My deer shovel
November 2020
About the book: The short story was written by the
students of ST2 class of the 37th Primary School
of Iraklio, Crete, Greece. It is based on the
award winning animated short film ‘Hey Deer!’.The
learners first watched part of the film available
at the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=O1C9zOQpK
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Then, they cooperated to write a short story based
on the film and were expected to provide their own
ending.
The text was edited by Alexandra, Eleftheria,
Irene and Vasiliki.
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There was once a deer who lived in the
middle of the woods in the North Pole.
His house was a little wooden cabin. He
felt lonely because he had no friends. He
was all alone! He was also very
frightened, as there were many avalanches
in the area.
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His daily routine was very tiring. He
woke up early in the morning, took his
shovel, went outside and cleaned the snow
from his yard. The little deer was very
hard working.
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After he finished, he relaxed drinking
hot cocoa, covered with his woolen
blanket.
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Before he went to bed, he made sure that
his stuff was tightly tied.
5
During his sleep there was a strong
avalanche which made his house tremble
and after that everything was a mess.
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However, the little deer never woke up in
the night.
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The following morning, he woke up and
followed his routine….
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One morning, after breakfast, he looked
for his shovel, but he couldn't find it.
Then, he noticed some huge footprints on
the snow.
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'What on earth is that?' he wondered. He
was curious, so he decided to follow
them. The footprints took him to an
ancient temple where he found a group of
Yetis.
He could not believe his eyes! The Yetis
were dancing around the shovel. They
worshipped it. When the deer told the
Yetis that it was his shovel, they
worshipped him like a God.
Finally, he became King of the Yetis and
stayed with them forever in the place
with no avalanches.
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The young writers of ST2 class
Christie
Spyros
Eugenia
Yakinthi
Elefhteria
Dimitris
Nicholas
Marianna
Kostantinos
Anestos
Electra
Ioannis
Vasiliki
Bill
Mary-Helen
Kostas
Philip
Irene Sg.
Irene Sf.
Nikos S.
Alexandra
Hector
John
George
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