A short illustrated story for children about Faith, a Grade 3 learner, who is bullied by a new classmate named Mia. The bullying involves verbal abuse and physical hitting with Coco-Cola bottles. The story follows how the teacher notices Faith's change in behaviour, intervenes, and helps Mia understand the impact of her actions. It ends with an apology and friendship. The document includes a…
This is a children's story titled 'The Coco-cola bottle', written by Hope Loggenberg. It is aimed at young readers and addresses the theme of bullying in a school setting. The story is based on a true event, with character names changed.
The story follows Faith, a bright Grade 3 learner, who becomes the target of a new student named Mia. Mia's unkind behaviour includes shouting at Faith, throwing her pencils, and hitting her with Coco-Cola bottles during arts and craft lessons.
Faith's teacher, Mrs Muller, notices that Faith has stopped participating in class and asks if something is wrong. Faith initially hides the bullying, but eventually stands up to Mia and reports the behaviour to her teacher.
After the teacher speaks to Mia about bullying, Mia realises that she was repeating behaviour she experienced at her old school. She apologises to Faith, who accepts the apology and asks Mia to be her friend. The story ends with a message to say no to bullying.
The document includes a reference list citing an anti-bullying image from 'Stop a Bully' (2015), an AI image generation tool, and the Canva design platform used to create the document.