George the Giraffe

George the Giraffe was a small giraffe who spent most of his days in the fields. His parents were the biggest giraffes in all the land and George's father hoped that he might one day be the same. The problem was George didn't have a long neck. He had all the spots, all the looks, even the legs, but he did not have a long neck. One day George's dad was eating and could not reach the leaves towards the bottom of the tree. Since giraffe's can't bend their necks too far, this was a huge problem for the giraffes in Africa. When George was eating his dad saw that he could reach the leaves on the bottom of the tree since his neck was abnormally short. Garry the Giraffe, George's father had a great idea, to make George a legend just like him. He immediately told George and informed all the other Giraffe's. From now on George was to pick all the leaves from the bottom of the tree and store them in baskets that the other Giraffe's could eat. From then on everyone loved George for doing this, except George. He got bored of picking leaves and hanging them in baskets up in the trees for the others. He wanted them to like him for who he was. After that days work George went to talk to his dad, who was not happy with George's decision, but accepted that George didn't like his job.

Everyone went on in life just eating the leaves from the top of the trees, skipping the bottom ones. As the years past, George grew greater and greater becoming the biggest giraffe in all the land. He had the biggest neck and was known for something different than leaf picker. As Garry grew older, he turned over the responsibility as king of the giraffe's land to George who worked hard to be an equally great leader as his father.