Tiny Tales for Tots

Emily was sleeping one night until it started to rain. She remembered lying awake in her bed as she listened to the rain tap softly against the windows; tap tick tap. The rain started to pick up with a crack of lightning and a rumble of thunder. When the lightning whipped across the sky for a second time, Emily was certain she saw a big scary hairy monster in her closet. “Oh my,” Emily thought, “I’m very afraid.” She quietly got out of bed, for she did not want to disturb that hairy old thing hiding in her closet. She crept down the hall to her parents room so she could tell her dad about the monster. If anyone was going to be able to defeat the monster hiding in her closet, it would be her father. He was certainly the bravest person she knew.
”Dad,” Emily whispered softly, “Dad, I need your help.” Emily’s dad was a good listener as Emily told him about that big, scary, hairy monster hiding in her closet.
Together, they walked back down the hall to Emily’s room. First they waited to see if the lightning would light up her room again so he could see for himself was Emily was seeing. It didn’t take long. Sure as the sky is blue, when the lightning crashed, it appeared the was indeed a monster in Emily’s closet. Oh, Emily was so afraid for the second time that night. She hid behind her dad for safety. Her dad flicked on her bedroom light so he could get a better look at this monster.
As soon as the light went on, Emily’s dad started to chuckle. He said, “Here is the problem, Emily. When you came in from playing outside today, you put your coat in your closet.” Emily peeked slowly around her dad, and there in her closet was her coat, caught on one of her dresses so it looked like a hairy monster in the dark. “That is no monster,” her dad said. So, Emily’s dad helped her put away her coat in the back of the closet, and shut the door.
He stayed with Emily until the rain stopped and she was once again fast asleep.

Leslie made up her mind not to eat her vegetables at dinner that night. She didn’t think she was going to like her broccoli and cauliflower that her mom made for her because her friend Kelly said that they tasted funny. Her mother tried many ways to encourage Leslie to eat her vegetables. She told her how good they really tasted, she told Leslie how good vegetables are for her. She mentioned to Leslie if she just tried her vegetables she might actually like them but that she wouldn’t know until she tried them. Her mom knew Leslie would like her vegetables. Leslie’s mom gave a little bit of Ranch dressing on her plate to dip the cauliflower and broccoli in. Leslie chose to be brave and try her veggies. She chose a small piece of broccoli first. Leslie chewed slowly but finished her first piece with no troubles. She really likes broccoli she soon discoverd. Within no time Leslie finished her whole plate of vegetables. Leslie’s mom was so proud of her for eating all of her vegetables that she gave Leslie a chocolate chip cookie for dessert. Leslie always finished all of her vegetables after that day.

Brandon went running through the house. He was feeling very sad and afraid. He it seems has misplaced his best pal, Willie. Willie, you see, is Brandon’s stuffed monkey. Willie and Brandon spent many days together. Brandon would take Willie to the park, the the babysitter’s house and on doctor visits because it wasn’t so bad when Brandon had Willie by his side.
Brandon’s mom said, “Let’s go up stairs and start putting your toys in the toy box and see if we can find Willie.”
Up the stairs they went with a juice box and a heart full of hope. One by one Brandon put his toys in the toy box. He put away his small blocks first then the game he got for his birthday from his Uncle Bob. Next Brandon put away his small car collection.
Brandon started to notice not only was his room looking much better but he also saw a fuzzy brown tail sticking out from under his bed.
Brandon shouted, “Hooray, we found him!” Brandon gave his mom a big hug around the neck. “Thanks, mom.”
Brandon’s mom said, “Good job, buddy.” Together, Brandon and his mom picked up the last three toys that were still on the floor. Brandon felt good about picking up his toys but he felt great because he found his best friend again.

Redd got out of the family’s yard by digging his way under the gate yet again. Redd was a fluffy, small, red dog with big ears. He liked to go exploring for new things. Which was great for Redd but his family, especially the children, would worry about his safety.
The family went looking for him but Redd was long gone.
Redd went for a walk and was having so much fun in the woods near his home he didn’t even bother to listen for his family.
He spotted a rabbit’s hole and was happily sniffing around when the rabbit popped up to see what was going on. “Hey, what on Earth are you doing dog? Why are you smelling my doorway?”
Redd was surprised and responded the only way he knew how, “Woof, Woof!” Jumping back a few feet as he did.
“I’m sorry I scared you.  Don’t worry,” said the rabbit, “I’m friendly, my name is Clyde, and I really like dogs.” Redd and Clyde became friends quickly and soon they were off together on an adventure. They stopped by the brook to get some water to drink. That is where they met a family of gophers. They played hide and go seek for a long time. It was great fun but after so long away Redd was homesick. He thanked his new found friends, Clyde and the gophers but said he needed to get back home.
Redd’s family was so happy to see him running up the driveway and wagging his tail. Redd was glad for his adventure but was happy to finally be back home too.

