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

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“The Gift” by Dave Fernandez

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“Hey mom, look!” A young voice of a boy echoes through the woods.“Huh? Oh my! It’s a white fox!” A sweet voice of a woman replied.The fox was sniffing a red flower, and it immediately dashes away after it got seen by them.Both son and mother are having a stroll inside the woods, known to the locals as milky woods. It is called milky woods, because of the combination of all types of white bark trees in the area and the cold mist that moves with the stream. Both of them walk through the soil that is tainted by the color of the fallen tree leav...

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“Spring” by George Puscuta

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“As of 26 March 130,032 confirmed cases of the virus and 5015 deaths have been reported in the region.” The reporter seemed distressed, and as he continued to stutter through the rest of the news cast this became plain to see. “Measures that the Government has taken to curb the spread …” “Oh, my!” at this point, Jane started to feel sorry for him, one or more of those numbers clearly stood in for someone he cared for. “— including curfews, school closures, and restrictions on travel into and within the country — have led to reduced operating...

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“One With Nature” by James Mckinley

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ONE WITH NATURE &nb...

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“She who can talk with animal” by Tsukiko Smith

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The young man knelt down, examining the blood trail and the prints that lead away, it was his prey. He looked around wearily, having gone deeper into the forest. This place was forbidden by the village he lived in, it was sacred to a spirit, and if the spirit caught anyone in this area, they were never heard from again. He sighed before trekking deeper, he would get his prey, and get the heck out as fast as possible, that stag would finish the needed supplies for the upcoming winter, so he had to hurry and get it. As he trekked deeper and de...

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“A Different Path” by CreativeCupcakes Podcasts

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A Different Path By: Hareem Akhtar “Bye, mom! And yes, I will be back before dinner.” I rolled my eyes as I swished out the front door. I stopped right at the entrance of the bright yet dark woods and took a deep breath, ready for another walk that would freshen me up for the day. Only this time, I would take another route. I always end up getting scared to steer off the trail, but today I gathered up the courage to finally explore the woods rather than take a walk on the path weaving in and out...

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“The Creature is at Peace” by Kiel Ashe

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The man walks through the path barely taken. It looks down the road with its worried eyes. The grass touching his pants which made it wet from the dew. He exclaimed a breath without resistance, sometimes the man is too sick for him to breathe properly but today he was breathing fine, too fine. “There it is again,” the man thought looking at the tree. The tree was dead, it was leafless and all was left was its skeleton. The man never saw the tree alive but it was beautiful. The branches looks like it was reaching the skies, or maybe it look...

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“Red” by Daisy Ella

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When dawn struck with its beams of sunlight, the woodsman always felt that a new tide of life was brewing. Snow lay unspoilt and untrodden and the sky glowed pink with perfectly whipped clouds. Only the old, familiar throbbing in Matthew’s leg told him that the world was no longer as new as it once was. Misfortune was still entirely capable of befalling him, even in the romantic throng of dawn. No fresh morning would ever reverse his deeply ingrained wrinkles, or his old aching wounds of the past. Matthew thought of his wife, Filly, ...

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“My Mother and The Peafowl” by J. Shire

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The sunlight burns through my eyelids as I try to stare directly into the blazing bright yellow ball of gas. I want to see what the sun looks like with my own two eyes. Unfortunately, no matter how hard I try, my eyes never seem to cooperate.A little blue bird creature appears from the trees in the woods and sits next to me.“What are you doing?” the bird creature asks me.“I’m trying to look at the sun,” I reply.“Why?”“I want to get a good look at it, try to see it for what it really is.”The bird creature seems to be confused by my answer. An...

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“Escape to the Voices” by Bernadette Beauchamp

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The little, sleepy town of Alegria welcomed its newest member in 50 years with almost no notice what-so-ever. This is an accomplishment for someone who wants to stay hidden in a town that is so bored that massive amounts of people, at least forty of them, drove by the Petersons' place when they heard that they built a greenhouse in their front yard and the big question was, would they be so bold as to grow marijuana in there. It might have been because she did not come far into the town and asked for a job at Vanessa's Diner, named after the...

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“Once upon a time...on Earth-F.” by Siobhan Younger

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Once upon a time...on Earth-F. Once upon a time, in a world very similar to our own, but somehow slightly different, there lived a girl named Esperanza. She was a kind soul, and she spent most of her time in her back garden playing make believe around all the flowers her mother had put so much effort into growing. Esperanza loved the way the flowers smelled, and all the beautiful colors they filled her garden with; she often would take her imagination journal with her under the flower covered bushes to write. Esperanza did all of her most ...

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“The effing woods” by Anne Scherliess

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"Move to the country", they said, "it will do you good", they said, "a quiet life in the country is just what the doctor ordered." So I did. I gave up my nice roomy flat in the city and moved into the small timber frame house my freshly deceased father had left me. "Oh but that sounds wonderful!", you'll ejaculate, "so peaceful and relaxed!" You have no idea. The thing I had been looking forward to most of all was healthy sleep. Oh to sleep all through the night undisturbed from artificial light, and to wake to natural light and bird...

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“The run away witch” by Hayley Carter

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The world is not what it seems. I know that as I have lived in the shadows for a while now, living off the land, speaking to only my woodland friends, and living in a tent at the edge of a well-off town. I lived there with my only friend who cared about me as much as I did him. And yes my friend is a fox named Jonah. I was getting hungry one day, as I and Jonah planned on where to go next when I suggested to go and get us some food, giving him the leftovers of course. He loved the idea. I paused as I waved to him and walked about a mile...

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“The Fox in the Woods” by Bella Fox

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She watched, awaiting the fox’s return. A cardinal flitted to land on a branch near her, chirping. To anyone else, the girl tilting her head would have been musing upon the birdsong drifting through the air, but birdsong was the last thing on the girl’s mind. “Drisk is returning now, just a few more moments,” the bird was saying. “He better have a good reason...

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“The Whisper of the Storm” by Sonja V.

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A loud banging on Petunia’s door awoke her from her slumber. She stretched her little furry legs and rolled upright, shaking the little bits of dirt from her smooth, silky light brown fur. She hopped on over to her tiny wooden door in her burrow and opened it slowly, cautious of who was on the other side of it. Her seafoam green eyes peered outside and there stood her friend Dixie, a human with wild blue eyes and blonde hair tumbling down to her waist. Dixie wasn’t like any of her friends. She was a little different. When she was just about ...

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“Waking the Wood” by Jordan Javier

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The village of Lundara always suffered from long winters. At the end of a long dormant period Lundara’s people would gather for the Spring Waking Festival. They would emerge from their frost encrusted homes and snowed in cottages to toast the coming spring. Trees, long left barren and void of leafs, would be adorned in lights and colored banners. A banquet would be laid, piled high with apple pie, cider, and the scent of cinnamon in the air. There would be singing, oh yes there would be dancing too. The hullabaloo would be enough to wake...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 168 stories

“The Gift” by Dave Fernandez

“Spring” by George Puscuta

“One With Nature” by James Mckinley

“She who can talk with animal” by Tsukiko Smith

“A Different Path” by CreativeCupcakes Podcasts

“The Creature is at Peace” by Kiel Ashe

“Red” by Daisy Ella

“My Mother and The Peafowl” by J. Shire

“Escape to the Voices” by Bernadette Beauchamp

“Once upon a time...on Earth-F.” by Siobhan Younger

“The effing woods” by Anne Scherliess

“The run away witch” by Hayley Carter

“The Fox in the Woods” by Bella Fox

“The Whisper of the Storm” by Sonja V.

“Waking the Wood” by Jordan Javier

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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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