Mae and Blanche were best friends. But Blanche was a proud girl. She would always boast about herself to others. Mae was tired of her. One day, Mae and Blanche went for a swim. Blanche began boasting, “I can swim very fast. I am a great swimmer. I can even swim against the tide.” Mae […]
Carrie was the youngest of four sisters. She was the apple of everyone’s eyes. But she was a disobedient child. Her mother would ask her to clean her room every day, but she would refuse to do so. Carrie’s sister, on the contrary, would listen to their mother and clean their rooms. All their rooms
Bertha loved dogs. She wanted to have a pet dog. She told her mother, “I want to have a pet dog at home. I want to take care of it every day.” But her mother said, “You can’t have one, dear, because I am allergic to dog hair.” Bertha was very sad. Every day, she
Elsie loved to play with her sister’s belongings. Whenever her sister wasn’t home, Elsie would sneak into her sister’s room. There, she would play with her sister’s clothes and make-up. No one found out about Elsie’s escapades because she would arrange her sister’s belongings just as they were. One day, Elsie slipped into her sister’s
Tessa loved sports. Among all the sports in her school, she loved running. She wanted to be the fastest runner in her class. But Tessa never practised. As a result, no matter how hard she ran, she always lost in every competition. One day, she told her parents, “I can never win any race.” Her
One day, Cynthia went to the woods with her friends to collect blueberries. She went about, humming a tune, plucking the juicy, ripe berries and putting them in her basket. Soon, she wandered deep into the woods. There, she heard someone crying. Cynthia peeped from behind the bushes to see who it was. It was
Claire was a good student. She had also been the champion of her school in the spelling competition for four years in a row. But this year, a new girl named Opal had joined her class and everyone was expecting her to win the competition. On the day of the competition, Opal and Claire participated
Every year Doreen’s mother collected old clothes from everyone in the house. Then she would send them to the people who could not afford to buy clothes for themselves. One day, she asked Doreen to give away her favourite lace dress. Doreen was sad. She refused. Her mother said, “What will you do with it?
Irma reached home after a football-practice session. “How is my little angel?” asked her father. She said, “Daddy, I can’t do it! The practice sessions really tire me.” Her father said, “But you always wanted to be on the school team. What happened?” “I don’t think I am good enough to play football,” Irma replied.
Augusta was interested in learning martial arts. She went to a Master of Karate and said, “I want to learn Karate. Please teach me.” The Master told Augusta, “I will certainly teach you but on one condition.” “What is that?” asked Augusta. “You will have to stand on a busy street for a month and
Lucy and Maggie were sisters. One day, they decided to have a picnic in the garden. “We forgot the juice and cupcakes,” said Lucy. Then went into the house to get the juice and a tray full of cupcakes. But they peeked out of the window to find that the salad had disappeared. “Where is
Maud was an old woman. She was often in a bad mood. She spent her day complaining all the time. When she was not complaining, she would be grumbling under her breath. Everyone was tired of seeing her this way. Maud was so unhappy about everything in her life that her neighbours avoided talking to
Richard and Ruth woke up one Sunday morning and looked out of the window. They were thrilled. Richard said, “There’s snow everywhere.” His sister, Ruth, said, “It snowed! Let’s go out and make a snowman.” They got dressed quickly. Before they went out, they went to the kitchen. Ruth put a carrot, some cherries and
One day, Verona was walking in her garden. She was walking by a flowering shrub when she came across an unusual sight. She saw the cocoon of a butterfly under one of the leaves. As she watched closer, she saw that the butterfly was trying hard to get out of the cocoon. “Wait a minute,”
Fairy Sybil went to the forest one day. It was her job to make sure that everyone was happy and content. But no sooner did she fly by an oak tree than it said, “I am not so flexible as a pine tree. I can be uprooted easily.” The pine tree was near by. Fairy