Short Stories for Kids: Bedtime ~ Car Time ~ Downtime
Sep 22, 2026 · 13 min · 8 segments
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Caveman Kid Aaron's family moved into their new house on Saturday.
Their new home stood at the end of a dead-end street right on the circular cul-de-sac.
Saturday was a tiring day, all about moving boxes and shifting furniture, carrying them from the van or the car into the correct room of the house.
Erin was so tired by the end of it all that she went to bed in her new room straight after takeaway pizza.
Sunday, though, was different.
While her mom and dad were busy unpacking boxes and fixing up shelves, Erin went to explore.
There were three houses on the cul-de-sac, with room for one more.
For some reason, this plot had never been built upon.
Instead, it was a wild and overgrown space with densely packed trees that stretched back between the two neighboring houses.
It seemed strange to Erin that nobody had ever built a house there.
She crossed over to it to investigate, finding the tiniest of cracks snaking between the bushes.
It was, she thought, too narrow and low for an adult, but just the right size for her.
Wary of thorns, Erin pushed her way in.
The track zigzagged back and forth, and Erin soon lost sense of where her house was.
Fortunately, she had the track to follow back again.
Then, quite unexpectedly, she was out of the bushes and in a small open space before a rocky wall.
And in the wall… A cave.
Erin gasped as a shadow detached itself from just inside the cave's mouth.
A large cat.
Erin felt chilled with fear, thinking she had accidentally strayed into the den of a mountain lion.
But what emerged from the cave was much worse.
This cat was much more solid, with two long canine teeth, a saber-toothed tiger, and it was focused on her.
Frozen to the spot with fear, Erin didn't know what to do.
She didn't seem to be able to make her legs move as the snarling, monstrous creature bore down on her.
"'Cat!' shouted a voice from along the rock wall.
Caveman Kid Aaron's family moved into their new house on Saturday.
Their new home stood at the end of a dead-end street right on the circular cul-de-sac.
Saturday was a tiring day, all about moving boxes and shifting furniture, carrying them from the van or the car into the correct room of the house.
Erin was so tired by the end of it all that she went to bed in her new room straight after takeaway pizza.
Sunday, though, was different.
While her mom and dad were busy unpacking boxes and fixing up shelves, Erin went to explore.
There were three houses on the cul-de-sac, with room for one more.
For some reason, this plot had never been built upon.
Instead, it was a wild and overgrown space with densely packed trees that stretched back between the two neighboring houses.
It seemed strange to Erin that nobody had ever built a house there.
She crossed over to it to investigate, finding the tiniest of cracks snaking between the bushes.
It was, she thought, too narrow and low for an adult, but just the right size for her.
Wary of thorns, Erin pushed her way in.
The track zigzagged back and forth, and Erin soon lost sense of where her house was.
Fortunately, she had the track to follow back again.
Then, quite unexpectedly, she was out of the bushes and in a small open space before a rocky wall.
And in the wall… A cave.
Erin gasped as a shadow detached itself from just inside the cave's mouth.
A large cat.
Erin felt chilled with fear, thinking she had accidentally strayed into the den of a mountain lion.
But what emerged from the cave was much worse.
This cat was much more solid, with two long canine teeth, a saber-toothed tiger, and it was focused on her.
Frozen to the spot with fear, Erin didn't know what to do.
She didn't seem to be able to make her legs move as the snarling, monstrous creature bore down on her.
"'Cat!' shouted a voice from along the rock wall.
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