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The Squirrel and the Dragon: A Fantasy Short Story

Once upon a time, in a little cottage atop a tall tree in a little forest, there lived a little squirrel named Chestnut. Every morning, Chestnut loved to take her little basket and go on nature walks to collect little colorful flowers in the meadows. She would make bouquets and flower wreaths and sell them at the market square. But one day, when Chestnut went on a walk to collect more flowers, she found a big black hill blocking her way. The big black hill was very strange, because instead of being covered with green grass, it was covered in black scales that shimmered in the sunlight. Another strange thing about the big black hill was that it moved up and down, almost as if it were breathing. “I don’t know how this strange hill got here,” Chestnut said to herself. “But I’ll just climb over it.” Chestnut clambered up the big black hill. It was a little difficult, since it kept moving up and down, but thanks to her determination, Chestnut managed to reach the very top. “I did it!” Chest...

The Hare and the Snail



A snail watched a hare

Run through the meadow.

“If I could get to him

I could talk to the fellow.”


It took the snail forever

To get anywhere near him

For the hare was so fast

It was hard to keep up with him.


It was only by luck

The snail got a chance to chat

For the hare had decided to rest

From going this way and that.


“I want to be as fast as you,” said snail

“So I can run to and fro.

Can you show me how to run fast

So I can stop traveling so slow?”


The hare shook his head.

“You can’t run fast like me.

I have long legs

But you don’t, you see.”


“Oh,” said the snail.

“That’s not fair.”

“That’s how life is sometimes,”

Said the hare.


At that moment,

A barking dog drew near.

The snail hid in his shell.

“I’ll be safe in here.”


The hare huffed.

“That’s not fair,

I have to run to get away

While you just sit in there?”


“That’s how life is sometimes,”

Said the hiding snail.

“True, true,” said the hare

And he quickly turned tail.

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