Once upon a time, in a magical world, there lived creatures called Tessellators who lived in a web of symmetrical shapes. They loved to play with transformations and could change their shapes into any type they wanted.

One day, a young Tessellator named Tri, who was fond of triangles, found a tetrad of vertices that could be translated into different forms. With excitement, Tri tried transforming the vertices into different triangles but soon realized that each transformation created a beautiful pattern.

Tri then showed his discovery to his friends, who were amazed at the symmetry in the patterns. They decided to create more patterns by combining different transformations and translations.

The Tessellators had so much fun creating new patterns and showing them off to each other. They even started a competition to see who could create the most intricate and symmetrical pattern.

And so, the Tessellators lived happily ever after, playing with transformations, translations, and vertices, creating beautiful symmetrical patterns, and living in their magical world filled with tessellations.

The end.

Reflections

1. What was the Tessellators' favorite shape?
2. What did Tri discover about the tetrad of vertices?
3. What did the Tessellators create from their transformations and translations?
4. What competition did the Tessellators start among themselves?
5. How did the Tessellators live happily ever after?