Stories

In the city of Oliverina, there lived a mischievous squirrel named Oliver. He worked hard as a professional acorn preserver, a job that occupied him all day. Despite his acorn-cracking duties, Oliver couldn’t help but dream of a more adventurous life as a thief, even though the city of Oliverina had strict laws against theft. One day, while cracking his 479,792nd acorn, a brilliant plan came to mind. Smiling slyly, he threw the last acorn shell in his shift into a prepared pit and hurried off the cracking platform, with each heartbeat faster and faster. After a light-hearted supper and...

Once upon a time, in Bear Land, there lived a bear named Berry. His favourite food were berries because his name was Berry. He was extremely smart when it came to eating berries. Berry the Bear grew tons of berries with barbed wires to keep other bears out. A small lump of moist soil acted as a hidden button which could open a bit of wire. He relied on the crop for meals. Berry ate three large bunches of berries per day. Unfortunately, a dirt disease and a virus that killed animals, except for bears spread and many berries were...

“Is he the one?”A tiny voice asked. “Yes,” A soft voice replied. “I told you, he is the one. Now be quiet.”. The team stared in the blinding light. Inside a boy’s bedroom, a child lay sleeping quietly under a pile of old-fashioned quilts. There was an old-fashioned lamp beside on a nightstand and a large paper-crafted homemade boat above the bed. Archie Smith woke up to rays of sunlight resting on his face. He looked at the clock, which looked old because there was dust on it. It read, “9:39 AM”.”Well, I’ll be late for my baseball game, and...