Chapter-1 Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley were partners in a business. The former was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone. He was a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner. He was hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire. Above all, he was secret and self-contained, […]
There were two oxen, Jack and Mack. They worked for Mr. Giant, the wolf. Mr. Giant had other animals working for him too. Once, it was Mr. Giant’s daughter’s wedding. For that occasion, Mr. Giant asked his wife, “We need a fat pig for the wedding dinner. So, start feeding good, delicious food to Chunky,
Once upon a time, there lived a family of goats in a jungle. There were three members in the family: Windy, the little goat, Mr. Tony, the father goat, and Mrs. Mushy, the mother goat. Windy was a nice obedient goat, but he had no friends. He used to remain very silent and sad. One
Chapter-11 The next scene was the ball, and here Nan and Daisy appeared as gay as peacocks in all sorts of finery. Nan was especially good as the proud sister, and crushed many imaginary ladies as she swept about the palace-hall. The Prince, in solitary state upon a somewhat unsteady throne, sat gazing about him
Once in a jungle, there lived a man, named Freddy in a small cottage. A cat named Adam, often visited Freddy’s cottage. Adam was a very greedy cat. Every night, she used to steal Freddy’s food. One night, Adam had so much food that her tummy was excessively full. That night, she dreamt of Dudo,
Chapter-10 This yearly festival was always kept at Plumfield in the good old-fashioned way, and nothing was allowed to interfere with it. For days beforehand, the little girls helped Asia and Mrs. Jo in store-room and kitchen, making pies and puddings, sorting fruit, dusting dishes, and being very busy and immensely important. The boys hovered
Krishnadeva used to ask many odd questions from his courtiers and amused himself. One day, he entered the Royal Court, settled in his Royal chair, and asked his courtiers, “What punishment should be given to a person who pulls my moustache?” One said, “He should be beheaded.” Another said, “He should be flogged.” Yet another
Several thousands of years ago, there lived a hunter rabbit, named Chuck. One day, Chuck saw some big footprints. He followed them and went deep into the forest. But he found nothing. He felt hungry and ate berries. Next morning, Chuck again followed the footsteps but could not find anything. He had to again eat
One day, a wolf and a jackal were fighting with each other. The wolf bragged to the jackal, “Hey jackal, I am more educated than you.” The jackal quietly said, “Yes my friend, you are right, but I am definitely smarter than you.” Just then, a tiger roared, “Nobody is so educated as I am!”
One day, king Krishnadeva was taking a walk in his royal gardens with several courtiers. Many flowers were flowering at that time of season. A poet pointed out towards a beautiful flower and said, “Look your Highness, how beautiful that flower is! No man can produce such a beautiful thing as this.” Tenali was also
Several courtiers were vying to be the Royal Advisor of king Krishnadeva. So one day, when they came to the court, they said to the king, “Each of us wants to be your Royal Advisor.” The king said, “No problem, but you will have to pass the test before you could be my Royal Advisor.
One day Krishnadeva was strolling in his palace gardens with his dear minister Tenali. Many crows were flying around. The King enjoyed their flying. Just then, he thought, How many crows could be in his kingdom? Immediately, he posed this question to Tenali. Tenali thought a moment and then said, “They are ninety-five thousand, four
Once Krishnadeva and Tenali passed through some farms while riding on their horses. They happened to pass through a cabbage patch. Looking at the patch, Krishnadeva said to Tenali, “What a delightful vegetable the cabbage is! I like it very much.” Tenali said, “Huzoor, cabbage is the king of vegetables.” Krishnadeva did not reply to
Once upon a time there was an old man called Sthira, who lived alone in Tenali’s village. The villagers and Tenali would often come over to the old man’s house and express their sympathy that his only son had gone so far away to study. To all their concern, Sthira would always thank them and
One day, the court-barber, who was very jealous with Tenali, plotted a plan against him. So when the king called him again to trim his beard, he went and started trimming his beard. He said, “Sir, last night I dreamt about your father. He said to me that everything is good in paradise, but he