Lucas loved eating. He would eat meals with his family, and then later, he would get up in the middle of the night and finish off all the food in the fridge! ‘Mom makes such good food! It should not go to waste,’ he would say to himself and eat even when he was not […]
“No! I want the big Lego toy box!” screamed Boris in the middle of the store, “I want that and nothing else!” His parents were red-faced with shame. They had tried to pacify Boris with chocolates, toys and many more things. But Boris was adamant. He wanted only the one Lego toy, which unfortunately was
The man jumped into the water. Jesse waited for him to come up, but a minute passed, then two and then five minutes passed but the man did not come up at all! ‘He should have come up!’ thought Jesse, ‘How can someone stay for so long under water?’ Jesse was afraid the man had
The gnome was tired. He was tired of collecting all the yellow and rotten broken teeth from the children. He did not like giving them gifts in return. The teeth were in quite a bad condition! He was disgusted! The children did not brush their teeth properly at all any more! Earlier, it had been
‘The house is definitely haunted!’ said Daniel to himself. It was a huge house with two floors and several rooms upstairs and a big living room plus four rooms including the kitchen downstairs. At least, that was what Daniel had heard from others. Daniel found the house very interesting. He would pass by it every
One hot summer day, Emperor Akbar and Birbal were riding on their horses. Akbar felt thirsty and so he got off his horse near a well.He rested his hands at the boundary of the well, leaned a little lower and sighed with disappointment as the well was dry. Akbar was about to move away from
Akbar was a just Emperor. His priority was to keep checking the welfare of his people. In case of any trouble, he never took much time to resolve the matter. Moreover, he always served justice. There was no room for cheating in his kingdom.One fine morning, Akbar and Birbal decided to go on a round
One day, when Akbar was in the court, discussing something very important with all his courtiers and ministers, a guard came and said, “My lord! Three men outside are waiting to meet you. Should I send them in?” Akbar asked the guard, “What is the matter with them? Are they in trouble or in dispute
After Birbal had made Akbar realize what an offence he was about to commit by being apathetic towards his own people, Akbar thanked his favourite minister. Out of respect, Birbal bowed before the Emperor, when suddenly a copper coin fell from his waist pouch and he started looking for it on the floor. At the
Akbar was such a great Emperor that he achieved whatever he thought of. And this was what brought arrogance in him. With every victory, he was becoming more arrogant and inconsiderate towards his people. Birbal decided to make Akbar realize his mistake. One day, Birbal dressed like a saint and sat in the palace’s garden
Once, a very famous astrologer came to the kingdom of Akbar. The Emperor himself had heard a lot about him, so he invited him to the palace. The astrologer felt very honoured for getting invited by the Emperor. Akbar said to the astrologer, “I want to know your prediction about the day you will die.”
Seeing that Birbal was showered with gifts by the Emperor, many courtiers didn’t like it. They again hatched plots to remove Birbal from his place. They gathered together to plot a conspiracy through which they could achieve their mischievous motive. One day, a courtier went to meet Akbar. “Your majesty, pardon me for appearing before
One morning, Akbar was not in a good mood. He looked tense. The news spread like wildfire around the palace. So, all the courtiers, servants, guards and the ministers maintained distance from Akbar. When Birbal entered the palace, he was also told about the Emperor’s bad mood. Birbal straightaway went to Akbar and asked, “Your
The swans delivered all the new babies to their parents in the world. The elephant cubs were given to elephant mom and dad, the human babies to humans, the tiger cubs to tiger-parents, the dove babies to dove-parents and so forth. The clouds made the new babies and gave them to the swans. The clouds
One afternoon, Akbar and Birbal were telling each other jokes. Both of them were laughing heartily. Since Akbar spent a lot of time with Birbal every day, he saw through his wit and intelligence. In fact, Birbal was impressed at how Akbar saw through his witty attitude so soon. Birbal said, “Your Majesty, I am