One cloudy day Claudia decided to change her route to school and pass in front of an enchanted house, known by everybody in town.
Her grandmother had told her scary stories about the house when she was younger, and had warned her never to approach the house. But Claudia was very curious and couldn´t avoid the temptation of walking passed the house and looking into it.
A summary of the original Short Story written by: Christian Andersen
Once upon a time there was an emperor that spent all his money on expensive clothes. He cared nothing about other activities like going to the theatre, or going for a ride in his carriage, except to show off his new clothes. He didn´t even care about talking to people.
In the great city where he lived, there were lots of tourists. One day two swindlers arrived and let it be known that they were weavers and they said they could make the emperor the most magnificent suit from a special fabric. Not only were their colours and patterns uncommonly fine, but clothes made from this cloth were only visible to clever people.
Five riddles about nature for all of you! The answers are below.
But don´t forget to solve the riddles before checking the answers. Hope you like them!
RIDDLES:
1. Who am I shining so bright With my pretty silver light, Peeping through your windows grey? Tell me, little boy, I pray.
2. I´m gentle enough to soothe your skin, light enough to fly through the sky, strong enough to crack rocks, What am I?
3. I can fly but have no wings, I can cry but have no eyes, Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?
4. My rings are not worth much, but they do tell my age, What am I?
5. I have roots nobody sees, I am taller than the trees. Up, up I go, but I never grow. What am I?
ANSWERS:
Short Story written by: Laura (11 years old)
Peter, Jenny, John and Mary were four brothers and sisters living in a big house with their parents. They were lively and playful, always playing together, going to the park and having fun.
Years passed and each one of them became independent. Their parents were very sad but Jenny, who lived next door, visited them often.
Once upon a time there was a dragon imprisoned in a castle dungeon.
The castle belonged to a King and a Queen and their little four year old son, Arthur.
He was a lively and curious child and one day while hanging around the castle he discovered the dungeon, but didn’t tell anybody.
Short Story written by: Yaima Zulueta
Once upon a time there was an old rabbit called John living in a small cute house up in the mountains with his two granddaughters, Lily and Tina.
Everybody in town loved and respected John, was 100 years old and had been nice with the other animals during his entire life. Now was a wise and strong rabbit.
Short Story written by: Liliana Velàsquez
Matthew and Nicholas loved to go to the mountains for holidays. Their parents had a big house in a little village in the middle of the fields, surrounded by green meadows.
They were always playing with their ball in the fields near the house.
One of their neighbours was an old woman who took great care over her flowers and the kids parents had advised them not to play near her garden.
Short Story written by: Xavier Catalán Aznar
Sinta was a green star, (strange, huh?) Well, not all stars are white, Sinta was green and one of the most beautiful stars you would ever see.
It was intensely green coloured due to all the trees living on it, trees covering the star, special trees, tall, strong and magic!
The princess of Sinta, Bibi, and her friends Jango and Solo, lived there and always took care of her. Bibi was beautiful, she had one eye, green hair, three ears, four legs and four arms. Ok, I guess you might be thinking how can she be pretty, but I can guarantee thaT she was the most beautiful living creature there.
Short Story written by: Miranda Guzman
There was a big tree in the garden of an old house. Three animal communities lived in the tree; a honeycomb with lots of bees, butterflies on the branches of the tree and down among the roots ants had built their home.
Winter was coming and it was time to prepare for the season. The butterflies were still caterpillars and ate the leaves of the big tree, the bees started to collect pollen and the ants began to save food to survive the long winter.
There was a girl called Beatrice responsible for tasting every cheese that came from other countries.
Every year the cheese representatives from every parts of the world were in the main square of her town waiting for her verdict.
They all wanted Beatrice to taste their cheeses because, she had special powers due to her ability to smell and taste quality.
One year, there was a new cheese stand in the middle of the square, the smell coming from there was different from the others and the girl went to see it.
The stand had only one kind of cheese which nobody had tasted because of the strong smell. When Beatrice approached the cheese seller cut a piece of cheese to her.
When she was about to try it, a man from the stand beside shouted:
“Don´t eat it! It´s not a normal cheese! Look at the colour and the smell, it stinks!”
Beatrice was shocked and didn´t know what to do, until the man selling that strange cheese spoke:
“This is the best cheese I have ever produced. It is very special, I´m sure it will be the best cheese you have ever eaten”.
Beatrice decided to taste it, and when she bit into it her expression changed completely. It was the best cheese she had ever tried. It’s bad smell had nothing to do with how it tasted.
So she named it the best cheese ever and everybody learnt how important was to give an opportunity to everybody.
THE END
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