STORYTELLING FOR CHILDREN

JOLLY JENNY

It's March and a baby giraffe is born.This baby giraffe is different. The baby girrafe has a blue tongue, purple hair and green eyes.

Father Giraffe says, "Giraffes don't have purple hair. Everybody will laugh at her. They will say she's ugly".

Look at her spots! Her spots are all different colors!" says Mother Giraffe.

"Oh, no!" says Father Girrafe. "Everybody will make fun of her. "Don't worry", says Mother Giraffe, I think she is beautiful just the way she is. I'm going to call her Jenny".

Every time Jenny goes out, the other girrafes laugh at her. "Look! That's Jenny. Ha , ha, ha.

She's different", says Jackie Giraffe. "Giraffes don't have green eyes. They have big, beautiful brown eyes like us".

But then Jesie Giraffe says, I know Jenny is different, but she's smart and she's funny. She's my best friend".

So the other giraffes ask Jenny to play.

Now they play together every day. Everybody loves her and calls her Jolly Jenny. Now the giraffes know that it doesn't matter how you look on the outside. It's what's on the inside that counts.