Once, there stood an old church high up on a hill. The church attracted people from nearby places. A visit to the church made them peaceful in heart and mind. The visitors prayed at the church and heard the pastor’s sermons. There hung a bell outside the Church. The bell chimed melodiously every day. Every […]
Tim was a pleasant child with good manners. Everyone loved him because he respected elders. Tim loved Nature. He liked to visit parks and forests. One evening, Tim was walking through a park. He saw a huge tree in the park. The sign board on the tree read: “I am a magic tree. Say the
Alisa loved going to school. She listened to everything that her teacher said. She followed the words of her teacher and did her home work on time. Alisa’s teacher gave the class a new home work. She instructed students to bring happiness to people. All the students handed over their home work in time except
Magdalene was a fairy. She was not so beautiful as other fairies. Many of her classmates in the fairy school made fun of her. But she was intelligent. She did not fight with her friends even when they made fun of her. One day, some wizards attacked fairyland. He put all the fairies in prison.
Once upon a time, a wizard gifted a violin to a queen. The violin did not produce nice music. The queen tried to tune the instrument, but it did not work. She thought that the violin was useless and threw it away. A poor little girl, Melissa, was going across the street. She found the
Henry was always sad. He thought he worked very hard, but earned very little. He did not know what to do. He wanted to earn more money. One day, he met his friend Peter. He told Peter he wanted to earn more but did not know how to do so. Suddenly, Peter snatched Henry’s wallet
Georgina always helped poor people. She did not want to see anyone sad. One day, Georgina found a woman begging in the market. “Please help me. I have six children and they have not eaten for days,” the woman was begging. Georgina felt sorry for her. She bought a large loaf of bread and followed
Frank loved butterflies. He would watch multi-coloured butterflies for hours. He would never hurt them even when he chased butterflies. His uncle, Samuel, caught butterflies to study them. Whenever Uncle Samuel went to catch butterflies, Frank would also go with him. One day, Frank saw a colourful butterfly trapped into Uncle Samuel’s net. Frank felt
Darwin was a little boy. He was always playful. Every day, he visited the park to play. When he played in the park, he did not want to come back. His mother often warned him not to play after sunset. Darwin never listened. One evening, he was playing with his friend Mark. It was already
Martin was a kind-hearted boy. He loved birds. He was very kind towards them. He always fed them with kindness. Crows and sparrows came to his terrace. He never forgot to give them the pieces of food. One day, Martin saw a beautiful brown swallow hop on to his terrace. Martin had left bread crumbs
Valencia was a kind girl. She was always helpful to others. She was cheerful and wanted everyone to be cheerful. She often gave flowers to old people living in a home near by, thinking it would cheer them up. They would smile back at Valencia and bless her. One day, she was plucking flowers to
Tolstoy Tom was a greedy tom-cat. He roamed about here, there and everywhere in search of left-over foodstuff. When he found nothing anywhere, he would wait for hours for the neighbours to place their trash outside. He would slurp tasty tit-bits from it. Eating infected left-over food often made him sick. Many a time he
Melinda loved to read and learn new things. She did not like to play all the time. The other children thought she was different. They laughed and made fun of her. She did not like others making fun of her. Melinda did not know what to do about it. But when she saw a dancing
Benjamin loved ice-cream. Whenever he went out visiting with his parents, he forced his parents to treat him to ice-cream. He used to remind his father to bring ice-cream when he came back home from office. His mother often told him not to eat too many ice-creams, but Benjamin never listened. One day, Benjamin heard
Clarence was an intelligent boy. His father was a carpenter. He was good at his work, and worked very hard. Clarence saw his father working very hard. He used to think, if his father was rich, he would not have to work hard. One day, a strange looking man came to his father’s shop. The