Why Guinea Pigs Don't Have Tails
        Re-written in 5th grade, based on a tale I wrote in 2nd grade
                             by "Jimmy" Reardon

        The whole question poped up in a third grade class.  The class had
a pet Guinea Pig, and one kid wondered why it doesn't have a tail.  The
teacher quickly told the children she didn't know.  When it came time for
that child's writing assignment, he wrote a story about it.

        In ancient times, the Guinea Pig had a tail.  The pigs used it to
clean the surroundings.  The guinea pig was the natural cleaner of the earth.
This was how it was until man came to earth.  The early man was clean, using
all the items they killed.  Burying ashes so they could turn to soil.  This
was no extra burden to the pigs.  But as time went on, man got lazier.  He
wanted everything quick.  The man created a primative oven, but the oven got
dirty.  So man caught guinea pigs and threw them into an oven. "Self cleaning,
quick and convienient."  But as time went on, the oven pigs tails started to
shrink.  When the oven buyers heard of this, they got mad.  But the company
thought of refills.  So when the guinea pigs tail dissapeared, they released
it and caught a new one.  That is one reason why.

        Then, man used strange packaging, so food could be stored easier.  A
prehistoric plastic.  The guinea pigs couldn't get rid of it.  They literaily
sweapt their tails off.  Also, guinea pigs with tails ate it and died.

        Man wanted light in the dark.  To do this they made a fire in a glass
jar with a pipe to the sky and a air hole.  A early electric bulb.  Air
guinea pigs worked their tails off then fell to the floor.

        These reasons lead to the extintion of guinea pig tails.


MORAL: Why make someone else suffer?  Don't pollute!