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…

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 PRINCESS

Written by: Sayuri Daniela

Once upon a time, there was a really pretty princess named Karla. She had red hair and liked to dance with her red shoes and dress. She was really happy because it was going to be her birthday the following day and it would be a really funny and special day for her.

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For her birthday, her mother wanted to give her a new red dress, but there were no red dresses left in the shop, and Karla started to cry. Continue reading…

PETER AND THE MYSTERIOUS BRIEFCASE

Every friday, Peter went home back from school and thought about all the things he would do over the weekend. Even if the way was longer through the park, he liked to walk home that way so he could see other children playing.

That day Peter finished class earlier than normal and decided to stay in the park and play. He slid down the slide and suddenly something appeared at his feet. It was a briefcase.

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Peter opened it, but there was nothing inside except for a paper with a phone number and an address written on it. But as it was late, he went back home. That night he couldn’t stop thinking about the briefcase. – “Who had left it there?, Should I return it?, or should I forget about it? It’s just an empty briefcase, anyway.”  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…

THE PINK NAPKIN AND THE BOY FROM THE CAMPSITE

There once was a camping ground where many boys and girls would spend their holidays with their parents. Charles was one of the kids staying at the site. He shared a very large tent with his four siblings.

Charles was different from other boys. He didn’t like soccer, he didn’t like to play with toy cars, and he didn’t like most of the things boys of his age did. Everyone at the site would tell him he acted like a girl just because he didn’t like soccer.

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Charles walked around the campsite with his lucky charm, a pink napkin that he carried in his pocket. Nobody knew why he carried that napkin around. 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…

LINA THE ASTRONAUT

Lina was a gifted girl who became an astronaut when she was only 6 years old. This is how she made her dream come true, that of visiting different planets and moons in outer space.

One day as she was travelling through space, she came across a Martian who told her that planet Earth was in danger as some evil asteroids were planning to attack Earth.

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THE ROPE AND THE CHILDREN

Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Alfie.  Alfie went to a school where all the children had to wear uniforms. Unfortunately, the uniforms were not well made.  One day, all the uniform belts broke at the same time, so the children had to come to school with their pants down. All but one… Alfie.

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Alfie’s mother had told him; “Alfie, why don’t you wear this rope around your waist, that way you will still be able to go to school.” Continue reading…

LEMON AND ORANGE

Children’s story written by Carmen Gloria Silva, 26 years old.

Lemon and Orange were two very special kids who had extraordinary parents.  Mama grapefruit was a housewife, that is, she was a mum and worked in the house.  And Daddy lime… well, what can we say about him? He was a very patient man, with great number of skills. Amongst other things, he was a great cook.

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Mama grapefruit had some important errands to run so she would be out of the house until late afternoon.  While she was away, she gave all the family members a very important job to do. They had to help each other with all the house chores like sweeping, washing, ironing, cooking, and so many other things that mama grapefruit usually did every day. Continue reading…