THE HORSE AND THE MUSHROOMS

Once upon a time there was a horse called Mushry. His parents named him Mushry when they found out that his body was full of mushrooms.

He didn´t worry about the mushrooms when he was small, it was normal for him. But when he grew and started school, other horses made fun of him and Mushry felt really alone.

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One day, a horse called Tommy approached Mushry and said: “Hi Mushry, do you want to be my friend?” – “Of course!”- said Mushry, and they started to talk together. Tommy asked him about the mushrooms on his body and Mushry told him his story. Continue reading…

THE DOLL WITH A COLD

Once upon a time there was a doll sitting on a shelf in a girl´s room. The girl was called Sophie and the doll was Poppy and she was Sophie´s favourite doll.

Poppy loved to sit on the shelf and look out over the room full of things and at her friend Sophie who Poppy really loved.

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One day Sophie forgot to close the window before going to class, and Poppy caught a cold. Continue reading…

THE FAIRY GODMOTHER

Once upon a time there was a castle in which lived a group of fairies. The leader of all the fairies in the world also lived there and she was called “Fairy Godmother”.

The fairies were all orphans and considered Fairy Godmother as their mother. She always told the rest of the fairies what to do.

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One day, one of the fairies named Lily was tired of Fairy Godmother´s orders, and decided not to obey her. Continue reading…

THE ABANDONED DOGS

Short Story written by: Laura (11 years old)

Once upon a time, there were two very special dogs, that had an incredible power. Ron and Harry, (that was their names) could talk to people.

They were still very young, only four months old. Ron was a boxer and Harry was a labrador. They were both very good and smart puppies.

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Nevertheless, the family who they were living with, abandoned them, leaving them alone on the street. The following day, a young couple, George and Lorrain passed by that same street and saw them. Continue reading…

OBEDIENT LUCY

Lucy, a 6 year old girl had a very strong personality and always listened to other people’s advice. Since she was small, she accepted advice from older people, but what she didn’t like at all was to obey orders.

She was always put in a bad mood when her parents ordered her to tidy up her room, or clean the table, and her parents didn’t want her to have that attitude.

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So Lucy´s parents planned to make Lucy more obedient by taking advantage of the fact that she liked to take other people’s advice. Continue reading…

THE MOON AND THE BIRD

In Space where the stars shine exist planets, and some smaller spheres that rotate around those planets. These spheres are called satellites.

The protagonist of this story is a satellite that rotates around planet Earth, and is called “The Moon”.

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The moon is a big sphere, that used to be very arrogant and vain. She thought that she was the only moon in the universe, and she always thought: “I am the best! The only one chosen by the universe to exist!”. Continue reading…

PAUL, A BOY WITHOUT COMPLEXES

Once upon a time there was a boy who had felt inferior to others ever since he was small. His results in class were worse than the rest, and everybody in school used to make fun of him because he was so clumsy.

Sometimes he fell over playing football, and the other children used to laugh and say: “Paul you are so clumsy!”

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This kind of thing was not good for Paul as every time somebody made fun of him, Paul went on the defensive. Continue reading…

MR. TOOTHBRUSH

The day was sunny and Julia woke up with the birds. She was six years old and what she most liked to do was to play with her dolls and eat her brother’s hidden sweets. By the way, he was called William.

Julia´s parents had bought her a toothbrush which they called “Mr. Toothbrush” because they had been to the dentist some days before to check Julia´s teeth.

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The dentist had to fill a little cavity in one of her teeth and while he was fixing her molar he told her a funny story: Continue reading…

THE MAGIC RIVER

In faraway mountains there was a magic river that turned everything near him into life.

The Stones rolling down from the road above were transformed into a huge trees next to the river.The broken branches that fell into the river turned into beautiful fish.

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Nearby the mountains there was a village where the citizens used cars to move from one place to another instead of walking. They didn’t realise what would happen if they used the car all the time. Continue reading…