What a day it has been. Everyone is tired, especially moms and dads, but the children still want to hear a fairy tale. What to do? It’s easy. In such cases, short fairy tales that flow quickly and yet lose none of their magic will help. If you’re already looking forward to bed, read a short fairy tale, give a goodnight kiss, and off to sleep you go. There will be time for a long fairy tale again next time.
At the very edge of town, where the woods and fields begin, stands a small house. A little girl named Vicky lives there. She is in second grade, a big girl already. Her blonde hair always sparkles beautifully in the sun, and her sky-blue eyes flash with magical sparks.
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One night, a terrible wind swept across the farm. In the morning, Rex, the farm dog, went around to check on all the animals and see if the big wind had damaged their homes. His first stop was the piglets.
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Once upon a time, there was a mail truck. This truck delivered letters and all kinds of parcels to people. It drove in the heat, in the cold, in the rain and in the snow. It even went out when it was icy and the road was slippery—well, as slippery as ice.
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Once upon a time, there was a fairy-tale land, but there wasn’t a wizard wicked enough to want to kidnap and curse princesses, nor a dragon hungry enough to want to eat princesses or knights. All the witches who lived there were simply too lazy to cast spells. And so, in that kingdom, everything was terribly boring.
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In the evening, when everyone is asleep, tiny fairies fly out of their hiding places and visit our homes. They look for children’s bedrooms and slip quietly through the window. Then they peek under the pillow and slip under the pillow, hoping to find a tooth that has fallen out. But it’s not always easy for the fairy. She doesn’t always take the tooth with her. Sometimes it’s just not possible, just like what happened one night long ago.
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In a kingdom far, far away, there lived a lazy young man named John. Instead of helping his parents at home, he just lounged around in bed. He was nearly grown up already, yet he still wanted his mom to feed him, brush his hair, and dress him.
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Once upon a time, there were three sisters. The oldest was named Rosie, and she hated flowers. She hated them so much she didn’t even want to go outside the house. But that didn’t help much, because her middle sister Daisy loved flowers and brought them home in pots.
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It was a deep winter, with snow everywhere. There was loud snoring in the bear’s den. The bears were hibernating. But what was that? Someone blinked into the darkness, yawned and stretched. The little bear was getting up.
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Just as it is important for us humans to talk to each other, it is also very important for animals. And just like humans have many different languages, each species of animal has its own way of talking to each other. Dogs bark, growl, and whine. Cats meow and purr. Birds sing and chirp. But there are also animals that have a very special kind of language.
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A drought had begun. No one had seen clouds for a long time, and even the sun felt much hotter than usual. The animals in the forest hid in the shade of the pine trees and cooled off in the nearest stream. But the heat wasn’t the only thing that worried them. Since it hadn’t rained for a long time, fires could break out at any moment. And that’s exactly what happened in the pine forest.
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