10-12 years

Stories for Intermediate

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Abraham and Isaac - The Test of Faith

Abraham and Isaac - The Test of Faith

8 min de leitura

God asks Abraham for the most precious thing he has: his son Isaac. A story about trusting God even in the hardest moment, and about a God who always provides.

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The Apparitions of Fatima - Part 1: The Lady Brighter than the Sun

The Apparitions of Fatima - Part 1: The Lady Brighter than the Sun

15 min de leitura

In the year 1917, in a poor village in Portugal, three shepherd children saw a Lady dressed in white, brighter than the sun. She carried a request for the whole world. This is how the apparitions of Fatima began.

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The Apparitions of Fatima - Part 2: The Miracle of the Sun

The Apparitions of Fatima - Part 2: The Miracle of the Sun

12 min de leitura

On October 13, 1917, seventy thousand people gathered at the Cova da Iria, in the pouring rain, to see whether the three children's promise was true. What happened in the sky that day became known as the Miracle of the Sun.

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The Apparitions of Fatima - Part 3: The Message of Fatima

The Apparitions of Fatima - Part 3: The Message of Fatima

12 min de leitura

After the Miracle of the Sun, the whole world wanted to know what Our Lady had told the three children. Little by little, the secret of Fatima was revealed: a serious warning, a story that touched even a Pope, and a promise of hope.

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Arachne, the Proud Weaver

Arachne, the Proud Weaver

10 min de leitura

Arachne was the finest weaver in the world, and she knew it. One day, pride led her to challenge the goddess Athena herself to a weaving contest. This is the story of how the first spider came to be.

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Bearskin

Bearskin

16 min de leitura

Dismissed from the war and with no place in the world, a soldier accepts a dangerous bargain: seven years without washing, combing, or praying. In those hard years, he will discover who can see beyond appearances.

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Bellerophon and Pegasus

Bellerophon and Pegasus

12 min de leitura

Accused of a wrong he did not commit, young Bellerophon is given a mission with no way back: to face the Chimera, the monster that breathes fire. His only hope is a winged horse no one has ever managed to ride — and a gift left behind by the goddess Athena.

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Bluebeard

Bluebeard

14 min de leitura

A young woman marries a very rich man with a strange blue beard. Before a journey, he hands her every key in the house — and forbids only one door, a little closet at the end of the gallery.

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Cinderella

Cinderella

21 min de leitura

By her mother's grave, Cinderella plants a little hazel twig, and it grows into a tree full of secrets. When the king proclaims a three-day festival, the little birds of the tree come to her aid in ways no one expects.

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Donkey-skin - Part 1: The Escape

Donkey-skin - Part 1: The Escape

19 min de leitura

To escape a situation that should never be, a brave princess follows her fairy godmother's counsel, puts on a humble disguise, and sets out alone into the world.

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Echo and Narcissus

Echo and Narcissus

10 min de leitura

Echo was a nymph who could only repeat the words of others. Narcissus was the most beautiful youth in the world, but he loved only himself. The ancient story that explains the echo in the mountains and the flower that bends over the water.

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Esther Saves Her People

Esther Saves Her People

14 min de leitura

Esther, a young Jewish woman, becomes queen of Persia. When her people are threatened, she risks her own life to save them. A story of courage, faith, and God's providence.

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The Fall of Camelot - Part 1: Mordred's Betrayal

The Fall of Camelot - Part 1: Mordred's Betrayal

14 min de leitura

After twenty years of peace, Camelot stands at the height of its glory. But secrets are growing inside the castle, and Mordred's ambition waits quietly for its moment. So begins the slow, sorrowful fall of the fairest kingdom that ever was.

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The Fall of Camelot - Part 2: The Departure for Avalon

The Fall of Camelot - Part 2: The Departure for Avalon

15 min de leitura

On the plain of Camlann, two armies meet for the last battle. Arthur faces Mordred, Excalibur returns to the lake, and a boat crosses the mist toward Avalon. The end of the Arthurian legends — and the promise of the once and future king.

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

13 min de leitura

On New Year's Eve, a knight who is green from head to toe rides into Camelot's hall and proposes a strange, dangerous game. Sir Gawain accepts, and discovers that honor and truth are tested when no one is watching.

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The Quest for the Holy Grail - Part 1: The Vision

The Quest for the Holy Grail - Part 1: The Vision

12 min de leitura

At the feast of Pentecost, a golden light fills the hall of Camelot and the Holy Grail appears in a vision above the Round Table. The knights set out on the greatest quest of all, and among them rides young Sir Percival, pure of heart.

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The Quest for the Holy Grail - Part 2: Sir Galahad

The Quest for the Holy Grail - Part 2: Sir Galahad

13 min de leitura

A young knight with the purest of hearts arrives at Camelot: Sir Galahad, son of Lancelot. Only he may sit in the Perilous Seat, and it falls to him, with Percival and Bors at his side, to complete the quest for the Holy Grail.

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Hansel and Grethel

Hansel and Grethel

24 min de leitura

Left deep in the forest, Hansel and Grethel come upon a little house built of bread, with a roof of cake and windows of clear sugar. Getting in is easy; finding the way home again will take all the wits and trust they have.

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