Bernadine was sitting in the balcony with her mother. He said, “Mommy, the night sky is so beautiful. The stars are shining so brightly. I wish I could reach them!” Her mother smiled at her daughter and went to her room. Bernadine continued to gaze at the stars for long. An owl hooted from a […]
Nova was a clever girl. She was popular among her friends. One day, when Nova went to play, her friends seemed upset. She asked them what the matter was. Her friends said, “Nova, there’s a bully in our neighbourhood. He has asked us to count the trees in the nearby forest. He will pay us
Minchin was four years old. In a few days, she would be going to school. She spent her days thinking about how much fun it would be to meet new friends and learn new things. Her father had brought her a beautiful pink frock with blue belt. Her mother had bought her a blue water
Jerry was watching television when he suddenly got up and went outside the house. He started doing something rather strange. With his garden spade, he made a deep ditch all around each of the young trees in the garden. As he was doing this, his mother came out. She was puzzled at what he was
Serena was a pretty doll. She was a brunette with brown eyes. She wore a frilly dress and sat on the topmost shelf of a toy shop. Serena had many friends, including an astronaut, a princess, a pony and a teddy bear named Softy. Every day, they would chat whenever the owner was not looking.
Once there was a sailor who travelled to faraway lands. When he returned home, he always brought something nice for his wife. Once, he sailed away to a distant land. There, he saw a man selling exotic birds. Among them were eight talking mynas. The sailor bought them all for his wife. But on his
It was a bright sunny day. Zara and Wayne had come with their uncle to the forest. They were on a safari. They stopped walking when they reached a spring. Soon, they were eating snacks. Then they sat in silence in the forest, well hidden. They were waiting for some wild animals to come and
Gracie had many toys. Among them was a doll, which had golden hair and blue eyes. It was a little doll that fit snugly into her blue bag. Gracie was very fond of the doll and carried it everywhere with her. Whenever it was time to play, she would pull the doll out of the
Audrey was always complaining. On some days, she didn’t have enough clothes. On other days, the gifts she received were all wrong. On yet another days, the food that her mother prepared wasn’t tasty at all. A fairy lived in Audrey’s garden. One day, she heard her complaining about her doll. She appeared before Audrey
An old carpenter had no family. He made puppets from wood in his free time. One day, a fairy decided to reward him for his hard work. She changed one of the puppets into a real boy! The happy old man named him Pinocchio and sent him to school. But Pinocchio did not like school.
It was Ophelia’s tenth birthday. Since she was fond of animals, she asked her grandmother to buy her a pet. They went to a pet shop. There were many animals up for sale. There were rabbits, hamsters, kittens and white mice. But Ophelia did not want them. Her grandmother showed her some canaries. But Ophelia
Jeannette had a farm. She lived with her old parents. Jeannette’s parents loved her, but she did not care for them. One year, Jeannette reaped a rich harvest from her farm. She became wealthy. She did not want to share her money with anybody. So, she drove her parents away. Her parents said, “You have
The Hodge family was puzzled. There were things missing from the house. Dad found that there was no milk in the fridge though he had opened the bottle a while back. Mother’s washing basket was also missing. Grandma’s cardigan was missing. Sam’s pillow was missing. It was really amazing, the number of things which seemed
Halle and Rhoda were the daughters of a woodcutter. They would help their mother with the housework every day. Sometimes, their father would ask them to chop the wood while he was away at town and the girls would obey him. One day, the woodcutter fell ill. So, Halle and Rhoda offered to chop the
Myra and Louise were best friends. They were inseparable. They always went to school together, played together and studied together. If Myra was somewhere, you could be sure that Louise was near by and the other way around. So, it came as a shock when the two were seen fighting one day. Louise tripped on