THE LOST CHILD

Short Story writen by: Ale

Once upon a time there was a kid called Josh. He loved going for walks to enjoy the nature and the animals that were all around.

Short stories - The day of the tree

One day when it got dark, Josh went into the forest for a walk, even though his mother told him not to move far away from the house because he could get lost. Continue reading…

LILY, THE LITTLE STORK

Once upon a time there was a little stork called Lily who lived in a bell tower in a small town in Spain.

The town had lots of storks, and was known as the town with the most storks in the world.

stork

Lily had lots of friends and often played with them, but what she most liked to do was to take care of her town. Every half an hour, Lily would fly around and watch everything that was going on. Continue reading…

THE CHICKPEA BOY AND THE LENTIL GIRL

Short Story writen by: Laura, 11 years old.

Once upon a time there was a boy named “Chickpea”, well, actually that was what his family called him, but his real name was Charlie.

Ever since he was very small, his family had called him chickpea as a term of endearment because he had a cute rounded head.

lentil, chickpea

Joan, his little sister also had a nickname, “Lentil”, because of a mole she had on her back. Charlie always teased his sister by calling her Lentil. So their parents had to punishing them both, because they were always teasing each other. But one day this changed… Continue reading…

THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER

A short version of the story written by Marc Twain, The Prince and the Pauper.

Once upon a time there were two twin brothers from a Royal family that were separated at birth because their family could only take care of one of them.

The one that stayed in the kingdom became a Prince and Tom, the other child ended up as a beggar.

palace, castle

Neither of them knew the other, but one day, when they were six years old, they met in the street and couldn’t believe what they saw, it was like having a mirror in front of each other. Continue reading…

JOSHI RABBIT

In a faraway valley lived a family of owls. The parents were Julia and Josh and they had two children, Peter and Joshi.

owl

Peter and Joshi got along very well. They were always playing, flying around the forest and hunting mice together.

One day Peter and Joshi went to hunt snakes with their parents Julia and Josh. When they were near the area where the snakes lived their father advised them: “Now you have to be really quiet and move stealthily”. Continue reading…

THE GOOD WOMAN AND THE THREE KIDS

Short Story writen by Laura, 10 years old.

Once upon a time there were three kids that were poor and lived in a town near a big river. They were called Nicole, Charly and Mike and everyday they went out to beg for food.

rio

The kids were really good and always helped their parents. One day a young woman passed by and saw the children. Continue reading…

HERCULES THE GOOD PEASANT

Once upon a time, there was a little boy called Hercules. He lived in a village with his parents, his brother Aaron, and his sister Lily.

field

 

His parents were peasants and worked in the fields gathering the harvest. They survived thanks to the money they earned during the harvest. Continue reading…

AN ADVENTURE IN THE GARDEN

When Johnny Mole rose to the surface from his den to look for his friend, a Pippi Mouse, he didn´t know that a gardener was mowing the lawn. When he saw the blades of the lawnmower he ran back to his den.

Johnny is the most intelligent mole in the garden. When he was 3 months old he could already solve riddles.

mole garden

One day Johnny and his friend Pippi were playing in the garden, digging a tunnel from the garden to the porch of the house. But that day Pippi’s tunnel ended up leading to the gardener´s house. Continue reading…

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.

turtle

“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.

beggar dog

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…