Directions:

Precut white paper to 6 1/2 inches by 9 inches.  Glue on black paper with 1 inch border.  Have students cut out hatchet and two red circles for cherries and glue to white paper.  With marker make stems.

We use the legend of the cherry tree in conjunction with The Book of Virtues for Young People, a Treasury of Great Moral Stories, by William J. Bennett