‏إظهار الرسائل ذات التسميات short stories. إظهار كافة الرسائل
‏إظهار الرسائل ذات التسميات short stories. إظهار كافة الرسائل
THE WOODMAN AND THE SERPENT

THE WOODMAN AND THE SERPENT


One wintry day a Woodman was tramping home from his work when
he saw something black lying on the snow. When he came closer he
saw it was a Serpent to all appearance dead. But he took it up
and put it in his bosom to warm while he hurried home. As soon as
he got indoors he put the Serpent down on the hearth before the
fire. The children watched it and saw it slowly come to life
again. Then one of them stooped down to stroke it, but the
Serpent raised its head and put out its fangs and was about to
sting the child to death. So the Woodman seized his axe, and with
one stroke cut the Serpent in two. "Ah," said he,
"No gratitude from the wicked."
E MAN AND HIS TWO WIVES

E MAN AND HIS TWO WIVES


CIn the old days, when men were allowed to have many wives, a
middle-aged Man had one wife that was old and one that
was young;
each loved him very much, and desired to see him like herself.
Now the Man's hair was turning grey, which the young Wife
did not
like, as it made him look too old for her husband. So every night
she used to comb his hair and pick out the white ones. But the
elder Wife saw her husband growing grey with great pleasure, for
she did not like to be mistaken for his mother. So every morning
she used to arrange his hair and pick out as many of the black
ones as she could. The consequence was the Man soon 
found himself entirely bald.
Y
ield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield.
THE LION'S SHARE

THE LION'S SHARE




The Lion went once a-hunting along with the Fox, the Jackal,
and the Wolf. They hunted and they hunted till at last they
surprised a Stag, and soon took its life. Then came the question
how the spoil should be divided. "Quarter me this Stag," roared
the Lion; so the other animals skinned it and cut it into four
parts. Then the Lion took his stand in front of the carcass and
pronounced judgment: The first quarter is for me in my capacity
as King of Beasts; the second is mine as arbiter; another share
comes to me for my part in the chase; and as for the fourth
quarter, well, as for that, I should like to see which of you will
dare to lay a paw upon it."
"Humph," grumbled the Fox as he walked away with his tail
between his legs; but he spoke in a low growl
."You may share the labours of the great,
but you will not share the spoil."



THE SICK LION

THE SICK LION


A Lion had come to the end of his days and lay sick unto death
at the mouth of his cave, gasping for breath. The animals, his
subjects, came round him and drew nearer as he grew more and
more
helpless. When they saw him on the point of death they thought to
themselves: "Now is the time to pay off old grudges." So the Boar
came up and drove at him with his tusks; then a Bull gored him
with his horns; still the Lion lay helpless before them: so the
Ass, feeling quite safe from danger, came up, and turning his tail
to the Lion kicked up his heels into his face. "This is a double
death," growled the Lion.
Only cowards insult dying majesty


Put the glass down now

Put the glass down now


A professor began his class by holding up a glass with
some water in it. 
He held it up for all to see; asked the students,' How much
do you think this glass weighs?' 
'50gms!' .... '100gms!' ......'125gms' ......the students answered. 
'I really don't know unless I weigh it,' said the professor,
'but, my question is: 
What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?' 
'Nothing' the students said. 
'Ok what would happen if I held it up 
like this for an hour? ' the professor asked. 
'Your arm would begin to ache' said one of the students. 
'You're right, now what would happen if I held it for a day? ' 
'Your arm could go numb, you might have severe muscle 
stress; paralysis; 
have to go to hospital for sure!'ventured another student;
all the students laughed. 
'Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the 
glass change?' asked the professor. 
'No' the students said. 
Then what caused the arm ache & the muscle stress? ' 
The students were puzzled. 
'Put the glass down!' said one of the students. 
'Exactly!' said the professor.' Life's problems are 
something like this . 
Hold it for a few minutes in your head; they seem OK. 
Think of them for a long time & they begin to ache.
Hold it even longer & they begin to paralyze you. You will
not be able to do anything. 
It's important to think of the challenges (problems) in your
life,but 
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT to 'put them down' at the end of 
every day before you go to sleep. 
That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day
fresh & strong & can handle any issue, any challenge that 
comes your way!'
Anger and Love has no limits

