Sandy was a troubled child. The bigger boys would beat him up and eat his lunch. When he decided to complain, the boys warned him, “It will be worse if you complain!” One day, Sandy went to the park, sad and helpless. He was sitting on the bench when he saw a wasp. He became […]
The world-famous Albert Einstein was a genius, but he did not show such promise in his childhood. He did not speak until he was four and did not read until he was seven. Einstein’s teachers and parents thought that he was mentally challenged, a slow learner and a difficult communicator. What they did not know
Wendy was deaf. She was loved by everyone, but hardly anyone played with her. Children feared she might get hurt playing the games. The elders thought she would not understand them, so a very few tried to communicate with her. Thus, Wendy felt lonely and sad. One day, Wendy’s friend Molly convinced the elders to
In 1910, a baby-girl was born in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Her parents named her Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. When Agnes was 18 years old, she left home to become a missionary with the Sisters of Loreto. Soon, she travelled to India to teach in a school. She also took her vows as a nun and
Long ago, a boy called Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in Germany. When Beethoven was young, his strict father would beat him fiercely for trivial mistakes. He was often criticised for handling the piano awkwardly. Even his teachers called him ‘a hopeless composer’. As he grew up, Beethoven did not get any support or praise
Once, many insects lived in a beautiful garden. A beautiful butterfly was proud of her good looks and bragged all the time. One day, a usually patient cockroach became annoyed with her and said, “I challenge you to compete with me in a beauty contest.” The butterfly laughed and said, “I will surely win! So,
A snake charmer made a living by roaming around the village, amusing the crowds with his pets and their tricks. But the snake charmer was cruel. One night, he thrashed the monkey. Next morning, the snake charmer saw that the monkey had run away. But he did not feel bad. He continued with his shows.
In 1880, a little girl named Helen Keller was born much to the delight of her parents. Unfortunately, she fell ill with the dreaded scarlet fever. Her mother nursed and saved her life, but the fever left her blind and deaf. Helen was sad. However, when she turned seven, a young blind woman named Annie
Once, two sisters always played together and shared their toys. However, one day, they had a bad fight over a new toy. In the end, they decided to divide all their toys into two piles. Then, each would play with only her own toys. The sisters sorted out the toys into two piles and kept
Once upon a time, in a forest, there lived three friends – a monkey, a crow and an elephant. They loved one another a lot. But they also had many disagreements and could never arrive at a proper decision. One day, when they met near a huge banyan tree, the monkey said to the elephant
Up in the mountains, there lived a lion and a tiger. They were great friends. There was also a monk who lived in a cave in the mountains. Sometimes, the lion and the tiger would visit the monk to seek advice and to learn new things. One day, the friends had an argument regarding the
Once, a jellyfish lived in the sea. The other fish did not like her because she had a nasty sting. Everyone stayed away from her, so she felt alone and was sad. One day, while catching her prey, her tentacles became entangled badly. She could not move. She asked the passing fish for help, but
Once there was a proud peacock, who lost an ocellus (eyespot) during a rain dance. When the peacock realised that his tail was one ocellus short, he called the best detectives in the forest, the fox and the monkey. The fox was clever and wise, while the monkey was smart. The fox went looking for
The cuckoos were moving out of their shelter and had asked all their babies to stay together and not stray. The youngest cuckoo, Rinoa, was adventurous. She used to look all around while flying. She would swoop over flowers and chatter with other birds. Mama Cuckoo warned Rinoa to stay with them, but when they
Ron was bullied by some older children at school. Once, he shared this with his Grandpa. Grandpa smiled, went to the storeroom and opened an old chest filled with many things. He pulled out a belt made from a tiger’s tail. Grandpa said, “Wear this. Whenever they bully you, just gather your courage and face