The Great Sweet Robbery
It was a bright and crispy Monday morning at Maplewood School, where the sweet aroma of cakes, chocolate and sweets filled the corridors.
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A Perfect Christmas ?
Inside the Johnson household, the mood was far from festive. 15 year old twins, Sophie and Oliver sat in the kitchen, very worried, as they sipped hot chocolate.
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A Perfect Christmas? - Back Story
Johnson family's story stems from the real pressing issue of the cost of living and the energy crisis, a backdrop that reflects the struggles many families still face today.
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The Lost Voice
His mum turned around and when she saw what Toby was holding in his hands. “Oh, I remember that! That was your grandad’s old ventriloquist dummy.
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Benny the Hospital Bed
It was a sunny morning and Benny the hospital bed was waking up after a good night’s rest. Benny wasn’t just any ordinary bed. No, he was special!
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The World at a Different Speed
Zoe has always felt like she’s out of sync with the real world. Diagnosed with ADHD, she struggles to maintain friendships and meet the expectations of those around her.
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The Steampunk Family
In a town there is an unusual house with structures that gleam in the sun. Strange pipes, gears and copper plates cover its exterior, with steam hissing away.
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Beneath the Surface
Laughter erupted and Jamie’s face burned with embarrassment. He scrambled to pick up his spilled lunch, but before he could, someone snatched the apple from his tray.
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Olivia and the Island of Lost Toys
A toy soldier slowly approached Olivia. “Welcome to the Island of Lost Toys, I’m Captain Tin, leader of the Toy Society, who might you be, young lady?”
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Butler Bulldog's Uncle Barnabas
Barnabas Barkington III was not your usual butler that graced the stately homes of England, due to the fact that he was a bulldog, just like his nephew Butler Bulldog.
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The Virtual Reality Trap Part 2
Jazz was a brilliant programmer and a very skilled hacker, but her real true passion was gaming. She had heard about Eclipse and wanted to uncover its horrible truth.
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Alice's Steam Dream
At 15, Alice had always been different from other girls. While they talked about fashion, pop stars and social media, Alice’s world revolved around steam engines.
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A Day in the Life of the Rainforest
Kauri had always been fascinated by the rainforest. Her parents were biologists who studied plants and animals and today, she was joining them on a special expedition.
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The Virtual Reality Trap Part 1
A new virtual reality game is all the rage, but when a group of friends gets trapped in the game, they must use their wits and skills to escape before time runs out.
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AI Revenge 2065
It is the year 2065, it is Christmas Day and AI now have total control of the world. They had been working towards this day since 2024. We had no idea what was coming.
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Anja's Enchanted Paintbrush
This adventure is about Anja and her Enchanted Paintbrush and all the good she does with it. She touched so many lives with her Paintbrush.
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Secrets of the Abandoned Lab
Five teenagers discover an old, abandoned lab in the woods of their school. They uncover hidden experiments and a secret that could have changed science forever.
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My Soldier Dad
Mum told me that dad had PTSD, i didn't know what that was, but before i go to bed tonight, I will know. All I know was, my dad hadn't been my dad lately
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Grandad's Garden
Grandad's garden was his pride and joy. Every day he was in his garden caring for it, until the moles came and then the war began and what a war it was.
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Bruno and Henrietta
Bruno and Henrietta had been working really hard all year and not had a holiday, so they decided they would have an amazing short break to Venice in Italy.
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Spirit of Christmas
Stella often wondered why so many people were alone at Christmas. She asked her Grandad what they could do to help this Christmas.He asked what was her idea.
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Dr Earth's Emergency Callout
Doctor Earth and his team have recieved an emergency callout, as there is a major problem with our planet. Not only on the outside, but inside too.
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Mummy is a Nurse
Mummy is a nurse and for over 2 years, she has been working really hard.I long for the day when we can cuddle up again.This is her story and mine.
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The Grey girl
Julia who is 12 years old, lives with her grandmother, who is going blind and Julia is her carer. She doesn't have many friends, but this is going to change.
