I was going through my stuff and found this story I'd written for my fourth graders several years ago. This was supposed to be used for a Reading Comprehension. I would love to do more short stories for kids. Needs editing, but here goes..
A Magical Mystery
Once upon a time, there lived a small boy named Mustafa. He belonged
to a poor family. His father was a farmer and his mother, a tailor. He went to
a school in the village.
Mustafa was a clever boy. He was fond of magic. He would
often boast to his friends that he had magical powers. His friends did not
believe him.
One day a strange thing happened. The children were playing
in the park. After some time they were very tired. So they sat under the shade
of a huge tree. They looked at Mustafa who was sitting alone by the bank of
the river. He was playing a beautiful tune on his pipe. Suddenly, he vanished!
Everyone thought he had fallen in the river and drowned. They
were horrified. They started screaming for help. Some of them ran to call the
villagers. The villagers came running to the river bank. One of them jumped
into the river to save Mustafa.
Suddenly they heard some music. They turned around to see a
boy sitting under a tree. A little girl recognized him. He was Mustafa! Everyone
was delighted to see him alive! They started clapping and cheering loudly. They
wondered how he had survived. All his friends were curious. They asked him, ‘Mustafa,
how did you reach here?’ Mustafa was silent, he only smiled...
