The Selfish Giant Long ago, there was an exquisite garden which not only had lively trees, but also had a collection of flowers that gave out a wonderful fragrance. The birds that used to regularly visit the garden sang the most melodious songs. It was truly a lovely garden. There were some children who regularly played in this beautiful garden. It was their play area, where they used to spend some lovely afternoons after school and the even more time during holidays. The birds that lived in this magnificent garden, used to sing melodious tunes, which even made the kids stop their games ... read more

CLEVER MR. PAT Mr. Pat was a very clever man but he had a habit of bragging. One day, he went to a restaurant. A man came and sat in front of him, as there was no other space available in the restaurant. As was his habit Mr. Pat started bragging. The other person got fed up of his bragging and asked him, "Tell me one thing that you can't do and I will show you that I can do it. At this, Mr. Pat stood up from his chair and said; "I cant pay my bill. Now you will have to pay it." The other person had no option but to pay the bill.

There was once a family of foxes who lived in the woods. There was a mother fox, a father fox, and four baby fox cubs. The cubs were named Arjan, Surjan, Ganji, and Bulbul. One day, the daddy fox said to his four cubs, ‘I must go out to work and I may be gone for many days. You must promise me that you will be good and do what your mother tells you while I am gone.’ The fox cubs all agreed to do as their mother instructed. And when it was time for their father to leave, the cubs all gathered at the door and waved goodbye and wished him luck on his journey. Several days passed in which ... read more

AN ASS, A COCK AND A LION Once a cock and an ass were sitting under a tree sharing a meal. Suddenly, a lion came there. Seeing the cock and ass there he said, "I don't need to hunt far and wide. Under the tree sits my next meal." Seeing the lion, the cock flew on to a branch of the tree and crowed in fear. Hearing this strange sound, the lion got scared and ran away. The ass, thinking that the lion was frightened of it, started following him without realizing that it was the cock's crow that had scared the lion. When the lion and the ass went out of hearing of the cock, the lion tu ... read more

THE WIND AND THE SUN Once the Wind came to have a false pride of his strength- so much that he challenged the strength of the Sun. The Son tried to smile away the Wind's challenge but the Wind insisted on a trial of strength. The trial was to be upon a traveler. He, who would make the traveler put off his coat, was to be the winner. The Wind had the first attempt. He gathered all his force and came down upon the man trying to blow off his coat off his body. But the man felt colder and wrapped it even harder round himself. Now it was the Sun's turn. The Sun shined brightly. As obvio ... read more