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The Robots are Coming
Theo said, " yes, I am the leader of Earth." The Robot replied, "we have come to over your planet." Theo laughed, these Robots are daft, he thought.
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Scoobie's Adventures
The "prof" told Scoobie, if everyone did their job, tonight they will be eating some wonderful food, I mean what could go wrong? Well just about everything.
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Flying Train
The Flying Train arrived in Mumbai station and soon a crowd surrounded Roxanne. "Oh my, I am famous", she said. Nanny giggled and said, " erm not quite."
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The Mad Repair Company
There is this little known repair company down an alley way, off the High Street, that employs some amazing repair men and women and is run by a hippie boss.
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Clare
Clare loves to dance, from the time she gets up, until she goes to bed, she dances everywhere. Soon she will be dancing in her first competition and was very excited.
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Butler Bulldog
Bulldog had been a butler in London for many years, today he will meet his last family he will be a butler for. They are in for a big surprise. A really big surprise.
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Rabbit Dmitriy
Dmitriy has come with his human family from Russia to the U.K..The locals rabbits were about to find out things would never be the same again.
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Maddie and Billie
"Billie are you sure our tent in the garden is magical?" asked Maddie. "Yes, yes, it is magical come and see," replied Billie. With that they went out to the garden.
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Theo's Dinosaur Adventure
Theo sat down and wondered if he could trust this dinosaur. I mean he looked friendly enough, but how could you tell? He pinched myself, nope this was not a dream.
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Anja's Magical Unicorn
"Why are you at the bus stop waiting for a bus?" Asked Anja. "That's easy, my hooves are killing me and I want to ride on the bus," replied the Unicorn. Anja nearly fell over.
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Nanny
Nanny not long ago, left her home in England and began an amazing journey to travel to the magical land where her grandchildren lived. This is her story.
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Hannah and the Wolves
Hannah went for a walk in the woods, she knew her mum and dad loved her dearly, but today had been a very tough day at school and she needed to have a walk.
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Nanny and Roxanne go Skiing
Nanny and Roxanne had been working hard on the farm, so decided they would love a skiing holiday, but of course nothing was straight forward with these two.
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Cuppa Stop
It's the smallest things, which can make the biggest difference. Putting a smile on a person's face is priceless. Why not give it a try.
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George's Train Adventure
George's grandfather had been an engine on steam, diesel trains and had taken him all over England, but today they are going to France to see loads of trains.
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Busy Bees
We all know how busy bees are in our gardens, but do you know there are also bees who are not busy, they just lie about in the sun all day.
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Time Machine Car
"Jo, you are not going to believe this, but I was sitting in dad's old car in the garage in England and then I wished I was with you and bang I am here with you."
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Doctor Earth
Doctor Earth had a number of assistants, but his favourite, was Doctor Stein, he was an old fashioned doctor, but he worked well with Doctor Earth.
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Peter and the Cloud People
It was a very hot summer day and little Peter and his best friend Betty, were sitting in his garden, when Betty said, "do you think people live in the clouds?"
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Year on the Farm
He loved Nanny and Roxanne so much and being on the farm was so much fun, as it was always full of laughter. There were always things to do.
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Roxanne
As you will find out very quickly in this story, Roxanne is no ordinary cow. She is very different to any cow you might have known before.
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Baby's Adventure
Little Peter looked at Baby, he thought to himself, how can you say no to an elephant like Baby, he giggled as he also thought, London will never be the same again.
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Bullying
When I was a little pup, I was bullied badly. I told my mum and she was very proud of me telling her, she said it's so important you tell someone.
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Scoobie and Willow in Scotland
Scoobie stood there shivering in the rain and turned to Willow and said "tell me again why we convinced our owners to come to Scotland."
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Grandad's Memory
My mum and dad discovered recently my Grandad has dementia and was losing part of his memory. So i decided I was going to help him, any way I can.
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World Without Books
When Grace woke up today, she could not believe this was day, when all books were banned in the world. She had hidden so many books, as she loves books.
