http://stories4children.info Tales of Other Times and Places Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:55:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Shadow People are small laughing beings that dwell in the boundary between light and shadow. They are mischievous but not spiteful; they whisper stories to you while you sleep; they listen to you dream. Their chief love is to hear and tell stories. The sound of their voices is ... http://stories4children.info/?p=23 In the land of Adara, a boy named Pietro lived with his Grandmother. He loved to go for long walks among the green hills that surrounded his home. One brilliant spring afternoon, Pietro found himself in a beautiful valley filled with trees and flowers - bright and fresh ... http://stories4children.info/?p=24 Little eet has fallen asleep during the telling of this story. The Clan is preparing to move to new camping grounds - anywhere there are stories to tell and to listen to. The Shadow People have stories that go back thousands of years; stories they have passed down - with ... http://stories4children.info/?p=25 Many years ago, before we knew that the Earth sails round the Sun (rather than the other way round), in the village of Si'moora, there lived a girl named Shuny.  Shuny lived in a house made of wood and earth and covered overhead with the neatly tanned hides of goats. Si'moora ... http://stories4children.info/?p=26 The City lay sleeping in the moonlight . . . No, literally, the city was asleep. But, you'll say, a city should be asleep in the moonlight. It's nighttime -- the only ones who should be awake are the palace guards and a mother awake with a fussy child. But ... http://stories4children.info/?p=27 The people of Liol lived at the edge of Great Darkness.  It had not always been that way. Most of the people in the town could remember when Darkness was far off to the north and never came near Liol.  There were other villages -- Moro and Ibicol and Geaze - ... http://stories4children.info/?p=28 Tra is certain this story is true.  He says his father told him this story when he was just a bright spark in the early summer evening. http://stories4children.info/?p=29 He was born on the day of the Airborne Dreamers. Everyone in the village agreed that this was a favorable omen through no one was sure just exactly what it meant. He was filled with visions from an early age and he had the power or the ability ... http://stories4children.info/?p=30 The Clan rides the summer breezes from place to place.  Sometimes they tell stories as they float through sunny skies. http://stories4children.info/?p=31 Once there were six grumpy men. Their names were Alf and Lief and Ralph and Olaf and Lawrence and one that the rest called Stinky. When they were together their favorite pastime seemed to be complaining. If it was hot, they wished it were colder. If it was ... http://stories4children.info/?p=32