Stories

  Lost!     School had just ended for the day. Rachel was waiting at the school porch for her mother. Her stomach growled, waiting to be fed. She watched her classmates leave one by one. Though she had waited for a long time, her mother did not come. Impatient, Rachel decided to walk home by herself. She had taken the same route with Mother for months, so she thought that she knew the way home. Confidently, she picked up her bag and walked out of school.     After walking for half an hour, Rachel heard a faint meow. "What's that?" she thought. "Is it a kitten in trouble?" That's when she strayed from the usual path. She never managed to find the kitten.  When she tried to retrace her steps, she could not find her way. Fear crept into her heart as she gazed at her surroundings. Everything looked so different! Standing at a junction, Rachel was unsure of where to go next. Then, she saw a familiar-looking road to her left. Relieved, she headed that way. She th...

 A Surprise Birthday Party     Amanda has three good friends. The four girls have been very good friends since they were in Primary Three. Once, Amanda walked into the classroom where her three best friends were sitting. They were talking and laughing over a notebook. When they saw Amanda, they closed the notebook and kept quiet.     Amanda felt hurt. She thought that they had been talking about her. She asked them what they were talking about but they refused to tell her. Amanda was very upset and thought that maybe her best friends were not true friends after all. True friends would keep no secrets from each other.      Later on, Amanda went home, still feeling demoralized  at being rejected by her friends. She opened the door and walked in feeling  disheartened . "Surprise!" shouted many voices. Her three best friends were waiting for her with a lighted birthday cake! Many of her other classmates and friends were also there to celebr...

 News Report (1)     Hello everyone! I am so excited to inform you that I have just released my  debut CD Album on 17 June 2022 under the True Art Music label. The entire album is also available online at https:// bit.ly/39EAfTM.  I am also now one of True Art Music's artists and you can find my profile at https://www.truearttv.com/artists . Do go and take a look! If you would like to hear more of my music, you can head over to my Youtube channel at https://bit.ly/3ozhVNh. Thank you!😁

  He's So Suspicious!     Cliff was browsing books at the bookshop when he noticed a man walk into the bookshop. The man had a big bag. He took several wary glances around the bookstore.     Cliff's eyes furrowed. He suspected that the man had a bad motive for being in the bookshop because he was acting in a suspicious manner. Keeping a close eye on the man's movements, he discreetly scooted behind a bookshelf.  Cliff was right! The man quietly took some books off the shelves and put them into his bag. "I knew it!" Cliff thought.     Cliff stood rooted to the spot. Should I report this? What if the man comes after me? Wild thoughts ran through his head, but his righteousness soon prevailed as he saw the man briskly exiting the shop. For a moment, he felt hesitant and felt like keeping quiet, but he eventually decided to tell the bookshop owner. The man started walking briskly out of the shop. Cliff ran up to the owner and said, "That man has just ...

  Friends at Last!     Ruth was a bookworm. Her nose was always buried in the pages of a book. She wore big round glasses and was always teased for looking owlish. At school, Ruth did not have friends. She always spent her recesses with her books.      One day, the most popular girl at school, Joanne, approached her and asked if she could sit down. Ruth felt shocked. Why would Joanne come and talk to her? Ruth nodded and Joanne sat down, asking Ruth about the different books Ruth had read.     Ruth started telling Joanne about the stories she had read. Soon, they were laughing happily together. After that day, Joanne started spending her recess breaks with Ruth. Before long, they became the best of friends. They even studied together. Joanne was keen on doing well for the upcoming exams, so Ruth, a scholarly girl, helped coach her.     On the day of the examinations, Joanne was nervous. They wished each other good luck and Ruth assured J...

Selene's First Time Going by Herself Up the Hill      The sun shone like a golden nugget in the sky. Selene and her family were at home ,  and she was feeling lonely. Suddenly, a wail of pain sounded from Selene’s father’s room. It turned out that her father had fallen ill. However, their family was poor and could not afford a doctor, so they got their medicine from the hill just beside their house. Since Selene’s mother was busy working, she asked Selene to climb up the hill to harvest some medicinal herbs (such as river mint, ginseng, etc.). She had already taught Selene about the various plants that were required to soothe each ailment, so Selene could make the trip by herself. “Selene, go get medicine for your father! He is running a high fever,” Selene’s mother called, after checking on and figuring out what was wrong with her father. Selene groaned inwardly. She was playing her favourite game and was winning. However, she knew that...