Animal hockey match

Short Fairy Tales for Children - Animal hockey match

Behind the forest on a big frozen pond, a big event took place in winter. An important hockey game. Two interesting teams played against each other. On one side there were the foxes and on the other the bears. They were all training hard. They were learning to pass, skate fast and turn. When the big day came for the game, all the animals of the forest sat around the pond. Some had big signs that said “Foxes go”. Others wore bear T-shirts. Everyone was cheering for someone else.

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The story of the van driver

Bedtime Stories - The story of the van driver

Every morning a van drove through our town. It was always nice and clean, washed and followed the traffic rules. It didn’t make any noise. It drove quietly and orderly. It delivered goodies around town. Early in the morning, the van would go far out of town, where nobody knew it. It’d load up on fruit and vegetables and then go back to our town. Here, it would take the food to the different stalls where people went to shop. The van was driven by one driver… But he wasn’t just any driver.

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A tale about sad Tessie

Short Bedtime Stories - A tale about sad Tessie

Winter was over. The green grass started to grow everywhere, flowers bloomed in the meadows. The sun was getting warmer and warmer. In the kindergarten outside the window there sat Tessie, a little girl with fair hair, rosy cheeks and blue eyes that looked like wells. She always cheered up all the children in the kindergarten with her sweet smile. But she hasn’t been laughing much lately, and not at all today. She was looking sadly out of the window, her head leaning towards her hands and her eyes completely glassy, as if she wanted to cry.

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Skilled car mechanic Patrik

Bedtime Stories - Skilled car mechanic Patrik

Patrik was a small-town boy. He lived in a cozy house with his dad. They had a big garage next to their house and sign hanging above the garage that said, “The best mechanic in town.” Patrick’s daddy used to fix cars in the garage. People from all over the neighborhood would come to him with their cars because he could fix just about anything. Patrik always watched his daddy at work. He learned from him. Even when he was just a little boy, he was very handy and could fix a lot of things on his own.

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Thief on the farm

Short Bedtime Stories - Thief on the farm

In a place very very far from here, beyond the deep woods, there was a farmhouse. Around it there were large fields. Potatoes and corn were grown on them. Several animals lived on this farm. There were sheep in the barn, a large dog kept watch by the shed, there were horses in the stables, and chickens and ducks ran around the yard. An old and wise farmer took care of them all. He was already a grandfather, but he still had plenty of work to do. Every holiday his grandson Paulie used to visit him. He helped his grandfather take care of the animals and the whole farm. He had many adventures on the farm. But one was the most exciting of all.

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A tale about the Hothead who changed

Short Stories for Children - A tale about the Hothead who changed

There once was a road around a small fairy-tale town. Big and small cars drove on it. Some trucks delivered goods and other smaller cars took people to work. In this fairy-tale town, people and cars were friends. They helped each other. The cars took people where they needed to go and the people took good care of the cars. They washed them, they filled them up with gas, they fixed them. In return, the cars tried to drive according to the rules. It was the most peaceful town. Until the Hothead came to town.

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The tale of a donut

Short Bedtime Stories - The tale of a donut

At the very edge of the village in a small cottage near the forest there lived an old farmer with his wife. Together they managed day by day and from time to time the old woman made some goodies for her man. One morning the old farmer woke up with an overwhelming craving for a donut. So he asked his wife if she could make him one.

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A stingy little plane

Bedtime Stories - A stingy little plane

There was a small airfield far behind the village. There were two planes there. One was blue and the other was green. Everyone who knew them always called them Blue and Green. They were smaller planes. During the day, people could fly them if they wanted a scenic flight. They got on them and the planes carried them from village to village, town to town, across the sky. It was beautiful. But at night, the planes had a different life.

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