There was a girl named Riya. She was 14 years old.She was fond of beautiful flowers.On the day of Diwali she thought of decorating the idol of Lord Ganesha and goddess Laxmi with colourful flowers.So, she went to the gardener and asked, “Can I take flowers from your garden?Today is Diwali and I want to […]
The night was cold and dark.I was having a sound sleep after having my dinner.Dreams were crowding my mind, but who knew I was to see the greatest dream on this very night!It was around 2 o’ clock when my doorbell rang.I had no idea what was going on at that time.The bell rang again
A farmer is a person who grows crops.Farmers are hard-working people.Farmers grow different types of crops and sell them in the market.They also grow fruits and vegetables on their farms.A typical farmer’s day begins early in the morning.Come rain or sunshine, he works very hard on his farm all the day.Most farmers do not have
Once upon a time, there was a policeman named Swarm.He was an intelligent policeman who solved most of the cases in the city. Once there was a case of robbery of $50,00,000 in a famous bank.The next day, Swarm went to the bank to enquire about the robbery and to look for some clues. After
The Sun is the ultimate source of energy.The Sun is a big star.It is millions of kilometres away from the Earth.It is billions of years old.It gives us heat and light.It is made of hot gases.Planets move around the Sun.The Earth is one of them.No life on Earth is possible without the Sun.If there were
Science has changed our life. Science is very useful to us. Science has helped us invent many useful things.All the electric and electronic machines, like fans, lights, desert coolers, air-conditioners, television, mixers, refrigerators, room- heaters and geysers, are the inventions of science.Science has helped us invent many medicines.These medicines cure our diseases.Trains, cars, buses, aeroplanes,
I went to the local bus-stand yesterday.I had gone there to see my aunt off. I saw many buses there. Some buses were coming; others were going.The bus stand was full of passengers.Some people were filling drinking water in their bottles. Some were having their food.The hawkers were selling food, clothes, eatables, cold drinks, water,
Bubbly was a brown grizzly bear.He loved honey.One day, Bubbly saw honeycombs on an oak tree and his mouth watered.The big, bad wolf always warned Bubbly in a scary tone, “Bees sting.”Bubbly sat under the tree and thought for a while.Banta, the monkey, jumped down, “Hey Bubbly, are you in deep thoughts?”Bubbly was sad and
Seven brothers lived together in a house.Six of them worked hard but the youngest was always lazy.His brothers were not at all pleased with him.They advised him many times to do some useful work, but he did not do anything.He just ate, slept, and wandered about.One day, the eldest brother was very angry with his
We have a housemaid.Her name is Kamla.She does most of the chores of our house.She also works in some other houses of our neighbourhood.She lives in a hut at some distance from our house.She comes early in the morning.She cleans our vessels and washes our clothes.She sweeps and mops the floor.She dusts the furniture.She sometimes
The tiger is a wild animal.It belongs to the cat family.It is our national animal.It lives in a forest.We can also see tigers in zoos.The tiger has a furcoat of golden colour.There are long, black stripes on its furcoat.It has two bright eyes.It has very sharp teeth.It hunts animals, like deer, buffaloes and zebras, for
Our Earth is made of land and water.More than half of the Earth is water.There is air around the Earth.We grow our food on land.We build houses on land.Trains and other vehicles move on land.Flat land is called a plain. Most people live and grow crops on the plains.At some places the land is high.We
A cobbler mends shoes.We buy new shoes from a shoe shop.After some time, the shoes get damaged.Then they need some mending.We go to a cobbler to get them mended.He mends our shoes carefully.He polishes them.He makes them look like new.The mended shoes can be used for some more time.He saves us a lot of money.He
We have a small kitchen garden in our house.We grow vegetables and fruits in our kitchen garden.Some of the fruits that we grow are guavas, pomegranates and papayas.I water these plants regularly.We grow vegetables according to the season.Some of the vegetables we grow in the kitchen garden are cauliflowers, cabbages, ladies’ fingers, brinjals, tomatoes and
E.S. Satajit has been giving discourses since he was a little boy.A child prodigy, he gave a ten-day 15 minute- session on ‘Alwargal Vaibhavam’ at Gugai in Salem when he was only four years old.A student of Standard V in Malaviya Nursery and Primary school in Azhwar Tirunagiri village, the birth-place of Nammazhwar, Satajit is