Sally was the youngest sister in a large family. She had four brothers and two sisters.
Sally was happy to be the baby of the family. She usually had someone to play with. There were plenty of toys to enjoy and Sally had great imagination. Her favorite thing to do was make up her own games. She would pretend to be an astronaut in the clothes basket. Flying off to far away stars and planets.
She would imagine herself a princess on some occasions and have tea time with her favorite teddy bears and dolls. They would chat about the upcoming Ball and what she might wear.
Sally was a very happy girl who loved her mom, dad, sisters and brothers.

Once upon a dragon’s tail, sat a fairy. A fairly small fairy but a fairy of strong mind. Her name was Abigail. She was a beauty with raven hair and gossamer wings. She had but one wish, she wanted so to grow up to become the Tooth Fairy for she, the Tooth Fairy was a legendary fairy with a good heart.

One day, Abigail heard the Tooth Fairy was looking for a helper, she was so excited.  She thought to herself, “This is my chance, I’ll do a good job.”

She worked very hard every day. Abigail studied teeth learning bicuspids from molars. She learned how to spot a cavity from one hundred yards. She carried a satchel full of coins to build her strength. She even learned how to fly through windows and under pillows. Yes, Abigail was working so hard that the Tooth Fairy herself took notice. It wasn’t long before she appointed Abigail, Official Apprentice to the Tooth Fairy. Abigail was so honored and happy for being the one chosen to help the Tooth Fairy.

Abigail did her best every day and knew it was what she was born to do.

Once upon a time, all good stories start this way, there was a young girl named Ana. Ana lived in a castle filled with all of her favorite things. She had a stable with two horses. They were beautiful horses, exactly the same in everyway. All black except for a white star on their foreheads. Ana also had plenty of small furry animals as well. She enjoyed the kittens who would play at her feet and chasing after the mice that hung around the stable. The puppies that her dog Isabelle had were very cute as well. Ana, it seemed, had everything except a friend. Oh Ana always felt loved, it wasn’t that, it was just she wanted the companionship of a real life human friend. One day while she and her mother were shopping in the marketplace Ana heard a girl singing. It was beautiful. A song that filled the air with such a sweet sound she just couldn’t help but find out where it was coming from. In one corner stood a booth Ana couldn’t remember seeing before. It was a new family who recently moved to the village. The father was a fisherman and the mother helped him clean and prepare the fish for selling. The family had two children, a boy, who of course, helped his father and a young girl who stayed near the family’s booth. It was there that Ana noticed Penelope. She was singing a happy tune but feeling quite lonley herself. As was told, they were new to the village, so Penelope was missing a friend too. Ana’s mother told her she wanted to pick up some fresh halibut for the family’s dinner that evening. Ana was so pleased she was going over to meet the young girl’s family. Once at the booth, the two girls smiled at each other. Ana told Penelope that she loved her singing. This made Penelope both very happy and proud. As her mother finished the purchase of the fish, Ana made plans to see Penelope again the next day. The girls met at the park and spent hours talking a playing games. This went on for many months. Ana and Penelope became the best of friends. They were both so happy to have met that day at the marketplace.

Molly was a daisy who lived in Miss Covington’s garden. Like most daisies, she loved the soil in her roots, the sunshine on her face, and the bit of water she would get from Miss Covington herself everyday at three o’clock precisely. On one particular Saturday, Molly was amazed to find the new flower blooming in her garden. Molly couldn’t for the life of her remember Miss Covington planting seeds. so this was a strange site indeed. This flower was different. It was small at first with a beautiful yellow top that caught Molly’s eye. The small flower grew much quicker than the other flowers in the garden. By noon, it was almost as tall as Molly herself. Unfortunatley for Molly, she had no idea she was sharing her beloved garden with a weed. Certainly, the weed was charming and she enjoyed the company for a short time, but weeds are notorious for getting beautiful flowers like Molly into trouble. At Three o’clock when Miss Covington visited her garden she was surprised to find him nestled in among Molly and the other daisies. “Hmm,” she thought to herself, “How did you get there? This will not do. You are going to have to go.” The weed tried to be as strong as possible. He dug his roots deep into the soil and held on to Molly tightly. Miss Covington tugged hard and removed the weed before it could bring too much harm to all of her flowers. Molly was happy that Miss Covington always looked after her and kept her safe in the garden.

A crab who lived in the ocean was happy one day to see that he was close to the beach. He hadn’t planned on visiting the beach but it was a lazy day and he was drifting where the tide took him. He crawled his way out of the salty sea to the warm sand of the beach. He found a spot close to the pier where he was out of the way of most of the families who were also spending time at the beach that day. He was enjoying the laughter of children, the smell of hot dogs on the boardwalk and even the sounds of the seagulls as the flew over his head. The crab was getting quite sleepy from the warmth of the sun and fell asleep under the pier. During his nap, he found himself dreaming of his day and how much he enjoyed being on the beach. “The sand in my claws is actually quite nice,” He thought to himself.  After his nap, he found that the tide was rising once again to come to take him back out the the sea. He was very happy for the time that he spent that day on the beach.