Stories and Tales


Here you'll find the latest additions to the original story collection. New ones are added almost daily, so be sure to check it out often. You can freely navigate this view, and also you can go our best ranked stories or browse our stories search page

The World’s Rarest Creature, a story about Order and Care

A short story about keeping things in order
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8
Average: 8 (5 votes)

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Order and Care


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Order is an excellent aid to getting things done both well and quickly.The forestSeveral researchers and an unknown animal

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Once, there were several researchers in the forest, trying to study the rarest beast in the world. No one had seen it, and its existence was only known by some remains, and by its highly characteristic call... -> read more

Book, Ink, and Feather, a story about Cooperation and positive attitude

A short story about how to improve fate through collaboration
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7
Average: 7 (19 votes)

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Cooperation and positive attitude


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Regretting the past won’t solve anything. What is required is to change one’s situation and seek the necessary help to do so. An old cityA storybook, an inkwell, and a swan’s feather

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Once upon a time, in a small city, there was an empty storybook. The book looked great, with an impressive cover, but all its pages were blank. Children and grown-ups would pick up the book with anticipation... -> read more

Adventures in the Rain, a story about Imagination and creativity

A short story about the journey to a beautiful nature after the rain
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9
Average: 9 (2 votes)

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Imagination and creativity


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A beautiful dream journey to a land of fairiesA rainy dayA girl, her aunt, and several fairies

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What I'm about to tell you happened a long, long time ago, when I went to visit my Aunt Nina. She lived in an old house, with a great courtyard and many flowers. I loved going to stay with Nina because I could play in her garden in the mornings... -> read more

Path to Heaven, a story about Sincerity and heartfelt desire

A short story about being sincere to reach the hearfelt desire
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7
Average: 7 (1 vote)

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Sincerity and heartfelt desire


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A tender story about feelings and the heart’s desiresThe countrysideAn angel and a boy

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Once upon a time a boy was walking through the countryside when he saw, between some clouds, an angel singing a beautiful song. The angel soon disappeared... -> read more

Slowcoach Sunflower, a story about Patience and obedience

A short story teaching children the value of patience and obedience
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7.875
Average: 7.9 (8 votes)

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Patience and obedience


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When patience is necessary, impatience can drive us to make bad decisions.A school in the countryA boy, his teacher, and a sunflower

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There was once a teacher who gave his pupils some seeds so they could plant, and look after, their very own sunflower. One boy in the class, who loved sunflower seeds... -> read more

Charlie and the Horse, a story about Great care

A short story about how to take care of things
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8
Average: 8 (2 votes)

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Great care


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You enjoy your toys more when you look after themA village in the countryA boy, a girl, and a horse

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Charlie was a rich boy who had more toys than you could imagine. His family had a lot of money, and whenever he liked something, they would buy it for him... -> read more

Two Friends in a Little Trouble, a story about order

A short story about keeping things in order
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9.46667
Average: 9.5 (3 votes)

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order


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Orderliness is importantA modern townA boy, a girl, and a machine for shrinking things

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Once upon a time, a girl and a boy were playing together and happened upon a secret laboratory. They entered and found a mysterious machine... -> read more

Fashion Forest, a story about acceptance, avoid envy

A short story teaching children not to be envious
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7.4
Average: 7.4 (3 votes)

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acceptance, avoid envy


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We often end up doing stupid things just to imitate others or to make others enviousA forest full of animalsThe forest animals

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Once upon a time, there was a forest where all the animals lived happily together. One day a family went to spend the day in the countryside, and one little boy left his socks... -> read more

The Incompetent Genie, a story about cleanliness and order

A short story about being clean and in order
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9
Average: 9 (1 vote)

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cleanliness and order


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No great task can be completed without sufficient order in the detailsA genie’s lampA boy and a genie

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Once upon a time there was a genie, of the type who comes out of magic lamps and makes wishes come true. Unfortunately, this particular genie was famous for botching things up... -> read more

The Singing Hippo, a story about acceptance, avoid envy

A short story about avoiding envy
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acceptance, avoid envy


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Envying what is natural in others but not in yourself, can drive you to unwise forms of behaviourA river on the savannahA hippopotamus and a bird

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Once upon a time, a hippopotamus lived in a river next to a big and solitary tree. One day, a bird came and nested in the tree. The songs and the flight of the bird caused such envy in the hippo... -> read more