Once upon a time, a little gnome lived in the gardens of a village. He loved to creep into gardens at night and pull up plants. In the morning, he would hide in a tree-hollow and enjoy the shocked looks on the garden owners’ faces. Unknown to the gnome, the Moon Fairy watched his naughty […]
In the faraway land of Welshing Woods lived a family of blue dragons. They enjoyed to show off their fire breathing powers, so they would often burn up trees and parks in the village. A baby dragon in that family always felt sad when her family destroyed anything. She would follow the mischief makers and
Mae and Gale were two little fairies who studied at Fairy School. One day, Fairy Godmother said, “The ‘Spring Carnival’ is tomorrow. I want you both to bring a unicorn each for the merry-go-round.” Mae and Gale found two unicorns gazing in the meadow. Mae said, “Gale, tie them to a tree while I bring
Once, it so happened that some dogs ran after a poor little rabbit. So, he hid down at the very bottom of the hole. But it was not long before a dog started barking above him. The poor rabbit started digging to escape. Soon, his digging led him to a hare’s house. The hare said,
The twins, Joe and Beth, were excited. It was their birthday today. Father and Mother always made sure that it was a special day. The twins were in for a surprise. In the living room, a heap of toys and sweets stood at either side of the chest. One pile was for Joe and the
It was time to migrate. All the storks were ready to migrate. For young Peele, it was her first winter journey. She was ready and her feathers smoothed down to help her get through the long flight. Her mother said, “If you get tired, let me know!” But Peele had made up her mind that
It is always fun to try out new games. Let us try some. The first is the Green-Pea Game. You need six dried or frozen peas, two saucers and a straw. Then all you have to do is to see how quickly you can get the peas from one saucer to another by sucking them
Far away in the forest there lived a squirrel. His name was Jumpy. Now, Jumpy was a very greedy squirrel. He never thought about the future and ate everything that there was. So, one day, he was feeling very hungry as there was nothing more to eat for him. Now, he was searching around for
A poor woodcutter could not take care of his children, so he left them in the forest. The children tried finding their way back home but could not. Suddenly, they saw a cottage. But it was made of gingerbread and cookies. The children were hungry and started eating. As they were eating, an old woman
It was Christmas time again. Mother said, “It just seems like yesterday when the new year began!” Father brought in the Christmas tree. Jake and Tina were highly excited. After all, Christmas time was celebration time. They put up the lights. This was a job which Jake and Tina always enjoyed very much! On Christmas
Bunny, the rabbit, was just four months old. He had hardly seen the world. It was winter time, so there was snow everywhere. But poor Bunny had never seen snow before. It seemed there was white carpet everywhere. He ran inside to Mother Rabbit and cried, “I cannot go out, because there is a big,
One day, while Angela was looking for her book, she saw a key under a cupboard. She wondered which lock it belonged to. She asked her brother but he did not know. They tried to open the cellar but it did not open. They decided to open their mother’s cupboard with it. As it is,
Once, a girl lived with her stepmother and stepsister. One day, she fell in a well. But she found herself into a huge garden with a big house. There she saw an oven where rolls were cooking. They cried, “Take us out! We are too hot!” And so, the girl did as she was asked.
Mr. Quinn, the postman, was always busy as Christmas drew near. It seemed there was endless work for him. On top of that, it was so cold. But he always wore a smile on his face. He just wished he could get a break. One day, as he was walking on the icy pavement, he
Hazel and Jessica were best friends. One day, Hazel told Jessica, “I have always wanted to go to the beach. I want to swim in the sea. Let’s go there.” But Jessica replied, “We don’t know how to swim. Besides, we are too young to swim in the sea all alone. Let’s go there with