Once in a city, there lived a very wealthy merchant. He had a very beautiful daughter who wished to marry a man who possessed green beard. In the forests near the city, lived twenty-four robbers. Their captain dyed his beard green. On listening the girl’s desire he then went to marry the merchant’s daughter. The […]
Rub-a-dub-dub,Three men in a tub,And who do you think they be?The butcher, the baker,The candlestick maker,They all jumped out ofa rotten potato,Turn ’em out, knaves all three!
Little Boy Blue,Come, blow your horn,The sheep’s in the meadow,The cow’s in the corn.Where is the boy,Who looks after the sheep?He’s under the haystack,Fast asleep!
Once I saw a little bird,Come hop, hop, hop.So I cried, “Little bird,Will you stop, stop, stop?”And was going to the windowTo say, “How do you do?”But he shook his little tail,And far away flew.
Once, a boy was playing in a park. He found a pot lying on a bench. When he went closer, he saw that the pot was filled with peanuts, but it had a narrow neck. Seeing the peanuts, the boy’s mouth started watering. He put his hand into the pot and held as many peanuts
One day, a saint and his disciples were out on a journey. They were going to a nearby village to preach. On the way, they saw a pond full of fish. The saint stopped at the pond and started filling his mouth with fish. The disciples followed their master. The saint said nothing to them,
One day, Toto, a nine-year-old boy, was going back home from school with his grandfather. They were about to cross the road, when a car went by without halting at the zebra crossing and almost hit them. Toto thought that he had to do something, because he had noticed that cars did not respect the
Dame Trot and her cat,Sat down for a chat.Dame sat on this side,And Puss sat on that.“Puss,” said the Dame,“Can you catch a rat?Ort a mouse in the dark?”“Purr,” said the cat.
Once upon a time, there were two girls, Sophie and Lucy. Sophie was very popular, but was also very rude. Lucy was a quiet girl and nobody in the class liked to talk to her. One day, Lucy and Sophie were alone in the class. Sophie told Lucy, “Hey, you look so ugly; that is
Once upon a time, there was a child named Charlie who really loved studying. One day, his teacher scolded him because he was late to school. The next day, Charlie was late again, and the teacher warned him that this should not happen again, else she would punish him. Charlie stayed quiet. The next morning,
There was, once, a very kind princess living in a castle. Her stepmother used to hate her. The princess was very kind to the animals and almost all the animals in the nearby jungle were her friends. The stepmother always wanted to harm the princess and once hired a killer to do away with her.
Once, there were two little brothers, Bob and Coco. Bob loved pranks, while Coco was very cautious and careful. Coco always greeted his parents in the morning while Bob loved waking up late. One weekend, both the brothers asked their parents if they could go out and play. “Dad and Mom! Please allow us to
Little Robin Redbreast,Pit-pat all the day.Then he opened up his wings,And he flew away.I went to look for Robin.Where can Robin be?I found him in the orchard,Up in a cherry tree.
Once upon a time, a selfish man lost thirty gold coins. One of his friends, a kind man, was coming to meet him. He found thirty gold coins on his way. When the kind man arrived at the selfish man’s house, the selfish man told him about his gold coins. The kind man immediately gave
One day, an old man thought of teaching the lesson of life to his four sons. So, he sent them each on a quest, one by one, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer,