Grandpa Tales

In a tree faraway in the jungle lived a snake called Zar. Under the tree grew many kinds of beautiful flowers. One day, as he was sitting on the tree, he looked at the flowers below the tree. ‘I wonder what they smell like,’ he thought. But Zar felt too lazy to slither all the […]

Once, many animals lived in Animal Land. All the animals loved to play together in the Animal Land. They played many games but their favourite game was hide and seek. The game used to start in the morning and end at dinner time. One of them, Zerry Pig, was very good at hiding but not

A farmer had a farm full of animals. One day, Luke Donkey was going for some work when he heard strange sounds. These sounds were coming from a hay cart near him. But Luke could not find anyone. Again, he heard the sounds. So, Luke went to have a closer look at the cart. He

It was a nice day. Jasmine and Fred were very excited. They were going to the beach. They had never been to a beach before but they had heard a lot about it. Soon, they reached the beach. They made a big sandcastle. Fred put a flag on the top. They decorated it with seaweed

Once, there was a garden. The owner had put a water bath for the birds there. Every day, many birds used to come there to drink water. But a very bad cat lived there. She used to drive all the birds away and did not let them drink the water. She was a very mean

Once there was a fox named Foxy. He loved to eat chickens but he could never catch them because he was very slow. The chickens always ran away. One day, an idea struck him to catch the chickens. He knew there were some chickens in the farmer’s yard. He took some grains and laid a

Once, there was a bad wolf. He always ate up people. Now, an old lady lived alone in a hut in the jungle. The wolf kept a watch on her house. He saw that the old lady lived all alone. One day, he decided to eat her. He went to her house and opened the

Jilli Goat had a great passion. She loved baking cakes. But there was a problem. However hard she tried, she could not make perfect cakes. So, no one came to eat her cakes. The cakes were either too hard or too dry or too sour. But Jilli never gave up. She always said, “Practice makes

It was that time of the year again. The football match was round the corner. Gibby Rabbit loved to play football. He played football beautifully. So, it was a dream come true when he was selected in the football team. Soon, the match started. Gibby had decided that he would score a goal. But Gibby

The pirate crew was excited. They had found a treasure map. Captain Perry was hunting for the treasure for a long time. There was an ‘X’ marked on the map. It was six steps from a rock. Cabin boy Roy was excited and thought, ‘I wish I could get just one ruby.’ On the beach

Dinny Hen had been sitting over her egg for hours. But she was feeling hungry. Suddenly, she saw a bit of sunlight by the barn door. She had an idea. She placed her egg under the sun and put some hay over it. Then off she went to find something to eat. Soon, a hungry

Two friends, Joan and Rita, had gone camping. Near their camp was an old castle. They decided to explore the castle. When they looked at the castle, they saw someone climbing at the castle wall. It was their friend Simon. But there was a sign that said ‘Danger’ near the castle. They shouted for Simon

Once, Jerry Mouse was sick. He was lying in bed all bored. He wanted to get well soon. He was tired of taking the medicines but he had to in order to get well. But his mother was very particular about one thing. She said, “We must always remember to shake the bottle before taking

Fanny Duck lived in a pond. Bunny Rabbit lived in a burrow close by. Both were good friends. One day they were playing together when something flashed past them. Fanny asked, “Did you see that, Bunny? It was beautiful! What was it?” “I am going to find out,” said Bunny. So, Bunny went off quickly

There was a deer called Glee. She was a very playful deer. One day, it was a pleasant day, so Glee Deer set off through the woods looking around for someone to play with. Suddenly, Glee heard a cry for help. She rushed towards the sound. ‘Someone’s in trouble!’ she thought as she passed a