Best of Grandma’s Tales

Lisa fell asleep after hearing the story of Cinderella. She was dreaming of it when she felt someone shaking her awake.She sat up and saw a very grandly dressed lady standing besides her bed.“Who are you?” she asked.“Cinderella’s fairy godmother, of course,” said the lady.“You are real?” said Lisa amazed, “Not just a storybook figure?”“Who […]

“My life is very dull,” thought Colin, as he sat at the window and looked out at the houses across the road. “Why can’t something exciting happen to me like the things that happen in storybooks?”Suddenly, he saw a lot of smoke coming out of a bush and sat up. Something must be on fire!

Once upon a time, there lived a parrot who belonged to a barber. He had learnt to talk like human beings. Many people came to the barber’s shop and chatted about things. The parrot also heard all this. He loved to pick up rhyming words beautifully.The barber had become well known in the kingdom. One

Billy had a bad habit. Whenever anyone asked him to do something, he would say he’ll do it “sometime”! It was extremely irritating.His mother needed some bread immediately, so she asked him to run to Mr Foley’s shop and get it quickly. “I’ll get it sometime!” replied Billy out of fun.“Will you please fetch the

Beeper was a little car that belonged to Mr Gordon. He had been there for years and taken his boys, Andrew and Edward, to school and sports and holidays. Now he was old. The boys spoke about a new car.Now Andy said he wanted a car with a roof that could fold down. Edie wanted

In a field stood Hector, the scarecrow. He spent the whole day and night standing there on a pole with his arms stretched out. He was supposed to chase away the crows and protect the field.“How can I do that, when I’m supposed to stand still?” he grumbled, “They could come and sit on my

Hilda was a beautiful little fairy who lived inside a mushroom, but she was not very sensible.One day, Hilda went for a party in the garden. Fireflies lit it up. Lots of fairies, elves, gnomes and pixies were singing and dancing. They drank lots of dew and honey and ate fairy cakes and muffins. They

In a village far away, there was a church with a high tower. In it was a huge bell. An old man lived in a cottage near the sea and he told everyone that whenever anything special happened, the bell would ring out.One rainy night, a little baby was found on the doorstep of the

Chuffy was a steam engine that had drawn carriages for many years along the railway track. He enjoyed the thrill of rattling along on the metal rails, the noise, the smoke and the countryside. The stations made him so happy with the people getting off and on and all the bustle, till the guard waved

Mickey was a bully. He troubled everyone in the class. He would eat up others’ lunch, hide their pencils or books, trip them up in the class or on the playground. No amount of scolding by the teacher seemed to improve him.One day a new boy, John, came to the class. He was very quiet

Once upon a time, there was a king who had three sons. They were handsome and strong. The King decided that his eldest son would be the King after him and the second son would be the Commander-in-Chief of his great army.But his youngest son, William, only liked to play the flute and sing! “What

Everyone called her Wiley the Witch because she had a long nose and chin. Her real name was Wilhelmina, but it was very difficult, so they called her Wiley. What they did not know was that she was really a very kind witch! And she could really work magic.Her neighbour, Herbert, worked as a gardener.

Ben was the star attraction at the circus. The children came especially to see him perform. He went through hoops and climbed up several boxes and ladders. And when he roared, the children held their breaths. He was magnificent and ferocious as well!But Ben was very sad. He was lonely. He hated his little cage

Jenny had a kitten called Matilda. She took very good care of her, gave her milk and fish and cream. But Matilda had to be good always. She could not play with the balls of wool and tangle them. She had to sleep on a cushion at night and wasn’t allowed to curl up on

In the desert, there was an oasis where a strange man lived with his son Abdullah. This man had hidden a large pot of gold in a hollow palm tree. The man grew old and when he knew he was dying, he called Abdullah and told him about the pot of gold. He gave Abdullah