Long ago, there lived a poor potter who made beautiful pots. He worked very hard but he did not earn much. One day, the potter saved the life of an old woman. The grateful old woman gave the potter a goldfish in return. The potter kept the goldfish near his bed and fed it even […]
Long ago, a clever king decided to test the wisdom of his three ministers. He wanted to choose one among them as his chief minister. He called all three ministers to his chamber and said, “I want all three of you to bring as many young animals as you can from the forest. I want
Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful fairy princess named Jasmine in the kingdom of the fairies. One day, Princess Jasmine suddenly disappeared from the palace. Her father, the fairy king sent some fairies to search for Jasmine but she was not found. Seeing the fairy king was heart-broken, a young magician, Haider, offered
It was Christmas Eve, and Lucy had placed a plate of cookies and milk near the fireplace for Santa. ‘Let me see what Santa looks like,’ thought Lucy. She then hid behind the couch of her living room. After midnight, Lucy heard a strange muffling sound. A person landed on the living room floor and
Once, a naughty pixie named Jasmine lived in a thick and dense forest. Jasmine always wandered alone in the forest and never listened to her mother. One day, Jasmine followed a beautiful butterfly in the forest. Jasmine used her magic and flew behind the butterfly. After a while, she reached the far end of the
Eight-year-old Jack had learnt about stars and planets in school. He was so fascinated with the stars that he started gazing at the night sky before going to bed. At last, his mother tucked him to bed. That night, when Jack was sleeping, he heard a sound which woke him up. As he looked around
Sara and Jehan lived in a tiny cottage in a village. The children wanted to study but the family did not have any money. So, the children could not go to school. Jehan worked with his grandfather in his fields. Sara helped the nurses in the village hospital. One day, Sara saved two tiny birds
Gary and Wayne were best friends and studied in the same class. One day, Gary was waiting for Wayne to come out of the classroom during recess time. After waiting for a long time, Gary went inside the classroom to look for Wayne. Meanwhile, Wayne saw a watch lying under the teacher’s table in the
Philip and Ben were playing in the park all afternoon, one summer’s day. Soon, they were tired and lay down under a mango tree. Suddenly, a mango fell from the tree. Both the boys were hungry, so they jumped to grab the mango. “I was the first one to see the mango. This is mine,”
Once, a tigress came into a village and killed some cattle. So, the villagers dug a pit to trap her. As planned, the tigress fell into the pit; some villagers threw stones at her, for fun. “Please don’t kill me,” pleaded the tigress, “I have cubs waiting for me. I hurt my foot while hunting
The goblins were having a party at their terrace, but Swatty was not very happy. All the other goblins made fun of him because he had clumsy feet and could not dance at all. Whenever he tried to dance, he would end up hitting someone. Even as the other goblins swayed to the music on
Long ago, a king had a kind and generous son named Jerome. On the prince’s seventh birthday, the king presented him with a beautiful songbird in a cage. Even though Jerome took good care of the songbird, she never sang. “Why don’t you ever sing?” asked Jerome. “I am not happy here,” said the songbird.
Tom lay asleep under the oak near the lake. Suddenly, he heard a loud groan and opened his eyes. A little afar lay a huge serpent, bleeding from a wound in the head. Tom felt sorry for the poor serpent, and quickly washed and bandaged its wound with the help of his handkerchief. A few
Long ago, a wealthy man built a beautiful musical fountain in his garden. Many birds came to the fountain to drink its water or to bathe. But there was one particular bird that spent many hours at the fountain. It was Beth, the canary. She was so enchanted by its lovely music that she loved
Tom was very frightened of his neighbour, Mrs. Mason. She was always rude to him. She shouted so loudly at Tom that he was scared to go to school or to play. Sometimes, Mrs. Mason would throw her garbage at Tom and sometimes she left her cat Nell at him. Nell would jump at him