This was the time when the tortoise did not have shells on its body. One such tortoise was running a race with a deer. Suddenly, he tripped and fell down from a deep, rocky hill. When he woke up, he was spinning on his back! He felt dizzy. He also felt a lot of pain. […]
A group of monkeys always troubled the animals that came to drink from the lake of the forest. One day, a herd of zebras was drinking water from the lake. As usual, the monkeys started throwing twigs at them. One of the mares came with her little foal. The twig hurt her leg badly. As
Long ago, all the animals in the forest looked the same. Even Mother Earth who had created them could not tell the difference. So, she sent out a message, “I am going to change how everyone looks like. So, all animals are requested to come and see me!” A platypus was under the water, playing
Long ago, swans had graceful bodies and short necks. On the other hand, ducks had big and bulky bodies. One day, an argument started between the swans and the ducks. The proud swans said, “We will swim first as we are more beautiful.” The ducks angrily said, “We should swim first because the last time,
A hungry hyena stood under a dove’s nest and demanded, “You had better give me one of your chicks or I shall fly up and eat all of you.” The poor dove was scared! Weeping, she gave the hyena her chick. After the hyena had left, a parrot came to visit the dove. The dove
A proud lioness felt that only the ostrich was her equal match and made friends with her. One day, she said, “Ostrich, will you come with me to catch prey?” The ostrich agreed. They saw some quails and ran after them. The lioness caught one quail but the ostrich killed many by striking them with
Once, a traveller saved a snake. The sly snake tried to bite him. The traveller shouted, “Please stop! Let a wise person decide this for us.” Just then, a jackal came along. The traveller asked him, “I freed this snake when she was under the stone and now she wants to bite me. It is
A swan and a crane lived on the different sides of a lake. Every day, they went out in search of food and returned in the evening. Their life had become very boring. To make life more interesting, the swan decided to be friends with the crane. However, the crane said, “Your legs are short
Groucho was a young rabbit. His best friend’s name was Calico. Calico was a pretty little cat. One winter morning, Calico found a big white wool ball. She meowed to call Groucho, “Meow, meow!” Groucho immediately ran to her. Calico showed him the wool ball and they started playing with it. Soon, Groucho got entangled
Jonas was a naughty child. He never sat down to study but always wanted to have fun. Jonas loved to play pranks on others. His mother used to admonish him but Jonas never listened to anyone. He loved to play pranks so much that he did not care about the consequences of his pranks. One
Dracula was a very naughty wolf. Children were scared of him. Dracula delighted in scaring children. Whenever children didn’t behave well, their moms would often tell them to behave well or Dracula would come. Although all children were scared of Dracula yet the little boy Matt was especially scared of him. He lived in the
Sampson and Matthew were good friends. Sampson admired Matthew because he thought Matthew was smart and bold. Sampson also feared Matthew because he was unpredictable. Sampson admired his friend Matthew a lot but Matthew did not give Sampson any importance. Matthew was very smart and he knew how to add big numbers, unlike any other
Maria was not interested in studies. All she wanted was to have fun and play. She played truant and did not listen to her parents or her teachers. Maria was always playing when it was time to study. On the top of it, if her mother warned her, she made faces. One day, she played
Parker loved to paint and draw. Painting was his sole passion. He would be found painting day and night. He would keep experimenting with different paint brushes. But he had no patience. If a paint brush didn’t work, he threw it away. One day, he found an old paintbrush in the school art room. Thinking
Stephen loved to make paper boats. He imagined going on long voyages on his boat. He imagined encountering dangers along the way but also imagined successfully fighting against the dangers. One day, Stephen made a huge purple paper boat and kept it on his bedside table. At midnight, a loud noise woke him up. To