CRISTINA AND THE MAGIC DOG

Short Story Written by: Laura, 11 years old

Once upon a time there was a dog called Harry who had magic powers. Every time he barked something magical happened.

He lived in a pet shop, and one day a girl called Cristina went into the shop. When she saw the magic dog she bought him without hesitation. She didn’t know what to call him, but in the end she called him Harry.

 

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THE MONSTER AND THE HUMMINGBIRD

Short Story written by: Sthefy

A long time ago in a faraway forest, lived a monster. All the animals were scared of it and always ran away from him.

The monster always looked angry, and those who had seen his face said that his eyes reflected the evil that was in his heart.

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One day, a beautiful hummingbird, drinking in a big lake, saw lots of animals running to the North of the forest. The beautiful bird asked one of the animals why, and the animal said: “If you want to stay alive, run! Continue reading…

NILA THE FAIRY

Short Story written by: Maria Isabel Romero Arraez, 19 años.

Nila was a lovely fairy, pretty and kind. She lived in the fairy palace surrounded by flowers, rivers and animals.

She was the only fairy unable to fly, as she fell to the ground every time she tried to fly, so she decided not to try it again.

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But Nila was very upset because all her friends could fly and play together and she couldn´t. She would go to the river and talk to her friend the ant who always advised Nila not to worry. Continue reading…

THE CRICKET AND THE TOAD

Short Story written by: Estefany Munera Gómez

Once upon a time there was a cricket playing hide and seek in the forest with his friends.

The cricket hid behind a tree where a toad lived. The toad had no friends because he was ugly and fat.

The toad was crying when the cricket arrived, “Why are you crying?” – it asked him.

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I have no friends” – said the poor toad – “Do you want to be my friend?” – said the cricket.

“But don´t you see that I am ugly and disgusting?” Continue reading…

THE HORSE AND THE MUSHROOMS

Once upon a time there was a horse called Mushry. His parents named him Mushry when they found out that his body was full of mushrooms.

He didn´t worry about the mushrooms when he was small, it was normal for him. But when he grew and started school, other horses made fun of him and Mushry felt really alone.

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One day, a horse called Tommy approached Mushry and said: “Hi Mushry, do you want to be my friend?” – “Of course!”- said Mushry, and they started to talk together. Tommy asked him about the mushrooms on his body and Mushry told him his story. Continue reading…

THE DOLL WITH A COLD

Once upon a time there was a doll sitting on a shelf in a girl´s room. The girl was called Sophie and the doll was Poppy and she was Sophie´s favourite doll.

Poppy loved to sit on the shelf and look out over the room full of things and at her friend Sophie who Poppy really loved.

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One day Sophie forgot to close the window before going to class, and Poppy caught a cold. Continue reading…

THE TRUMPETER ELEPHANT

Our friend Jamie the elephant used to go with his friends from school to play instruments when he was younger.

One day, Jamie went to Annie´s house, one of his musician friends and when he was walking through the park, a little insect got inside his trunk.

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Jamie could not stop sneezing and asked for help because he was scared that he wouldn’t be able to play the trumpet again. Continue reading…

NATY AND HER DOLPHIN

Short story writen by: Luna Pilar Acevedo

Naty was a sixteen year old orphan. One day she decided to look for a job and the Malcolm family employed her because they needed somebody to take care of their pet.

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Naty thought that their pet would be a normal pet, but it wasn’t. She nearly fainted when she found out that she had to take care of a dolphin! When she recovered she accepted the job. Continue reading…

VERY GOOD FRIENDS

Short Story writen by: Alba

Once upon a time there was a girl called Karla, she was very shy. One day her father King Marcus ordered her to clean and prepare the guest bedrooms for visitors that were coming from the city.

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Karla´s mother was a strict and always ordered Karla to do lots of things such as washing the dishes, tidying up the room and taking out the trash. Continue reading…

THE MISTERIOUS LOUD SPEAKER

Once upon a time there was a musician called Jonas who used to compose songs at home with his recording equipment which included new microphones and loud speakers that he had just bought. Everything he loved was inside the “music room”.

One day, Jonas was recording a new song in his music room when a strange noise sounded from one of the new loud speakers.

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Jonas didn’t think much about it and continued tuning his instruments for his new song.

But after a few minutes he heard the noise again. “It seems like there is someone inside the loud speaker” – thought Jonas. So he checked the loud speakers but didn´t find anything and so continued working. Continue reading…