Mr. Wright loved watching animals and birds. He spent the whole year in the forest. One day, he showed his children how to make an observation platform in a tree. Soon, the children were sitting on it. It was so high up. They sat there waiting for some animal to come. Soon they saw a […]
Augusta was interested in learning martial arts. She went to a Master of Karate and said, “I want to learn Karate. Please teach me.” The Master told Augusta, “I will certainly teach you but on one condition.” “What is that?” asked Augusta. “You will have to stand on a busy street for a month and
A spider was worried. Winter was fast approaching. She had to get ready for that. So, at dawn, she wove her web between two stalks of a bush. She thought, ‘Maybe an insect will come this way.’ She kept waiting. Suddenly, along came a butterfly in search of some flowers and flew right into the
The wind was blowing hard. The leaves danced around joyfully. But a little horse-chestnut was scared. All his friends had fallen already, so he was very frightened. Suddenly, a gust of wind shook the branch and down fell the little horse-chestnut. David was sweeping the ground and the chestnut came rolling there. He saw the
Once, a duck gave birth to five ducklings. She saw them and noticed that one of the ducklings was not at all like the others. He was ugly! Soon, the ugly duckling realized this and left home. But life was hard for him. The weather kept changing. He also had to protect himself from the
Quinn was a very greedy boy. Every day, before leaving for school, he filled his school tiffin with some bread and butter, lots of biscuits and chips. One morning, he took a longer time in the kitchen. His mother cried out, “You will get late for school!” Quinn ran as fast as he could. Suddenly,
During autumn, leaves turn yellow and days become shorter. At this time, some swallows like the Zip fly to Africa. Swallows are small, with pointed narrow wings, short bills and small weak feet; some species have forked tails. Swallows are able to produce many different calls or songs, which are used to express excitement, to
Two brothers had a habit of getting up every morning and having a pillow fight. But one day as they were fighting, Gary, by mistake, knocked down his bedside lamp. Mother heard the noise and came in angrily. She saw the broken lamp and shouted, “No pillow fights from now on!” As soon as mother
Lucy and Maggie were sisters. One day, they decided to have a picnic in the garden. “We forgot the juice and cupcakes,” said Lucy. Then went into the house to get the juice and a tray full of cupcakes. But they peeked out of the window to find that the salad had disappeared. “Where is
Maud was an old woman. She was often in a bad mood. She spent her day complaining all the time. When she was not complaining, she would be grumbling under her breath. Everyone was tired of seeing her this way. Maud was so unhappy about everything in her life that her neighbours avoided talking to
Once, granny was telling a story to her grand-daughter, Erica. She said, “I will tell you the one about the little worm who was so cold in autumn and was helped by the snail. He made a tiny house from a nut-shell.” Erica exclaimed, “That is a novel idea to use a nut-shell.” Granny replied,
Richard and Ruth woke up one Sunday morning and looked out of the window. They were thrilled. Richard said, “There’s snow everywhere.” His sister, Ruth, said, “It snowed! Let’s go out and make a snowman.” They got dressed quickly. Before they went out, they went to the kitchen. Ruth put a carrot, some cherries and
One day, Verona was walking in her garden. She was walking by a flowering shrub when she came across an unusual sight. She saw the cocoon of a butterfly under one of the leaves. As she watched closer, she saw that the butterfly was trying hard to get out of the cocoon. “Wait a minute,”
Long ago, a king and a queen had a beautiful daughter. The king had a great feast prepared. He invited twelve fairies to give their blessings but forgot to invite the thirteenth. So, she cursed, “On her sixteenth birthday, the princess shall prick herself with a spindle and die!” But the twelfth fairy changed the
Fairy Sybil went to the forest one day. It was her job to make sure that everyone was happy and content. But no sooner did she fly by an oak tree than it said, “I am not so flexible as a pine tree. I can be uprooted easily.” The pine tree was near by. Fairy
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