Tales to take you away.

  Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Timmy. Timmy loved nothing more than building and playing with his train layout. He would spend hours upon hours tinkering with the tracks, setting up the scenery, and carefully placing each train car in its proper place. Timmy's father shared his love of trains and would often take him to swap meets to find new trains to add to his collection. Timmy would eagerly wait for his father to come home from these trips, excited to see what new treasures he had found. One day, Timmy's father came home with a broken-down train that he had found at the swap meet. Timmy was thrilled at the prospect of fixing it up and adding it to his layout. He spent hours working on it, carefully cleaning each part and putting it back together. Finally, after many long hours of work, the train was fixed. Timmy placed it on his layout and watched as it chugged along the tracks. He was so proud of himself for fixing it up all by himself. From that day forw...

Once upon a time, there was a young man named James who moved back to California from Arkansas. He had been living in Arkansas for a few years and was excited to be back in his hometown. James was a huge fan of the Lakers and he wanted to go to the Forum in Los Angeles to watch them play. James had never been to the Forum before and he didn’t know how to get there. He decided to look up the directions on his phone, but he couldn’t find them. He looked up at the sky and saw airplanes flying overhead. He wondered if he could follow them to the Forum. James got into his car and started driving towards LAX. He saw planes taking off and landing and he followed them as they flew overhead. After a while, he saw a plane that was flying towards downtown Los Angeles. He followed it and soon he saw the Forum in the distance. When James arrived at the Forum, he was amazed by how big it was. He had never seen anything like it before. He bought a ticket and went inside. The game was amazing and Jame...

  Once upon a time, there was a boy named   Jack   who loved to climb trees. He had a favorite tree in his backyard that he would climb up to the very top and sit there to gather his thoughts after a day at school of the stresses of bullying and whatnot. One day, Jack came home from school feeling particularly down. He had been bullied by some kids in his class and was feeling very sad. He went straight to his favorite tree and climbed up to the topmost branch. As he sat there, he looked out at the world around him and felt a sense of peace. As he sat there, he began to think about all the things that had happened to him that day. He thought about how mean the kids had been to him and how much it had hurt his feelings. But as he looked out at the world around him, he began to feel better. He watched as the sun began to set and the sky turned orange and pink. He saw birds flying overhead and squirrels running up and down the trees. He felt a sense of calm wash over him as ...