Best of Bedtime Stories

Buzz was a young honey-bee. He had beautiful yellow and dark brown stripes. But he was very dissatisfied. He thought all other stripes were more attractive than his. He wanted more stripes.Whenever he saw anyone with stripes, he would ask him how he had got so many stripes. And he would tell him some silly […]

A little boy called Simon came to live in an old house near the sea. The house was very mysterious with lots of rooms and old furniture. Simon spent all day exploring the different places.After a while, he got tired of being inside the house and went out into the garden. He found it was

Jolly lived with his parents in a burrow in Mr Kenny’s garden. Mr Kenny was a kind man. He did not kill rabbits. He grew cabbages and carrots, tomatoes and beans. He knew that the rabbits stole some of his vegetables. But he did not mind. After all, there was enough for him!Jolly’s parents had

Bertie sat on a leaf looking miserable. He was a caterpillar.He saw a butterfly with black, yellow and gold wings whizz past him and called out. But the butterfly didn’t hear him at all.“What life I have!” he grumbled, “No one sees me sitting here because I am green like the leaf, so they can’t

Hodges was a giant of a man. He could not fit into an ordinary house. He needed huge chairs and tables, a massive bed and plates and spoons that looked like large boats! So, he could not find a house in the village. He built himself a very big cabin in the hills near the

Bobo did not smile any more. His smile was lost. He was a clown with the travelling circus. There were monkeys that rode on small bicycles; lions jumping through hoops; elephants playing football; performing parrots, dogs and horses; acrobats and trapeze artistes. But all the children loved watching Bobo the most.The children laughed and they

Tom was the tiniest boy in the village; he was also the naughtiest one. But he used to get away with all his mischief as he was so tiny that no one saw him doing all those naughty things!Tom set Mr Brown’s dog loose one day and it chased Aunt Bessie’s cat into a tree.

Noni was one of the three cubs in a pride of lions. The other two learnt their lessons well. Noni, however, was slightly absent-minded.Mama Lioness taught the little ones how to hunt. “You are brave lions,” she said, “Remember that always, and never be afraid!” They had to learn in order to read the footprints

Simon’s birthday was coming on Sunday. He wanted to call some of his friends and have a party. But he wanted a special cake. “What kind of a special cake, Simon?” asked his mother.“Just special. Something on it that no one else has!” explained Simon.Now Simon’s mother was in a fix. There were cakes with

Johnnie was very fond of gardening. One day, he found a small seed. He took the seed and planted it in his garden.He watered the seed and took care of it with all the plants in his garden. But he was surprised to find that the seed grew very fast. Within two weeks he had a

Long ago, there was a rich merchant with two pretty daughters, Rose and Jasmine. Once the merchant was going to buy and sell his goods. He asked his daughters what he should bring for them. Rose wanted a beautiful dress and a pearl necklace. Jasmine requested for a beautiful pot with blue flowers on it.The

Joey and Minnie were playing inside because it was raining outside. Mother had told them to play quietly indoors. She was making sandwiches and a cake. There would be slices of water melon and juice also to drink.The children had pulled out some of their board games and also a jigsaw puzzle. Suddenly, a small