Please, change the colour of the text to type your part of the story. You can add photos or other contents of the activity in class !
Our story begins .... Malta
We also add new characters
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful place in a faraway land. In the land there was a bridge, a church with a high tower near a mountain, a fountain, a dune and a hospital.
It was a perfect place for animals to live in.
Once, a beautiful but strange creature flapped down from the sky. His name was Chaloutorlado.
‘Flap, flap, flap’ went the wings of the creature.
He dropped down on the bridge with a thump, thump, thump.
While he was resting on the bridge, the beautiful but strange creature looked around and saw some cats.
He barked out to the cats ‘Hello there, will you be my friends ?’.
‘Meow, meow, no, we will not!’ said the mother cat.
‘Your back legs are just like my paws. You are beautiful but too strange. You will scare my kittens.’
Chaloutorlado was sad and flapped his wings and flew away.
2nd part : FRANCE
(First our pupils had to think on what an iterative story is and what impact will be on our story. I mean : What sentences have to be on each parts and what can be changed. They immediatly said : it has to be a diiferent animal on each part. They added it can be an animal and its babies. And they have to find a new onomatopea for this new animal. They wanted our creature to go on their place from our land on the dune. We had big discussions on what animal could be found here that looks like a part of our creature as Romina chose the cats because of the legs. First they thought of the squirrel because of the head. But one of them said a bird would be more suitable. What bird can we find here ? We live on a migratory path and we often see sea birds too. The children hesitated between a seagul and a wild goose that comes during the winter season. We voted and the goose won ! We finally had to find a second onomatopea that sounds more english for the english version of our story. For the french version we chose WA WA...)
‘Flap, flap, flap’ went the wings of the creature.
He dropped down on top of the dune with a thump, thump, thump.
While he was sunbathing on the dune, the beautiful but strange creature looked around and saw some wild geese.
He barked out to the geese ‘Hello there, will you be my friends ?’.
‘Honk,honk, no, we will not!’ said the mother goose.
‘Your wings look like mines but yours are so colorful ! You are beautiful but too strange. You are not part of my family. I prefer to stay with my goslings’
Chaloutorlado was sad and flapped his wings and flew away.
3rd part : ITALY
‘Flap, flap, flap’ went the wings of the creature.
He dropped down on the fountain with a thump, thump, thump.
While he was bathing, the beautiful but strange creature looked around and saw some hippos.
He barked out to the hippos ‘Hello there, will you be my friends ?’.
‘Blop, blop, blop, no, we will not!’ said the mother hippopotamus.
'Your belly looks like mine, but you're not all grey! You are beautiful but really strange. You are not part of my family. You will scary my cubs! Go away!
Chaloutorlado was sad and flapped his wings and flew away.
4th part : Greece
‘Flap, flap, flap’ went the wings of the creature.
He dropped down in front of the hospital with a thump, thump, thump.
While he was visting, the beautiful but strange creature looked around and saw some hedgehogs.
He barked out to the hedgehogs :‘Hello there, will you be my friends ?’.
‘HOG, HOG, no, we will not!’ said the mother hedgehog.
‘You are beautiful but really strange. The spine on your head looks like our spines but yours seems more hard and sharp. You may hurt my hoglets !’
Chaloutorlado was sad and flapped his wings and flew away.
Final part : Germany
‘Flap, flap, flap’ went the wings of the creature.
He dropped down on the top of the tower with a thump, thump, thump.
While he was going down from the tower, the beautiful but strange creature looked around and saw some owls.
He barked out to the owls:‘Hello there, will you be my friends ?’.
"Hoot, Hoot, yes!", said the mother owl.
"You are beautiful and very nice. You are different but that is NOT important. We would love to be your friend."
All the animals arrived next to them. "We apologize, we were scared but we would like to be your friend too."
Happy, Chaloutorlado went to the mountain to have a picnic with all his new friends.
End of the story
Here is the french version of our story :
Il était une fois un endroit magnifique dans un pays fort, fort lointain. Dans ce pays, il y avait un pont, une église, une fontaine et même un hôpital !
Les animaux aimaient vivre dans cet endroit.
