Nobody wanted to be King of the Vegetable kingdom as it was such a difficult responsibility.

The kingdom was full of all kinds of colors, green spinach, orange carrots, red tomatoes, white onions, yellow peppers, and florets of cauliflower and broccoli everywhere. It was an amazing place full of health and strength.

Messages were sent out around the kingdom for them to choose a King. But nobody wanted to assume the charge. They all preferred other kingdoms like The kingdom of Sweets, The Crab kingdom, or even The Cold Meat kingdom, but nobody wanted The Vegetable kingdom.

Then one day, a little man called Luram, became sick. He was really weak and lost a lot of weight. He became very skinny and could not grow any taller. He was really sick, had no energy, and only wanted to stay in bed. Had no strength to jump or run around.

One day, a fairy called Lily visited him, and invited him to drink a tonic, she was sure that it would be good for him. It was made from the vegetables, pomegranate, blueberries and elderberry.

When Luram drank the tonic that Lily the fairy had prepared for him, he started to feel better, he was full of energy, wanted to play, run around, and jump again. Fairy Lily visited him again, to check how he was feeling and gave him another tonic. He said it was great and so, Lily told Luram:

– “Now you are heathy and strong thanks to the vegetables that you used to reject, accompanied by a few dried berries and fruit. So, it´s time to be thankful to the kingdom of vegetables by giving back the good it has done for you.

Luram started thinking about what might be the best way to do something good for this kingdom.

He first visited all those who were sick, invited them to improve their eating habits; showed them the importance of eating vegetables and fruit every day. Luram invited them to drink a bit of the delicious tonic the fairy had given him. It was so delicious that, when they found out what it was made of, they realized that they could drink it every day, or simply just eat the vegetables and berries it was made from.

The inhabitants of the kingdom immediately realized that little Luram was doing good and that he could be their king. Little Luram answered humbly:

– “I´m not ready to reign yet because I haven´t improved my own eating habits completely, and there are still people here that are not eating like they should. I still have to make everybody understand that not eating vegetables or fruit or berries can make them fat, nevertheless, I will continue working and will only accept the title of: Prince Luram of The Vegetable kingdom.

THE END

Moral of the Short Story for Kids: Do not reject anything before getting to know it.

Values of the Short Story for Kids. To share, Humility, good habits, etcetera.

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A gnome who lived in the forest, was at home boiling chestnuts in his cooking pot as it was the soup he really liked.

His friend, Mr.Snail appeared at the window and called out to him.

– “Good morning Happy Gnome” – greeted the snail.

– “Hello Mr.Snail, do you want to taste my chestnut soup?” – said the gnome.

– “Mmm, it smells really nice!”- the snail said.

Mr. Snail told the gnome about a place in the field where there were many chestnuts.

– “I found lots of them yesterday, when I went for a walk” – said the snail to the happy gnome.

The snail and the gnome finished their delicious breakfast and went to collect more chestnuts to have dinner together.

When they arrived, there were no more chestnuts . Somebody had already collected them.

– “There are no more chestnuts left! Where are they? Where are they?!” – screamed the gnome, angrily.

-“Don´t worry, I´m sure there are more somewhere near here, let´s have a look”.

They searched for chestnuts all over the forest until it started to rain. They looked for a place to shelter and saw a little wooden house. The door was open and they were wet, so the gnome said:

– “Let´s go in, nobody is inside”

-“We can´t go in without being invited” – replied the snail.

But the happy gnome did not want to get any wetter, so he put the snail on his shoulders and went into the house.

– “Mr.Snail! look! Here is a sack of chestnuts from the forest!” – the happy gnome exclaimed.

– “But somebody took them before us. They aren´t ours.” said the snail

But the gnome wanted all the chestnuts for himself, so he took the sack and left to walk in the rain.

Suddenly, a fork of lightning broke the branch of a tree, and it fell on the happy gnome. Mr.Snail, who was following him, tried to help him out from under it, but the branch was too big.

Then, a wise little rabbit appeared. He had seen what had happened at the wooden house, and helped the snail to move the branch.

-“Maybe, none of this would have happened if you had not taken those chestnuts, that are not yours.”

– “These chestnuts are mine, I have collected them!” – the gnome insisted.

Seeing that the gnome was not telling the truth, the rabbit took him back to the little wooden house.

