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English Version

CHAPTER 1: There is a bug. His name is Bob the Beetle. The bug lives in a forest in Spain. His house is bigger than five red cars. Bob the Beetle has a [yellow] pickup truck. He doesn’t have a car; he has a pickup truck. He likes to eat chocolate. He says, “I don’t like chocolate. I LOVE chocolate.”

One night, there is a storm. Bob the Beetle is scared, very scared. Bob the Beetle runs and hides. He waits and waits and waits. Poor little guy! He says, “I’m cold. What can I do?” But class, Bob the Beetle doesn’t have his jacket. What a problem! The monster Fluphball has his jacket. In fact, the monster has a collection of jackets.

Bob the Beetle sees the monster in the darkness. The monster has his jacket. Bob says, “It’s not fair! I want my jacket!” Bob the Beetle sings, “I’m thinking, I’m thinking, I’m thinking–and now I know!” [this is from a cartoon] Bob says, “I have a plan”. Bob the Beetle runs. He runs very fast. But Fluphball yells, “I believe I can fly”. Fluphball uses the jacket to fly. Oh no!

Fluphball the monster flies higher and higher in the air, like a balloon. Bob sings, “Let it go, let it go!” and then he says, “Let it go, let it go, please, Fluphy, let it go!” [let the jacket go]

Fluphball flies to the planet Mars. Why? Because his family lives there. Fluphball sees his family and says, “I don’t care about this jacket.” Fluphball sends the entire collection to Bob the Beetle. Bob is happy, but he doesn’t need that many jackets. He sells the collection on Amazon.

CHAPTER 2 (NEW): Now Bob the Beetle says, “I’m rich.” Bob goes to the bank. He takes out a lot of money. Bob goes to the supermarket. He buys a lot of food. Bob says, “I want to buy a Volkswagen Beetle.” Bob buys a Volkswagen Beetle.

Class Story

**FINISHED STORY (we told and acted this out aurally in class, so the end of the story was not written out). See THIS POST for the full lesson plan and ending.

• Fluphball uses the jacket to fly, goes up and up. Bob says, “LET IT GO!” (Frozen reference), but he doesn’t and flies all the way to Mars.
  • I blew up a red balloon so they would say, “LET IT GO….!!!” and then the first class said the red balloon was like Mars, so… we found an AMAZING ending to our class story!!!!!!!
• On the planet Mars, Fluphball sees his monster family and doesn’t care about the jacket anymore; so the jacket collection gets sucked through a portal and goes directly to Bob’s door, so when he opens the door a bunch of jackets fly in, and he doesn’t need all of them, so he sells the rest on Amazon and becomes very rich. THE END.

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Spanish Version

Hay un insecto. Se llama Bob the Beetle (el escarabajo). El insecto vive en un bosque en España. Su casa es más grande que cinco coches rojos. Bob the Beetle tiene una camioneta [amarilla]. No tiene un coche; tiene una camioneta. Le gusta comer chocolate. Dice, “No me gusta el chocolate. ¡ME ENCANTA el chocolate!” 

Una noche, hay una tormenta. Bob the Beetle tiene miedo, mucho miedo. Bob the Beetle (el escarabajo) corre y se esconde. Espera y espera y espera. ¡¡¡Pobrecito!!! Él dice, “Tengo frío. ¿Qué puedo hacer?” Pero clase, Bob el escarabajo no tiene su chaqueta. ¡Qué problema! El monstruo Fluphball tiene su chaqueta. De hecho, el monstruo tiene una colección de chaquetas.

Bob el escarabajo ve al monstruo en la oscuridad. El monstruo tiene su chaqueta. Bob dice, “¡No es justo! ¡Quiero mi chaqueta!” Bob el escarabajo canta: “Pienso, pienso, pienso, pienso– y ahora lo sé.” Bob dice, “Tengo un plan”. Bob el escarabajo corre. Corre muy rápido. Pero Fluphball grita, “Sé que puedo volar”. Fluphball usa la chaqueta para volar. Oh no!

Fluphball el monstruo vuela más y más alto en el aire, como un globo. Bob canta, “¡Suéltalo, suéltalo!” y luego dice, “¡Suéltala, suéltala, por fa-vor, Fluphy, suéltala!”

Fluphball vuela hasta el planeta Marte. ¿Por qué? Porque su familia vive ahí. Fluphball ve a su familia y dice, “No me importa esta chaqueta”. A Fluphball le manda toda la colección a Bob el escarabajo. Bob está feliz, pero no necesita tantas chaquetas. Vende la colección en Amazon.

CAPÍTULO 2: Ahora Bob the Beetle dice, “Soy rico”. Bob va al banco. Él saca mucho dinero. Bob va al supermercado. Él compra mucha comida. Bob dice, “Quiero comprar un Volkswagen Escarabajo”. Bob compra un Volkswagen Beetle.

Class Story