Write a fairy tale about someone who can communicate with woodland creatures.

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“U LE NA HIDV USDI (LOST BABY)” by Sheila Payne

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Once upon a time in a far away land, of daffodils and dragonflies, lived a Cherokee girl, she had fallen off the wagon, when her family was being moved, and no one had noticed, the little bundle fall out, and roll down the hill ,since they were traveling at night. She landed at the foot of momma yona's cave. Momma yona heard the whimpering, and cautiously went out to see what it was. She saw the human cub wrapped up, and looked around for the others, but didn't see anyone. She didn't know what to do, but knew she couldn't leave her out there...

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“NEVER SUBMIT TO THE DARKNESS” by Ali Hamzah

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Many years ago, I was a young lonely man who loved hiking through the forest because for the fact that I never did like people. I either found them extremely annoying or extremely boring to the point that I would dread waking up and talking to my neighbour, Mrs Hudson. She would always smile like everything was fine in the world and she would always offer to give these cookies. Well, nothing was okay. My girlfriend had just broken up with me. My father had just passed away. I got fired. So, I decided to go into the forest and I came back wit...

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“A Season of Silver And Gold” by Bernadette Jackson

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April had sauntered in bearing a sunny afternoon on the first day I decided to work in the garden. My work was mostly mundane, but it was always cheered by birdsong, the wind in the trees, and the sun warming and mellowing the brick until it threw back heat to the table where I sat. I picked at my lunch for a few minutes, watching the birds zooming in and out of the trees in the gardens. Then the old fox came to take his afternoon rest at the bottom of the Scots Pine, his bed soft and supple with many years of fallen needles.&...

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“The Tale of Princess Ivana and the Chipmunk” by Shelly Desjarlais

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Once upon a time, there was a shack that nobody dared to visit. It was home to a strange creature named Brutta Wartsnout, a witch who resembled a rhinoceros. She used to reside in the castle, but the cruelty of Princess Ivana forced her to leave. Some weeks later, she settled into a shabby house on the outskirts of town and officially opened for business. Every peasant knew that if they had a problem, Brutta Wa...

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“The Red Fox” by Gracie C. McKeever

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Oliver Morgan woke to his feathered friends chirping outside as sunlight streamed through the dingy sheets at the cracked, pealing bedroom windows to pierce his eyelids. Spring had sprung but Oliver’s life was still in the crapper.This too shall pass.Oliver heard the words as if Gramps was sitting beside him and whispering in his ear. He’d been seeing and hearing Gramps a lot lately, almost as much as when he’d been alive.The unconventional and wily Wiccan had made an impression on his life, no doubt, the only saving grace of Oliver’s e...

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“5 years ” by Morgan Crews

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levtashion “Katie, come to the office you are getting signed out.” That was the last thing I heard before my life had changed forever! I waited in the car while my mom was screaming on the phone about a lake house in some kinda woods, I think. It was winter and 10 degrees so I hoped we weren't going there. Finally, my mom got in the car and she didn't say anything. I asked her where we were going and she said” don't worry about it”. At this point I was a little bit scared, like is my mom a criminal or something. A...

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“Zainab and Cheetoh” by Niyyah R. Haqq

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🐿 Zainab walked into the backyard with her mug of steaming tea and a thick book. Finally, Saturday. No rules, no homework, no sixth grade. Spring break was here, and her best friend had left town. It was the first year her Baba didn’t sign her up for a camp, and she was all about it. This was just how she wanted to spend it. Alone, reading, and gorging herself on butter cookies and honey-lemon tea. She surely wouldn’t head onto the trail on spring break. They’d all promised her that she could lay low. After placing he...

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“Apple pie” by Damian Nowacki

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Finally! I ran around our huge garden, the grass just touching my knees, the sun was also shining brightly onto me. It was the beginning of spring! My dog, Fred chased after me, all around the place. I was FREE. Then, Fred noticed the cat and chased Walbright (the cat) and they both landed with a tremendous SPLASH! Into the little stream. Walbright just sprang away and ran indoors to mind its own business, while Fred was splashing in the water, after our long trip. I sup...

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“Spring - A Child's Tale” by Cynthia Haltom

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Matilda was in a joyous mood as she looked out across the vast dew covered field. She sang and danced as she thought of the task at hand, planting five acres of petunias. Her favorite colors were violet, orange, pink, red and yellow, and the job she had been given was monumental for one person so she decided she would need help. Sitting on the ground with her legs crossed, fingers interlaced and laying in her lap, she closed her eyes and began to recite the poem that would summon the Woodland fairies.“Oh Woodland fairies far a...

