Category: Scary Stories

Deer walked along by the great river into the forest: ‘Oh, but what a life have I got? No home. Perhaps I will build myself a house. Here is as good a place as any.’ Deer went on. Along came Jaguar by the great river, padding along into the forest. He came to the same place: ‘Oh,… Continue reading Deer and Jaguar

Once upon a time an old man lived in a hut with his little girl, Natasha. So happy they were!  At tea time, they would play peek-a-boo behind the samovar (a very tall teapot used in Russia).  They would drink tea with honey bread and strawberry jam. Everything was fine! The only sad times were… Continue reading Baba Yaga the Russian Witch

There lived once, an old man and an old woman. And all they had in the world was one rabbit and one jaguar. They kept the rabbit in a cage. One day, the jaguar came to the cage: ‘Oh, Rabbit …? Conejo …? The old man and the old woman are preparing a pan of… Continue reading The Rabbit and the Jaguar

Deep within the forest there lives the tallest of all trees. They stretch their thick branches full of leaves up into the blue skies and give us oxygen to breathe. Their trunks are very wide and many of these beautiful giants have been in the forest for hundreds of years. These mighty trees are known… Continue reading The Legend of Mafumeira

Once, there was a farmer’s wife. And one night she woke up and dreamt that it was day. And she took her basket on her arm and walked away from the farm, high, high, high onto the moor. And there the moon shone full and round. And silhouetted against the moon she saw a creature… Continue reading The Heathfield Hare

A very long time ago, there was a small village on the edge of the great forest. This was a peaceful village most of the time, but the villagers lived in fear of the Lobizon, who were said to dwell deep within the forest. The Lobizon were dark creatures, half man and half wolf, and… Continue reading The Curse

Once upon a time, in a faraway village by a great river, there lived two brothers named Antek and Jonek. Jonek was a kind-hearted and patient man, always eager to help others, and it was with gratitude that he took over the running of his parents’ farm once they had become too old to care… Continue reading The Brothers Who Met Poverty

When I was a child, I lived on a street with a haunted house. A large and happy family had lived in the house until a night when one of the children was playing with matches. The youngest boy of the family dropped a lit match on his bed but was too scared to call… Continue reading The Sleepover

A teenage girl had been babysitting for the same family for a few years. The children were generally well behaved, and she enjoyed looking after them. One day the family called the babysitter with a special request. “My sister and her husband died in an accident, and we have taken in their daughter,” the father… Continue reading Cameras Don’t Lie

This is a story about when a girl’s parents left her alone overnight for the first time. The parents told the girl to make sure all the doors and windows were locked tight after they left, and not to open the door to anyone while they were gone. The girl did as she was told,… Continue reading Guard Dog