Is it just a bottle?
Emma Dassigny / Tereza Sedlackova / Hana Steklova
Tereza Sedlackova

One sunny morning, a zebra was walking in the savanna.

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She saw something shiny on the ground and decided to approach it.

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"What is this?" she said. She tried to eat it but could not chew it. "It's not food. It's not a rock". Zebra went to her friend frog.

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"Frog, what is this?". Frog looked at the bottle. "I think it is a mirror," said Frog. "Look! I can see my face!"

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Then firefly flew by. She saw the bottle glow in the sun. "It is a lamp!" she said.

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She flew inside. The bottle lit up like a lightbulb! Zebra and frog were really surprised. It looked amazing!

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Elephant came next. He looked at the bottle. "It is a vase" he said. He put a flower inside. It looked beautiful.

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They were all looking at the bottle and could not figure out what it was for. Suddenly, monkey arrived.

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Monkey asked his friends what they were looking at. His friends told him they didn't know what the object was. Monkey told them it is a glass bottle and it's really useful. He suggested to clean it and use it again.

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They all smiled and agreed. Animals couldn't understand why someone would throw something so useful in nature and contaminate it. Nature is not a bin.

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From that day, the bottle had many new jobs and most importantly the savanna stayed clean.

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Is it just a bottle?
Author - Emma Dassigny / Tereza Sedlackova / Hana Steklova
Illustration - Tereza Sedlackova, Emma Dassigny, Hana Steklova
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs