Maud was an old woman. She was often in a bad mood. She spent her day complaining all the time. When she was not complaining, she would be grumbling under her breath. Everyone was tired of seeing her this way. Maud was so unhappy about everything in her life that her neighbours avoided talking to […]
Once, granny was telling a story to her grand-daughter, Erica. She said, “I will tell you the one about the little worm who was so cold in autumn and was helped by the snail. He made a tiny house from a nut-shell.” Erica exclaimed, “That is a novel idea to use a nut-shell.” Granny replied,
Richard and Ruth woke up one Sunday morning and looked out of the window. They were thrilled. Richard said, “There’s snow everywhere.” His sister, Ruth, said, “It snowed! Let’s go out and make a snowman.” They got dressed quickly. Before they went out, they went to the kitchen. Ruth put a carrot, some cherries and
One day, Verona was walking in her garden. She was walking by a flowering shrub when she came across an unusual sight. She saw the cocoon of a butterfly under one of the leaves. As she watched closer, she saw that the butterfly was trying hard to get out of the cocoon. “Wait a minute,”
Long ago, a king and a queen had a beautiful daughter. The king had a great feast prepared. He invited twelve fairies to give their blessings but forgot to invite the thirteenth. So, she cursed, “On her sixteenth birthday, the princess shall prick herself with a spindle and die!” But the twelfth fairy changed the
Fairy Sybil went to the forest one day. It was her job to make sure that everyone was happy and content. But no sooner did she fly by an oak tree than it said, “I am not so flexible as a pine tree. I can be uprooted easily.” The pine tree was near by. Fairy
Edna had never been to the circus. One day, she went there with her parents. She was quite excited to see the clowns. She laughed at their silly jokes and funny acts. “Mom, the clowns are so funny,” she said. Then came the ringmaster with a group of lions. Edna was frightened to see the
It was Fred’s birthday. He was four now. His favourite pastime was to play with the telephone though mummy and daddy kept telling him that it was not a toy. But as it was his birthday today, they allowed him to make his first call. It was to grandfather and grandmother. Daddy told him the
Daphne had a beautiful house with a huge fruit garden. But Daphne’s neighbour was jealous of her. Every day, she would peep into her fruit garden and throw loads of rubbish. Then she would rush back into her house. One day, the neighbour took things a bit too far. Daphne had kept a bucket near
Concetta was a hard-working elf. One day, she found a few grains of wheat. So she asked her friends, “Who wants to plant the wheat?” All her friends were playing. So they said, “Not me.” Concetta planted the grains of wheat all by herself. When the wheat was ripe, she called out to her friends
It was bedtime. Nealie was about to go to sleep when she saw her grandfather whispering something with closed eyes. When he opened his eyes, she asked him, “What were you saying, Grandpa?” “I was sharing the day’s happenings with God,” he replied. Nealie was surprised. “Does God listen to you?” she asked. Her grandfather
Mr. Nash saw Jane and Keith with a basket. He asked them, “Where are you both going?” Jane replied, “We are going to pick some mushrooms.” Mr. Nash said, “Come with me. I will show you the best ones and also which ones to leave alone.” The children were happy for the help and went
Eulalie was a lazy girl. She did not like to tie her shoelaces. Whenever she wore shoes, her mother would remind her to tie them, but she would always reply, “I hate bending down to tie the laces, Mom!” One day, she wore her best hat and shoes. Then she said to her mother, “I’m
Jim and Sara were playing in the garden when they saw a squirrel. The squirrel called out, “Hi! My name is Tubby.” Jim replied, “I am Jim and this is my sister Sara. What are you doing?” Tubby replied, “I am storing food for winter. As there are plenty of animals doing the same, I
Candice and Jeanie were walking home from school. As they talked and laughed, they came upon a huge cabbage field. “Look, those cabbages are huge,” said Jeanie. Candice was in the mood for some fun. So she said, “Oh, that’s nothing. I once saw a cabbage bigger than this. It was very big,” she said,