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“Creature of the Wild” by Chloe :)

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It was around one in the morning when my uncle came home, a couple hours earlier than he usually does. At the sound of the door slamming shut I prop open my door so that only a sliver of vision is provided to me.My uncle comes in, stumbling, a drink in his hand. I know his destination, the couch. He never uses the bed, he probably can’t find his way to the actual bedroom in time before falls to the ground. Drunk, obviously, he hobbles over to the ugly plaid recliner in front of the TV. You could compare his walk to Captain Jack Sparrow’s fro...

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“Joe Wyatt and the Severn Dwarves” by Sharon Williams

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We first met at a Dwarf Sports Association event in 1995, when we were all five years old. Our parents were forward thinking people, who having realised that, they had a daughter with restricted growth, thought of the likely complications of this. Their immediate thoughts related to the physical difficulties we would encounter. Subsequently, they thought about the less obvious repercussions for their small children. Amongst other things, they anticipated that, their offspring’s lack of stature would make it difficult for them to join in spor...

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“Treachery ” by 13th Specter

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Death by pecking. It wasn’t a pretty way to die nor was it something that normally occurred. It was something that occurred rarely and not in the middle of a city. There had been reports of it before where an old woman was pecked by a chicken multiple times that caused trauma that ended in her death. But this case in front of me is not similar to that case nor is it normal. The witness stated that large treachery suddenly attacked the victim and viciously pecked him to death. I observed the body and notice that majority of puncture holes ...

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“Beautiful Moments” by Hxmda A.A

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It was yet another day of preparing the garden for the King’s visit, a boring and tiresome job of pulling out the weeds and patting down the soil around the vast maze, new flowers and leaves sprouting and blossoming into the warm spring evening. Andromeda had her bright red hair in a large bun behind her head, sweat shining on her brows as she straightened her back with a large groan. Beyond the large garden lay the wide and open forest, the greenery finally beginning to creep back in as the seasons changed. The leaves on the tall trees had...

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“The Woods' Whisperer” by Day Goncalves

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What if trees could talk? How many wonders do you think lie there? How many secrets have people whispered to the woods and how many secrets have actually been heard? There’s an old legend in my hometown, how old? you would ask, as old as the old wood. A man that grew up as a tree, he would not speak in the language you and I are talking right now, nor move, he just laid there under the good sun, and at night he would walk between the trees, you would mistake him for a pine or a cedar, not a baobab, he's slim like the trunks of the darkest tr...

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“What a Pretty Fae” by Alyson Ackman

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Part I The woods were ancient. The tall trees dominated the land, giving refuge to the many critters and creatures above and below. Pillars of bright light pierced through the vibrant green canopy. The lush undergrowth gave shelter to the many animals stirring as spring began her slow thaw of the land. The snow that crept down from the mountains, now retreated up the rocky hillsides once more. Cy walked leisurely over the gnarled roots which claimed most of the obscured path winding through the majestic trees. Cy’s red robe c...

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Write a fairy tale about someone who can communicate with woodland creatures.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 168 stories

“U LE NA HIDV USDI (LOST BABY)” by Sheila Payne

“NEVER SUBMIT TO THE DARKNESS” by Ali Hamzah

“A Season of Silver And Gold” by Bernadette Jackson

“The Tale of Princess Ivana and the Chipmunk” by Shelly Desjarlais

“The Red Fox” by Gracie C. McKeever

“5 years ” by Morgan Crews

“Zainab and Cheetoh” by Niyyah R. Haqq

“Apple pie” by Damian Nowacki

“Spring - A Child's Tale” by Cynthia Haltom

“Creature of the Wild” by Chloe :)

“Joe Wyatt and the Severn Dwarves” by Sharon Williams

“Treachery ” by 13th Specter

“Beautiful Moments” by Hxmda A.A

“The Woods' Whisperer” by Day Goncalves

“What a Pretty Fae” by Alyson Ackman

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Set your story at a park during a spring festival.

Write about a character coming out of a long hibernation (either literal or metaphorical).

Start your story with one character pointing out the first sign of spring to another.

Write a story where flowers play a central role.

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