More winners from our Pet Writing Competition with stories from all over the world about your very special pets.
Our latest writing competition results are in ! Thank you to EVERYONE who sent us a story. They were all wonderful, and as ever, it was very hard to pick the winners. We present the first batch of four stories here, with three more winners to follow soon.
Herodotus often wrote about the Egyptian gods under Greek names. He thought the Egyptian gods were more or less the same as the Greek ones. Was he right?
This amusing story by the Brothers Grimm is about four farm animals, a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster, who believe they can earn a good living as musicians. But it isn’t really by the sweetness of their barking, braying, mewing, and cockle-doodle-doing that gets their supper.
Herodotus visited Egypt and devoted the Second Book of his Histories to its wonders. He called Egypt the “Gift of the Nile” and looked at varios theories about where its true source was, and why it flooded its banks every year.
Send us your ‘Real Life’ story about your very Special Pet by 22nd September. Winners to be read out here on Storynory
A boy makes friends with a white horse who has a very special talent – she can talk !
A story from ancient India, in which a crow makes friends with three animals that are very different from him, and together they face dangers.
Jana and Sophie talk to Anita Mitchell about her two show dogs (and much adored pets), Dolly and Mabel – a pair of gorgeous West Highland White Terriers who show at Crufts, the world’s biggest dog show.
A crafty old mountain tiger in Korea is caught in a trap. He is rescued by a buddhist monk. How does he show his gratitude?
