Can you recommend some good 3rd person short stories?

One great option is 'The Last of Us Part II'. It has a very engaging story that follows Ellie on her journey filled with revenge, love, and moral dilemmas. The graphics and gameplay also enhance the overall experience.

Sure. 'The Lost Key' in it is quite interesting. It's about a young boy who loses his house key and the adventure he has while trying to find it, meeting different neighbors along the way.

Sure. 'The Little Red Hen' is a great 3rd grade short story. It's about a hen who finds some wheat and asks other animals for help to plant, harvest and make bread, but they all refuse. In the end, she does it all by herself and doesn't share the bread with those lazy animals.

Love and relationships are common. For example, in many stories, characters' romantic relationships or family bonds are explored. Another theme is the struggle against nature, like in stories where characters face difficult natural conditions.

One is 'Charlotte's Web'. It has a simple yet touching plot about a pig and a spider's friendship. Another is 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit'. It's about a naughty rabbit who gets into trouble in Mr. McGregor's garden.

Sure. There's 'The Mysterious Footprints'. In this 3rd grade mystery short story, a child wakes up to find strange footprints in the backyard. As the story unfolds, the child and his friends figure out that it was a raccoon. Also, 'The Haunted Attic' is a spooky yet fun mystery where kids explore an attic and find out that the 'haunting' was just a loose window making strange noises.

Sure. 'The Little Red Hen' is a great one. It's about a hen who does all the work of planting, harvesting, and making bread by herself because the other animals won't help. Another is 'The Three Little Pigs'. They build houses of different materials to protect themselves from the big bad wolf. And 'Charlotte's Web' is also suitable at a basic level. It tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a spider named Charlotte.

Sure. 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a great one. It's told in the first person, and it really draws you into the narrator's deteriorating mental state as she's confined to a room with the eponymous wallpaper. Another is 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor. The first - person narration gives a vivid sense of the characters and the darkly comical and tragic events that unfold.

Some great 3rd person stories include 'Moby - Dick'. Herman Melville uses this point of view to describe Ishmael's adventures on the Pequod in pursuit of the white whale. 'The Scarlet Letter' by Nathaniel Hawthorne is another. The 3rd person narration enables the reader to see how Hester Prynne's life is affected by the scarlet letter in the Puritan society. Also, 'The Catcher in the Rye' is a notable one. Holden Caulfield's story is told in a way that gives the reader an outsider - like view through 3rd person narration.

The choice of using the 3rd person by the author of a short story varies. It often depends on the story's genre, the intended tone, and the author's style. Some genres like mystery or fantasy might lean towards 3rd person, but it's not a universal standard.