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…

LET´S GO TO THE CIRCUS!

Short Story written by: Ana Maria Amarfil

Every year a Big circus comes to the city, We the children are anxious to see the big lion opening his big mouth and showing his teeth.

The lion tamer is a tall, young man that puts his head into the lion´s mouth while all the women and children scream.

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We all think that the lion is going to bite him, but the young tamer takes his head out of the lion´s mouth and smiles and we all feel relieved. 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 TRUMPETER ELEPHANT

Our friend Jamie the elephant used to go with his friends from school to play instruments when he was younger.

One day, Jamie went to Annie´s house, one of his musician friends and when he was walking through the park, a little insect got inside his trunk.

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Jamie could not stop sneezing and asked for help because he was scared that he wouldn’t be able to play the trumpet again. 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…

JOHN AND THE BLUE SMURF

Every day, John went out to the garden to cut the grass and water the plants.

John really liked to take care of his garden and also to clean his statues of elves and smurfs.

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So, in order to cut the grass, he would first go to an outhouse full of wood, where he kept his tools. one day, when he turned on the light he realised that the ceramic statue of the blue smurf was not in the same place, but he didn’t take much notice and took the lawnmower and went out to his garden. Continue reading…

NATY AND HER DOLPHIN

Short story writen by: Luna Pilar Acevedo

Naty was a sixteen year old orphan. One day she decided to look for a job and the Malcolm family employed her because they needed somebody to take care of their pet.

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Naty thought that their pet would be a normal pet, but it wasn’t. She nearly fainted when she found out that she had to take care of a dolphin! When she recovered she accepted the job. Continue reading…