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…

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?

elf, duende, magic

 

“Yes” – said the child.

 

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THE CONCEITED ANT AND THE THANKFUL DOG

Short Story written by: Jaime Eduardo Castellanos Villalba, from Colombia.

One day an ant saw a dog wearing three shoes.

“Wow! what a dog! so badly dressed and not even shaved! It’s awful to see an animal like this, please dog, get away from me!” – said the ant.

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Sorry Miss Ant, I didn’t want to bother you but I am looking for a shoe and something to eat.” – said the dog. 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…

SHORT TONGUE TWISTERS

Today we are posting these short tongue twisters. See if you are able to repeat them with your children!

Very short tongue twisters for kids to help their concentration and enunciation.

 

 

A good cook could cook as many cookies
as the good cook who could cook cookies.
 
A sailor went to sea to see what he could see, 
and all he could see was the sea, the sea, the sea.
 
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THE GIRL AND HER SHORT STORIES

Short Story written by: Camila

Once upon a time there was a little girl with lots of imagination. Her voice and smile were so sweet and she lived with her grandparents helping them with everything they needed, and always took care of them.

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She would tell them short stories and sometimes they fell into a relaxing asleep during the storytelling. Continue reading…

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.

coconut, bird

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…