Chapter-2 At length the hour of shutting up the counting-house arrived. With an ill-will Scrooge dismounted from his stool, and tacitly admitted the fact to the expectant clerk in the Tank, who instantly snuffed his candle out, and put on his hat. ‘You’ll want all day tomorrow, I suppose?’ said Scrooge.‘If quite convenient, sir.’ ‘It’s […]
Chapter-1 Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley were partners in a business. The former was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone. He was a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner. He was hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire. Above all, he was secret and self-contained,
Chapter-11 The next scene was the ball, and here Nan and Daisy appeared as gay as peacocks in all sorts of finery. Nan was especially good as the proud sister, and crushed many imaginary ladies as she swept about the palace-hall. The Prince, in solitary state upon a somewhat unsteady throne, sat gazing about him
Chapter-10 This yearly festival was always kept at Plumfield in the good old-fashioned way, and nothing was allowed to interfere with it. For days beforehand, the little girls helped Asia and Mrs. Jo in store-room and kitchen, making pies and puddings, sorting fruit, dusting dishes, and being very busy and immensely important. The boys hovered
Krishnadeva used to ask many odd questions from his courtiers and amused himself. One day, he entered the Royal Court, settled in his Royal chair, and asked his courtiers, “What punishment should be given to a person who pulls my moustache?” One said, “He should be beheaded.” Another said, “He should be flogged.” Yet another
One day, king Krishnadeva was taking a walk in his royal gardens with several courtiers. Many flowers were flowering at that time of season. A poet pointed out towards a beautiful flower and said, “Look your Highness, how beautiful that flower is! No man can produce such a beautiful thing as this.” Tenali was also
Several courtiers were vying to be the Royal Advisor of king Krishnadeva. So one day, when they came to the court, they said to the king, “Each of us wants to be your Royal Advisor.” The king said, “No problem, but you will have to pass the test before you could be my Royal Advisor.
One day Krishnadeva was strolling in his palace gardens with his dear minister Tenali. Many crows were flying around. The King enjoyed their flying. Just then, he thought, How many crows could be in his kingdom? Immediately, he posed this question to Tenali. Tenali thought a moment and then said, “They are ninety-five thousand, four
Once Krishnadeva and Tenali passed through some farms while riding on their horses. They happened to pass through a cabbage patch. Looking at the patch, Krishnadeva said to Tenali, “What a delightful vegetable the cabbage is! I like it very much.” Tenali said, “Huzoor, cabbage is the king of vegetables.” Krishnadeva did not reply to
Once upon a time there was an old man called Sthira, who lived alone in Tenali’s village. The villagers and Tenali would often come over to the old man’s house and express their sympathy that his only son had gone so far away to study. To all their concern, Sthira would always thank them and
One day, the court-barber, who was very jealous with Tenali, plotted a plan against him. So when the king called him again to trim his beard, he went and started trimming his beard. He said, “Sir, last night I dreamt about your father. He said to me that everything is good in paradise, but he
Krishnadeva was very impressed with Tenali’s wit and wisdom. So one day, the king promised him for many gifts. But it so happened that several days passed, but there was no sign of gift. Tenali was very disappointed. He didn’t know what to do. One day when Krishnadeva was taking a stroll at the bank
Once Krishnadeva went to the river with his two sons and wise Minister Tenali. On the bank of the river, the king and his two sons took off their clothes and asked Tenali to take care of them while they took a bath in the river. Tenali was waiting for them to come out of
One day Krishnadeva asked Tenali, “Tenali, can you tell me how many bangles are there on your wife’s hand?” Tenali said, “No, Your Highness, I cannot.” “You cannot? Although every day you see her hand, still you cannot tell how many bangles are there on her hand. How is that?” said the king. Tenali said,
It was once when a poet visited Tenali Raman. He thought he would impress the court jester with some of his compositions. But when he met Raman, he asked the poet to leave his poems with him, and promised to read them on a later date. But the poet insisted that he wanted to read
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