ORANGE´S WORST WISH

Short story written by: M. Gabriela Reyes (8 years old)

Once upon a time there was an orange called Ory who met a magician. The magician told Ory that he was going to grant her three wishes.

Ory´s first wish was to be bigger, -“your wish is granted” – said the magician, but Ory´s second wish was not that good:

 

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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.

 

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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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RAINBOW

Short Story written by: Lim Rixo (Colombia)

Once upon a time in a enchanted forest there lived lots of magic beings: Witches, fairies, goblins etc.

One happy day it started to rain and the goblins realised that the day had turned into a sad day. So they invented something to liven up the day during the rain.

 

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THE NAUGHTY BOY

Short Story written by Emmanuel Castañeda Cardona.

There was a child called Peter who really loved playing. One day he found a bag of gold coins and started spending the money without telling his parents.

After a week, Peter heard on the radio that somebody had lost a bag of gold coins. When Peter heard the news he told his mother what was going on and that he had spent half of the coins.

 

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THE CALMING DOG

Short Story written by: Ulica Tizaber

Doggy´s owners lived in a little village and decided to get a dog.. It was a difficult decision, they really wanted to have a dog, but at the same time it was a big responsibility.

When they finally adopted him, they were very happy. They went out for a walk every day with Doggy and to the mountain every weekend. He was a good dog, very nice and polite.

 

Short Stories Chopi

 

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THE ENGLISH PATIENT

John was an English teacher in Madrid, Spain. He was from England and during his class he always spoke in English and never in Spanish.

The pupils really liked him as a teacher, but during the lesson on verbs, they always behaved badly because they didn’t want to spend the whole class repeating verb tenses.

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They actually shouted and threw papers around every time John tried to teach them the verbs. So John would stop talking until the children were silent, then he would continue with his lesson.  Continue reading…