Once, there was a land of coconuts. A wise and good king ruled it. But the king was sad as he did not have an heir. One day, there was a good yield of coconuts. Lots of coconut oil was made from the coconuts. One day, the king was standing near a tank of coconut […]
Once, a teacher told his disciples never to do anything without his permission. One day, while they were travelling in a cart, the teacher’s turban fell on the road. But as their teacher had told them never to do anything without his permission, none of the disciples made a move to get down and pick
Once, there was a poor orphan boy. He slept on the pavement and sometimes had nothing to eat at all. One day, he decided to go to the city to make a fortune. But the boy’s luck did not change there. He was still poor. One day, a generous man took pity on him and
Once, a king had four wives. But he loved his youngest wife the most. All the other queens were jealous of the youngest queen. They conspired against the youngest queen and had her banished from the kingdom. But the king was heartbroken. One day, he dreamt of a golden tree which said to him, “Come
Triceratops was a huge dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous Period. It was a unique dinosaurs because of its three horns and the neck frill. Triceratops looked like a rhinoceros but it was as huge as an African elephant. Triceratops walked on four muscular legs which helped it to manageits body weight. Triceratops had
Once, king lion called his subjects to his court. But his court had a bad stench. A bear entered the court and immediately put a piece of cloth on his nose. The king got angry and threw him out. Then he asked the animals, “Is my court smelling badly?” A monkey replied in a flattering
Once, a man was very proud of his long beard. One night, the man was reading a book by candlelight. Suddenly, he came across a sentence that read: A man with a long beard is a fool. The man decided to get rid of his long beard. So, he held the tip of his beard
Once, there were two brothers. They were always up to some mischief. Everyone was fed up of them. Their parents wanted to mend their ways. One day, the mother decided to call a priest who would instil the fear of God into them. The priest came to their house. The mother sent the younger brother
An illiterate man once had the power to grow ripe mangoes at will. So, he grew ripe mangoes on trees whenever he wanted. He used to eat some and distribute the rest. Once, a man came to the illiterate man to teach him how to perform this miracle. The illiterate man said, “All right; I
Once, there was a man who loved gold. Gold was his life. He dreamed of gold all the time. He used to get excited when he used to see gold. One day, he was passing a jewellery shop when he saw a jeweller with a big bar of gold. The man could not resist himself.
Once, a beautiful girl’s mother decided to get her married. She found a very rich husband for her. But the girl was so beautiful that another man killed her husband to have her. The dead husband’s loyal slave, in turn, killed that rival. When the girl heard about these killings, she was very upset. She
Once, many frogs lived together. But they were unhappy as they did not have a leader. And they could not select a leader from themselves as all of them were equal. They decided to approach God to provide them with a leader. God was amused by their demand. To humour them, He threw a huge
John, the Marquis of Gerwin, had just found out that his cousin Bertram was a spy against their country! If the king’s soldiers found out, not only would Bertram be hanged for treason, but the family name would also be ruined. He tried to talk to Bertram and convince him to stop his dangerous dealings,
Steve was the best race car driver around. One day, a man came up to him and said, “I could make you a rich man. You just have to lose one round of this race.” The man wanted him to cheat and help rig the race! Steve ordered the man to leave at once. He
During the Second World War, Jane worked at the local radio station. One day, Jane had just entered the radio station, when her boss ran up to her in agitation. “The enemy is going to conduct air raids. We must warn the people!” Jane nodded and immediately started a broadcast. Then she ran home and