The Magic Passport Story 9: The Little Cloud Dragon (A Story from Ancient China) High in the mountains of China, where the clouds often played hide-and-seek with the peaks, lived a tiny, shy Dragon. His name was Xiao. While other dragons were big and roared with voices like thunder, Xiao was small, barely bigger than…
The stairs seemed endless. Down.Down.Down. Kayal ran her fingers along the cold stone wall as she descended. The air smelled damp, like old rain trapped underground. Every step echoed louder than it should have. Tok…Tok…Tok… The sound followed her like a second pair of footsteps. She tried not to think about that. At last, the…
The morning started with a loud boom of thunder. Leo sat on the edge of his bed, holding his favorite red ball. He had been waiting all week to go to the park to play with his friends. He looked out the window and saw big, heavy raindrops splashing against the glass. “The park is…
Story 8: The Wishing Jar (A Story from Ancient Greece) In a sun-kissed village nestled between sparkling blue seas and tall, rocky hills, lived a curious girl named Lyra. Lyra loved to explore. She would spend hours finding shiny pebbles on the beach or discovering tiny wildflowers in the meadows. One day, while playing near…
Story 7: The Pharaoh and the Little Lotus (A Story from Ancient Egypt) Long, long ago, beside the mighty Nile River in Egypt, lived a young boy named Kairo. Kairo loved the Nile more than anything. He loved watching the papyrus boats drift by, and he loved seeing the bright blue kingfishers dive for fish….
Story 8 — The Friend Who Always Said Yes In the city where Noor lived, evenings arrived gently. The heat softened. Birds settled on wires. From the balconies, people watered plants that leaned toward the light as if they were listening. Noor was ten and lived on the seventh floor of a tall building in…
Story 15 – The Mountain That Stored the Sky “I don’t move,” said the mountain.“But I remember.” Clouds brushed against her shoulders as they passed. Some stayed. Some hurried away. The mountain never asked them to choose. Below her, the world climbed and fell—forests thinning into grass, rivers narrowing into threads, winds sharpening into whispers….
Story 11: The Girl Who Painted Through Pain A True Story Hero: Frida KahloCountry: Mexico 🇲🇽 When Frida Kahlo was a child, she loved to move. She ran through her home in Mexico City.She played games with friends.She dreamed of becoming a doctor. But when Frida was eighteen, everything changed. A terrible accident injured her…
Story 6: What Followed Only One of Them Aryn landed hard. Not on stone. On earth. Cold soil pressed against his cheek, damp and alive, smelling of rain and roots. He groaned and pushed himself up, blinking against a pale grey light filtering through twisted branches overhead. Trees. He was in a forest. Alone. “Mira?”…
