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Katie and the Invisible Umbrella
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Katie is an ordinary girl, but there is one thing that is rather unusual about her. She’s a witch and can do magic spells. Her grandmother is a witch too, and she has a beautiful and very unusual umbrella. When Katie takes it to school, it is confiscated by Miss Vile. Then some unfortunate things start to happen.
Read by Natasha. Pictures by Tia. Story by Bertie. Duration 17.36.
Katie’s grandmother had all sorts of beautiful, but rather old fashioned, magical things. Many of them weren’t so useful these days, because science has caught up with magic in so many ways. For instance, before electric kettles were invented, witches had magic cauldrons that boiled the water without any need to put them on the fire. Well Katie’s Grandma still used one of those to make her tea and coffee. Before phones were invented, witches used to call one another using crystal balls, and Katie’s Grandma absolutely refused to get a mobile phone or a computer, so if you wanted to send her a text message, you had to use a crystal ball. And of course she still kept a witch’s broomstick, though these days most witches prefer to drive a car or take the bus, because broomsticks are not very comfortable, and it’s all too easy to slide off them and hurt yourself.
One of Grandma’s most beautiful possessions was her umbrella. It had a golden handle that was shaped like the head of a griffin. The fabric was decorated with old fashioned magic symbols, which Katie could not understand, because these days most witches learn to do spells in modern languages like English or French. But they were very beautiful and Katie loved looking at them.
Grandma was always a little scatty, even in her younger days, but as she got older, she became more and more forgetful. One day she left her umbrella in the patisserie. She only realised that she no longer had it when it rained the following Wednesday. She remembered that it had been raining when she visited the patisserie. The shop was near to where Katie lived, and so Katie went to fetch it. As Katie left the shop, it began to rain, and naturally, she opened the umbrella.
Other people on the street were turning up their collars or dodging into doorways to avoid the downpour. Katie ambled along enjoying the dryness of her umbrella. But as she was passing the mobile phone store, a man barged into her.
“Oy, you could say ‘sorry’, or ‘excuse me!’” exclaimed Katie. The man turned around and stared at her blankly like she wasn’t there.
Katie continued home, but it wasn’t long before she collided with a traffic warden and then was nearly run over by a woman with a pram.
“Aren’t people rude these days?” thought Katie, “It’s just a little bit of rain. They are all in such a hurry, you would think they were all running away from a rampaging elephant or something.”
As she stepped through the door of the house, she half closed the umbrella, meaning to leave it in the hallway to dry off. And that was when she noticed something very peculiar about it. Because, until the umbrella snapped shut, she couldn’t see it. And then, when it went “click”, it appeared again.
“Ah,” thought Katie, “there’s more to Grandma’s umbrella than meets the eye – in fact, you could say that nothing of it at all meets the eye.” She tried standing in front of the mirror with it open above her head – and do you know what? She was looking straight through herself. But if you could have seen Katie’s face, you would have seen a mischievous grin on it. She thought:
“I’m going to have fun with this.”
The next morning promised a bright and sunny day – but all the same, Katie took her umbrella with her to school. She hung it up on her peg in the cloakroom, but then she thought:
“What if somebody steals it?”
So she left it open, just a little, which made it invisible.
At break-time, Katie’s friends, Jenny and Isis, were talking about their favourite TV programme. It was one of those talent contests which are so popular these days, and they were discussing who was going to win. Suddenly they heard Katie saying:
“I think it will be Annabelle McTabith, because although she’s not beautiful like most stars, she’s got an amazing singing voice.”
“Ooh, Katie, you shouldn’t sneak up on people like that. It’s creepy!” exclaimed Isis. But when she looked round, Katie wasn’t there, and that really was creepy.
Outside, some boys were playing football. Katie didn’t like that, because they hogged a big part of the playground, and careered all over the place, getting in people’s way. When the ball rolled past Katie’s feet, she pulled it up under her umbrella so that it became invisible like her. She laughed as she heard Steve Smart saying, “Where did it go?” and all the boys were looking round all over the place. Then she carried the ball over to near the goal posts – which were actually two bags on the ground – and kicked it through them. That really got the boys exclaiming, “What the?” and “Where did that come from?”
