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Veg World - The Sprouts Story

There were no humans, no one to tell a carrot it would look better in a stew and no one to peel a potato against its will. It was a vegetable utopia, mostly.

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Veg World - Central Garden

Not many people knew in the sky is another plant called Veg World, it's exactly like our world, except instead of people, veg people live there.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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, this was not a dream.

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Anja's Magical Unicorn

"Why are you 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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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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, well I say help.

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Pug and Daisy

"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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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.

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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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Veg World - Mango Marina

The sun was shining when Barnaby and Spud arrived at the New Fork International Airport. It was a massive building made of glass and steel, shaped like a giant greenhouse.

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