The Lantern By Villa Messina’s Residents

IndexINTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................3STORY 1: THE THIEF AND THE GENTLEMENT..........................................................................................5

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STORY 2: THE TWIN GIRLS..................................................................................................................11STORY 3: THE VILLA...........................................................................................................................18STORY 4: THE LIGHT HOUSE...............................................................................................................24STORY 5: SALLY.................................................................................................................................34

Introduction

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This book has been written by the Residents of Villa Messina inside the “Creative Writing-Lab” which we have once a week, and we use it to create fairy talles of our own.

All stories start from a common idea, in this book the common idea is the house, in each next book the common idea will be different, it is really imporant that the essential idea

is not missing:

This activity really connects people, since they are sharing not only their thoughts but their lives as well, because not all of the

parts of the talles are imagination.

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STORY 1: The Thief and the Gentleman

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Once upon a time, there was an old house on an island in which a small family lived. They were really rich, and they had a big animal farm. They

had a lot of animals, cows, sheep and pigs. They also had a big dog, which used to protect the animals and guide them.

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One night a man came into the farm with the intention of stealing milk from the nice farmer. He wanted to steal the milk, because of his child, which was really sick.

I do it for my child because it

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The dog started barking and the barking woke up the farmer. They caught the thief. The thief was ashamed, and confessed that he was doing it, only because of his child.

Grrrrrrrr!!!

I do it for my child because it

How could I help you?

because

I need a job. 7

The generous farmer felt sorry for the man, and gave him the milk he tried to steal. He even offered him additional help. He asked him if there is another way to help him. The thief could not believe what he heard.. He asked the farmer if he could find a job for him. The man gave the thief a job, and the thief became a Gentleman.

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STORY 2: The Twin Girls

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Once upon a time in a small house there were two twins girls, with two different characters, which lived with their parents.

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Their parents had problems of their own. The father was a business man who was a big spender. The mother was a quiet person and was very careful with her money. One of twins was very much like her father and the other one was very much like her mother.

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They lived in a small and an unhappy home because the parents argued too much.The Twins thought that their parents dont’t love each other anymore,because after an argument they would stop speaking to each other.

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One day a car accident happened that changed their lives. The father got badly injured, their mother was hurt too. They took care of each other and the children realised that their parents really love each other.

This was a good lesson to the parents as well, because they saw that in spite of their arguments their love didn’t die.The two twins were very happy to see their parents care for each other so they started behaving better.

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From the day onward, the atmosphere in the home, was more plesent, everyone of them had more time to

think, because the home turned to a quite place and they could see what was wrong. This helped them change and since that day, they lived happily ever after.

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STORY 3: The Villa

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Once upon a time there was a Villa where a family lived with 4 boys.

The boys started going to school and all 4 of them were naughty boys.

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The parents were thinking of a way to convince them to study.

They told them that if they don’t study they will cut their pocket money.

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So, they understood that to obtain something (like a beatiful home) they have to earn it with sacrifice.

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STORY 4: The Light house

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Once upon a time there was a small light house by the sea where a young couple lived.

?? ?

?

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They had no children but had a dog called “Tuzzi” which felt lonely. One day the 3 of them went for a walk around the beach. They heard happy screams and laughter. They noticed that children were playing on the beach.

When the dog saw the children on the beach he wagged his tail with pleasure. The dog started

running towards the children in order to play with them.22

The smallest child slipped and fell into the sea. The dog saw it, and jumped quickly into the sea to help the child. The couple ran after the dog, to

pull the child out from the sea.

Go save that Child!

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The couple took the children back to the lighthouse and served them a warm meal and a cup of tea. During the meal, the couple found out that the children are a group of orhpans who were there for the day.

Come in!

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The couple offered the orhpans to stay the night, which they accepted. During that night, there was a big storm so the children were frightened. The children knocked on the couples’ door and the couple let them in and tried to calm them down.

The storm passed, they all got out of bed when they heard someone knocking on the door of the

lighthouse. It was the director of the orphanage who went to enquire if they had seen the missing children.

I’m searching for two missing

children

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The children came down from the bedroom, but the little one didn’t want to go back. The couple

decided to adopt the smallest child, and they lived happily ever after.

Now we are a family

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STORY 5: Sally

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Once upon a time, a long long time ago, there was a lady who lived in a little house in the countryside. She lived alone in her beautiful colourful gardens. She spent a lot of her

time there. There was a small pond with tiny little gold fish, glistening in the

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clear water. The lady had a dog whom she loved very dearly and spendt most of her time with.

One early morning she woke up to find out, that her dog is missing. She was very upset and worried. She put on her boots and went looking for her dog. Her dog’s name is Sally. She thought her

dog was stolen during the night by a hunter. She put up posters in every shop in her town to raise awareness about her missing dog Sally. She also put a reward on the poster.

Where is my Sally?

I have lost my dog. Her name is Sally. missing

“Sally had made a new friend in

the neighbours garden” 29

The next morning she received a phone call from a little boy called Tommy. He told her that his brother had found the dog in the neighbours garden. Sally had made a new male dog friend Leo in the neighbours garden. This is why Sally never returned home last night.

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The lady was so overjoyed to recieve this phone call from the little boy that she rushed over to the house to find her beautiful Sally, she kissed and cuddled Sally and she met its new friend Leo that lives in a house with a lonely man.

They all decided to share their garden so that their dogs may play and live together in the beautiful garden. Sally

and Leo later had 6 puppies and lived happily ever after.

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Once upon a time in a room of a care home there were some elder and young people that enjoyed spending their time inventing fairy tailes.

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