Karen did not like to work. She avoided doing housework. She never cleaned her cupboard or brushed her shoes. The mother wanted her to take interest in extra activities, if she did not like doing household activities. Karen’s mother took her to a curio store. “Karen, there are so many items that something or the […]
A great scientist worked with a study partner. They were like friends. A friend is the one who can tell your mistakes on your face. One day, the study partner stopped working as he became sick. The scientist became sad. He could not work without his friend. Some of his students sent him a new
There was a wise and kind emperor. He always thought about helping his subjects. He wanted to heal the wounds of people. He had a large number of servants and courtiers. But none of them could help him in the task he wanted to do. Finally, he selected an assistant who could help him. He
Winter is a difficult time for poor children. They don’t have warm clothes. They pray to God for help. One day, a poor boy stood outside a shoe-store. It was very cold winter afternoon. He was praying to God, “O Lord of Heavens! Please give me a pair of shoes.” While praying, the boy thought
Rosemary was a curious child who wanted to know everything. One day, she was helping her grandma arrange the cupboard. The cupboard was full of old objects. She observed each object with deep interest. Suddenly, Rosemary found an old lamp that looked beautiful. “Is it a magical lamp, grandma?” she asked. “No darling,” said grandma,
Nathan, a young boy, loved listening to stories. But he hated reading the stories. Every week, the postman brought Nathan’s favourite magazine. The magazine carried adventurous stories. He would love the magazine and ask everyone to read some stories out of it. He got this week’s magazine today. He ran to his mother, requesting, “Momma!
Jonas was an intelligent boy. He was also very imaginative. Every day, he would tell his mother about the monsters that lived under his bed. One day, Jonas woke up with red eyes. “What happened to your eyes, Jonas? Why are they red?” his mother asked. “The monster didn’t let me sleep, momma,” Jonas said.
Daniel loved food. Daniel ate almost anything. He had no choice or taste. His mother was worried about him. She did not like him eating up anything that he was offered. His mother had warned him time and again that it was not good to eat anything that he found strange, funny or attractive, but
Little Lucy loved the cats. She would go out of way to take care of the abandoned cats. One day, she found an abandoned cat. She would not leave her alone. She thought others would not look after her properly. Lucy had to visit the library. She carried the cat to the library. At the
Once, there stood an old church high up on a hill. The church attracted people from nearby places. A visit to the church made them peaceful in heart and mind. The visitors prayed at the church and heard the pastor’s sermons. There hung a bell outside the Church. The bell chimed melodiously every day. Every
Tim was a pleasant child with good manners. Everyone loved him because he respected elders. Tim loved Nature. He liked to visit parks and forests. One evening, Tim was walking through a park. He saw a huge tree in the park. The sign board on the tree read: “I am a magic tree. Say the
Alisa loved going to school. She listened to everything that her teacher said. She followed the words of her teacher and did her home work on time. Alisa’s teacher gave the class a new home work. She instructed students to bring happiness to people. All the students handed over their home work in time except
Magdalene was a fairy. She was not so beautiful as other fairies. Many of her classmates in the fairy school made fun of her. But she was intelligent. She did not fight with her friends even when they made fun of her. One day, some wizards attacked fairyland. He put all the fairies in prison.
Once upon a time, a wizard gifted a violin to a queen. The violin did not produce nice music. The queen tried to tune the instrument, but it did not work. She thought that the violin was useless and threw it away. A poor little girl, Melissa, was going across the street. She found the
Henry was always sad. He thought he worked very hard, but earned very little. He did not know what to do. He wanted to earn more money. One day, he met his friend Peter. He told Peter he wanted to earn more but did not know how to do so. Suddenly, Peter snatched Henry’s wallet