It was a very stormy night. Peg and Kid were not able to sleep in their room. They were scared of the thunder and lightning. So, they went running to their parents. Peg said, “We are scared of the thunder and lightning.” Suddenly, the lights also went out. Dad went to fetch some oil lamps. […]
Mulla and his donkey sat down to enjoy a feast outside the city gates when he heard men arguing outside the meat shop. “You have been enjoying the rich smells from my shop, all evening. You must pay for it!” the meat seller demanded from a poor looking traveller. “Give me all the money you
Three pigs made three different houses. The first pig made a house of straw. It was not strong. The second pig made a house of wood. But he did not put nails on the planks to make it strong. The third pig built a strong house. The other pigs made fun of him while he
Many stranded travellers were camping outside the city gates for the night. This was becoming a daily routine because of the corrupt soldiers. As Mulla and his donkey were walking along wondering what to eat, they met a man and his goat. The man shouted, “Try to make this goat shake its head for two
Mulla Nasruddin was returning to his home town Bukhara after many years. When he reached the city gates with his donkey, he saw that they were closed even before sunset. “The soldiers have declared it to be evening so that they may take bribes from people to let them into the city,” Mulla said to
Pip and Sip were two cute kittens. But they were very different from each other. They were as different as chalk and cheese. Their mother was puzzled over her odd little kittens, but she loved them both the same. One day, Pip climbed high up on a tree and got stuck. “Help!” he cried to
The day had arrived finally. Every-body had been waiting for this day. It was the final day of the football match. One of the players, Bill Octopus, was very excited. He loved football. With his many feet he was a real terror for the other team. Bill began to get ready for the big match.
It was a very windy day. There was snow everywhere. Mr. Wizard was walking hurriedly in the snow when he collided with Mr. Mole whose glasses fell down. Mr. Mole picked his glasses up and moved on. When Mr. Wizard reached home, he found his glasses missing. He found it very difficult to read his
Once there was a naughty crocodile who liked to scare all the animals for fun. One day, she saw two monkeys playing together. So, she quietly came towards them and scared them. The poor monkeys ran away. After a while, she saw a tiger cub and scared him. The cub got scared and asked, “Are
Once, a boy named Jack went to the market to sell his cow. On the way, he met an old man who bought his cow and gave him some magic beans. He planted the beans. The next morning, a giant beanstalk stood in front of his house. Jack climbed the beanstalk and reached a giant’s
Henny Hen was looking around for food when she found something in the farmyard. It was round, big and blue. Henny walked slowly around the big blue thing. She sniffed it, tapped it with her beak and listened. Then she thought, ‘It looks like an egg. I will keep it warm until it hatches.’ So,
Once, there was a big farm. There were many animals on the farm. On that farm there was a duck. One day, she was moving around in the farmyard when she came across a white feather. She put the white feather in her tail. A sheep saw this and started laughing loudly. She said to
Long ago, a chicken was searching for food when an acorn fell on her head. The chicken thought, ‘The sky is falling down. I must tell the king at once.’ So off she went to tell the king. On the way, she met a cock. He asked her, “Where are you running off to.” She
Two tiger cubs, Paws and Taws, were playing when they saw a frog. He was croaking. Paws got curious and followed the frog. Taws also followed Paws. They chased the frog through the jungle and saw an elephant on the way. Soon, the frog led them to a whole family of frogs. Taws was tired
Everyone was excited. It was the Sports Day at school. There were many games to be played. First there was the race. Ted Giraffe won the race. Next was a beanbag race. Kitty Lion won the beanbag race. Then there was a hopping race. Jack Monkey won the hopping race. Fanny Peacock came first in