In the olden days, thunder and lightning lived on the earth amongst all the other people. But the king made them live at the far end of the town as far as possible from other people’s houses. Thunder was an old mother and lightning was her son, a ram. Whenever the ram got angry, he […]
Once, there lived an old wolf in the jungle who had no children. One day, he was wandering in the jungle, when he saw two wolf cubs playing under a tree. He looked here and there, saw that nobody was watching, and stole them. After a few days, news spread all over the jungle, that
Once there lived a frog, who had two wives. His first wife lived in Santa and the second wife lived in Clara. He went sometimes to Santa and sometimes to Clara, to see his wives. Once a little frog came to him and said, “Come to Santa, please! Your first wife has a nice pudding
Chapter 8 Anne was bringing the cows home from the back pasture by way of Lover’s Lane. It was a September evening and all the gaps and clearings in the woods were brimmed up with ruby sunset light. Here and there the lane was splashed with it, but for the most part it was already
Long ago, no animal had tails. One day, the lion decided that all animals should have tails and he designed a tail for each animal. When the tails were ready, he called all the animals. All the animals went except the rat. The rat felt too lazy and asked a monkey to fetch his tail,
Chapter 7 “And what are your eyes popping out of your head about. Now?” asked Marilla, when Anne one morning had just come in from a run to the post office. “Have you discovered another kindred spirit?” Excitement hung around Anne like a garment, shone in her eyes, kindled in every feature. She had come
Chapter 6 All things great are wound up with all things little. At first glance it might not seem that the decision of a certain Canadian Premier to include Prince Edward Island in a political tour could have much or anything to do with the fortunes of little Anne Shirley at Green Gables. But it
One day, a group of monkeys decided to go on a fast. The oldest monkey asked the youngest one to bring some bananas to be eaten later in the evening. Suddenly, the wife of the chief monkey asked, “Why don’t we peel one banana and keep it ready to eat?” “Yes, let us do that!”
Once, there lived a crow and a sparrow in a jungle. They both were good friends. On the birthday of the king of birds, the eagle, all the birds went to his castle, at the sea-shore. The crow and the sparrow also went there, along with all the other birds. On the way, the two
In those days when the world was new and young, the crow used to be of white colour with stylish feathers curled at ends. Once he went to an owl, who was dexterously known for his art of painting and urged the owl to colour him with very fine and unique colour. The owl led
It was a hot summer day. After wandering for many hours, a bull sat down to take some rest, chewing cud with his eyes half shut. All of a sudden, he realised that a tiny animal was sitting on his horn. It was a parakeet. Silently, she sat on one of the horns of the
Chapter 5 October was a beautiful month at Green Gables, when the birches in the hollow turned as golden as sunshine and the maples behind the orchard were royal crimson and the wild cherry trees along the lane put on the loveliest shades of dark red and bronzy green, while the fields sunned themselves in
Once, a doe and her parents lived in a jungle. The parents were very unhappy with their daughter, the doe, because she was always fighting with them. One day, the doe left her abode and went to a nearby jungle and started staying with her friends. Once, the doe and her friend were resting in
Several years ago, cockatoos were all white. All the other birds used to tease them that they had no colour. But if you look at a cockatoo today, you will notice that its crest is yellow. One day, a cockatoo was wandering in the jungle. It was searching for food. Suddenly, it saw something strange
One day a nobleman caught a nightingale and wanted to put it in a cage. But the bird spoke to him, “Let me go and I will give you three pieces of good advice. It may be of use to you some day.” The nobleman agreed to let it go.The nightingale gave him three pieces