Once upon a time, in a far-off land, there was a little iguana named Ivan. Ivan lived in a cozy igloo with his family. One day, while out exploring, Ivan came across a table with a bottle of ink on it. Being curious, Ivan opened the bottle and dipped his tail into the ink.

As he was admiring his new ink-covered tail, a group of insects flew by. One of the insects, an ant, stopped to take a closer look. "Wow!" said the ant, "Your tail looks so cool with all that ink on it! Can I try?" Ivan, being a kind iguana, said yes, and soon all the insects were lining up to dip their own tails into the ink.

After a while, Ivan noticed that a turtle was sitting off to the side, looking left out. Ivan went over to the turtle and asked if he would like to try as well. The turtle said, "I'm not sure, I don't want to make a mess." Ivan assured the turtle that it was okay and helped him dip his tail into the ink.

The turtle was so pleased with his new ink-covered tail that he thanked Ivan and invited him to come to his pond. When they got to the pond, Ivan saw that the turtle had many friends, including a big tiger named Timmy. Timmy was so impressed by Ivan's ink-covered tail that he asked if he could try too. Ivan said yes and soon all the animals at the pond had ink-covered tails.

From that day on, Ivan was known as the "ink king" and all the animals would come to him whenever they wanted to try something new. Ivan was happy to help his friends and they all lived happily ever after.

Reflections

1. Why do you think Ivan was willing to share the ink with the other animals?
2. How do you think the turtle felt before Ivan offered to help him dip his tail in ink?
3. What do you think the moral of the story is and how can it be applied to real life?