The students of Redcliffe School were very intelligent. They would be given various practical assignments to develop and reveal their capabilities. Once, the teachers handed each one of them a glass box, some sand and ten ants. They were to look after the ants. Fanny was a quiet and patient student. She took care of […]
Two brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, often rode their bicycles to a picnic area. They observed many birds that flew there. “How happy we would be if we could fly in the sky like those birds!” they said to each other. They learnt to love fixing and repairing things from their mother. Soon, they earned
Legend had it that the wise man who lived on the hilltop could answer any question anyone might ask him. So, two young boys from the village below decided to fool the wise man. They caught a small bird and headed for the hilltop. When they met the wise man, one of the boys held
A young cowherd was relaxing under a tree when an old man happened to pass by. “What are you doing here, my child?” asked the old man. “Nothing!” said the cowherd. “I’m just resting!” “You are doing nothing but wasting your time!” said the old man, “You should be using your precious time in pursuing
J.K. Rowling is the author of the world-famous Harry Potter series. This talented person was born to a humble couple in Chipping Sodbury in England. After her schooling, Joanne Kathleen Rowling moved to Portugal to teach English. There, she married a journalist and had a baby-daughter. After her marriage had ended, Joanne moved back to
It was one of the coldest winters ever. Many animals were dying because of cold. A large family of porcupines decided to group together to keep warm. In this way, they covered and protected one another. However, the quills of each porcupine wounded his closest companion. After a while, the porcupines decided to distance themselves
A baby named Sidney Poitier was born in Miami, Florida, while his Bahamian parents were on vacation there. Little Sidney returned to Bahamas where he grew up on his father’s tomato farm. When the farm failed, Sidney’s father decided to send him to the United States of America to earn a living. Thus, the teenager
Ben was reading a book. However, his little daughter, Jane, was distracting him every now and then. To keep her busy, he tore a page on which the map of the world was printed. He tore it into pieces and said, “Go to your room and put them back together to make the map again.”
Alexander was a little boy who was always fascinated by sound. His mother was almost deaf and his father worked with deaf people, helping them to learn to speak. Alexander played the piano for his mother and helped her follow a conversation by tapping a code on her arm. He grew up to be a
Once, a farmer lost his watch in the barn. He said sadly, “That watch was a gift from my grandpa!” After searching for hours, he gave up and requested a group of children to help him. “I will reward whoever finds the watch,” he promised the children. The children searched the entire stack of hay
Long ago, a couple, Thomas and Nancy Lincoln, had a baby-boy in their one-room log cabin. They fondly named him Abraham. As Abraham grew up, he faced failure many times. When he was 21, his business failed and he faced huge losses. At the age of 22, he was defeated in a legislative race. Then,
Once, there was a clever boy called Rick. He swelled with pride because all his science projects were amazing. Everyone said so. Rick poked fun at others, saying, “I am as good as a top scientist. What good are you boys?” One day, Rick was going to his class when a big door appeared before
Once, there was a stag. He lived in the jungle. He was a loveable creature and all his friends and family loved him a lot. One day, the stag fell ill. Before his condition could worsen, he moved to a safe place, away from predators. The place was full of green grass. The stag’s condition
Polly was scared of the dark. She believed that once there was complete darkness, monsters would enter her room. So, she never switched off the lights of her room. Polly’s parents wanted her to overcome her fear. So, one day, her father hid in her wardrobe, with a sheet draped over him. As Polly got
Walt Disney’s childhood hobby was sketching cartoons. So, he started his own company at the age of 19, drawing cartoons of the creatures from his childhood. However, Walt Disney faced many challenges. He had no money to pay the rent, so he lived with his friends. Many days, he had nothing to eat. Even though