-“Look, happy gnome, look through the window” – said the rabbit to the gnome.

The gnome obeyed and looked through the window. He saw a little mummy rabbit, sitting at the table with her three kids. They were sad because there was barely anything on their plates.

-“The mother rabbit had collected all those chestnuts for dinner, and now they only have four pieces of bread. Meanwhile, you have there enough chestnuts for everyone” – said the wise rabbit.

-“Yes! happy gnome!” – exclaimed Mr.Snail -“You can cook chestnut soup for everyone!”

The happy gnome realized that he had been wrong and so he went inside the house and apologised to the mother rabbit. She could see that the gnome was repentant, forgave him and accepted Mr.Snail’s idea”.

So, they all had the happy gnome´s delicious soup for dinner. They ate, laughed, played…and that is how they all became friends.

THE END

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…The strange thing was that, the more vegetables he gave away, the more lettuces, chard, tomatoes, etc, were left in the wheelbarrow. And he was so happy to receive kisses, hugs and thankful words from the parents of his classmates who used to make fun of him calling him “fat”.

Next day he went to his vegetable garden to plant more seeds, but was shocked when saw that many vegetables had sprouted and that there were an endless number of chard, lettuces and tomatoes. It was incredible and his parents were astonished when he told them over dinner.

-“Lolo, we are so proud of you and of your good heart. Several mums have thanked me for the food you gave them yesterday. They said you are a very good kid, and Dad and I feel really proud of you. Besides this, you have lost some weight because your trousers and shirts are too big for you and so now you need smaller clothes”.

Over the following days, even though Lolo collected his vegetables every afternoon, the next morning the garden was full of vegetables, which Lolo happily distributed to his neighbors, helping many needy families, who were very thankful for Lolo´s generosity.

His parents were so surprised at these strange events, that they decided to go to the vegetable garden one night to discover what was going on while their son was sleeping.

They were astonished when saw many rabbits, mice, squirrels and birds working the land, directed by a very pretty blond fairy, that, who used her magic powders, to accelerate the budding process of the seeds that Lolo had been buying every afternoon using the money for the snacks and candies that he no longer ate.

One morning, when he woke up to go to school his mum almost fainted when she saw that Lolo was not a fat boy anymore. Thanks to the good fairy, he had turned into a handsome and slender student.

His mother hugged him and called his father. The three of them were really happy and later at school, the pupils and Mr.Adams, the teacher, congratulated Lolo who was not an alienated kid anymore but the most loved boy by his classmates.

Several years passed and Lolo grew to be a handsome and smart guy. His neighbors lent him land to sow all kind of vegetables and fruit trees. And the miracle of the food proliferation happened every day thanks to his work and goodness.

Those who know him will tell you that every afternoon, several trucks carrying food leave the small town were Angel lives with his parents, to bring happiness to hundreds of needy families from all the towns and cities around.

THE END

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…Lolo reluctantly went to the seed shop and bought seeds. He explained the project to his parents during dinner and ate only a plate of soup and a piece of omelette with chips. His parents, Josh and Sarah were suprised to see their son so very different from lunch time. Was their son sick?”

On Saturday morning, Lolo went to his parents vegetable garden and took the tools that his dad, Josh, lent him. He made different holes to put the seeds in and gave his lunch to the birds flying around, giving them the crumbs from his bread and olive oil.

He gave the cheese in his sandwich to the naughty mice that were jumping around waiting for him to leave so they could eat the seeds, and to the rabbits, who were watching him curiously. He gave gave walnuts to the playful squirrels to satisfy their hunger.

Lolo sweated so much that morning, but when he saw how well he had planted the seeds that were going to become food for poor children, he was so proud of himself.

He went inside the house, ate happily, was hungry with out excess like a normal boy and did not ask for “seconds” when his mom offered him a delicious creme caramel, his favorite dessert.

For many days after class,he went to his vegetable garden to water the land and tend to the crops he had sown.

Then one afternoon, when he went to the vegetable garden he unexpectedly found that many lettuces, chard, tomatoes, onions and cucumbers had sprouted.

Later on, he collected all the vegetables using his dad´s wheelbarrow and went to the houses of the poorest children in the town and gave them part of the amazing harvest he had reaped.

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His name was Angel, but everybody called him Lolo since he was little.

