Once upon a time, in a forest far away, there lived a pig who was painfully shy, and because of this affliction, the pig had no friends. Oh how he wished to not be so shy, but he was somewhat embarrassed at being a pig.

“What a bore it must be to be me,” he often said to himself as he looked for food at the edge of the woods.

He was quite sure that if could somehow be stronger, smarter, or better-looking, then he would have the confidence to make some new friends… and then, he wouldn’t be so lonely.

There once was a little girl named Flower who decided to have a tea party. Since she had four tea cups, she thought she would invite 3 friends over. She went over to her toy box to decide.

“I must invite Mr. Honeybear,” she said as she picked up the brown teddy bear, “for he always tells such great jokes.” She put the bear in front of the yellow tea cup and went back to the toybox.

“Oh, and I must invite Mrs. Piggleywiggley, for she always a good one with the stories,” she said. She put the pink pig with the flowered hat in front of the pink tea cup and tried to think who else should come.

Once there was a little girl who was playing with her doll in the backyard. She had gathered a lot of little sticks to make a house, but the house kept falling, so she decided to make a little nest instead. Just when she was thinking of pretending she would be a bird and her doll would be a baby bird, the little girl’s mother called to her to see if she wanted to go for a walk.

She hastily put the doll in her backpack and went for a walk, but while on the walk, the little girl started skipping, and the doll bounced out of the backpack and fell behind a bush.

Once upon a time, there was a Daddy, who after climbing into bed, fell asleep. As soon as the walls started to rumble with every intake of breath, one of his slippers on the floor said to the other slipper, “I can’t stand it anymore.”

“Every night it is the same,” he continued. “we listen to him snore. Then in the morning, he shoves his feet up our tailpipe and walks on us. The only break is when he leaves for work. I’ve had it, I’m leaving. Are you coming with me?”

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who was playing with her dollhouse. As she peer inside through the window, she could see the teeny tiny sofa in the living room, and the teeny tiny refrigerator in the kitchen and the teeny tiny bed in the upstairs bedroom. It was wonderful.

So wonderful that she wanted to not just play with it, but to play in it.

Once upon a time, a little girl went for a walk with her mother and her baby brother. Around the corner from their house, there was a huge oak tree with a tire swing on it, and the little girl asked her mother if she could have a swing.

So, her mother helped her up and gave her a big push. While she was swinging, she saw a little red hat underneath a bush. And underneath the red hat was little man with a huge smile. The little man waved and the girl waved back.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl whose aunt gave her a present of some sunglasses. But these were special sunglasses, for instead of keeping the light out, it let the light in, and allowed her to see things that others couldn’t.

One day the little girl put on her sunglasses and went outside in her garden to look at the flowers and the butterflies. But now with her sunglasses on, the butterflies weren’t butterflies at all, but little tiny fairies!

Between two snow-covered mountain peaks, there flowed a waterfall that watered a deep, dark forest. And in the middle of this forest was a small hut, and in the hut was an old woman, and on the woman was a fly, and in the fly was an ocean and in the middle of the ocean was an island, and in the middle of the island lived the Three Brothers Troll.

Once upon a time, there was a princess who loved to play outside in the yard. Every day, as she played, there was a pig in the stall who was quite jealous, for she wished that she was a princess and not just a pig.

Then one day, she thought of a plan…

Once upon a time, there were three ponies who just happened to be brothers. One day their mother came to them and said that the King’s daughter had lost her pony and the King was looking for a new one. “You must hurry to the castle,” she said, “and be neat, clean and fresh, and maybe the King will pick one of you.”

So off they went to the King’s castle.

Once upon a time, there was a monster. Yes, he was big. Yes, he was ugly. Yes, he was smelling. But despite all of these wonderful qualities, he was also very lonely. He just wanted to talk to someone without them screaming and running away.

“Is that too much to ask!” he yelled at the dark clouds that were starting to form and cold winter wind that started to pick up.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Flora who went to a birthday party. She had a great time as she played games, sang songs and had some birthday cake. Every guest got to take home a balloon, and she was so excited to tell her special friend about the party.