It’s a beautiful day on the farm. The farmer puts seeds in the ground. The orange cat plays in the flowers. The chicks chirp. The brown mare and the gray mare eat wheat.

Suddenly a dog runs towards the mares and says:

Dog: –Hello, my name is dog! What are you eating? I can eat with you?

The brown mare: –What are you?

Dog: –I am a dog. Can I eat too?

The gray mare: –You can’t.

Dog: –Why?

The gray mare: –Dogs eat chicks and hamburgers.

The brown mare: –What color is your hair?

Dog: –I have straight brown hair. Can I run with you?

The gray mare and the brown mare: –You are too slow to run with us.

Dog: –But why? I run fast too!

The gray mare and the brown mare: –You are not like us.

The dog walks away sadly. He does not understand why he is not accepted. But he doesn’t give up and he decides to try again.

The next day, the dog runs to the chicks, but they don’t talk to him.

One night, the dog sees the brown mare walking towards the corn. Suddenly, the dog sees a gray wolf and a brown wolf in front of her. The wolves say to the brown mare:

Wolves: –We are hungry. We want to eat you.

The brown mare: –But I am tall, strong and I run fast.

Wolves: –We run faster.

The brown mare: –Please don’t eat me!

Meanwhile, the dog goes looking for the gray mare, but she is nowhere to be found. The other animals sleep and so they can’t help.

The dog says: –What should I do? I am not strong like the brown mare nor do I run fast like the wolves, but I’m smart!

The dog discovers a river near the brown mare and the wolves. The dog thinks that dogs swim faster than wolves. So, he starts barking to distract the wolves:

Dog: –Hey wolves…woof, woof, woof!

The brown wolf: –What is that?

The gray wolf: –It’s a dog.

The dog tells the wolves: –You must stop talking to the mare.

The gray wolf: –Yes, you are smaller and slower. You are very easy to eat.

The brown wolf: –Let’s leave the mare alone! Let’s go eat the dog!

The wolves run towards the dog. The dog escapes down the path and runs to the river attracting the wolves. The wolves fall into the river and cannot swim fast.

Meanwhile, the dog runs up to the brown mare and asks:

Dog: –Are you okay?

The brown mare: –Thanks for helping me. I see now that you are like us.

The gray mare suddenly appears and says:

The gray mare: –Why is the dog here?

The brown mare: –We should be friends with him. He is good, nice and very intelligent.

Dog: –And I’m very funny too!

The gray mare: –But he is different!

The brown mare: –It’s not important.

The gray mare: –Fine. What do you like to do?

Dog: –I like to dance a lot!

The brown mare and the gray mare: –We don’t know how to dance. We would like to learn.

Dog: –I teach you!

They return to the corral together and the mares introduce the dog to the other animals. Now all the different animals celebrate with a party.

Moral: Never give up despite the differences.

Media Attribution

• Illustrations by Cheyenne Pokeda