Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born on the 2nd of February 1977 in Columbia. Do you know that Shakira recorded her first album at the age of 13 years? A singer, songwriter, dancer, choreographer and record producer, Shakira was a star in Latin America, before she entered the English language market. With influences of Latin, […]
Once, there lived two pets in a house–a cat named Bibi and a parrot named Paco. They were best friends too. One evening, Bibi and Paco were alone in the kitchen. A bowl of dough was left near the fire by the cook. Both were very hungry. When Paco saw the bowl of dough, he
There was a lady, who used to remain angry all the time. She never spoke sweetly to anybody. Everyone in her neighbourhood hated her. One day, the lady was taking a walk along a country lane when a horse-cart appeared from the back. It was going in the same direction as the lady was going.
Once, there were two well-known towers, Tower A and Tower B. Tower A was in Macdonia village and Tower B was in Elina village. Tower A was magnificent. One dark night, the people from Elina tried to demolish Tower A. After a few days, a little girl found that Tower A was leaning slightly. She
Once upon a time, there was a burger. The burger was always referred to as junk food by customers. And she never liked this remark. At the same time, she also realised that her fellow burgers were also called junk food. She observed that most of her favourite customers were now much fatter than they
Eldrick Tont Woods, popularly known as Tiger Woods, was born on the 30th of December 1975 in California, U.S. Do you know that Tiger Woods was introduced to golf when he was only 2 years old? By the age of 5 years, he had appeared in the Golf Digest. Tiger Woods is a professional golfer,
Charlie, a seven-year-old boy, never wanted to do his homework. One day, Charlie was lying on his bed and daydreaming. Suddenly, he saw some elves stopping by his window. One of the elves appeared in front of him and said, “Hello dear, will you please give us your homework? We want to play with it.”
Marissa Anne Mayer was born on the 30th of May 1975 in Wisconsin, U.S. Do you know that Marissa Mayer climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2009? In addition, she also likes to run marathons. A computer scientist and business executive, Marissa Mayer was appointed the president and CEO of Yahoo! since 2012, before which she was
Once, a boy named Ken was walking through a little forest when he found a big blackboard and a box of glittering chalk pieces. Ken started drawing on the board: first a tree, then a rabbit, and then a flower. Magically, whenever he finished a figure it came to life and jumped out of the
David Robert Joseph Beckham was born on the 2nd of May 1975 in London, England. Do you know that David Beckham suffers from OCDs (i.e. Obsessive Compulsive Disorders)? Everything he owns has to be strictly organized and if possible in pairs! A former professional footballer, Beckham is the first English player to have won league
Walter was a sweet little specially-abled child. But no one around him seemed to understand what he said, no matter how much he would gesture, shout or wave his arms around. Whenever he would try to pick something up, his hands would throw it to the floor. Or he would try to hug his mother,
Flora was a meat-eating plant. Her friend Bill, the butcher, fed her morsels of meat daily. But soon Bill started ignoring her. So, Flora decided to keep a watch on Bill. She found that Bill was putting lots of meat in a yellow box. Flora asked Bill to give her some morsels of meat from
Albert was a treasurer in a King’s court. The King was very unhappy with him because Albert always made mistakes in calculations. One day, the King warned him, “Albert, you have one last chance to prove yourself. Show me that you are worthy of being a royal treasurer!” A disheartened Albert left the kingdom. He
Angelina Jolie Voight was born on the 4th of June 1975 in California, U.S. Do you know that Angelina Jolie has some interesting hobbies, which include collecting different types of knives and even collecting first edition books? Angelina Jolie Pitt is an actress, model, filmmaker and humanitarian. Apart from winning an Academy Award, 2 Screen
Alex, the alley cat, had no home. He was left out on the street to roam. Nobody cared about the poor, cold Alex. Sometimes, he had nothing to eat, not even fish or thrown-away meat. He seemed so grumpy every day. He never smiled or liked to play. When the other cats came, he ran