151 Grandma Tales

Mr. Wright loved watching animals and birds. He spent the whole year in the forest. One day, he showed his children how to make an observation platform in a tree. Soon, the children were sitting on it. It was so high up. They sat there waiting for some animal to come. Soon they saw a […]

A spider was worried. Winter was fast approaching. She had to get ready for that. So, at dawn, she wove her web between two stalks of a bush. She thought, ‘Maybe an insect will come this way.’ She kept waiting. Suddenly, along came a butterfly in search of some flowers and flew right into the

The wind was blowing hard. The leaves danced around joyfully. But a little horse-chestnut was scared. All his friends had fallen already, so he was very frightened. Suddenly, a gust of wind shook the branch and down fell the little horse-chestnut. David was sweeping the ground and the chestnut came rolling there. He saw the

Once, a duck gave birth to five ducklings. She saw them and noticed that one of the ducklings was not at all like the others. He was ugly! Soon, the ugly duckling realized this and left home. But life was hard for him. The weather kept changing. He also had to protect himself from the

Quinn was a very greedy boy. Every day, before leaving for school, he filled his school tiffin with some bread and butter, lots of biscuits and chips. One morning, he took a longer time in the kitchen. His mother cried out, “You will get late for school!” Quinn ran as fast as he could. Suddenly,

During autumn, leaves turn yellow and days become shorter. At this time, some swallows like the Zip fly to Africa. Swallows are small, with pointed narrow wings, short bills and small weak feet; some species have forked tails. Swallows are able to produce many different calls or songs, which are used to express excitement, to

Two brothers had a habit of getting up every morning and having a pillow fight. But one day as they were fighting, Gary, by mistake, knocked down his bedside lamp. Mother heard the noise and came in angrily. She saw the broken lamp and shouted, “No pillow fights from now on!” As soon as mother

Once, granny was telling a story to her grand-daughter, Erica. She said, “I will tell you the one about the little worm who was so cold in autumn and was helped by the snail. He made a tiny house from a nut-shell.” Erica exclaimed, “That is a novel idea to use a nut-shell.” Granny replied,

Long ago, a king and a queen had a beautiful daughter. The king had a great feast prepared. He invited twelve fairies to give their blessings but forgot to invite the thirteenth. So, she cursed, “On her sixteenth birthday, the princess shall prick herself with a spindle and die!” But the twelfth fairy changed the

It was Fred’s birthday. He was four now. His favourite pastime was to play with the telephone though mummy and daddy kept telling him that it was not a toy. But as it was his birthday today, they allowed him to make his first call. It was to grandfather and grandmother. Daddy told him the

Mr. Nash saw Jane and Keith with a basket. He asked them, “Where are you both going?” Jane replied, “We are going to pick some mushrooms.” Mr. Nash said, “Come with me. I will show you the best ones and also which ones to leave alone.” The children were happy for the help and went

Jim and Sara were playing in the garden when they saw a squirrel. The squirrel called out, “Hi! My name is Tubby.” Jim replied, “I am Jim and this is my sister Sara. What are you doing?” Tubby replied, “I am storing food for winter. As there are plenty of animals doing the same, I

It was holiday time again. The children were happy. Mother decided to teach her children and their friends to make plum jam. The children became excited when they heard this. Stella cried, “We will get the plums from the orchard. Come on, friends.” Soon the children were standing under the plum tree looking to pluck

Long back in the forest, an oak tree complained to a fir tree, “You know when autumn comes, the wind blows down all my leaves.” The fir tree consoled it, “Do not worry. They will return when spring comes.” But the oak tree said, “I know but I will freeze till that happens.” The fir

During autumn one can see different colours–red, yellow, brown. There is one boy who enjoys this season a lot. It is Jerry. He makes the most of this season. He loves collecting different coloured leaves. He also, with the help of his father, sets up a tracking game for him and his friends. But his