Next, Katie did something she had always wanted to do. She went into the Teachers’ Staff Room. She saw Miss. Vile and Mr. Gorm sitting very cosily together, and she heard Mrs. Jefferson saying, “That boy Darcy Thomas has so many airs and graces that you would think he was royalty,” and Miss. Thomas was nodding and saying, “Well you should see the parents, they’re so stuck-up that I feel I ought to curtsy to them.” Katie snickered because Darcy really did fancy himself rather too much, and then she remembered that she had to keep quiet.
The bell rang for lessons and Mr. Hutchinson said: “Oh no, I don’t think I can face the hooligans of Class 4 C.”
Katie hurried back to her class room. She sat down next to Isis and held the umbrella over both of them so that they were invisible together.
Miss. Vile came in, and the babble of children’s voices died down. The teacher cast her steely gaze over the room and noted the empty seats where Katie and Isis normally sat. When she turned her back, Katie let down the umbrella. There were gasps from those who saw the two friends appear. Miss. Vile span around and stared at them. Katie put on her most innocent face, and Isis didn’t have to put on a face because she really was innocent. Miss. Vile said:
“Katie, there’s no need to bring that umbrella into the class room. It’s got a sharp point on the end and it’s against Health and Safety.”
“But Miss. Vile, it’s valuable, and I don’t want to leave it in the cloakroom.”
“Well give it to me, and I’ll look after it.” And Katie had no choice but to give it to the teacher.
At the end of the lesson, when Katie asked for her umbrella back, Miss. Vile said: “It’s confiscated Katie. You can ask me for it at the end of term.”
It was supposed to be a secret that Katie was a witch, but of course Miss. Vile had seen more than a few odd things happen during her time teaching her, and she had her suspicions. Her instinct told her that there was something pretty unusual about the umbrella, and of course, she was right.
Suddenly it seemed like Miss. Vile was everywhere, all at once.
Some boys who were kicking bags around the cloakroom didn’t notice that Miss. Vile was watching them.
In class 4 C, when Mr. Hutchinson’s back was turned, the “hooligans” started chatting to each other. Somehow they didn’t see that Miss. Vile was in the room and noting down their names.
When Isis and Katie were trying out lipstick in the girl’s loos, they didn’t realise that Miss. vile was standing behind them. Makeup was banned in school and they were both in trouble.
In fact, it seemed like nobody could get away with anything anymore. No illegal snacks, no talking out of turn, no play-fights, no sneaking into out-of-bound places like the bike sheds, and no mucking around of any kind at all between lessons.
On Friday evening, the detention class after school was the biggest that anyone had known. It had 30 people in it, and 27 of them had been put there by Miss. Vile. And there are no prizes for guessing which teacher was wearing a very smug and satisfied smile on her face.
Of course, Katie understood that Miss. Vile was using the umbrella to make herself invisible. But there was nothing she could do about it. It was a good thing that nobody else knew, or they would have all blamed Katie for the new reign of terror that was gripping the school.
That weekend, grandmother came to visit, and Katie had to admit what had happened to her umbrella.
“I’m really, really sorry Gran,” said Katie. “It’s terribly unfair and I don’t know what to do about it.”
At first, Gran was a little bit grumpy about her missing umbrella. All Sunday she kept on making remarks like, “I only asked you to fetch it from the patisserie, not take it to school,” and “It’s an antique not a toy, ” and “You can’t get another one like that these days for love or money.” And mum chipped in too, telling Katie that it had been extremely silly of her to take such a valuable thing to school, and she only had herself to blame for what had happened.
But by evening, Gran had softened her tone a bit, and just as she was getting ready to fly home, she said:
“You know Katie, I’m probably a fool to do this, but I’m going to lend you my spare spectacles. And this time you do have my permission to take them to school, only you must promise to be very careful with them.”
She rumbled in her handbag – which was always so full of many more things than could possibly be kept in there, except by magic – and finally she found the case with her spare spectacles in them.
Katie put the glasses on and looked at herself in the mirror. They were a very ornate pair, made of gold and decorated with precious stones.
