Michelle was an honest girl. One day, while walking home from school, she found a briefcase on the pavement. She picked it up and opened it. There was some money in it, along with the name and address of the owner. She looked around and thought, ‘Should I leave it here or should I return […]

Once there was a wise and generous queen. Her chief advisor had retired and she was searching for a suitable replacement. Two girls, Daisy and Ellen, went to meet the Queen. They expressed their desire to become her chief advisor. Daisy was brave and intelligent, but Ellen was lazy and foolish. But the Queen did

Melanie and Maria were fond of pets. One day, they went to the pet shop and bought a pair of hamsters. But the shopkeeper put the hamsters in a small cage. The hamsters hardly had any room to play. So Melanie and Maria opened the cage every day and let the hamsters play around the

King Philip was counting his days. He had been ill for a long time and the royal doctor failed to cure him. He was old and weak. But more than his death, the king was worried about what would happen to his kingdom after his death, because he had not chosen an heir to the

One day, Brenda came home crying. Her grandfather asked her, “What happened, my child?” Brenda replied, “Grandpa, I am angry with my best friend Lisa. She was unfair to me.” Her grandfather said, “When I was young, I was like you. I would get angry if someone would wrong me. But sometimes I would get

Once there was a poor girl, who loved a prince. Every day, she went to the forest to collect wood. Then she sold it at the marketplace. One day, when she was chopping wood, she heard someone crying for help. She followed the sound and came to a pond, where a fairy was drowning. She

Suzanne was a lazy girl. She never got ready for school on time. She never finished her homework on time, either. Her teachers would try to make her understand the importance of punctuality, but she never listened. One day, her mother warned her, “If you don’t shrug your laziness away, you will repent one day.”

Alexis and her parents were planning to go to France during their vacation. Alexis was very excited. She kept thinking about all the places she would visit. “We will have lots of fun, won’t we, Mother?” she would ask again and again. When they boarded the flight, her mother asked her whether she had heard

Matilda loved the moon. She gazed up at the sky every night. She would often tell her mother, “I want to meet the moon.” Her mother would say, “The moon is very far off. How can you meet the moon?” But her father would say, “Of course, dear. You can meet the moon. But you

Elisa had a baby brother. She was very happy when he was born. She would never leave her mother’s side. She loved her brother dearly. “He has got such tiny hands and feet!” she would exclaim. But as time went by, Elisa noticed that her parents were always showering their attention on her brother. She

Lily was playing in the garden, while her mother was watering the plants. She stood near her mother and looked at the roses, daisies, dahlias and the tulips. Then she said, “Mummy, these flowers are so beautiful.” Her mother asked, “Which flower do you like the most?” “I love roses. Mummy, how do roses bloom?”

Phoebe was the best student in her class. She studied well. All the teachers loved her. Her parents showered her with gifts. But this made her haughty. She never shared her things with anyone. Whenever her friends would ask her for a pencil or a crayon, she would say, “I won’t share. It’s mine. Why

Hannah loved the dishes her mother made for her. Amongst them, she loved the blueberry pancakes the most. Hannah loved having them for breakfast. Her mother would drizzle honey on the pancakes, topped with a blob of butter. “Mother, your dishes taste so good!” Hannah would exclaim. Her mother would smile and say, “Anyone can