Once, there lived a kangaroo who was a champion athlete. He was very haughty and mean, and ridiculed others all the time. A little penguin, who walked slowly and ungainly, bore the brunt of his barbs. One day, the fox, who organised the races, announced an unusual race. He asked all the animals to assemble […]
Once, there lived a king who did not want to punish or imprison anyone. So, people used to disobey him. The king became sad, as there was no law and order in the kingdom. A monk suggested a solution. He gave the king two small pieces of parchment, with colourful writing on them. “These are
Once, there was a boy who would never get dressed when his parents told him to. He always preferred to dress in a strange manner. One day, his parents were in a hurry. The boy refused to dress, and his parents got furious. So they told him that he would have to go out wearing
Once, there was a farmer who owned an old mule. One day, the mule slipped and fell into a dry well while grazing in the fields. The mule started braying loudly. The farmer was at a loss, as to how to pull him out! After sometime, he decided to bury the mule in the well
Once, a lark built its nest on a farmer’s land. The farmer’s son saw the nest and went near it. He saw a lark in the nest and asked her, “Hey Lark, do you have any children?” “Yes, I have three young ones–Tiny Bill, Fair Wing and Bright Eyes,” the mother lark said. The boy
Once, a man was fishing in a lake. He threw out his net and sat patiently. Suddenly, a few cranes came there to eat fish from the lake. As they waded in the shallow water, they noticed the man in the boat. Just then the wind began to blow. It ruffled their feathers and blew
Franco and Nixon were best friends since childhood. Every year, they visited faraway places. This year, they decided to visit an amazing oasis deep in the desert. They! started the journey. On their way, Franco and Nixon had an argument. The argument got heated up and Nixon slapped Franco on his face. Even though Franco
Long, long ago, there was a very unfriendly river which refused to share its water with the animals, fish or plants. ‘My water is my own. I will not share it with anybody else,’ thought the river. One day, a little girl came to this river with her goldfish bowl. She was leaving for higher
Once, there lived three thieves named Taco, Bilbo and Frodo. One night, they sneaked into a rich man’s house and stole his money and gold. They loaded the loot in three bags and escaped to a faraway forest. On the way, the thieves decided to stop at an abandoned house. Since all were hungry, Taco
There was once a boy called Mario. He always boasted that he had many friends. One day, his grandfather said to him, “Mario, I am sure many of your friends are not your true friends.” Then his grandfather left, but soon returned. Mario felt that he was carrying something in his hand, but could see
Once upon a time, there lived a priest who was extremely lazy and poor. One morning, he got a pot of milk. He drank some of it. He then added a little curd in the remaining milk to convert it to curd. He then lay down to rest. Soon, he started dreaming. He dreamt, “By
Once, a frog lived in a deep well. He had never spent a moment of his life outside the well. One day, another frog that lived in the sea came and fell into that well accidently. “Where have you come from?” asked the well frog. “I have come from the sea,” said the sea frog.
Peter was a ten-year-old boy. He neither listened to his mother nor helped her in any household chores. One day, Peter woke up wondering why his mother had not called him to go to school. When he went downstairs to the kitchen, he was shocked. He saw a pirate from his video game! “Where is
It was a rainy day. Alex and his friends had decided to play in the park but their plan did not work out due to the rain. Alex was looking outside the window, anxiously waiting for the rain to stop so that they might go out to play. But he was also enjoying the raindrops
Long, long ago, there was a prince who always remained sad. One day, his sister called the best joker of the world. The joker told him some jokes, but the prince pushed him away. His sister asked, “Why did you push that man?” The prince said, “His jokes are so boring.” His sister asked him