“Hmm, they don’t really suit your face, do they?” said Grandma. And she said a magic spell which made them look trendy – or rather Grandma’s idea of trendy – which meant the frames were large and square and bright blue.
“Thanks Grandma,” said Katie,”But why are you lending them to me?”
“You’ll see,” said Grandma. “Or rather, they will help you to see.”
On monday morning, Katie wore Grandma’s glasses to school.
Jenny said, “Hello four eyes,” and Michelle thought they made her look cute. But Isis said that they were a total fashion disaster. Michael said, “I didn’t know you were short-sighted Katie,” and Katie replied, “Neither did I until yesterday.”
It wasn’t until the break at lunchtime that Katie understood what the glasses were for. Isabelle was walking down the corridor and she sneakily took a piece of chewing gum out of her pocket and popped it into her mouth. Katie was walking towards her, and was trying to signal frantically that Miss. Vile was standing in a doorway and had seen the whole crime – but it was too late. Isabelle was signed up for detention.
But of course what Katie also had seen, was that Miss. Vile was holding up her umbrella over her head. Now she understood that the glasses enabled her to see everything – even things and people that were invisible.
She decided to follow Miss. Vile and see what she did next. She saw her go into the playground and catch a boy who climbed over the fence into the caretaker’s yard to retrieve a lost football.
Then she saw Miss. Vile go into the staff-room – and do you know what? She didn’t take down her umbrella.
“That’s a naughty Miss. Vile,” thought Katie, “She spying on the other teachers.”
After school, Katie saw Miss. Vile standing standing by the school gate and watching them all. She was holding up her umbrella and nobody could see her except Katie.
Katie came up to her and said: “Hello Miss. Vile, would you like a piece of chewing gum,” and Miss. Vile replied:
“Katie. You know perfectly well that chewing gum is illegal.”
“But nobody will see you, will they Miss?”
And Miss. Vile smiled. “No they would’t, would they? But as it happens, teachers can’t break the school rules. It would be setting a bad example and I would have to put myself in detention.”
Katie laughed and said, “That’s good, because I don’t actually have any gum. But Miss, I’ve got a question. Do you think it’s OK for teachers to use magic?”
And and a rather uneasy smile passed over Miss. Vile’s face, because she knew just as well as Katie that magic was against the school rules. And not just a little bit against them.
“I mean,” said Katie, “if Miss. Hepworth was to find out that your recent success at crime detection was all down to my Grandma’s magic umbrella, do you think she would be pleased?”
As Miss. Hepworth was the head-teacher, Miss. Vile realised that was something she would not like to happen at all. Not one little bit.
“Well Katie,” she said. “I heard on the radio this morning that the weather forecast is for rain. I don’t think it would be right for me to hang on to your grandmother’s umbrella anymore. Perhaps you could take it home for me?”
And of course Katie was happy about that.
“You won’t say anything about this will you?” said Miss. Vile.
And Katie promised that not a word about it would pass from her lips, because magic is always meant to be a secret.
Text copyright hugh fraser 2010
Hello
This is a great Story in the Katie series. Katie uses her grans magic umbrella and her sunglasses to catch the culprit who steels the umbrella. This story proves that even teachers can be a bit naughty at times.
Thanks for listening
Bye Bye
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THIS STORY IS GREAT,REALY GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK’S
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Omg!! I love the katie story’s. Please do more!!!!!!!
I love your story about Katie and the magic umbrella!!!
katie your idea are very great.
i mean your story are all fun.
And I wish to meet some day.
What contury do you live?
I’m going canada in June.
I wish your home town is canada vancover.
bye bye katie!!
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Hello
Katie and The Invisible Umbrella is a great story. Katie discovers the magic powers of her Grandmothers Umbrella but it gets her into trouble when she takes it to school. There will be lots more stories to come from Storynory.com
Bye Bye
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sooooooooo much fun natasha thanks for katie story!
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Hello
Thahnk you. Katie and the Invisiable Umbrella is a fun story when Katie discovers the magic powers of her grandmothers Umbrella. Katie has a great family and they help her to learn how her magic tricks can come in useful as a witch. You may also enjoy listening to Katie and the Valentine Witch, which is ideal for this time of year coming up to February.
