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Lenny's First Day of School

By Haley Hultquist and Alexa Galas

In the Sandy Desert, Lenny the Lion grew up. Lenny 

was a small, young lion cub. He played with his family 

and always had fun. As he got older, he knew that one 

day he would have to go to school. This frightened him.

Soon, the morning came for him to 

walk to school. Lenny was very scared. 

He gathered all of the courage he had, 

and left for school. 

When he got there, he saw 

dozens of little lion cubs like 

himself. They were all roaring 

and playing with each other. 

Lenny felt left out because 

he didn't know any of the 

other cubs.

The teacher, a old, wise, lion, came out and gathered all 

of the little students. They walked in a single file line to a 

small cave next to the pond, where their classroom was. 

There were piles of school supplies near a window that 

looked out into the desert. Lenny wished he could go play 

outside.

“It is now time for music, class!” said the teacher lion. 

The little lions lined up and walked to the music room. 

Lenny sat down in the circle next to another cub. 

“I’m Mr. Rawr, the music teacher and I’m going to teach 

you all how to be musical young lion cubs. Let’s begin by 

going around the circle roaring to warm up our voices,” 

said the music instructor. 

The cubs began to roar loudly, taking turns. When it 

was Lenny’s turn, he let out a high-pitched screech. It 

sounded like a chirp. All of the other lions started 

laughing and pointing at Lenny. They all were saying 

mean things to him. 

“Be nice class. Music is now 

over. You can all go to 

recess!” shouted Mr. Rawr.

The class runs outside. All of the cubs start 

playing with each other. Then, one lion gets an 

idea, “Let’s have a roaring contest!”

Lenny wants to play with the others, so he joins the contest. Each 

lion cub roars as loud as they can. Lenny covers his ears because 

some growls are too loud. 

“Lenny still can’t roar!”

“He sounds like a bird!”

When it is his turn, he takes a 

deep breath and lets out 

another high-pitched screech. 

He turns back to the others 

and sees that they are all 

rolling around, laughing. Lenny 

feels very uncomfortable.

All of the mean comments 

made Lenny feel very sad. 

He felt horrible! Everyone 

was making fun of him 

because he couldn't roar! 

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