HANNAH THE DREAMING TURTLE

Hannah was a turtle who lived in “Imagination forest”. One day she had a dream that felt real, so she decided to make it real when she woke up.

When her day began, she dressed up as a stone and went to the road that goes to “Calmed lake” and stayed there waiting. Only three people passed by that morning: “Daydream” the squirrel, “Lively” the butterfly and “Explorer” the deer.

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“Daydream” was lost in thought and didn’t even notice that Hannah was there. “Lively” jumped over the flowers and dodged Hannah, and “Explorer” just smelled her and then left. Continue reading…

THE BEGGAR AND THE DOG FROM OXFORD STREET

Bobby was a dog that lived in Oxford Street in London. He had always lived there, ever since his Master had died in a motorbike accident in that same street.

Recently he had been spending his time with a beggar. The beggar loved Bobby very much and they used to have lunch and play together.

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But the beggar changed. He started to buy alcoholic drink with the only money he had, and his behaviour started to change. Bobby noticed that his friend was different and wondered why. Continue reading…

THE BEE AND THE FORBIDDEN FLOWER

Written by: Lucia Nante

In a beautiful field of flowers there was a hive of one thousand bees. When Spring was almost over, the Queen bee realised that her descendent, the young Queen bee was ready to accept responsibility for the hive. So now was the moment to transfer the young bee her position. After she had taught the traditions and social behaviour of the group, the old Queen would leave the hive and the young Queen would create a new hive.

One day, the Queen told the other bees of her plan of to transfer her kingdom to the young Queen. The young Queen knew the plan and asked some of them to go with her to create the new hive.

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There was a little bee called Nala who saw the opportunity to leave and have new adventures. She had been told about the group of bees (swarm) that were to leave to build a new hive far from there.

Nala, like the others, had received the necesssary instructions on how to respect the queen at the new hive. One of the rules attracted her attention, it was about a big colourful flower with lots of pollen in which it was forbidden to land. Continue reading…

BEARS IN LOVE

Short Story for kids written by: Juliana Morencio

Once upon a time there was a little town in which lived two little bears that were in love. Their names were Peter and Anna. Anna was really happy as they just had one day left to celebrate their first anniversary. They had met each other on a campsite the year before.

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The next day Anna woke up very happy, and ran to congratulate Peter on their special day, but before doing this she thought that maybe it was better to wait until Peter did it first. Continue reading…

MY HAMSTER

Short Story for kids, written by: Vanessa

Once upon a time, there was a girl called Valerie who had an uncle named Philip. Philip took Valerie and her brother to a veterinarian named “PET”.

Valerie´s brother bought a hamster and called him Cia, then Valerie started to cry because she also wanted one. When her brother saw her so upset, he decided to buy another hamster. His name was Zuka.
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Five months later Valerie realized that the animals could climb the curtains and that it could be dangerous because they could fall. Continue reading…

SOPHIE´S LITTLE DOG

Short Story written by: Carolina Mora Arévalo

Once upon a time, there was a girl called Sophie who really wished to have a puppy, but her parents were never at home because of their work, so they couldn’t take care of a little dog.

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Sophie tried to convince her parents, but they always said that it was impossible to have an animal because it was a big responsibility. It is not enough to just feed the animal, you also have to play with him, wash him, spend time with him, and actually it is like having  a new member of the family. Continue reading…

MEMORIES OF GERMANY – The race against a cow

Short Story written by: Dora Singh

When I was little I lived in the countryside with my brothers and sisters. We had many animals; dogs, horses, hens and cows.

Before nightfall, I used to pick the cows up from their grazing and bring them back to the corral. One of the dogs was always helping me.

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One day, as always, I went to look for our cows. One of them was beside her calf and thought that I was going to take him from her. So she tried to defend her calf. Even if I was not going to do anything, the cow started to chase me and I ran to our neighbours field. Continue reading…

CLOVER AND SOPHIE THE PRINCESS

Short Story written by: Dania

Once upon a time there was a kingdom in which lived a princess called Sophie. She had a little rabbit called Clover. One day Sophie took Clover to town to see a performance of magic tricks and Clover was really surprised.

The magician also had a rabbit and when the act finished, the magician´s rabbit ran away and the man replaced him with Clover. Sophie was really worried because she couldn´t find Clover. She didn’t know where he was.

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The princess looked for him, but she couldn’t find him. Suddenly a group of little birds that were Clover’s friends told Sophie where Clover was and that he was really sad. He hadn´t tried to go back to Sophie because he thought that the princess was really busy. Continue reading…

THE KIND TURTLE

On a faraway beach there lived a giant turtle named Mary: Mary the great turtle.  She was one of those turtles that can live for up to 200 years.

Mary was only 7 years old, but she was the size of an adult turtle.  She was a very healthy eater. She ate all the good seaweed from the ocean, which made her grow strong, healthy and big. Mary loved to eat. She would never skip a meal.

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One day, Mary’s friend Crocky the crab (have you read the story of Crocky the Tanned Crab?), saw her eating and decided to go and eat with her. Crocky went to Mary and started to eat some of the seaweed the waves brought up to the shore. Continue reading…

NAOMI AND HER LITTLE DOG CHOPI

There once was a 14 year old girl named Naomi. Naomi loved animals in general and, although she had never had a dog, they were her favourite animal.

Every day on her way back home from school, Naomi would stop at a small park to say hello to a little puppy named Linda. Linda always went for a walk at that time with her owner.

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“I wish I had a little puppy like Linda,” thought Naomi.

But Naomi didn´t know that a new member of her family was waiting for her back home. So just like every other day, she came running into the house, hung her back pack on the coat rack and went to the dining room, where her parents were waiting for her. Continue reading…