Bye Bye
N*
I love all your story’s!!!!!!!!! and this one is the one of my favs!!!!
Great. Story :)
great story it was nice but who am i kidding
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i love katie the ordanary witch please make more!
I LOVE YOUR STORYS COULD YOU GET SOME MORE
I think it was a great story and I would love to here more.
nice
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Dear Cam Bertie writes the Katie stories
Beautiful. Who writes the Katie stories? I would think it’s Natasha, but….
Please write back.
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THIS IS COOL EVEN I HAVE GOT A INVISIBLE UMBRELLA AND I AM A WICH A BEAUTIFUL WICH
I am from Minnesota, and I would like to say ” Katie” is funny,cool,and awsome. Now I whant to be a witch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder that when I’m a witch I will go to my friend’s house and watch how she act’s at her house.
(SHE LIKES A BOY AND ACTS VERY PROVOKINGLY)
To: Kite
I LOVE this story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From:Li Min
This story is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good
a very nice story
such a rude teacher
for taking others things and spying on others
and vile is doing things she shouldnt
this is the best stories in the katies book
i wish even i could have the invisible umbrella
i think vile is a silly teacher who
behaves like a child
a please mrs natasha please write more stories on natasha
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when r u gona sort it out Bertie
Katie and the Invisible Umbrella
plade The Nose That Ran Away
thanks Andrei, I need to sort this out.
bertie i cliked on kaite and the invisable umbrela and it gave me the nose who ran away
Hello
Katie and the Invisible Umbrella, that features Katie and her grandmothers Umbrella with the magic symbols is a great chapter in the series.
It is only Katie and the Witch Swap that sync’s the text with the audio and this is because it is an App. ( available to download from the app store in i tunes) you can also click on the Katie swap chapter link on Storynory that will take you to the page
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Dear Sammy and Sarah, Yes, I think this is quite a charming story. It seems to be a popular one anyway !
Sammy: I really, really, really love this story Bertie, it’s sooo interesting! Although Ms.Vile shouldn’t have used Katie’s umbrella to spy o people, you’ve got to admot…it was pretty smart of her
Sarah: This was quite a good story, and I’m really looking forward to future stories in the Ordinary(did I spell that right?) Witch series.
We Love You StoryNory!!!
Sammy and Sarah
i LOVE these Katie series
HAHA MISS VILE U GOT COT
Hello,
Miss Vile is a strict school teacher and in using Katie’s Magic Umbrella in the School yard when it is confiscated shows us, that underneath she has other motives and Katie understands a bit of her character. In chapter 5 The Valentine Witch, Katie seeing that Miss Vile needs cheering up and attempts to make her fall for the other school teacher Mr Phil pots by putting them together on a Valentine date. We see in these two chapters we see Miss Vile has real person despite her teacher guise.
Thanks for listening
There are more Katie chapters to come
So look out and keep listening
Bye Bye
N *
Miss. Vile is somewhat childish. She’s even more into that magical umbrella than Katie herself.
Miss. Vile is somewhat childish, she’s even more into that magical umbrella than Katie herself.
That umbrella must have been cool huh Jenny!!! (I don’t know u but I just wanted to feel like u are my friend.)
dis is like wow but you no there r real witches out dere so lets try not to get dem mad
Hello
This chapter is a good one for rainy days, showing how Katie learns to be an ordinary witch from her grandmothers magic invisible umbrella. The next chapter to come in the Katie series is no.13. There is also a Katietheordinarywitch@Storynory.com app feed for the Katie series.
Thanks for listening
Bye Bye
N*
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I hope there is no more magic as it is illegal
I am engulfed by them. Please may you do a writing compertion for katie fans.
AMBY XXX
what happened to th eother 4 katie stories only 10 come up
Also that person who is saying that the bible forbids magic and that this story is tempting us to sin.. They need to understand that not everybody is religious. There are many religions out there and it is not storynory’s job to please everyone. If you are offended by these stories – Don’t listen!
Thank you so much for these wonderful stories! Natasha you have such a soothing voice, my daughter and I love to listen to the katie stories together :)
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katie storys are awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hello, yes the Katie Series is always full of adventure with the magic art of spell making Katie holds as a character, that leads the plot in lots of different twists and turns.
