being so nice all of
a sudden?
No clue. Go along with
them and have fun.
Ok then. (to the others)
Coming!!
Alrighty. Let’s
play!

11. As Cow got to know her classmates
better, she began to feel better of
herself. She was no longer the grouchy
cow from before. Even though she still
had problems at home, school was her
safe haven where she could have fun as a
normal kid.
Epilogue

12. Fun, fun,
fun!
Tag,
your it!
Hip, hip, hooray!