Anger and Love has no limits




While Dad was polishing his new car,
His 4 yr old son picked stone & scratched lines on
the side of the car.
In his anger, Dad took the child's hand & hit it many
times, not
Realizing he was using a wrench.
At the hospital, his child said 'Dad when will my fingers 
grow back?'
Dad was so hurt.
He went back to car and kicked it a lot of times.
Sitting back he looked at the scratches, child wrote
'I LOVE YOU DAD'
Anger and Love has no limits… 



Love and Time

Love and Time


- Love and Time -

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived:
Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others,
including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the
island would sink, so all constructed boats and left.
Except for Love.
Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold
out until the last possible moment.
When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said, 
"Richness, can you take me with you?"
Richness answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and
silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."
Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in
a beautiful vessel. "Vanity, please help me!"
"I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my
boat," Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by so Love asked, "Sadness, let me go
with you."
"Oh . . . Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"
Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that 
she did not even hear when Love called her. 
Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will take you.
" It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot
to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived
at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how
much was owed the elder, 
Love asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who Helped me?"
"It was Time," Knowledge answered.
"Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?"
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered,
"Because only Time is capable of understanding how
valuable Love is
Child asks his mother why crying ?

Child asks his mother why crying ?





A little boy asked his mother, Why are you crying ?
-Because I'm a woman, she told him I don't understand, 
he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, And you 
never will
Later the little boy asked his father,
Why does mother seem to cry for no reason ?
All women cry for no reason, was all his dad could say
The boy still didn't get an answer! so he only had his 
old grandfather to ask
The little boy asked his grandfather, why do women 
cry so easily
The grandfather said, when God made women, she had to 
be special. 
He made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of
the world, yet ! gentle enough to give comfort
God gave her an inner strength to under child birth and 
the rejection that many times comes from her 
children



God gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going 
when everyone else gives up,
and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue
without complaining
God gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and
all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly
God gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults
and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart
God gave her wisdom to know that a good husband 
never hurts his wife, 
but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to
stand beside him unfalteringly
And finally, God gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively
to use whenever it is needed
You see my son, the beauty of a woman is not in the
clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she 
combs her hair
The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that 
is the doorway to her heart...
A boy always loses his temper.

A boy always loses his temper.




There was a boy who was always losing his temper. His father gave him a bag full of nails and said to him, “My son, I want you to hammer a nail into our garden fence every time you need to direct your anger against something and you lose your temper.” 

So the son started to follow his father’s advice. On the first day he hammered in 37 nails, but getting the nails into the fence was not easy, so he started trying to control himself when he got angry. As the days went by, he was hammering in less nails, and within weeks he was able to control himself and was able to refrain from getting angry and from hammering nails. He came to his father and told him what he had achieved. His father was happy with his efforts and said to hi “But now, my son, you have to take out a nail for every day that you do not get angry.” 

The son started to take out the nails for each day that he did not get angry, until there were no nails left in the fence. 

He came to his father and told him what he had achieved. His father took him to the fence and said, “My son, you have done well, but look at these holes in the fence. This fence will never be the same again.” Then he adde “When you say things in a state of anger, they leave marks like these holes on the hearts of others. You can stab a person and withdraw the knife but it doesn’t matter how many times you say ‘I’m sorry,’ because the wound will remain.


A short story The Sleeper

A short story The Sleeper



Once upon a time there was a girl called Lauren, she was always organizing pyjamas parties.
One day, she invited her friends Monica, Rebecca, Rachel and Mimi. Their parents brought them to Lauren´s house and Vanessa, Rachel´s cousin, took her.

