Tommy had been sick for a few days. Every morning while lying in his bed, he would watch stream of vehicles from the window. One day he saw a wind swept across. Leaves fell from the trees and twirled down the road. He watched the leaves dancing and chasing one another with envy. He wished […]
A long time ago the king of China organized a race among the animals. The first twelve animals were to be selected for a place in the Chinese Zodiac signs. Each animal would have a year named after him. All the animals started practising for the race except the cat and the rat. They were
Simon and Sammy were best friends. Simon had more toys than Sammy and this annoyed Sammy a lot. “Mummy, look, I have two rabbits but Simon has four. I have three pencils but Simon has five. He always has more,” she complained. One evening, Simon and Sammy went to pick berries. Sammy picked ten but
A brown dog got trapped in a bush. Harry while coming back from school saw it. He took it out and brought it home. His father told him to take the dog to the vet. The vet said, “I think it has a broken leg and she was going to have puppies.” The vet put
On a farm there lived many animals and birds. One day, little Red hen found a grain of wheat in the farmyard. She asked the other birds, “Who wants to plant this wheat?” The duck and the goose were lazy and quickly refused to do any work. So, the little Red hen planted the grain
Ronny, the rhino was looking forward to the weekend. He could be what he loved best—play with his friends. Ronny, called up Hissy Snake. “Let’s take our bikes and go for a ride,” he said. “SSSorry, Ronny, I have got football practice today, a game tomorrow, and SSSSunday I have to go for a birthday
Harry and Andrew were two naughty boys who were always up to some mischief. One evening, they got together to create a magic spell. Harry added his dirty socks and six dead lizards, while Andrew poured a magic potion into the boiling water in the cauldron. Suddenly, a huge cloud of smoke bellowed towards Harry’s
One day Sandy went to Harry’s house to read some new scary stories. Before he left, his father said, “Sandy, you must return before dark.” But, Sandy sat reading all evening. Finally, he had to walk back in the dark. Sandy was scared. Suddenly, he heard someone right behind him saying, “Guess what I can
Mandy often dreamt of visiting the land of chocolates. One night, Mandy woke up and found herself standing beside a chocolate fountain. “Wow! It looks so creamy and delicious,” thought Mandy and licked her lips. Mandy looked around and saw chocolates hanging from trees, chocolate stones, chocolate house and chocolate rivers. She found it difficult
Once there was a brilliant wizard who lived in a kingdom. The wizard didn’t have any name. So everyone called him ‘What’s-My-Name’. What’s-My-Name was very good at spell. The three witches who lived in the same kingdom were very jealous of What’s-My-Name because no one came to them for the spell. So, the three jealous
Jhon Roebling, a valiant and creative engineer, was determined to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the long island. He was being aided by his son, Washington, who did never let him feel daunted. The construction being very difficult to do attracted a very few workers to perform the task. However, the project
Once there was a man who used to beat his wife mercilessly, but unfortunately she succumbed to his beating though he had not intended to kill her. When she died, he apprehensively came out of his house and met an acquaintance to whom he posed his problem. His friend advised him to invite a young
Once, a father stag, a mother stag and their baby stag had gone for an outing, in a jungle. All of a sudden, the antlers of the father stag got caught in the overhanging branches of a tree. The stag struggled hard, but could not free himself. Now the father stag started cursing his fate
There was a cruel king who always believed in persecuting his subjects and expanding his status with the money which was for the welfare of his subjects. One day, to their utter amazement, the subjects found the king to be intensely benevolent and benign. The president asked the king about his transformation. Thereupon the king
Once upon a time, there were two trees in a forest. One tree was very generous in sharing its fruits with birds and other creatures. The other tree, being of the opposite nature, was very selfish. Finally, in a couple of years the selfish tree lost all its leaves and became thin and weak. The