He was a sad, selfish kid, an only child and very lonely, because he was always thinking about eating, and became so fat that his class mates rejected him.

Hi parents, Josh and Sarah used to give him some money every day to buy a snack. He did not lack anything, but he missed the company of a friend, and the appreciation of the other boys and girls who lived in the town. His loneliness made him quite sad.

Lolo enjoyed eating cake, fried chips and popcorn after school, unaware of the other boys and girls’ economic problems. They did not have money to buy sweets and candies because they were poor.

This was his life, getting fatter and being hostile towards the others becuase of rejection. Then, one day, their teacher explained that children in Africa were hungry and had no food.

That afternoon, after school, as Lolo searched inside his pockets for the coins his mum had given him that morning to buy a cupcake and a bar of chocolate, he remembered what his teacher had said about Africa.

He sat on a bench situated in the town’s main square facing the candy shop, and for the first time forgot he was hungry.

“What´s wrong with me?…Why am I not buying popcorn or one of those giant, delicious lollipops?” – He was about to enter the shop when a good fairy appeared and reminded Lolo that there were many poor people, not only in Africa, but also in his own town, that didn´t have enough food.

The fairy asked him:

-“Lolo, do you know how many seeds could you buy with the money your parents give you?”

-“Why are you talking about seeds?” said Lolo, “I don´t want seeds. I´m not a bird. I want to buy candy because I haven´t eaten in a few hours and I´m hungry”.

-“Trust me Lolo, you will gain weight if you keep eating sweets, and children will never stop teasing you, and you will feel really bad if they reject you. But if you and me make a deal, you will loose weight and everybody will appreciate you”.

-“Ok fairy. I accept your deal, what should I do?” – asked Lolo not too excited for having lost the snacks he wanted to devour.

-“Well done, Lolo you have made the right choice. Now go and buy seeds to plant chard, lettuce, tomatoes and onions”.

– “But I´m not a farmer! I can´t work on the vegetable garden. My dad does that”. Lolo was scared of the responsibility he was going to have to accept working on the vegetable garden.

- “Tell your parents that you want to plant vegetables in a small part of your vegetable garden, and that what you grow you will give to poor children, I´m sure they will encourage you to do it. You have to know that cultivating a vegetable garden is very good exercise for losing weight, so you will lose that annoying roll of fat that disturbs you when you run, walk, and play football with your class mates during breaktime”.

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….That night they organized a timetable for guarding the vegetable garden, but nothing happened.

- “The rabbits saw us, I guess” – Said John going inside the house, after guarding the garden.

– “So, are not the rabbits, because those animals never give up before eating all the vegetables of the garden”.

-“We have to find the responsible” – Mary said.

John and his son Peter went over each centimeter around the vegetable garden, repairing holes, and building a fence.

They were working on it when Mary called them to tell that had to work in silence because she was hearing something. When they arrived, the three discovered that the animal who was eating the carrots weren’t the rabbits, but Blacky. She was pulling up the leaves of the plants, then took out the vegetables and ate them quiet, looking around, relaxed, like if she wanted them to look at her.

The whole family went to hug Blacky, they were laughing, they had raised her like a family member, they could not be angry with her just because she had ate carrots.

They decided to separate some vegetables for Blacky, to feed her and to not ruin the emerging plants.

Mary´s family realized that they had to change the way they were treating Blacky , because she did not know when to stop eating, she actually was always eating non stop.

Blacky was moved to where the rest of the sheep were, and could only go into the house when Mary had to feed her with the feeding bottle.

Mary´s family decided to not allow Blacky hang near the house, because she was used to stay inside the house, eating everything she found; and that could be dangerous, because she could eat something bad. So she had to live with the rest of the sheep in her habitat.

Blacky lives with her block since then. She eats green grass and is free in the field, eating delicious grass growing healthy and strong.

And that is the end of the story..

Moral of the Short Story: Love the animals!.

values of the Short Story: Love, understanding, patience.

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Granny Mary had a black sheep that she had raised. She had to sell Blacky´s mother because had economic troubles, and had to feed her with milk using an improvised feeding bottle with a teat.

To make Blacky eat better, she had to sat her on her own lap, each morning and each afternoon.

The little sheep breeding has been raised like another member of the family, she used to go for walks with Granny Mary, and used to hang inside the house looking for food, eating it later outside the house.

