151 Magical Tales

Barona, the little elf, was lonely. Nobody played with him. He didn’t know the reason. Barona called out to fairies, angels, unicorns and even the ugly goblins to play with him but they said, “Not now. Later.” “Please be my friend.” “Do you want to see my toys?” he said, but none listened. They were

The angels looked curiously. They could see the snow castle at the top of the clouds but were too scared to go there. “But it was not there yesterday!” said Clara to her friends. Sofie, Sana and Petronella–all nodded in agreement. “I didn’t see it, too,” said Sofie. “But where did it come from then?”

Annabella was a lonely fairy. She was beautiful, noble and gentle. She sang in the softest of voices and every time she sang, the birds, the animals, the plants, the trees and even the wind stopped to hear her song! She was perfect, just for one thing! ‘I will not go out in the sun!

Antti, Mark, Bethlehem and Rachel were best friends. They were away from one another only when they went home to sleep. The entire unicorn forest knew about them. One day, a shy unicorn Henry asked Antti, “Can I play with you?” Antti said, “No, go away! No one else can be our friend.” Henry walked

Baby Saara did not like Fairy School. She did not like Mother Melody, the supreme fairy. Mother Melody always said, “Saara, you must try to remember all your spells! Otherwise, you will get in trouble.” Saara thought, ‘I know all of them…or maybe kind of!’ Today, she was feeling brave. ‘I’ll go into the side

Sam never did his maths homework. At home, his father was too busy to help him. So, most days, he would end up going to school without doing the homework and being severely scolded by the teacher. One day, Sam was exploring his grandpa’s attic when he found something interesting. It was a pencil with

In the Benwen School of Sorcery, Martha was the worst student. However, Martha had one talent. She could understand the language of the crows. One day, Martha sat in the room all alone trying to memorise a spell, when a crow cawed from afar. Martha heard the crow say something terrifying, so she ran to

Rory and Luke lived near a lake in the forest. Their parents had warned them never to cross the lake. One day, the children decided to cross it. As they stepped on the wet tufts of grass on the other side, a strange sense of enchantment engulfed them. The children followed a path and soon

Kevin walked on the seashore collecting shells. He was the son of a fisherman and lived in a little hamlet near the sea. He found an attractive aqua blue conch shell. Kevin tried to blow into the conch. Sweet music floated in the air. Suddenly, the sea waves rolled and rumbled violently. From among the

Rosy and Garth whiled away their time, painting and playing football on their lawn in summer. “Rosy, let’s play football,” said Garth. Both started playing. Rosy ran after the ball which rolled into the bush. “Hey Garth, see this,” said Rosy. Rosy was holding out a broken wing. Suddenly, there was a moan from the

Once, an evil dwarf caught Jasmine, the fairy queen. He kept her a prisoner near a village where nobody smiled. It was strange to see them do their work but never smile or laugh. A brave village boy named Sandy freed her. Jasmine asked him, “Why doesn’t anyone in this village smile?” Sandy told her,

Aldo and Leo were naughty pixies who caused trouble for everyone in magical land. One day, a leprechaun visited the Fairy Queen and cried, “Please help me! I cannot find my pot of gold.” The Fairy Queen called her best knight, Joel, to help the leprechaun. “This unicorn is very good in finding missing things.

Molly, the elf, was very excited for her mother’s birthday. However, the little elf was confused about what to gift her mother. So, she called her friends over to her house. Bubby, the gnome, suggested, “Maybe you can buy her a beautiful dress or a perfume.” Molly replied, “Oh! That’s a wonderful idea. But I

The folks of the magical kingdom noticed that the flowers of their land looked a lot different than before. They said to one another, “The flowers look dull and colourless. Maybe they are getting less sunlight. The sky is cloudy and it’s been raining.” Then the nature fairies panicked, “What do we do, then?” One

The wicked wizard of Gothesville had forcibly married five princesses of different lands. When they did not obey his orders, he turned them into ogresses. One day, the wizard saw the fairy princess flying across his castle and decided to marry her. When he went after her, the Fairy Queen tried to stop him. The