INTERNATIONAL CHILDRENS BOOK DAY

The 2nd of April is a special day for us. It is “International Children´s Book Day”. On this date, one of the most important fairy tale writers of all times was born. The Danish writer, Hans Christian Andersen, author of famous tales like: The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid, The Emperor´s New Clothes and The Steadfast Tin Soldier.

Short Stories´ writers create beautiful stories and tales from their own imagination. Stories that reach out to people making them enjoy and feel the stories. There is no story without a writer and no writer without a reader.

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THE SINCERE WITCH

Once upon a time there was a witch who always said what she was thinking. She was the most honest witch at all times.

That was her problem. She got into trouble sometimes because of her honesty. One day she wanted to capture a monster and said: “Monster! Stay still, I need to cast a spell on you and I can´t if you are moving!”.  And of course, when the monster heard this, he ran away and never came back.

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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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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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LINA AND THE MAGIC DOOR

Once upon a time there was a smart girl called Lina, who had lots of imagination.

One day, Lina realised that sometimes his parents left the heater on in the bathroom during winter after taking a shower.

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This was a serious problem because it was an unnecessary waste of energy and Lina wanted to save energy. Continue reading…

SCARY MOON FOR ONE NIGHT

Once upon a time there was a 5 year old boy called Gary who was scared of going out at night because he thought that the moon was going to fall from the sky.

His parents always said: “You don´t have to be scared, the moon won´t fall.”

Gary didn’t know why, but he was very scared and imagined the moon falling and crushing him.

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Halloween arrived and Gary´s parents insisted that he go out and have fun with his friends, Gary accepted this and went out but never took his eyes off the moon…  Continue reading…

JOHN THE GREEN GOBLIN

Short Story written by: Maria Sol Centurión

Once upon a time there was a boy called John. One day his mother asked him to go and buy some food for dinner.

On his way to the supermarket a fairy called Lily appeared and asked him: “Hi John, I am a magic fairy, would you like to be a goblin?”

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“Yes” – said the child.

 

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PETER AND THE COCONUT

Once upon a time there was a woodpecker called Peter who lived in a big jungle full of trees including coconut palms.

Peter really liked coconut palms because of their big leaves and of course, because of their fruit: The coconut.

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Peter discovered coconuts thanks to a monkey that had thrown a coconut down to the ground which had broken into two pieces.  Peter approached the coconut to see what was inside… Continue reading…

LET´S GO TO THE CIRCUS!

Short Story written by: Ana Maria Amarfil

Every year a Big circus comes to the city, We the children are anxious to see the big lion opening his big mouth and showing his teeth.

The lion tamer is a tall, young man that puts his head into the lion´s mouth while all the women and children scream.

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We all think that the lion is going to bite him, but the young tamer takes his head out of the lion´s mouth and smiles and we all feel relieved. Continue reading…