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English Short Stories

Calming

Slow sentences. Warm settings. Nothing urgent. These stories are written to lower your shoulders and steady your breathing — not because they avoid difficulty, but because they move through it without rushing. For bedtime, for overwhelm, for the ten minutes between one hard thing and the next.

Children's story illustration of a cloud and nature
Moral Stories
ESS Editorial

The Little Cloud Who Was Afraid to Rain

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne day, high up in the great blue sky, a small cloud named Chhoti lived. Chhoti enjoyed drifting along and watching the world below. However, there was one thing Chhoti did not want to do — rain. “I don’t want to feel heavy and drop water,” Chhoti said. “I just