Thank you for your comment
Bye bye
N*
That was the greatest story!
Oooh!Miss vile is so naughty and quite mean don’t you think?I think it is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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really really love natasha’s voice and stories! thanks natasha! :D
Hello, yes the Katie Series is always full of adventure with the magic art of spell making Katie holds as a character, that leads the plot in lots of different twists and turns.
Thank you for your comment
Bye bye
N*
The Katie stories are ful of adventure.
wow
Dear Haili and friends
The Invisible Umbrella is a cool chapter ,and the Katie series is interesting as we see her grow up from school and at home. There will be more chapters to come for Katie, so keep a look out when spells are about!
Bye Bye
N*
katie storys are awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Caroline, Many thanks for your food for thought. Of course magic is just for stories….
Hello,
Your stories are intresting! However, this sort of stories have magic in them… The Bible says that magic/horoscopes are farse! So, even though these stories are not boring, I think they should be read with discretion to not be tempted into sin.
Just food for thought…
make your punctions right
awsome!!!!!!
I like such stories)
I love katie storys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Awesome You should get another story where a teacher gets in trouble!!!@@@###$$$%%%^^^&&&***((()))___+++111222333444555666777888999000—===[[[]]];;;”’,,,…///\\\“`~~~{{{}}}|||:::”””<>???
that was awsome
I like this story. very lovely
i also like this 1
loved this story and dont let anyone tell you different
people who think this a bad story dont know thing about what a great book is.
this was an amazing book.keep it up.
boring
cool dude i love ur stories!!!@@@###$$$%%%^^^&&&***((()))___+++111222333444555666777888999000—===[[[]]];;;”’,,,…///\\\“`~~~{{{}}}|||:::”"”<<>>???
I love Katie books!()____()
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I love this! Its fantastic! :-D
I LOVE Katie stories! That’s always what we want to litsen to…. :)
kevin is talling this story is boring but not he is boring he always tall everything and he dont read the story.I LOVE LOVE LOVE KATIE BOOKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think this story was okay but in a way really really boring.I do not really like magic and i think you should make your stories a bit more interesting.If you are going to be more stories,i say forget all the magic and stuff and make the story interesting.Then maybe just maybe more people might start to read your stories.Thank you bye for now.
i love it so naturally creepy because teachers usually follow the rules not magic
i love it but i think it should load faster
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It woeld have been better if Miss Vile really did get caught by Miss Hepworth, but I still liked it:)
thanks NATASHA for this story
this is booooring
YES DID LIKE THIS STORY
i really dont get the ending and some of thre words r spelled wrong but besides that i like this story
i think the endings are borin” but the rest is brill u should write a whole book but plan ure endings!!!
I liked it so much get more katie stories theyare so good
I just started to read katie stories.
Ithink it is fun fun fun.
It’s great! I love it! It’s so beautyful!
love this story i really like ever1 but this is practicly the best cud you write a story about christmas and katie since xmas is comin up thanx
it was rubbish i did not understand the end i hated it!!!!!
Thanks Jacob
Katie stories are a great way
to learn English, as they are simple
and easy to read and the audio
with text make it easy to follow
Bye N*
Dear Kidz
Katie’s Invisible Umbrella
is a good one for this
wet weather about
Katie the Witches Swap
is the next chapter
we have out
So keep on listening
When at home or
out!
I think it is wrong of Miss Vile to tell Katie not to break
the rules of the school and yet do it herself. And it is
not good to spy on children and other teachers either. I
mean, rules are rules. Nobody should break them. She was really rude.
But I enjoyed this story very much.I must be lucky to
know exactly were to find loads of stories!
I like Katie stories.
And this one is great, I think.
Maybe I will try some more Katie stories tomorrow.
And it was nice to read this story.
I think this story helps me with my writing skills.
I thought that this was the time to improve my writing skills before I clicked this story for some fun.^^*
I really like these Katie stories.
I read them over and over.
