151 Grandpa Tales

Three pigs made three different houses. The first pig made a house of straw. It was not strong. The second pig made a house of wood. But he did not put nails on the planks to make it strong. The third pig built a strong house. The other pigs made fun of him while he

Pip and Sip were two cute kittens. But they were very different from each other. They were as different as chalk and cheese. Their mother was puzzled over her odd little kittens, but she loved them both the same. One day, Pip climbed high up on a tree and got stuck. “Help!” he cried to

The day had arrived finally. Every-body had been waiting for this day. It was the final day of the football match. One of the players, Bill Octopus, was very excited. He loved football. With his many feet he was a real terror for the other team. Bill began to get ready for the big match.

It was a very windy day. There was snow everywhere. Mr. Wizard was walking hurriedly in the snow when he collided with Mr. Mole whose glasses fell down. Mr. Mole picked his glasses up and moved on. When Mr. Wizard reached home, he found his glasses missing. He found it very difficult to read his

Once there was a naughty crocodile who liked to scare all the animals for fun. One day, she saw two monkeys playing together. So, she quietly came towards them and scared them. The poor monkeys ran away. After a while, she saw a tiger cub and scared him. The cub got scared and asked, “Are

Once, a boy named Jack went to the market to sell his cow. On the way, he met an old man who bought his cow and gave him some magic beans. He planted the beans. The next morning, a giant beanstalk stood in front of his house. Jack climbed the beanstalk and reached a giant’s

Henny Hen was looking around for food when she found something in the farmyard. It was round, big and blue. Henny walked slowly around the big blue thing. She sniffed it, tapped it with her beak and listened. Then she thought, ‘It looks like an egg. I will keep it warm until it hatches.’ So,

Once, there was a big farm. There were many animals on the farm. On that farm there was a duck. One day, she was moving around in the farmyard when she came across a white feather. She put the white feather in her tail. A sheep saw this and started laughing loudly. She said to

Long ago, a chicken was searching for food when an acorn fell on her head. The chicken thought, ‘The sky is falling down. I must tell the king at once.’ So off she went to tell the king. On the way, she met a cock. He asked her, “Where are you running off to.” She

Two tiger cubs, Paws and Taws, were playing when they saw a frog. He was croaking. Paws got curious and followed the frog. Taws also followed Paws. They chased the frog through the jungle and saw an elephant on the way. Soon, the frog led them to a whole family of frogs. Taws was tired

Everyone was excited. It was the Sports Day at school. There were many games to be played. First there was the race. Ted Giraffe won the race. Next was a beanbag race. Kitty Lion won the beanbag race. Then there was a hopping race. Jack Monkey won the hopping race. Fanny Peacock came first in

A baby elephant was walking along when he saw a zebra. He loved the zebra’s stripes and asked him, “Why do you have stripes?” The zebra replied, “So that I may hide in the grass. I will show you!” So, the zebra ran off into the grass. The elephant could not see the zebra. The

Lily Bear went to school every day. She had many friends in the school. One day, all the animals were busy studying when the bell rang. It was time to play in the playfield. All the animals rushed outside. They decided to play hide and seek. Lily Bear counted to ten. The animals ran to

Mint Dog stayed with his mother in the farmhouse. One day, there was no moon in the sky. It was a dark night. Mint Dog crept out into the farmyard. But his mother had warned him to stay indoors till he was old enough to go out at night. But he was impatient and did

Once, there was a mermaid called Pearl. She was very pretty and the other mermaids were jealous of her. But she was too proud of herself. Now, Terry Turtle liked Pearl but she did not notice him. One day, Pearl came to know about a treasure chest filled with precious jewels. It was inside a