One day, a little girl Sana found something hard in her mouth. When she took it out, she couldn’t believe to find it her tooth. She cried aloud. Her mother came and saw her tooth. Her mother wiped her tears and consoled her, “This happens to everybody. Don’t worry. You will get a new tooth.” […]
Once upon a time, there lived a fox and a hare. The fox lived in the house of snow and the hare lived in the house of wood. The spring came and the fox’s house melted. The house of the hare stood firm. So, the fox asked the hare if he could come in to
Once, there lived two brothers, one rich and the other poor. One day, the poor brother went to the rich one to borrow a horse as he wanted to get wood from the forest. The rich brother gave him the horse but not the horse-collar. The poor brother tied the sledge to the horse’s tail
Once, there was an old man named Abrosim. He lived with his old wife Fetinia and a son, Ivanushka. They were very poor and could barely survive. One day, the old man brought home a crust of bread for his wife and son. Hardly had they begun to cut it when Krutchina (Sorrow) came from
It was a fine sunny morning and Katie, Sam and Steve were on their way to school. Suddenly, Steve’s dog darted in front of them. “Booww-Whoww!” “Oh no!” cried Steve, “Bennie is out of home again! The children ran after Bennie. They were running so hard that they did not see the big hole. Thud!
Once, there lived an old widowed hunter, Kokovanya. He had no family, so he adopted a little orphan girl, Daryonka. Daryonka asked Kokovanya if she could take her kitten along with her. Kokovanya agreed and all of them started living together. They were not rich but lived a comfortable life. The old man went to
Once upon a time, a Pope’s daughter went for a walk into the woods without taking permission from her father or mother. She lost her way. Her parents tried to search but could not find her. Three years passed. Now, in the same woods where her parents lived, there was a brave hunter. On every
Mr. Wilson had a majestic red car. The car was very proud of his appearance. “How shabby the other cars look!” thought he when he saw the other cars. One day a new car came to the neighbourhood. She was a small blue car and looked very pretty. A young girl owned her. All the
Once upon a time, there lived a King. He was so powerful that whenever he sneezed, the people in his kingdom were bound to say ‘To your good health!’ Everyone said it except the shepherd with the glaring eyes. The King got to know this and was very angry. He ordered the shepherd to be
Long time ago, there lived a very naughty boy called Nelly. He was a cause of trouble for all. He chased the girls and pulled their hair; he swore at old and young. Even the poor harmless birds were not spared. He hit them with stones and broke their wings. His poor mother spent her
There was a snail and her cousin slug who lived in the shade of a cool, damp log. One day the snail came nearer towards a juicy stalk. Her cousin slug saw and soon overtook her. Snail felt offended but when she saw the slug feeding on a juicy leaf, she overtook him and said
In a small village in Russia, there lived two brothers, one rich, the other poor. The rich brother went to live in the town and became a merchant. The poor brother became very poor and did not have anything to feed his children. One day, he went to meet his rich brother and asked for
Once, there lived a King and a Queen. The King wished to go out in the world and try his strength battling with the other kings. So, he called his ministers and ordered them to get the army ready to march towards a far-off country where a heathen king ruled who was cruel and ill-treated
Samuel was the son of a poor carpenter. Every day Samuel went with his father to the forest to cut trees. One day Samuel was sitting ‘on a log to take some rest. Suddenly he heard a cry, “Help me, please…!” He looked around but there was no one. He again heard the same voice.
There was deep snow in the forest. The branches of the trees were laden with snow. Huge lumps of snow kept falling on the ground under the trees. In the middle of this forest was a small hut. It was made up of pine logs cut from the forest. Inside the hut, Maroosia sat with