They named her, Blacky; when somebody called her by her name, she used to go fast to the place they were; getting food rewards every time she went to the call.

Granny Mary was working on her vegetable garden, removing weeds that had sprouted between the vegetables. She used to repeat this job every time she went to take some vegetables, she stayed there cleaning the grass.

– “John! Can you please come out to the vegetable garden?” – Mary yells to her husband.

– “Yes! let me finish something here, then I´m coming”.

– “Ok, I will wait here for you”.

John, Mary´s husband, is cleaning his horse´s stable, shifting the animal to a corner, to take them later to the place where organic fertilizer is made.

All the substance that could be convertible into new soil is deposited inside a hole in the ground, then covered with soil layers, and then, adding every thing capable of becoming soil again, like dry leaves, paper, little branches, animal wastes, can finally be used as a fertilizer.

-“John!Are you coming or not?”

-“Coming”

-“What´s wrong, dear?”

-“Look at the carrots, there are practically none left”

-“Well, I collected the vegetables yesterday and the carrots were fine, very big, actually, but they have disappeared today!”

-“That is impossible!”

-“What is not possible, dear?”

-“They are not here, it looks like some animal has eaten them”.

-“Ok, today we´ll guard the garden to discover what animal is eating our carrots”.

– “I work so hard cultivating vegetables and they disappear like nothing”. – Mary said to her husband.

– Don´t worry, we will put some traps, I think that are the rabbits, those animals really love carrots”.

That night they organized a timetable for guarding the vegetable garden, but nothing happened.

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Once upon a time, there was a potato that grew a lot and had arms and legs.

But Miss cauliflower was too small and was not growing. She wanted to grow like the potato, but she couldn´t; one day, the potato disappeared, somebody ate it.

Miss cauliflower was very sad, but she did not take to long to recover, because more potatoes were born.

A man, that was walking around, took Miss cauliflower and ate her. Later, more plants were born, like a tomato, a cauliflower, a lettuce, an onion…these vegetables did not disappear.

The potato and the tomato finally became a couple, bought a tractor and lived happily ever after.

And that is the end of the story…

Moral of the story: Overcome difficulties.

Values of the story: To have friends is important.

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Once upon a time, there was a girl called Betty, who had a magic fairy called Mimi. One day, Betty arrived home from school, and found a cake at her house´s door, she loved cakes, so took it and brought it home.

She wanted to give Mimi a piece of the cake, but could not resist the temptation anymore and ended up eating the whole cake. But, what she did not know was that it was Mimi who had left the cake at the door.

Suddenly she sighed:

“Ooh! I would love to have a new school bag…”

And…a new school bag appeared. Betty was shocked, and said again:

“Ooh! I would love to have a Barbie…”

A barbie appeared suddenly. And she realized that the cake was magic.

The next day, she told to Mimi excitedly everything about the magic cake.

“Did you leave me a piece of the cake?”

And Betty said: “No, why would I, if you are a fairy, you can do magic yourself, don´t you?”

And the fairy got pissed off. Then, Betty said again: “I would love to have a ball” – but nothing appeared,said it again three times, but didn´t work. Went to ask Mimi.

“Do you know why my wishes are not fulfilling?”

And Mimi said: “Yes, I took the powers away”

Betty felt really bad, so bought a cake and gave it to Mimi, saying:

“Here, you have a cake, all for you, I´m sorry…”

“Thank you, but I am going to share it with you” – said Mimi.

Mimi shared her cake with Betty, Betty learnt the lesson, and they lived happily ever after.

THE END

Moral of the story: Sharing is important.

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- “Who takes care of the garden vegetables the same or more than George, the farmer?”

Our dear scarecrow; he was very good. Sophie and her mom made it with her dad´s old clothes. They put him a brown hat which had a yellow feather, a violet shirt and black trousers, he looked lovely.

From far, he looked like a real person, because he also had a wig and glasses. But the most important was that he was fulfilling his function. Because if the scarecrow was not there, all the birds, even Lily bird, who was Sophie’s friend, would eat all the seeds every time that george seeded, and the vegetable would never grow.

The scarecrow did his duty every day, protecting the harvest of the family. That is why the whole family loved him that much, because he was always taking care of the field, and he always made the others happy with his smile and his good mood. The scarecrow always saw the good side of things, was very optimistic.

THE END

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