I began to learn english by kaiete stories iheared it about20 time .my first language isnot english. thank you very much.
i looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove this story
hey grat books and acsent ! :)
I WISH I HAD A MAGIC UMBRELLA. I WOULD SPY ON MY MOTHER AND FATHER AND ALL THE TEACHERS AND ALL MY FRIENDS, BUT MIND YOU, IT WOULDBE COOL TO HAVE MAGIC GLASSES TOO.
i liked this story it was very good. Please write more .
We think Katie’s story was:
- Awesome
- Cool
- Bit more action needed please
- Amazing
- Incredible
- Funny
- Exciting
- Really good
this story is so intresting and it was kinda long but it taked a minute for this story.
bertie can i see you in your real shape ?
are you a human or a invented frog?
can you tell me or give me an information about the katie story which would come next?
thankyou
i like the story
Thanks!!
This story is so interesting and helps me learn english!
This was the best story ever!
Hello
Glad you enjoy Katie and Her Invisible Umbrella.
Both ordinary and cool to be a witch in school
and disrupting the teachers and the rule’s!
Your comments are really valued on Katie and The Witch
Thank you
ask natasha why she sometimes skips some lines?!?!
it kind of bothers me
i love this book it was good
I want a Katie Story!!!!!!!
Yo Bertie Could you give me the link for the Easter stories in the contest
good very good
This is a Brilliant story!
I LOVE THIS BOOK
PLEASE BERTIE, DO MORE KATIE STORIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i liked it it was good do you have more
IT would Be Very Awesome To Be a Witch I Agree with You
Michelle Very Awesome I would Walk everywhere with that
Umbrella Including the Teachers Staffroom!!
Evil laugh
Can’t wait for more!
I like magic storys.
Dear Carly, I’m really glad you want more Katie stories. They are on the way, but I don’t have a date right now.
Sorry I ment come?????????
I NEED MORE KATIE STORIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHEN WILL THEY COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
please respond ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
cool
well good grat amazon
No, I do not really know you, my friend.
… so do I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I NEED ANOTHER KATIE STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When will it come?
first of all i have to say that i liked it.
second.its excelent for me to improve my english.
i just can say thankyou.
You really know me!
make more katie stories! :)
hello i like this story because it has witches and wicked magic and a invisible umbrella and they fly broom sticks
WOW!!!.A witch that would be sooooo cool to be a witch.I want to have an invisible beautiful umbrella.Katie is a pretty name.My cousin’s name is katie and she wanted to be a witch because they can do majic and she can do bad stuff to me because i always trick her and she eds up crying that then i get in trouble.That’s why i dislike her.
very handful for my granchildren
I LOVE KATIE STORIES! PLEASE MAKE MORE!
Just bast
im sorry i ment how you
prince bertie i have a question, where can i find the story of ho wu became a frog? i just discoverd this site.
please answer my question,
kassidy
In this type of super natural stories, we should not use the modern things such as umbrella,cell phones etc.we should give the old touch,such as”Katie and the invisible Ring”
bertie i would like to ask u if u can put more katie stories? i really love them!!!!!!!
I DIDN’T LIKE WITCHCRAFT STORIES UNTIL NOW.I WAS ACTUALLY FORCED TO READ IT AND I AM GLAD I DID.I GUESS PARENTS KNOW WHAT’S VERY BEST.but not always
http://storynory.com/2006/02/12/how-prince-bertie-became-bertie-the-frog/
Hope that helps Amber
Dear Prince Bertie ,
i would like to know where i could find the story -in How You Turned Into A Frog ?
Thanks —Amber…….:D
i liked it alot. i would’ve told on my teacher.>:( but i loved it nonetheless! <3
i liked this story.i wish i had a invisible umbrella.
not so bad story – carapicuiba-sp
NICE! I wish I had invisible umbrella!
I love this story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I took a giant skateboard run and accidentally sent the wicked queen flying into the pond. She was so furious she turned me into a frog.
BERTIE,WHAT DID YOU DO JUST BEFORE YOU TURN INTO A FROG?
I lllllllllllllllllllooooooooovvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee the story!
I liked the story!!!!!!
I want a invisible umbrella too!!!
