LITTLE JOHNY AND THE BUBBLE BATH

Short Story written by Manjari Shukla

Little Johny was a cute and charming young boy who was loved by everyone. He never troubled his mother and played all day with his toys. He would spend the entire day playing on the floor and the dirt and dust on the floor would make him very dirty.

In spite of his mother’s repeated requests he wouldn’t take a bath. He always made excuses to avoid taking a bath.

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One day he looked particularly dirty and his hair was all shabby, so his mother kissed him gently and said-“Today I will give you a bubble bath.”

Little Johny gave many excuses so as not to have a bath. But in the end he replied “Only if I can take my big yellow ball into the bath tub.” His mother agreed happily and said -“Yes, you can take it.”  Continue reading…

THE GIRL AND THE FLUTE

Short Story written by: Paloma Alina (Mexico)

Once upon a time there was a girl called Vicky who was the most intelligent pupil in the class. She got good results in all subjects but she didn´t like music class, as she had no motivation.

 

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One day Vicky´s teacher told his pupils that he was going to choose one of them to represent the school in the Official flute competition. Continue reading…

ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION

Inside a crystal ball lived two colleagues that didn´t get along very well. They were called Addition and Subtraction.

Addition had a positive mind and was always counting numbers from zero: “zero, number one, number two, number three, number four…”- And Subtraction always asked her: “What are you doing?” – and Addition would answer: “I’m counting the numbers from zero”.

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Subtraction didn´t understand anything. She thought that Addition was crazy because for Subtraction everything was sad, because she had to count back: “10, 9, 8, 7, 6…” – and Addition asked her: “What are you doing?” – “I am subtracting the numbers from 10“. Addition thought that subtraction was crazy. Continue reading…

LINA AND THE MAGIC DOOR

Once upon a time there was a smart girl called Lina, who had lots of imagination.

One day, Lina realised that sometimes his parents left the heater on in the bathroom during winter after taking a shower.

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This was a serious problem because it was an unnecessary waste of energy and Lina wanted to save energy. Continue reading…

THE MONSTER AND THE HUMMINGBIRD

Short Story written by: Sthefy

A long time ago in a faraway forest, lived a monster. All the animals were scared of it and always ran away from him.

The monster always looked angry, and those who had seen his face said that his eyes reflected the evil that was in his heart.

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One day, a beautiful hummingbird, drinking in a big lake, saw lots of animals running to the North of the forest. The beautiful bird asked one of the animals why, and the animal said: “If you want to stay alive, run! Continue reading…

SCARY MOON FOR ONE NIGHT

Once upon a time there was a 5 year old boy called Gary who was scared of going out at night because he thought that the moon was going to fall from the sky.

His parents always said: “You don´t have to be scared, the moon won´t fall.”

Gary didn’t know why, but he was very scared and imagined the moon falling and crushing him.

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Halloween arrived and Gary´s parents insisted that he go out and have fun with his friends, Gary accepted this and went out but never took his eyes off the moon…  Continue reading…

NILA THE FAIRY

Short Story written by: Maria Isabel Romero Arraez, 19 años.

Nila was a lovely fairy, pretty and kind. She lived in the fairy palace surrounded by flowers, rivers and animals.

She was the only fairy unable to fly, as she fell to the ground every time she tried to fly, so she decided not to try it again.

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But Nila was very upset because all her friends could fly and play together and she couldn´t. She would go to the river and talk to her friend the ant who always advised Nila not to worry. Continue reading…

JOHN THE GREEN GOBLIN

Short Story written by: Maria Sol Centurión

Once upon a time there was a boy called John. One day his mother asked him to go and buy some food for dinner.

On his way to the supermarket a fairy called Lily appeared and asked him: “Hi John, I am a magic fairy, would you like to be a goblin?”

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“Yes” – said the child.

 

Continue reading…

THE SWIMMER CLOWN

Once upon a time there was a clown who really loved swimming. He participated in important competitions all over the world.

He was a very good swimmer and he also dressed up as a clown in competitions, and that´s why everyone knew him as the swimmer clown.

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He was one of the best swimmers in the world, actually, and he won any competition he wanted, nevertheless, everybody knew what he did in every competition. Continue reading…

THE CONCEITED ANT AND THE THANKFUL DOG

Short Story written by: Jaime Eduardo Castellanos Villalba, from Colombia.

One day an ant saw a dog wearing three shoes.

“Wow! what a dog! so badly dressed and not even shaved! It’s awful to see an animal like this, please dog, get away from me!” – said the ant.

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“Sorry Miss Ant, I didn’t want to bother you but I am looking for a shoe and something to eat.” – said the dog. Continue reading…