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…

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…

LEAD, THE LITTLE SOLDIER

Once upon a time, there was a little soldier named Lead. He was a member of the Royal Guard in a faraway kingdom.

Lead was 60 years old, and was the head of the three soldiers that made up the Royal Guard. Their work was to protect the King.

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One day the little soldier went to talk to the others, “I have a mission for you and that is to slove this enigma. I am about to retire, so, whoever solves it will be the new chief“. Continue reading…

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.

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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…

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.

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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…

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.

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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…

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…

THE GIRL IN LOVE

Short Story written by: Camila Espinoza

Once upon a time there was a girl that was about to start her studies at a new university. Her name was Andrea, and she met lots of friends on her first day in class.

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One day, she almost fell into a river when a boy called John appeared and saved her from falling in. .t that moment they fell in love. They looked at each other and said: “We should be together forever.” It was love at first sight. 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…