This was a good story I wish I had an invisible umbrella :)
I liked the story!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t like witchcraft stories. So I didn”t really listen to this one.
the umbrella looks very nice
love this story
Sarah, the absolute truth is that the ending is a bit abrupt. Natasha had arrived, and I just had to stop writing so that she could read it.
hey bertie
loved the story,but i dont think it’s kind of realistic
i mean how can a person nowdays get invisible using an umbrella.anyways i liked the story.
though i would like it much if the ending was’nt
so abrupt
Hi bertie
I thought the story was great!!!!!
Bertie can you write more KAtie stories please there very EXCITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Zac your WRONG!
Dear Ally I thought the story was great very mythical
Hi Bertie, This is a O.K. story. Some of the parts were really boring!
Dear Sarah, you are right, it’s true that not many people use magic these days, but we did say that Katie’s grandma is rather old fashioned.
loved the story,but i don’t think its kinda realistic
i mean how can any body get invisible now days using an umbrella.
anyways liked the story.
…! Bertie, how do u write so good?
COOOL!!!!!
this story was so cool, i thought it would be so boring but it turned out to be good. i looooooove this website ass well and natasha is so good at reading but maybe it would be better if you showed a video
from:issie,lucy.kate and rose
it’s cool but there are no pics
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i love it !!!! It would be better if a movie was shown
:0
:D
:)
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my family loved the story. we will start listing every night, egp 8 yrars olld
What a fantastic story. Am a teacher and will read it to my class tomorrow. Thank you
Its such a long story
give me my invisible everything
It’s OK…….
****************************************************************************************************************:):):))I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
not so cool
this is borringgggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i loved it it was sooooo cool!!!!!!!! :) :) :)*
kenna says I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW!! Michelle is your last name dong??
Dear Iris, Is this what you are looking for
http://storynory.com/category/the-ordinary-witch/ ?
Hopefully you can also see this link and all the Katie stories in the sidebar when you are on this page. But do let me know in more details if you are finding it hard to navigate around the new design. I’m really keen to make it as easy as possible for people to find what they are looking for.
i like old one better where is katie pages?…
hm… i did not hear it yet … but cool.
the new storynory is cool
I love it!!! Tanks for the wongerful story:)))
yes i love the story because it is a magical umbrella.
great story
Dear Michelle, Welcome to Storynory. Glad you like the Katie Story.
love this!!! This is the first time I have ever visited this site!
THAT’S GOOD, I LIKE IT
it will be better if video is shown.
Hi Mikayla, I don’t get paid, but I do have to pay the actors. If your parents are feeling generous, we do have a donate button. Thank you for asking !
Hey Bertie,
Thank you so much for what you do!! Do you get paid to do this? Eather way, you rock! Thank you for spending so much time on writing your amazing stories!!
:D
I am 5 yrs. old and I would love to hear more Katie stories, please.
the story is interesting as it has a little bit of humour and it is creative.
what does it feel like to be a frog?
I IOVE this STORY!
i like the stories so much and it is interesting
It is very cool!!@@##$$%%^^&&**(())_-+=
I like this story very much.
It is very interesting.
i like the story.it is interesting n fun.
I like this story but is too long
the story is great and intersting
I would like to have the umbrella.
it is interesting
I like this story very much.I find the story quit interesting.
NO! It too long , this story is too LONG!
no. because they keep on using magic.
so nice
it is very interesting.
It is a very amazing and interesting story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is interesting.
I think that she would not use that umbrella again.
I think that she would not use the umbrella again.
yes because it is interesting and nice
I like this story.
I want Katie’s magic umbrella!!!
(please)
IT IS FUN.I WISH I HAVE THE MAGICAL UMBREALL
The story is very excited and nice
IT IS A VERY INTERESTING
the story is very interesting and great!
good.itwas nice,
great!amazing website!!!!!
katie and her umbrella is a very fun story
it was great but, it was too short.
this story is good i like the story it so long like a real story
it is very interesting
the story was awesome
AMAZING,BUT TOO LONG
this is exiteing great
I think kaite should not bring magical thing to school anymore
it is a interesting story.
I like this story very much.It is very interesting.Hope I can listen to the same story again!!!!
