One day, Dave, his elder brother and his friends came from the city to explore an old rundown tunnel. The elder boys walked fast but Dave strolled lazily behind. Soon, they reached the tunnel. Just then, Dave saw a wrinkled, old woman washing clothes near a well. Red liquid dripped from the clothes that she […]
As Nick walked home, he saw a white rose in the corner of a beautiful garden. It attracted him so much that without any further thought Nick plucked the rose. Then, he quickly ran home. At home, Nick put the rose in a glass of water. Though six months passed, yet the rose did not
Jon had just moved into a beautiful white house with huge French windows. An old piano stood in the corner of the living room. It belonged to the previous owners. A few months passed. One night, Jon heard the sound of the piano. He ran into the living room, thinking it was his father. But
Chris was very mean and was always playing dirty tricks on others. Often, on his way to school, Chris saw a pale, thin girl with sunken eyes and ragged hair, begging on the road. One day, Chris gave the urchin his lunch box. Just as the girl opened it happily, a rat jumped out of
There was a cruel hunter. He was fond of rabbit meat. Every day, he would hunt a rabbit for lunch. One afternoon, he caught a rabbit and was walking towards his home. On the way, he came across a saint. The saint said, “Son, let go of the rabbit. God will bless you for this
As Mark entered the hat shop, a scrawny old woman wearing a red cloak and a crooked hat welcomed him. Mark was surprised to see her, for she reminded him of witches. Just then, a little green hat with red dots caught his fancy. The woman caught his gaze, sneered and hissed, “Take it, a
Jake, a young boy, had a bad habit of stealing sweets from shops. Every shop-keeper in his village was fed up of him. One day, Jake went on a picnic with his friends to the edge of his village. He saw a little run-down shop far away and ran towards it. Jake entered the shop
Sara was a lazy girl. She never completed her homework. One day, Sara went to an antique shop with her uncle. Sara was overjoyed when her uncle bought her an old pen. Sara took the pen to school the next day. In the class, the teacher asked Sara to show her homework. Expecting punishment, Sara
Will and his family moved into a new house with a dried-up pond. A great oak with shrivelled branches stood on its edge. One day, Will found a beautiful painting of the house in the attic. He hung it up in his room. That night, around midnight, Will woke up with a start. The pond
The merry-go-round in the park was unlike all other rides. Instead of animals, the seats for riders were in the form of vampires, demons and ogres. All the children stayed away from the merry-go-round because it scared them. It was Halloween. Tom and Sam wanted to ride the merry-go-round. They were always fascinated by it.
There was once a washerman who had a donkey. The washerman was poor, so he could not feed his donkey. One day, the washerman was passing through a forest when he saw a tiger fast asleep. Soon, he realised that the tiger was dead. He had an idea. He reached home with the tiger’s skin.
One day, a rich merchant said to a boatman, “I will make you very rich. But you have to ferry my belongings safely to the other side of the river.” The boatman agreed. The merchant had a lion, a goat and a bundle of grass. If the boatman took the grass first, the lion would
A hungry squirrel was searching for food. Suddenly, he heard strange noises from a field near by. The noises scared him and he wanted to run away from there. But he thought, ‘Let me see where this noise is coming from.’ The squirrel followed the sounds until he reached two drums lying under a huge
Once upon a time, a saint was reborn as a deer. He lived in a huge forest. The animals in the forest admired him as he was very cheerful. One afternoon, a prince was riding through the forest. He saw the deer grazing near by. “What a beautiful animal!” he exclaimed. The prince began chasing
Once, a lioness saw a rabbit sleeping under a bush. She crept slowly towards him and caught him in her paws. The poor rabbit was taken aback. The lioness was just about to eat him, when she saw a stag near by. ‘The stag is far bigger than the rabbit and I can have a