THE BEAR WAS GONE

Short Story written by: Pia Francisca Zuñiga (7 years old, her first short story)

Years and years ago only 800 animals existed: 100 rabbits; 200 turtles; 100 grasshoppers, 300 dogs, 40 bears and 60 pumas.

You know that animals need to live and to reproduce, well, this is what happened in Argentina:

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KING BAKER’S PROMISE

There was a King called Arthur who promised all the people in his kingdom a daily bag of bread. Over a few months, everything went well, and everybody was very happy and thankful to the King.

But bad times arrived. Grain became scarce and Arthur´s suppliers of bread had to close their business. So the King went looking for another bread supplier, but couldn´t find one.

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THE SNOW BIRD

Short Story written by: Juan (73 years old)

Missi was an old woman who lived in a town surrounded by mountains. She had no heating and the town was very cold during winter, so Missi used to collect firewood and light a fire in the fireplace in her cute house.

One day Missi went to the hills to collect more firewood when she met a little snow bird on the way who started to follow Missi, so Missi asked her:

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THE MYSTERY OF THE GHOST

Short Story written by: Helena Ruano

Surrounded by mountains near to a river, was a beautiful town with a small school in the main square. Tom was one of the teachers at the school. He was very wise and his pupils really liked him.

One day, Peter, the youngest in the class asked the teacher if ghosts existed.

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THE BLUE BEETLE AND THE THREE WISE KINGS

This story tells the legend of the three blue beetles who walked with the Three Wise Kings every Christmas to help them deliver their gifts to all the girls and boys.

The three blue beetles have a very special power. They can make the three camels walk faster so as to deliver all the gifts on time.

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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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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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