151 Stories for Boys

Once, a cruel king named George ruled over a country. He was rude to everyone. In fact, he even collected taxes and fines when his kingdom faced a severe famine. When anyone protested, he threw them into prison. “Our king is too cruel to be the ruler of this kingdom,” his subjects cried often. Soon, […]

Little Prince Lionel was a lazy boy. He never did his own work; in fact, he just ordered people around. His mother, Queen Ruby, wanted Lionel to learn the value of work. She wanted him to grow up into a king who respected his subjects and did not treat them as servants. One day, Queen

Snowy, the snail, lived in a beautiful swamp along with many other animals and insects. Snowy was a happy snail except he did not like moving slow. One day, Snowy was very sad. He was sitting on a small rock, sulking. Just then, Sarah, the butterfly, flew past him. Seeing Snowy sad, she asked, “What’s

Long ago, there lived a poor potter who made beautiful pots. He worked very hard but he did not earn much. One day, the potter saved the life of an old woman. The grateful old woman gave the potter a goldfish in return. The potter kept the goldfish near his bed and fed it even

Long ago, a clever king decided to test the wisdom of his three ministers. He wanted to choose one among them as his chief minister. He called all three ministers to his chamber and said, “I want all three of you to bring as many young animals as you can from the forest. I want

Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful fairy princess named Jasmine in the kingdom of the fairies. One day, Princess Jasmine suddenly disappeared from the palace. Her father, the fairy king sent some fairies to search for Jasmine but she was not found. Seeing the fairy king was heart-broken, a young magician, Haider, offered

Eight-year-old Jack had learnt about stars and planets in school. He was so fascinated with the stars that he started gazing at the night sky before going to bed. At last, his mother tucked him to bed. That night, when Jack was sleeping, he heard a sound which woke him up. As he looked around

Gary and Wayne were best friends and studied in the same class. One day, Gary was waiting for Wayne to come out of the classroom during recess time. After waiting for a long time, Gary went inside the classroom to look for Wayne. Meanwhile, Wayne saw a watch lying under the teacher’s table in the

Philip and Ben were playing in the park all afternoon, one summer’s day. Soon, they were tired and lay down under a mango tree. Suddenly, a mango fell from the tree. Both the boys were hungry, so they jumped to grab the mango. “I was the first one to see the mango. This is mine,”

Once, a tigress came into a village and killed some cattle. So, the villagers dug a pit to trap her. As planned, the tigress fell into the pit; some villagers threw stones at her, for fun. “Please don’t kill me,” pleaded the tigress, “I have cubs waiting for me. I hurt my foot while hunting

Long ago, a king had a kind and generous son named Jerome. On the prince’s seventh birthday, the king presented him with a beautiful songbird in a cage. Even though Jerome took good care of the songbird, she never sang. “Why don’t you ever sing?” asked Jerome. “I am not happy here,” said the songbird.

Long ago, a wealthy man built a beautiful musical fountain in his garden. Many birds came to the fountain to drink its water or to bathe. But there was one particular bird that spent many hours at the fountain. It was Beth, the canary. She was so enchanted by its lovely music that she loved

Tom was very frightened of his neighbour, Mrs. Mason. She was always rude to him. She shouted so loudly at Tom that he was scared to go to school or to play. Sometimes, Mrs. Mason would throw her garbage at Tom and sometimes she left her cat Nell at him. Nell would jump at him

Once, Edward saved a rabbit from a trap in the forest. The next day, Edward went to an old junk shop to sell old things. The owner of the shop was a strange-looking man. He said, “Hey, boy, do you want this ring?” Edward saw the ring and bought it for his mother. He took

Finny, the cricket, lived in a garden. Gary, the bird, also lived in the same garden. Gary and Finny were very good friends. One day, Finny made fun of Gary. Soon, they had a fight and stopped talking to each other. A cat was happy to see Finny and Gary fight. She wanted to eat