February 2022

Once, there were Nia, the mouse and Lia, the buffalo. They were fast friends. The buffalo was a loyal friend, but Nia was an ungracious mouse. One day Nia was collecting the beans. On the other hand, Lia was chewing away all the grass. Nia immediately asked the buffalo to leave. Then Lia refused; the […]

Once, a farmer was working in the field. Suddenly an injured bird fell near his leg. Firstly he got frightened, but he controlled his emotions and picked up the injured bird and took it home. His wife got angry to see him and said to him, “Hardly have we little food to eat and you

Long, long ago, a wolf lived in his den, in a dense jungle. He was very wicked and a wily wolf. He always made fool of other animals to make profit for himself. The wolf had become anxious because of his devious nature. Nobody came to him. ‘How am I supposed to get food?’ thought

Once, there lived two frogs named Fizzy and Faggy in the jungle. They enjoyed their life in the pond and marshy forest. One year there was no rain. All the marsh and swamps began to dry up. The animals were worried and started moving to different places. Fizzy and Faggy were worried too. Fizzy said,

Long, long ago, a lion lived with his wife and a son. The son of the lion was very poor at studies and always failed the exam. But once after being taught by a tutor he passed the exam. The father lion became very happy and decided to throw a grand feast at his castle,

Once, Bunny the rabbit lived in the forest, near a river. In the river there lived two snakes that always disturbed other animals to drink water and drove them away. While one snake lived on the upper bend of the bank, the other lived towards the lower bend. The rabbit realised that neither of the

Once, there was famine all over the city. Nothing was there to eat. Fancy, the ant was very hungry, so she went hither and thither in search of food. While roaming Fancy reached a room and saw the room full of grains. Fancy ate till her tummy was full. Then Fancy felt thirsty. She looked

Once, a lion named Hubo became so old that he couldn’t hunt animals for himself. One day, he reclined in his den and started thinking a plan to remove his hunger. Then an idea came in his mind. The lion pretended to be sick and invited all the animals to his den. Hubo announced that

Once, Shail, a flying turtle and her siblings, who had just come out from the eggs were relaxing in the seaside. Suddenly a flock of seagulls came there flying and swooped down all the siblings of Shail and flew away. Seeing this Shail started crying. Hearing her crying a crab came out of his cave

Once, there was a fox named Folly who lived with his friend named Fimmy. They always liked to take risks to do adventurous deeds. One day, Fimmy and Folly had a bet and said, “He who makes a lion friend would have a juicy flesh.” Folly became afraid but Fimmy accepted the challenge. Folly tried

Once, an ass lived with his master who made him carry a heavy load of bricks. The ass was very dissatisfied with his life and always cried alone. The ass always desired to escape from his work. One day, he met a horse passing by. The horse walked elegantly in its finest trappings and he

Once, a hawk and a hen lived as neighbours in the jungle. The hawk daily saw the hen and followed her while going in search of grain. One day, the hawk collected all the courage and proposed the hen. He also gave her a ring and asked to marry her. Now, the hen had also

Once, a baby swallow named Maggi had learnt flying for the first time. At first, she was very excited and kept flying from one tree to another for many hours. So Maggi became very tired and decided to take rest and went to the top of the tree, where she saw the colour of the

Hilda was not at all like the other hippos. All day, her family would wallow in the muddy pool but she would stand in the rain and enjoy the water trickling down her skin. “Come, Hilda. This mud is warm like chocolate,” her brother would call. But Hilda did not go. Her favourite pastime was