That New Year’s Eve was bitterly cold with heavy snow. The streets were deserted. Only one small girl was walking through them.She was barefooted and she wore a ragged little dress. She shivered and her feet were turning blue with the cold. She had not sold a single match from the bundles of matches she […]
Once upon a time in a kingdom far away, there lived a King and a Queen and their son, the Prince. It was time for the Prince to choose a bride, but he wanted to marry only a real princess.He was determined to find a real princess, so he rode off on his horse to
Once upon a time, there was a King with eleven sons and a daughter named Eliza. When the Queen died, the King married again. His new Queen was a wicked woman who hated his children. The King was so enchanted by her that he paid no attention to his children any more. One day, the
Once upon a time, inside a beautiful tulip a little girl as big as a lady’s thumb was born. She was a gift given by a witch to a woman who longed for a baby. The baby was beautiful and had a very sweet voice. The woman was very happy with the little girl and
Inside a dull tin box lay the gift that the little boy looked at with delight. There were twenty-five tin soldiers in it! They had uniforms painted red and blue, and stood upright with guns on their shoulders. How smart and handsome they looked!Then he saw that the last soldier stood on one leg. The
Deep in the blue ocean lived the Sea King with his three daughters. The youngest mermaid was the loveliest. She had found the statue of a handsome boy in a shipwreck and built a lovely garden around it.The sisters could go to the surface of the sea only when they were fifteen. And while the
Once upon a time, there lived an Emperor who was very vain about his appearance. He loved to wear new clothes and wasted all his time and money on them. He was not bothered about being a good ruler and looking after his people or the army or anything else. Most of his time was
Tom hated washing hands! He would use the toilet, eat food, play outside and what not, but he would not wash his hands! “Tom, you will feel sick!” his mother would scold him, but Tom was just too busy doing other things. There was always something more important to do! “Tom, come for breakfast!” called
The metro service had just started in the city and the bus routes and train routes had all changed. Although Emma did not know much about the changes yet she kept hearing her mom and dad complaining about it. “All the buses have changed their routes. We will have to re-plan our daily journeys from
The rainbow was beautiful!Melissa always waited eagerly for the rainbow to come out. “I am going to find the end of the rainbow!” she vowed, “There is going to be a pot of gold hidden there.” Melissa tried so many times to find the end of the rainbow, but in vain! The rainbows were always
A chipmunk was busy collecting nuts. Winter was soon approaching, and it was very important that he collected and stored nuts. After all, he didn’t want to go hungry during winters! The first thing that the chipmunk’s parents had taught him was to be quick! He was a small animal and it would get him
Joseph found a bunch of beautiful keys in his attic. Those were the most beautiful keys that he had ever seen in his life. They had beautiful design all over and they were very different from the other keys. But Joseph had no idea where those five keys fitted! There was not a single lock
Patrick loved ice creams so much that he wished that his parents would take him to eat an ice cream every day! He could eat an ice cream any time of the day. Food was boring but ice cream…well, that was completely different! Such exciting flavours and colours! It made him think about little butterflies
Once, there was a little boy named Henry. Everyone thought Henry was a rather despicable kid. Even his friends thought so, as he used to taunt and tease them and play horrid pranks on them. Only he found these things funny! Whenever anyone tried to complain about him, Henry would run to his parents. They
Alex loved small insects. Not because they were small or big, fat or thin, dangerous or sweet, but because they had lots of arms and legs! And Alex would tear their hands and legs out. “One, two, three…” he would count while pulling them out. “Alex! You’re so cruel to the poor little insects!” his