THE BALD SQUIRREL

Have you ever heard the story of Pita? A squirrel who lost her hair crossing a road?

Pita was a squirrel who lived in a forest.  One day she was about to cross the road when a car passed and blew smoke from its exhaust into her face. Pita began to lose her hair. She wasn´t very worried at first until she noticed that she was going bald.

Short stories - The squirrel and the forest fire

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THE ONE EYED MONSTER

Once upon a time, there was an evil monster who was always disturbing people in the kingdom.

In a town close by, lived a man who had one eye missing because of an occupational accident. The monster was always making fun of him saying: “Can you see me Mr. one eye? Hahaha!”

Short stories - the loch ness monster

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PETER THE ROBBER

Once upon a time there was a boy called Peter who went to school. One day, Peter took one of his classmate’s pencil case, and hid it in his bag.

When Ian realized that his pencil case was missing, he told his teacher.

The teacher asked angrily: “Has anyone seen Ian´s pencil case?” – but nobody said a word.

Short stories - Stories for little girls and boys

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CIARA, THE GIRL WHO RECOVERED HER HAPPINESS

Short Story written by: Maribel

This is the story of Ciara, a happy girl who lived with her parents and her brother and sister in their country house. She was a playful and lively girl, always playing and singing.

But she didn´t want to share her parents with anybody, and that made things difficult, because she had a brother and a sister, lots of cousins, grandparents and neighbours… and they also had a turtle as a pet.

Childrens stories - The adventures of Lola

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THE GOOD CHRISTMAS PIRATE

Once upon a time there was a bad pirate who used to attack the boats he saw.

He was called Ulysses and his boat was the biggest and fastest boat ever known.

It was so fast that on Christmas day Santa´s sled flew across and the reindeers could not avoid the sails.

Ulysses the pirate was shocked and asked Santa Claus: “What are you doing here instead of giving presents to children?”

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WHEN I WOKE UP

Short Story Written by: Preeti Bhagat, Singapore.

An ordinary day like any other day of my life begins when I brush my teeth to get ready for school.

No shouting by my mum and dad was strange. There usually isn’t a day goes by when I don’t get a peck on the cheek from mom or a pat and a smile from dad. Maybe they’re so fast asleep that I’d better eat breakfast and skip drinking milk.

 

boy-run

 

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THE SLEEPY PRINCESS

Short Story written by: Yeisly Carrero

Once upon a time there was a little princess who really loved sleeping. It was very hard to wake her up every morning.

One day, her mother, the Queen, woke her up earlier than usual. It was difficult at the beginning, but finally, the princess woke up.

 

Short stories - The princess and her swift horse

 

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