Story

Market Day

This is a short story for kids written and illustrated by Alex Inglewood,
with help from GPT-3 and Stable Diffusion

For ages 3+

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes

Emma, the main character of Market Day, a free short story for kids
Emma

Our Story Begins…

In the small town lived a young girl named Emma. She hated eating any food that looked or smelled funny. All she liked to eat was bread. 

Bread for breakfast. Bread for lunch. Bread for dinner. Bread for snacks.

One day, Emma’s mother took her to the market. There were many new people, sights, sounds and smells. And there was food. So much food. But Emma did not want any of it.

Mother asked, “Will you try some cheese?”

Woman selling magic floating cheeses at the market
Woman selling magic floating cheeses at the market

“No!” said Emma. “I only eat bread!”

“Will you try some meat?”

Man selling meats

“No! I only eat bread!”

“Will you try some cake?”

Woman selling cakes

“No! I only eat bread!”

“Will you try some fruit?”

Stall of fruit, from Market Day, a free short story for kids by Once Upon an Algorithm
Stall of fruit

“No! I only eat bread!”

Without a word, Mother took a slice of fruit and popped it in Emma’s mouth.

“Eewww!” she said, with a stamp and a shout.

Slowly Emma began to chew. The fruit was juicy and sweet. She swallowed and smiled.

“That was really good. Can I have some more?”

From that day forth, Emma loved to go to the market and try new food.

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