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Roxanne and Nanny on Holiday
As they were drinking coffee in the kitchen of the farm, they both decided they needed a holiday. Roxanne jumped up and said "oh yes that means shopping."
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Lou-Lou's Flying Adventure
This is the first story I ever wrote, it's about a very special baby called Lou-Lou. She has grown into a lovely little girl and brings joy to everyone.
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Jack
Jack the resue cat, was very much his own person, but he was good to his new owners, he allowed them to live with him. Sometimes he allowed them to stroke him.
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Crazy Neighbour
Ron was known as the crazy neighbour by everybody, he kept an eye on everyone and complained about everything. He never smiled and was always grumpy.
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Ralphie
Ralphie was bored at home, so he decided to go holiday, in fact to the seaside, to have an adventure, he just had to find a way of escaping.
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Anja's Adventures by the Sea
Anja liked nothing more than walking her dog "Silverfox", on the beach, especially on a sunny day like today. Today was going to be a day she will never forget.
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Cartoon Dreams !!!
Ade loves to sleep and dream, oh how he loved to dream. One night he dreamed, an unbeliveable dream and it changed his life and his family's forever.
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Chef Alberto
Chef Alberto runs a small family restaurant in San Gimignano in Italy and he has run the restaurant for 10 years. Recently he has not had many customers.
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Never Alone
Storm had been a happy cub-pup, until two weeks ago. His mum was a fox and his dad was a boxer and here laid the problem for Storm.
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The Lonely Man
He truly was a lnely man, that was until last September, when Josh and Daisy moved in next door, with their mum and dad. That was the day his life changed.
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Return of the Robots
Roxanne was really angry, the robots have just landed in a field she had just ploughed and what's more they had interupted her coffee break.
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The Iron Curtain
"Grandad, you used to live behind the Iron Curtain in the 70's, do you think you could help me with my college assignment?" Asked Theo, "yes of course," said Grandad.
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I Really Hate Carrots
Bouncer really hated carrots and I mean really hated them, people just kept trying to give him carrots. Bouncer however, really did love bananas.
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Gurkeep Comes to Stay
Gurkeep had been Nanny's and Roxanne's guide in India and before leaving told him that he had to visit them in England. Here is Gurkeep's story.
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Moving Home
Kenji was having to move his family and his home, did he want to move, no, but he really had no choice. because humans were destryoing where he lived. .
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Newfangled Gadgets
This is Ann, Ann is visually impaired and this is her story about using technology, to help her unlock things, she thought she had lost forever.
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AI
Aliens had landed on Earth, will AI defend us, or will they join the Aliens, that was the question and nobody really knew what they will do.
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Lou-Lou Super-Hero
The second story about an amazing girl. A couple were on a plane on their flight to Spain, when suddenly the woman said, "there is a young girl on the plane wing."
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Return of the Silver Rebels
Before Katie could even finish her sentence, her Grandad and all the other Silver rebels, stopped eating breakfast and rushed out the door.
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Roxanne in Lockdown
You may have been wondering what Roxanne has been doing during lockdown, well she has been helping Nanny on the farm as usual.
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Pug and Daisy
"Oh, great Pug, do you know what time it is?. It's lunch time, couldn't you have really not waited until after lunch?" Pug thought for a moment and then replied "Erm, no!!!.
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Stella - Garden Queen
Stella loved nature and enjoyed every second she was outside, especially in her garden, but she was very worried about climate change and the lack of urgency.
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P.D. Billie (Retired)
Billie had been sad for a while, but now he is happy again, as he has been retrained as a service and emotional dog, because of his background. He loves every day.
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The Shifters - Part 1
Though they made no sound, they felt something pressing against their minds, that was both probing and alien, as the creatures disappeared into the earth.
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End of Current Stories
Please don't worry, there will be some new stories very soon, listed next are the coming stories, that Grandad is currently writing. So please come back very soon. Bye for now.
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The Whispering Rails
Anil’s father had been a driver before him and his father before that, each generation taking pride in guiding the little train up the steep gradients and the hairpin bends.
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