One day, Mulla Nasruddin noticed a few merchants selling small parrots for two hundred Thankas a piece. He thought, ‘If each of these small birds is worth two hundred Thankas, then my big hen is surely worth far more.’ So the next day, Mulla brought his hen to the bazaar but to his surprise, the […]
Once, there was a castle in which lived a lonely old man. His name was Mr. Jude. There was no one else in the castle other than him. One day, when he was taking a walk, he saw a dragon crying. Mr. Jude asked him what the matter was. The dragon replied, “I cannot breathe
One day, Mulla Nasruddin was shopping for clothes and walked into a store. The owner of the store greeted him. “Wait a second,” said Mulla, “Have you ever met me before?” “Never,” said the owner. “Then how do you know it was me?” asked Mulla. “Everyone knows you, Mulla!” said the owner. Suspiciously, Mulla tried
Mulla Nasruddin was so fed up with his donkey’s tantrums that he brought him to sell at the town bazaar. The donkey, however, would not cooperate, and bit every single person who tried to inspect it. A nearby seller said, “Do you really expect to sell a donkey that behaves like that?” “No,” Mulla replied,
It was Friday 22. Della Frog remembered that it was her best friend June’s birthday today. June had personally come to Della’s house and given her the invitation card. June had invited many other friends as well. Della went to the market and bought a lovely present for June. She also bought a new frock
Long ago, there was a pirate ship. Its captain was a man named Jack. He had found a treasure map. So he and his crew had gone to look for some treasure. But they could not find the treasure. In anger, they left Captain Jack stranded on the island and went away. Captain Jack was
Long ago, there was a man called Wesley. He owned a big ship. He was also the captain of the ship. Now, he had heard about a treasure island. One day, he decided to set sail and find the treasure island. Many days went by and he kept sailing. One day, he saw a ship.
There was a ladybird. She was a very sweet ladybird. Everyone loved her a lot. But she had a scare. She was afraid of heights. That was why she did not fly. She sat all day on a leaf instead and felt miserable. But one day, she gathered courage and decided to face her fear.
Once there were two squirrel friends, Kit and Mit. They were busy collecting nuts in the deepest part of the forest when they came upon a castle hidden among the trees. The castle looked scary. No one was there. But the friends bravely went in and began to explore the castle. In one of the
One day, David was getting bored. His dog was also getting bored. So he went outside his house. He took a ball and whistled to his dog. They both went to the park to play. David threw the ball and his dog went to fetch it. They kept playing and enjoying themselves. But unknown to
Shelly lived with her grandfather. One night, there was a fierce storm outside. Shelly was very frightened. She quickly ran to her grandfather’s room and clung to him. She said, “Grandpa, I am feeling scared.” “There is no need to be scared. You are quite safe in here,” said Grandpa. Indeed, Shelly did feel safe.
It was snowing and snowing and snowing. The snowfall was nonstop. Grundy Elf was worried. His friends were coming over. He had to clear the snow soon. But as soon as Grundy cleared the snow, there was more snow again. Being small, Grundy was finding it very difficult to clear so much snow all by
Once there lived a duck named Jade. It was a daily routine for Jade Duck to go for a walk. He always went to the top of the hill. Then he stopped to rest on a big rock before walking back home. One day, Jade saw a log beside the rock and decided to sit
The water was blue and calm. But Dukey Duck was having a hard time. He wished to put his head under the water to eat the weeds. But he was not able to do so. One day, when he was practising dipping his head in the water, he came face-to-face with a fish. The fish
There was once a turtle named Turk. He lived with his parents. One day, Turk got up from bed very happy. It was Turk Turtle’s birthday. He was very excited. His parents were going to give him a special birthday present. And they did. Well, he received a new pair of rollerblades and a matching