Nova was a clever girl. She was popular among her friends. One day, when Nova went to play, her friends seemed upset. She asked them what the matter was. Her friends said, “Nova, there’s a bully in our neighbourhood. He has asked us to count the trees in the nearby forest. He will pay us […]
Minchin was four years old. In a few days, she would be going to school. She spent her days thinking about how much fun it would be to meet new friends and learn new things. Her father had brought her a beautiful pink frock with blue belt. Her mother had bought her a blue water
Serena was a pretty doll. She was a brunette with brown eyes. She wore a frilly dress and sat on the topmost shelf of a toy shop. Serena had many friends, including an astronaut, a princess, a pony and a teddy bear named Softy. Every day, they would chat whenever the owner was not looking.
Once there was a sailor who travelled to faraway lands. When he returned home, he always brought something nice for his wife. Once, he sailed away to a distant land. There, he saw a man selling exotic birds. Among them were eight talking mynas. The sailor bought them all for his wife. But on his
Gracie had many toys. Among them was a doll, which had golden hair and blue eyes. It was a little doll that fit snugly into her blue bag. Gracie was very fond of the doll and carried it everywhere with her. Whenever it was time to play, she would pull the doll out of the
Audrey was always complaining. On some days, she didn’t have enough clothes. On other days, the gifts she received were all wrong. On yet another days, the food that her mother prepared wasn’t tasty at all. A fairy lived in Audrey’s garden. One day, she heard her complaining about her doll. She appeared before Audrey
It was Ophelia’s tenth birthday. Since she was fond of animals, she asked her grandmother to buy her a pet. They went to a pet shop. There were many animals up for sale. There were rabbits, hamsters, kittens and white mice. But Ophelia did not want them. Her grandmother showed her some canaries. But Ophelia
Jeannette had a farm. She lived with her old parents. Jeannette’s parents loved her, but she did not care for them. One year, Jeannette reaped a rich harvest from her farm. She became wealthy. She did not want to share her money with anybody. So, she drove her parents away. Her parents said, “You have
Halle and Rhoda were the daughters of a woodcutter. They would help their mother with the housework every day. Sometimes, their father would ask them to chop the wood while he was away at town and the girls would obey him. One day, the woodcutter fell ill. So, Halle and Rhoda offered to chop the
Myra and Louise were best friends. They were inseparable. They always went to school together, played together and studied together. If Myra was somewhere, you could be sure that Louise was near by and the other way around. So, it came as a shock when the two were seen fighting one day. Louise tripped on
Leila was an intelligent girl. Her parents believed that she would become great one day. When the girls of her age were busy playing with dolls, Leila would have her nose buried in Science books. When her friends would be listening to bedtime stories, Leila would gaze at the stars. She loved to perch on
Naomi was a good girl. She was the only child of her parents. So she often felt lonely. She longed for someone to play with. Once, her father went to another city for work. When he returned home, he surprised Naomi with a pair of red shoes. The shoes had a pretty bow on them
Winifred had gone to visit her aunt and uncle in the countryside. Her aunt was a cook at a rich man’s house. Sometimes, Winifred would accompany her. One day, the rich man had invited a family to dinner. Winifred’s aunt was cooking. There were many dishes she had to cook. Among them was roast chicken.
Marguerite’s father was a soldier. He stayed away from home for months at a time, protecting the country’s borders. Marguerite missed her father a lot on festivals and her birthday. But her mother always told her, “You are the brave daughter of a brave man. You should not be disheartened. Your father is doing an
Della’s parents were very poor. Yet, they wanted the best for their daughter. They worked hard to send her to a good school. Della did not let her parents down. She studied well. Some of Della’s classmates did not speak to her because she was from a poor family. But that did not deter Della