Sleeper

Lauren´s mom apologized to Vanessa because the pyjamas party was only for the girls and she could not stay. They left the meeting room, and Vanessa went home too sad, but rules were rules. Rachel did not say anything and went to play with her friends.
Lauren´s brother, called Victor, told Mimi and Monica not to worry, they would play whatever else. Told them to put on a swim cap like him and Lauren (who went to swimming lessons), and special glasses too. Then brought them to the courtyard and they all had so much fun and laugh a lot playing with the hose.
Then, they went to see Lauren´s grandmother, her aunt Isabelle was there too, who asked them why were they on their pyjamas and Lauren said:
– “It´s a sleepover!”
They had a snack after a few hours and then left Lauren´s house.
After some months, the Spanish teacher told them to perform a play as homework. And as Mimi was not in the school, Lauren sat with other girl called Daisy.
Victor was not in class either, so they chose Hector for their team. The teacher told them the subject of the play, but Hector did not like it at all, so decided to go to talk to the teacher and finally the teacher let them to perform another play which made everybody happy.
THE END
Moral of the Short Story: Democracy.
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Princes and princesses tales

Princes and princesses tales


New Short Stories for Children written by: Narella Valente (9 years old).

Once upon a time… there was a girl called Juliet; her eyes were blue, and her hair was long an blond, shiny like the sun. She was living in Breen, a very small town and was working as maid in the castle of the Prince Arthur.

She was wearing a light blue apron, like the color if the sea; and a white dress, like the clouds.
Princes

When Prince Arthur saw her, fell in love, and did everything he could to conquer her, until finally conquered her; she fell at his charms.
When John´s mother found out did not like it at all, she was against that marriage, and chased Juliet out of the castle. But King Arthur, the prince´s father talked to his wife, Queen Olivia, and convinced her to let them get married and be happy.
They made a big party in Breen castle, And the family lived happily ever after.
THE END
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Moral Stories for Kids |FROGS ASK FOR A KING

Moral Stories for Kids |FROGS ASK FOR A KING

There were a group of frogs relaxing in a pond where they used to spend every day splashing in the water. One day, one of the frogs said:
– “We need a king to take care of us”.
All the frogs went to ask Zeus, their God, to send them a king. When Zeus heard this, he struck a lightning bolt against a trunk near the pond. When the frogs heard such a tremendous noise, they lept frightened into the water. Only one of them approached the trunk to meet the King Zeus had given them.
But when the frog realised that it was just a trunk floating on the water, she called her mates and they jumped onto the trunk one by one to get it all muddy. The angry frogs reproached Zeus for not having sent them a real king.
When Zeus heard the daring frogs, he sent a stork to eat them one by one.
Then the frogs, angry again, begged Zeus to save them from the danger of the stork. But he said:
“These are the consequences of your acts. You already had peace and harmony, but wanted a king to rule you, now it is the stork who will govern you.
That is why frogs hide every time they see a stork, repenting of having asked for a king.
THE END
Moral of the story: If you already have peace and harmony you don´t need more.
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Witches Stories

Witches Stories

Short Story for Kids written by: Yiseth Alejandra Suarez (11 years old).
Once upon a time, there was a witch who really liked pop music and rock music, that is the reason why she was called Pop.

One day, she met a kid, but she was dancing and listening rock music. The kid was also dancing, and the witch asked him:
Witches Stories
- “Hey kid, do you like Rock music?”
And the kid said:
– “Yes! I like it so much that is why my name is Rocky”.
Pop, the witch was surprised, and said:
-“Me too! This is my name because I really like pop music and rock music”.
They continued dancing, suddenly, Rocky´s hands became bigger, and Pop´s feet became bigger. Rocky said:
– Pop!, Your feet are bigger!”
And Pop said to Rocky:
– “Rocky! your hands are bigger!”
They were very surprised, but continued dancing forgeting what happened. And became very good friends forever.
THE END
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