Lily and Rose were elf sisters who had heard a lot about the butterfly garden on the other side of the ‘Blue Mountain’. One morning, they decided to go there, so they packed a picnic basket. When they reached the butterfly garden, they were amazed. They saw the butterflies of different colours and admired their […]
Sam loved to bake cookies with his mother. They often baked together on weekends. One Saturday afternoon, Sam helped his mother bake a batch of chocolate chip cookies. He watched excitedly as his mother put them in the oven. “Mom, I can’t wait to taste them!” Sam said as his mother smiled. Just then, Sam’s
Prince Gerald was the only son of old king Hector. So, he was raised with a lot of love. This made him proud and ambitious. He wanted to conquer all the neighbouring kingdoms. Prince Gerald wanted to conquer first the rich country of Perinea. The troops had to cross the vast sea to reach Perinea.
The fire-dragon spit fire everywhere he went. He burnt everything. Everyone except Donna was scared of him. “Don’t go searching for him, you fool!” scolded her mother often. However, Donna was curious to know something, “Why can’t he play with anyone?” Searching for the fire‑dragon, Donna reached the top of the mountain. She saw him
Caleb was a very selfish boy. He never shared his toys with anyone. His parents were worried as to how to teach him about kindness and sharing. Then one day, Caleb was returning from school on his new bicycle. As Caleb was watching, a boy fell into a ditch and hurt himself. The boy cried,
Fred and Will lived in a village and were best friends. However, soon Will’s family moved to a big city. The boys were very sad to be separated from each other. As time passed, the boys grew up. Fred took care of his father’s farm. Will changed jobs often, travelled to big cities and faced
One day, Bill and Ben, two brothers, were playing near a pond. Sadly, their ball fell into the pond. Suddenly, the ball bounced out of the pond and hit Ben on the shoulder. Ben shouted loudly, “Ouch! My shoulder!” Bill looked at the strange ball and said, “How did the ball come out itself?” The
‘I will not talk to anyone,’ thought Angelina, the little mermaid angrily. ‘Nobody loves me. They keep scolding me!’ Angelina swam angrily away from home. She did not realise that she had come a long way from home. It was getting dark. Angelina was tired. She wanted to go home now. “Where am I?” she
One day, Frank was playing with his old neighbour, Mr. Baker’s pets. Mr. Baker was busy reading a newspaper on a chair near by. As he grew old, Mr. Baker would often forget things. That day, he left the stove burning in his kitchen. As Frank played, he saw flames coming from Mr. Baker’s kitchen.
Tom was a poor boy. He gathered firewood from the forest and sold it in the market. One day, as Tom walked into the forest, he saw a lady in a pink dress. She sat under a tree and cried. Tom was a kind boy. He quickly went up to the lady and asked, “Why
Daisy was a naughty nymph. She was always troubling others. ‘I will put a pinecone on Miss Eldred’s chair today. It will be fun to see my teacher try and sit on that,’ thought Daisy, mischievously. She did just that before the class started. “Come here, Daisy,” called out Miss Eldred from inside the classroom.
“How do I put these together?” said the puzzled giant dragon over the puzzle pieces. “This goes here and this goes there. But where do these pieces go?” he frowned over the remaining parts of the puzzle. It was his 10th birthday yesterday and he had bought this puzzle-set with his present money. He did
Barona, the little elf, was lonely. Nobody played with him. He didn’t know the reason. Barona called out to fairies, angels, unicorns and even the ugly goblins to play with him but they said, “Not now. Later.” “Please be my friend.” “Do you want to see my toys?” he said, but none listened. They were
The angels looked curiously. They could see the snow castle at the top of the clouds but were too scared to go there. “But it was not there yesterday!” said Clara to her friends. Sofie, Sana and Petronella–all nodded in agreement. “I didn’t see it, too,” said Sofie. “But where did it come from then?”
Annabella was a lonely fairy. She was beautiful, noble and gentle. She sang in the softest of voices and every time she sang, the birds, the animals, the plants, the trees and even the wind stopped to hear her song! She was perfect, just for one thing! ‘I will not go out in the sun!