Story Time Animated

“Watch out everyone, here comes Craig, the teachers’ pet!” I hated having to walk past the “cool kids”. They always had something to tease me about. It wasn’t my fault I was a clever kid. Didn’t mean they had the right to call me a “nerd”. But they always did. I tried to ignore them all, but as I tried to get past them, one of the boys stuck out his foot and tripped me up. I went flying in the air...

I watched as Billie walked into the cafeteria, as usual she was surrounded by her group of friends. I had been wanting to ask her out on a date for ages, but I could never catch her on her own. I had decided that I couldn’t wait any longer, there was nothing else for it, I was going to have to ask her in front of everyone. I waited until she and her friends had got their lunches and sat down at a...

I was sitting in the lounge watching tv, it was a typical Saturday afternoon in our house, and even though I complained to Mom sometimes about being bored, the truth is, I liked spending time with my Mom. I guess the reason we were so close is because I had never really known my Dad. He had disappeared one day when I was only about five years old. It had been more than ten years since we had seen...

Michael and I went home, I couldn’t wait to tell Layla that we were dating. But when we arrived we got the shock of our lives, the front door was wide open and the place was full of broken glass, Layla was nowhere to be seen! “Michael, what’s going on, this is starting to really scare me!” “I don’t know Sally, let’s see if we can see anything inside.” I followed Michael into the house, the whole p...

I opened my eyes and stretched my arms out, yawning loudly at the same time. I looked at the clock on my bedside table, it said 8 o’clock. A few seconds later I heard a soft tapping at my bedroom door. I knew it would be Nora, our maid, bringing me my morning tea. “Come in!” The door opened and Nora came into my room, I smiled at her, “Morning Nora!” Nora looked at me, but instead of answering, sh...

I was in a deep, deep sleep when suddenly I began to hear a voice in my head. “I must be dreaming! But it sounds so real!” I opened my eyes, I could still hear the voice, so I definitely wasn’t dreaming. “Hello, hello, are you there?” “Who’s that?” “I’m your pillow!” “Are you really a talking pillow?” “Well you can hear me can’t you?” “Yes, I can hear you! But how can a pillow talk? It’s impossibl...

“Yes, I’m sorry, I’ll go noEver since Covid my school had been doing online classes. I loved it! No more getting up at the crack of dawn to get ready for school. I just hopped out of bed five minutes before class started and logged on to my computer. That morning started off just the same as all of the other days. I clicked on to my English class and waited to see my teacher's face pop up. Suddenl...

I hate Wednesdays. Wednesdays I have to go to work from 6 in the morning and only get home at 9:30 in the evening, because I have to go to all three of my jobs. What’s worse is coming home and cooking, because I have four mouths to feed. No, I’m not a single mom working three jobs to support her kids. I’m an 18-year-old supporting his ill family. As soon as I get home I have four adults all over m...

“Ugh! Robert! I can’t get my pants on! You did this to me!” my mom screamed at my dad. “Belinda honey, you’re exaggerating. You gave birth five years ago. It’s not my fault you’re still fat.” “How dare you talk to me like that! You’re sleeping on the couch for the week!” “Great! You take up too much space on the bed anyway! Come on Kera! You can sleep in the living room too and we can make pillow...

I found a microphone in my neck. You won’t believe who has been listening to me for YEARS I never wanted a sister growing up, despite only having two annoying little brothers. I didn’t want one, because I had my best friend Mariana. We are even closer than sisters, and sometimes it feels like we’re actually related, because our dads have been best friends since high school. We’ve always had each o...

I walked into the school cafeteria and looked around me, it was the usual scene, girls chatting away to each other and boys standing around hoping to look cool. I looked to the far corner of the room and saw that Rosie was sitting on her own, now was my chance! I quickly went over to where she was sitting, I wanted to speak to her before she was joined by her friends. “Hi Rosie, what are you up to...

One night while watching television with Stacy an ad crossed the television screen. It was an old woman with a wrap on her head and large hoop earrings. She reminded me of a gypsy. What she said next changed my life! Hey, my name is Soraya. The old woman held a triangular bottle of perfume in her hand. She said that it was an ancient formula that when used will attract boys. My eyes twinkled as I...

Dominic extended his hand to me and I took it, grateful for the mask that covered most of my face because I could feel the heat from his fingertips coursing through my veins. He held me close as we swayed to the rhythm of the music. No one else mattered then. After the song, we stopped dancing and he held my face and pulled me in for a kiss. It was my first kiss and indeed it was a magical one.&nb...

“Mom, look at what I found outside in the bushes.” Juliet, my older sister, approached Mom holding a dog in her hands.. “Can we keep it pleaseeeeee.” It was a small brown and white dog with a distinctive snowflake covering one eye. Mom sighed, “I’ll discuss it with Dad when he gets home. But for now, please take the dog in the backyard.” “I will name the dog, Max.” Juliet looked at me smugly as sh...

As I started to stir from sleep, the aching in my neck made me groan with pain “Argh, I must have slept in a really strange position, I feel awful!” I tried to stretch out my arms to relieve some of the tension in my body, but instead of feeling the soft comfort of my bedding, my hand hit something hard. My eyes shot open, “Where am I?” I could hardly see a thing, all I could feel was hard wood be...

As I picked up my gym bag and headed to the front door, I turned to Dad, "Don't forget about my geography homework." "Don't worry, son, I'll have it ready before school tomorrow." Then I turned to Mom, "My Science project is in two days, Mr. Waldo is looking out for something spectacular." Mom smiled, "Don't worry I have something up my sleeve. He'll have no choice but to give you an A+." I opened...

I threw my backpack over my shoulder as I said goodbye to my friends. Another great day at school. Now I just had to find my brother so we could go home. I was starving, because I had given my lunch money to a kid who forgot his. I figured that act of kindness would feel much better than buying food for myself, and it sure was. I spotted my brother leaning against the car we shared. A cute girl ap...

“I’ll be right back.” I excused myself from the table and headed towards the bathroom. Tonight we were celebrating my eighteenth birthday. As I looked around at the restaurant I knew my parents probably saved for months to even afford the reservations for a place like this. As I pulled the door open to the bathroom my jaw dropped. The person standing in front of me looked exactly like me. Hi, my n...

I stood there nervously, watching, waiting for the big reveal. A huge blanket was hanging over my house, keeping it hidden from sight. Suddenly I heard the sound of a drum roll and the blanket dropped to the floor. “WOW! Just WOW!!” My house was made of gold! I was stunned by the image before me, all around me people were gasping and clapping and shouting congratulations to me. A man from the loca...

You know how teenage boys sometimes deliver newspapers in their neighborhoods because it’s such an easy job? First of all, it's not an easy job. Second of all, I’m not a teenage boy. I’m a woman in my early 20’s, and yes, I competed with teenage boys to keep them out of my paper route. If my paper route was in any normal neighborhood, I wouldn’t be so protective of it, but I belong in this neighbo...

“Who are you?” I asked the girl standing in the doorway, “I’m Amber!” “Sorry, do I know you?” “I’m Jack’s ex-girlfriend!” I realised that this was the girl that Jack had dated, the one that had caused him to fight with Michael.  “I’m looking for Michael.” “Why? What do you want to speak to Michael for?” “I just need to speak to him about something.” “Well I’m sorry you can’t!” “What do you me...

“Oh get out of my way! You are so annoying!” “That girl is so nasty.” I said to my best friend Kath. “I can’t understand why Brad is dating her.” “I know, what’s wrong with her? She really seems to have it in for you!” Kath replied. Susie had always been a bit mean, but since she had started dating Brad she seemed to have gotten worse. I tried to stay out of her way as much as possible, but someti...

I picked up Fluffy and stroked his fur as I walked down the stairs to the living room. Every year my family took a Christmas photo and created Christmas cards to send to family and friends. Yeah, I know it’s old school but we love it! Mom and Dad stood behind Joel, my thirteen year old brother, and we sat on stools while Fluffly lay lazily on my lap. As the photographer stood behind the camera I c...

I listened closely as muffled noises came from outside my bedroom door. Cautiously, I opened my bedroom door and peeked into the hallway. Before I knew what was going on, someone grabbed me and dragged me to the living room where my parents were already tied up and gagged. The masked men quickly tied me up and gagged me as well. One of them threw me over his shoulder, walked outside and threw me i...

You never let me do anything!” “Louise, you are too young to be going out to a club!” My Dad said. “All my friends are going, why can’t I?” “Because I said so, that’s why!” “You’re ruining my life!” I ran out of the room slamming the door behind me. “It’s not fair, I’m never allowed to go anywhere!” I ran up to my room and lay down on my bed, I was so angry with my Dad. When school finished the ne...