The case of why Santa's sleigh wasn't working in the North Pole or nowhere

by Renee, 7 years, Boston, USA

One day in the north pole as usual Santa was getting on his sleigh. The bag of presents was very heavy. As he was getting on his sleigh, it wasn't working when he started it! Santa was very startled. He went and called people, but they were either sleeping or thinking that they might freeze to death.
Aha! Maybe the snow gets in the wheels! No, the sleigh doesn't have any wheels at all! Santa thought and thought.... People were waiting. it was 11:19pm! Santa had to think fast. What can he do? This was an EMERGENCY!
Then the snow stopped,and the sleigh started! I know! Snow gets in all  my reindeer's eyes said Santa. Santa was happy because his sleigh worked again! UH-OH it broke down again! Now what was wrong? Was it the snow again??
No, it had stopped snowing already. Now what? It was getting closer and closer to midnight. Santa remembered real reindeer can't fly. Maybe the batteries were out. Yeah! they were! Santa fixed everything, and got on time to deliver the presents to kids all over the world! :-)

The end.


This story has some fantastic illustrations too, Here's a link to Renee's original post:
http://reneecoutinho.blogspot.in/2013/01/renees-first-story.html

The Foolish Monkey

by Keval, 7.5 years, Mumbai

There once lived a boy and a girl. One day they were roaming in the forest. They saw a monkey. "This monkey is hurt," said the girl. "Lets take him home." And they named the monkey, Monu.
Monu was very foolish and greedy. He always wanted the biggest share. But the boy and girl loved him very much. He would only eat fruits and nuts. Then one day he got hurt and started crying very very loudly. And the boy and the mother called the doctor. The doctor put medical herbs and cotton balls. The monkey stopped crying and ate as much as he wanted. He ate apples, bananas and oranges. He also ate walnuts, cashew nuts and dried grapes. He went to sleep for 2 hours and 30 minutes. He woke up at 12:00 midnight. The boy and the girl were sleeping. The mother woke up when the monkey started jumping in the hall, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. He made a very big mess by breaking glasses, eating fruits and nuts.
Monu was happy, foolish and greedy. But with a very very big mess, mother was angry. The boy, girl and mother threw him out of the house to the forest and on the tiger's head. The tiger was catching a deer. The tiger killed the monkey and ate him up.

The end.

The Evil Umbrella

by Aditya, 7 years, Mumbai

Once upon a time there lived a very very evil monster who gave an umbrella life. Then the umbrella was harassing everybody. But there were five, very brave warriors who were not getting harassed. They were very angry. So they went to fight with the evil umbrella. They kept doing cartwheels and different stunts and the evil umbrella kept throwing fire.
It tried to kill the five warriors, but all of the five warriors took a mirror and the fire went back to the evil umbrella. The fire killed the evil umbrella.

The end. 

The Fox and the Lion and the Tiger

by Keval, 7.5 years, Mumbai

Once upon a time there lived a fox. One day he caught a prey. A lion seeing this came out and said, "Give it to me or else I'll kill you!" The poor fox went hungry back home and asked God to deal with the lion. God, who was hearing his prayer, said, "I will come to Earth."
God came to Earth in the form of a Tiger and grew very fast. God started hunting and swimming. He once bumped into Lion and fought. Lion was beaten. Since then, lions and tigers are enemies.

The end.

Arrow, the Wind Dragon

by Rohan, 8 years, Leeds

Once there was a boy named Rohan. He was a brave and good warrior. The army said he was too young to join the army as a soldier.
Then one day, a massive beast escaped from prison. His name was Arrow. He was a wind dragon.
The army said to Rohan, "Go and defeat the beast!"
Rohan went off on his horse with his shield and sword. He saw a winged creature up in the mountain. "Guess I'm going to the mountain", thought Rohan.
He climbed the mountain and found lots of fossils. When he got up, the creature was waiting for him to fight. The wind dragon hit wind at Rohan's face and Rohan hit the ground. Then Rohan just slashed his sword at the dragon again and again.
The dragon was defeated and lay on the ground. The army then imprisoned him.
"You can join the army now, Rohan," said the army.

The end

The Cat who was Kidnapped

by Aditya, 6.5 years, Mumbai

Once upon a time, there were five children with a pet cat. They went to a garden and the five children were playing without the cat. Suddenly their cat was missing. In the bushes they found a dog. They asked that dog, "Can you help us find our cat?" Then the dog said,"Yes, I can help you find the cat." They looked on top of the tree. Then they saw their cat kidnapped. The dog bit the kidnapper, then one of the boys beat up the kidnapper. The other four children took the cat home and the boy came home later.

The End.

The Snow man

by Amiya, 8 years, Mumbai

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Sussan. It was winter. Sussan was playing. She made a beautiful snow man. By the time she made her snow man, it was evening. So she went home and ate dinner and went to sleep. As soon as it was midnight, her snow man started shaking and moving like her and sang, "I am so happy I am like Sussan." Suddenly Sussan heard a song and came down the stairs. She rushed to the garden and saw her snow man dancing. She was surprised but then she asked him if he would like to be friends and he became a friend of Sussan. They both danced together. In the morning, the sun was shining, the snow man melted and became water. Sussan was very sad but she smiled and made another snow man and danced with him.