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.
Once upon a time there was a poor woman who lived with her two daughters in a small house at the edge of the forest. Every day she would go into the forest to collect wood so that she could make a fire at home to keep her family warm.
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There was a rich merchant in one town who had a beautiful garden near his house where he grew millet. He checked it carefully every day, but one day he found that much of the crop had disappeared. The angry merchant decided to catch the thief and punish him. He entrusted this task to his three sons – Michael, George and John. The one who catches the thief will be rewarded.
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Long, long ago, a poor maiden named Ellen served a wicked and greedy farmer. Her miserly master let her do all the work so he wouldn’t have to pay other people. Ellen was an orphan, so she had to endure whatever the farmer could think of. She took care of the cattle, cleaned the house, in short, did whatever they told her to do.
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Mr. Pigeon lived in a small house alone. He was lonely. So he thought he’d get a friend. Someone who could go out for a walk with him. So he went to a shop that sold pets.
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That day, Robin the cat’s space rocket made it to Planet Ham. Robin the cat decided to explore the planet because he had heard that it was a planet full of food.
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The sun was shining, it was a beautiful spring day. Yesterday it rained, and today the sun was washing the puddles off the paths. On one of these paths, a family of cats was going for a walk.
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Once upon a time there was a pretty little girl. Her name was Lilly. She had very pretty hair, a pretty bow on her headband and a beautiful dress. But what did it matter if she didn’t want to brush her teeth? When she smiled and showed her dirty teeth, people frowned, some even felt sick. And when she spoke and the smell came out of her mouth, everyone ran for their life
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There was once a little girl named Jane. She never talked back to her parents, she was neat and clean, but there was one thing that was very ugly about this little girl. Jane would stuck her tongue out at people. I’m sure you’re thinking that kids do that sometimes and mean no harm. But Jane would stick her tongue out at everyone she met, all the time, everywhere. Even at school, she stuck her tongue out at the teacher during class.
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Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a wise king. He was just and ruled his country wisely. This king had a beautiful castle. It stood by a crystal lake and was made of glass. You may wonder how a glass castle could withstand hailstorms. It was because this castle was once built by an evil wizard.
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Once upon a time there was a little boy, and his name was Owen. He would have been a normal boy like all the others, if it wasn’t for this peculiar and unpleasant characteristic – Owen was always screaming and shouting. But not like the other children. His screaming was so loud that anyone who heard it would have their ears curled into a cone.
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