Origami Story

Thee Lonely Boy

There once was a lonely boy who owned a square plot of land. He lived in a house on the far end of the plot by the forest. His only friends were Vince and Vinnon, the cat and dog. His parents had died in WWII.

One he decided to go out in search of friends after he had finished his house keeping and the land needed no work. There was a mountain on the south edge of the land; he had always wanted to climb it. He would climb to the top to see if there were any houses nearby.

As he approached the mountain, he saw it was the shape of an isosceles right triangle. He climbed up the very steep mountain. When he reached the top he could see little specks of people outside a cottage on the other side of the mountain. He looked back at his house to see if his pets had followed him; they had. He told them to stay put on the top of the mountain, so they would not scare the new people. Then he turned right around and raced down the mountain to meet these new people.

He came upon the little cottage but the people had just gone inside. So the boy walked up to the door and it opened. A red bushy haired boy was standing at the door with a smile upon his face. He said, “Hello! Who are you? Would you care to join us for some pastries?” The boy was tired and hungry from his walk; he decided to join them.

Just as they were sitting down, a terrible earthquake shook the house. The table shook and their beautiful lemon pie fell to the floor and part of the roof fell on top of it. They raced out of the house just before the other section of the roof collapsed. The looked up to the mountain and it not longer had a peek. The lonely boy was now really worried about his pets. He started running up the now trapezoid mountain and his new friends follow him to help.

They found the animals along the way hidden in a burrow. They ran down the mountain to find the boy’s house was still standing. The boy invited his new friends to stay with him until they build a new house. His new friends choose to build a house right next to him so they can visit for an afternoon snack everyday.

The lonely boy was never lonely again.

THEE END


I had a first grade student write this story to go with the folding of an origami paper cup. I like the idea of this being an activity or a lesson about the Easter story. What could we fold to represent the Easter story?