Once upon a time, there was a caterpillar and a rose. The rose used to make fun of the caterpillar every day, calling her ugly. This made the caterpillar very sad. Every night, she asked the moon to make her as pretty as the rose, but it seemed as if the moon did not listen […]
There was a little pine tree deep in the forest. It had needles that were evergreen. Yet, it was glum. It said, “My needles are not so pretty as leaves. I wish I had golden leaves!” The next morning, it found its wish had been granted. It had shining golden leaves. A man, passing by,
Once, in a village, there lived a lazy man. His only source of income was a mango tree, which was planted in the backyard of his house. All his relatives were very upset with him because he used to serve only mangoes to them. One day, one of his relatives visited his house. At breakfast,
Once upon a time, there lived four friends in an Indian village. All of them were quite jovial. One day, they were practising to shoot. They kept a few pots at a distance as their targets. None of them could hit even a single pot as they were talking and laughing all the while! They
Once upon a time, there was a very hardworking farmer. He had a vineyard that used to have a rich crop of grapes every year. He had three sons but none of them bothered to help their father in his work. They were very lazy. One day, the farmer fell ill. He called his sons
Victor was a rich businessman but very miserly. He never gave alms to the poor nor did he do any charity work. He just did business and whatever money he earned, he would put it in a pot and bury the pot in the forest. However, there were so many pots in so many places
Bella was a dog that belonged to a lovely family. The children and their daddy loved Bella but their mother did not like her. They had brought Bella from the ‘shelter for homeless dogs’ and she was a scrummy-looking but very gentle dog. The children and their daddy took turns to take care of Bella.
“Hey, throw more stones.” “Hit harder!” Brian saw the boys throw stones at something. Curious, he crept closer. ‘I wonder what they are throwing stones at,’ he thought. To his horror, Brian saw a little pup cowering in the corner with fear. The boys were troubling the little pup unnecessarily. Brian was horrified. He hesitated.
Elvis was a mischievous boy who always troubled others and that was why he did not have many friends in the class. Once, the class was planning to have dinner together. They called Elvis, too. Wonderful, tasty food was served. Elvis loved the chicken soup and his classmates made sure that he got the best
Once there were four friends–a tortoise, a rabbit, a mouse and a mongoose. They stayed together all the time. All of them loved to swim except for the mouse. “I know how to swim, but I am very scared of the water!” he would say when the others asked him to join them for a
Twin bunny brothers, Peter and Hank, lived in the Koivu Forest. Hank was a mischievous bunny. He would hit friends and trouble everyone. Whenever Hank was around, everyone ran away. Peter, on the other hand, was a nice and helpful bunny. He never said ‘NO’ to anyone. One day, while Hank was playing, he fell
Irta was a whiny girl. She would complain about everything and everyone. “Aunty, Sabrina never listens to me!” she would say. “Uncle Toivo never does what I tell him to do!” she would say to her friends’ parents. Everyone tried to be nice to her but her complaining always got everyone on edge. Slowly, all
Baby-Bee was coming and everyone was excited. Sarah and James wanted Baby-Bee to come home early. Dad-Bee said, “You can decorate his room.” Both Sarah and James ran to do everything. Sarah started decorating the baby crib and James putting up car posters on the wall. However, neither helped the other; that was why when
A king was unaware that his son was dishonest and spoilt. One day, they went hunting together and reached a village to spend the night. When the king was asleep, the prince started troubling the villagers. Just then, the king woke up and caught him red-handed. However, the prince noticed the boy who looked just
Peter and his friends were visiting a park, one morning. A park cleaner was singing and dancing as he swept the park grounds. The boys found it amusing to see how the cleaner worked so joyfully and they started throwing litter on the ground. When more people started arriving, some other children thought it was