Short Stories for Kids: Bedtime ~ Car Time ~ Downtime
Sep 11, 2026 ยท 9 min ยท 8 segments
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Cian looked around the cave.
There were no piles of gold, no jewels, no treasure chests, just half-eaten sandwiches, juice boxes, and a mountain of empty marshmallow bags.
"Where is all your treasure?" Cian asked.
Dave's cheeks turned pink.
"I don't really do the treasure thing." Cian gasped.
"But you're a dragon.
Don't you breathe fire and guard castles?" Dave shuffled his claws.
"Uh, about that, I, I can't breathe fire." "You what?" Cian nearly tripped over his shoelaces.
"I've tried," Dave sighed, "but all that comes out is..." He inhaled deeply, puffed up his chest, and let out a giant, [sighs] Instead of fire.
A huge blast of bubbles floated out from his mouth, soapy, shiny, rainbow-colored bubbles that filled the cave and bounced off Cian's nose.
Cian burst out laughing.
"You're a bubble dragon." Dave groaned.
"Tell that to the other dragons.
They laugh at me all the time.
Dave the Bubble Blower, they call me.
It's humiliating." Cian thought for a moment, then his eyes sparkled.
"Dave, you don't need fire to be cool.
You've got bubbles.
That's amazing." Dave looked doubtful.
"Trust me," Cian said.
"I've got an idea." The next day at school, Cian told everyone to come to Pancake Hill after class.
Cian looked around the cave.
There were no piles of gold, no jewels, no treasure chests, just half-eaten sandwiches, juice boxes, and a mountain of empty marshmallow bags.
"Where is all your treasure?" Cian asked.
Dave's cheeks turned pink.
"I don't really do the treasure thing." Cian gasped.
"But you're a dragon.
Don't you breathe fire and guard castles?" Dave shuffled his claws.
"Uh, about that, I, I can't breathe fire." "You what?" Cian nearly tripped over his shoelaces.
"I've tried," Dave sighed, "but all that comes out is..." He inhaled deeply, puffed up his chest, and let out a giant, [sighs] Instead of fire.
A huge blast of bubbles floated out from his mouth, soapy, shiny, rainbow-colored bubbles that filled the cave and bounced off Cian's nose.
Cian burst out laughing.
"You're a bubble dragon." Dave groaned.
"Tell that to the other dragons.
They laugh at me all the time.
Dave the Bubble Blower, they call me.
It's humiliating." Cian thought for a moment, then his eyes sparkled.
"Dave, you don't need fire to be cool.
You've got bubbles.
That's amazing." Dave looked doubtful.
"Trust me," Cian said.
"I've got an idea." The next day at school, Cian told everyone to come to Pancake Hill after class.
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