The Animal School

Adapted from a work by George H. Reavis

Once upon a time, the animals decided to organize a school.

They adopted a curriculum consisting of running, climbing, swimming and flying. To make it easier to administer(管理), all the animals took all the subjects.

The duck was excellent in swimming, but he made only passing grades in flying and was very poor in running. So, he had to stay after school and also drop swimming in order to practice running. This was kept up until his webbed feet were badly hurt and he was only average in swimming.

The squirrel was excellent in climbing until he developed disappointment in the flying class where his teacher made him start from the ground up instead of from the treetop down. He also got a D in running.

The eagle was a problem child. In the climbing class he beat all the others to the top of the tree, but insisted on using his own way to get there…