Un jour, une créature aussi belle qu’étrange descendit du ciel. C’était Chaloutorlado !
FLAP, FLAP, FLAP ! firent ses ailes.
PAN, PAN, PAN ! firent ses pattes lorsqu’il atterrit sur le pont.
Alors qu’il se reposait tranquillement sur le pont et observait les alentours, Chaloutorlado aperçut des chats.
Il les apostropha : « Salut la compagnie ! Aimeriez-vous être mes amis ? »
« Miaou, Miaou, non ! » répondit la maman chat.
« Vos pattes arrières ressemblent à mes pattes. Vous êtes beau mais très étrange. Vous allez faire peur à mes chatons ! »
Triste, Chaloutorlado s’envola dans un battement d’ailes vers d’autres horizons…
FLAP, FLAP, FLAP ! firent ses ailes.
PAN, PAN, PAN ! firent ses pattes lorsqu’il atterrit au sommet de la dune.
Alors qu’il faisait bronzette tranquillement sur la dune et observait les alentours, Chaloutorlado aperçut des oies bernaches.
Il les apostropha : « Salut la compagnie ! Aimeriez-vous être mes amis ? »
« WA, WA, non ! » répondit la maman oie.
« Vos ailes ressemblent à mes ailes mais les vôtres sont si colorées ! Vous êtes beau mais très étrange. Vous ne faîtes pas partie de ma famille. Je préfère rester avec mes oisons ! »
Triste, Chaloutorlado s’envola dans un battement d’ailes vers d’autres horizons…
FLAP, FLAP, FLAP ! firent ses ailes.
PAN, PAN, PAN ! firent ses pattes lorsqu’il atterrit près de la fontaine.
Alors qu’il faisait trempette tranquillement dans la fontaine et observait les alentours, Chaloutorlado aperçut des hippopotames.
Il les apostropha : « Salut la compagnie ! Aimeriez-vous être mes amis ? »
« PLOC, PLOC, non ! » répondit la maman Hippopotame.
« Votre ventre ressemble au mien mais vous n'êtes pas entièrement gris ! Vous êtes beau mais très étrange. Vous ne faîtes pas partie de ma famille. Vous allez faire peur à mes petits ! Allez vous-en ! »
Triste, Chaloutorlado s’envola dans un battement d’ailes vers d’autres horizons…
FLAP, FLAP, FLAP ! firent ses ailes.
PAN, PAN, PAN ! firent ses pattes lorsqu’il atterrit devant l'entrée de l'hôpital.
Alors qu’il visitait les alentours, Chaloutorlado aperçut des hérissons.
Il les apostropha : « Salut la compagnie ! Aimeriez-vous être mes amis ? »
« GRROC, GRROC, non ! » répondit la maman hérisson.
« Vous êtes beau mais très étrange. L'épine sur votre tête ressemble à nos épines mais elle semble beaucoup plus pointue et dure ! Vous allez faire mal à mes petits ! »
Triste, Chaloutorlado s’envola dans un battement d’ailes vers d’autres horizons…
FLAP, FLAP, FLAP ! firent ses ailes.
PAN, PAN, PAN ! firent ses pattes lorsqu’il atterrit sur la tour.
Alors qu’il descendait tranquillement de la tour, Chaloutorlado aperçut des chouettes.
Il les apostropha : « Salut la compagnie ! Aimeriez-vous être mes amis ? »
« HOU, HOU, oui ! » répondit la maman chouette.
« Vous êtes beau et très gentil. Vous êtes différent, c'est vrai mais ce n'est pas important. Nous avons envie d'être vos amis.»
Tous les animaux arrivèrent près d'eux. "On s'excuse, on avait peur mais nous aussi on voudraitt être vos amis."
Heureux, Chaloutorlado partit dans la montagne faire un pique-nique avec ses nouveaux amis.
Fin
The story told by the german pupils:
The French version of our story
Chaloutorlado veut se faire des amis
French pupils talking about our story :
Nos avis sur notre histoire collaborative
Ce que nous avons aimé dans l'histoire de Chaloutorlado/ What we liked in Chaloutorlado story