151 Grandma Tales

Once, a good witch ruled over animals in an enchanted forest. All the animals in the forest were kind-hearted and helpful. One day, a herd of horses was crossing a river. All the horses swam across the river except a young colt. His parents urged, “Son, come on; you can wade through water.” However, the […]

Once, it so happened that some dogs ran after a poor little rabbit. So, he hid down at the very bottom of the hole. But it was not long before a dog started barking above him. The poor rabbit started digging to escape. Soon, his digging led him to a hare’s house. The hare said,

The twins, Joe and Beth, were excited. It was their birthday today. Father and Mother always made sure that it was a special day. The twins were in for a surprise. In the living room, a heap of toys and sweets stood at either side of the chest. One pile was for Joe and the

It was time to migrate. All the storks were ready to migrate. For young Peele, it was her first winter journey. She was ready and her feathers smoothed down to help her get through the long flight. Her mother said, “If you get tired, let me know!” But Peele had made up her mind that

It is always fun to try out new games. Let us try some. The first is the Green-Pea Game. You need six dried or frozen peas, two saucers and a straw. Then all you have to do is to see how quickly you can get the peas from one saucer to another by sucking them

Far away in the forest there lived a squirrel. His name was Jumpy. Now, Jumpy was a very greedy squirrel. He never thought about the future and ate everything that there was. So, one day, he was feeling very hungry as there was nothing more to eat for him. Now, he was searching around for

A poor woodcutter could not take care of his children, so he left them in the forest. The children tried finding their way back home but could not. Suddenly, they saw a cottage. But it was made of gingerbread and cookies. The children were hungry and started eating. As they were eating, an old woman

It was Christmas time again. Mother said, “It just seems like yesterday when the new year began!” Father brought in the Christmas tree. Jake and Tina were highly excited. After all, Christmas time was celebration time. They put up the lights. This was a job which Jake and Tina always enjoyed very much! On Christmas

Bunny, the rabbit, was just four months old. He had hardly seen the world. It was winter time, so there was snow everywhere. But poor Bunny had never seen snow before. It seemed there was white carpet everywhere. He ran inside to Mother Rabbit and cried, “I cannot go out, because there is a big,

One day, while Angela was looking for her book, she saw a key under a cupboard. She wondered which lock it belonged to. She asked her brother but he did not know. They tried to open the cellar but it did not open. They decided to open their mother’s cupboard with it. As it is,

Once, a girl lived with her stepmother and stepsister. One day, she fell in a well. But she found herself into a huge garden with a big house. There she saw an oven where rolls were cooking. They cried, “Take us out! We are too hot!” And so, the girl did as she was asked.

Mr. Quinn, the postman, was always busy as Christmas drew near. It seemed there was endless work for him. On top of that, it was so cold. But he always wore a smile on his face. He just wished he could get a break. One day, as he was walking on the icy pavement, he

Once, a horse was roaming about when a hungry wolf saw him. But as the horse was too big for the wolf to kill on his own, he decided to try and trick him, instead. He said, “You look ill, my friend. I am a physician and can help you.” But the horse knew very

Rita had many toys but her favourite was her teddy bear. She took it wherever she went. One day, Rita had been playing outside all day with her friends. She had her bear with her. They made a wonderful snowman. Then they went on their sledges, throwing snowballs and making slides. But, when Rita got

During his sleep, Hutch, the hedgehog, was having the most wonderful dream. He saw a basket full of rosy apples. He called his friend, Toby, to share them with him. But he warned Hutch, “If you eat any of these, you will turn into a caterpillar!” But Hutch did not take heed. He immediately ate