I like the story about the umbrela
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IT IS A VERY INTERESTING AND GOOD FOR YUE SHAN TO LISTENING.
This is a great story, and the way Natasha tells it is just awesome. Thanks, Natasha.
it,s nice but i,don,t like the ending.
I really like the story.
jump up jump down it is awesome did you like this story?
love the story!
8-)
<3
Hi Nellie,
I’m really glad you like the story and that you found us with such a good search term. I hope you like the rest of our stories just as much, and look out for new ones every week.
Hi, I found the website by keying “English Story.” I love listening to the stories which u uploaded. Besides, i am going to share this with my friends. What a wonderful website!
I enjoid this story I like the first part story.We like the story that Natsha made.
good website i love it make a nother one thank you i like Katie and the invisible umbella
from herby.
so many comments
Wow, Wow, Wonderful site, I luv it, best website Ever!
Wonderful website
YAAAAAY!!!!!!! There is another Katie story!!!!!!! Thank you soooooo much for writing another one! You rock Bertie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
cool book!
it’s amazing story and umbrella as well, i like this story very much and i wish that i have umbrella’s Katie to do lots of things such as to get money hahahah, anyway, thank you Natasha for enjoying us by your stories and i’m eager to read and listen more. i’m waiting for the new of u Natasha. thank Natasha very much and take care, bye bye bye bye bye.
Very Nice…..;) I like this WEBSITE :D :P
Micki, I am sorry you are in the dumps. Our stories are aimed mostly at children who are say 8 to 11 years old, but we have lots of older listeners and plenty of adults too. So nobody is a baby who listeners to our stories. Some of them are quite demanding and grown up.
dear berte im in the dumps right now becues i told my frends to go to storynory so thay did and the next day thay said i was a baby :-( im i really a baby:-(
Really LOL!
i like this story exept the part with ms.vile using the umbrella.it was scary!
Liked it a lot…sounded Harry Potterish…
Superb story yaar the ending was nice
That was a good and interesting story, but a bit to long.I THINK THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Sam, We try to publish on Sunday but this weekend was rather exceptional. So sorry for delay, but I am about to publish a new story .
I want to visit bertie
what is his adress??
Hey Bertie I started listening to storynory back in December of 2009 and from then till 1 week ago you used to always put the new stories up on sunday and last week and this week you have put the new story up on mondays…. well my question is why are you putting them up 1 day late????
please answer…
Sam
THIS STORY IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!
AWSOME!!
Kalya, Sorry about the delay – due to general exhaustion and fatigue – the story will follow on Monday morning.
(Kayla) When are you going to create more stories????????????
fantastic and nice story.
MORE KATIE PLEASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
great story
It is a fantastic story!!!
The ending was NOT weird!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was great
the website is wvery good to study english.!ta very much!
i wish i got an unbrella like katie
i wish i had a umbrella like that
it’s a fatastic story!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing!!!!
Hi Shailu maybe you are right the ending is a bit abrupt
nice story but i not satisfied with its ending.
Hi Kayla, yes that’s right.
(Kayla) I think there is a saying for a man somestimes when he is excited “…. his was has a boyish smile….” Something like that right?
Hi Kayla and Kendra – you are right, Miss Vile did get a bit carried away with the invisible umbrella, but Katie didn’t get her into trouble because she agreed to give the umbrella back. Sometimes (well quite often actually) grown-ups can be as childish and children – if not more so – and I think that’s the lesson of the story.
It was really good. I enjoyed it.
I think its ‘wicked’. I would like to hear some more of these stories.
That was a good story. I enjoyed it.
(Kayla)Excellent story. Katie is sure smart to retrieve her grandmother’s umbrella back where it should be. Did Katie got Ms. Vile in trouble? If Ms. Vile wanted to show good example for the students, why would she spy on students and use magic in school when it is not allowed in school like chewing gum? Isn’t that akward. I think Ms. Vile got carried away and just wanted to catch the “criminals” but didn’t know that she was the “criminal” herself. Right? More stories please.Oh yeh, nice story with great charactors.
MORE KATIE
(please) :)
Omygosh, I love this story. Please do more about Katie!
:)
weird
you are good website. I appreciate that you do.