Educational and online activities for kids
A tortoise was resting under a tree, on which a bird had built its nest. The tortoise spoke to the bird mockingly, “What a shabby home you have! It is made of broken twigs, it has no roof, and looks crude. What’s worse is that you had to build it yourself. I think my house,…
An old miser lived in a house with a garden. The miser hid his gold coins in a pit under some stones in the garden. Every day, before going to bed, the miser went to the stones where he hid the gold and counted the coins. He continued this routine every day, but not once…
A Hare was making fun of the Tortoise one day for being so slow. “Do you ever get anywhere?” he asked with a mocking laugh. “Yes,” replied the Tortoise, “and I get there sooner than you think. I’ll run you a race and prove it.” The Hare was much amused at the idea of running…
This is a story of The Elves and the Shoemaker. A shoemaker, by no fault of his own, had become so poor. At last he had nothing left but leather for one pair of shoes. So in the evening, he cut out the shoes which he wished to begin to make the next morning. As…
This story is about Jack and the Beanstalk. Once upon a time there was a boy called Jack. He lived with his mother. They were very poor. All they had was a cow. Jack was very lazy, he never did any work. As time went by jack and his widow mother became poorer and poorer….
Once an old farmer lived in a village. He had four sons. They always quarreled with one another. The farmer tried hard to bring unity among them but they would never listen to his advice. He was very worried about their future. One day, the old farmer fell sick and decided he should bring unity…
One day three friends were going on a journey. When they were passing by a jungle. They found a bag full of gold. They picked up the bag of gold and were overjoyed at this stroke of good luck. They were quite exhausted and hungry, they decided not to travel further. They agreed that first…
Long ago, there lived a hardworking and honest woodcutter in a small village. He used to cut down trees. Every day, he set out into the nearby forest to cut trees. He brought the woods back into the village and sold them out to make money. One day, when he was cutting trees near a…
Once a lion was sleeping in a forest. A mouse came and stared jumping on his head. Suddenly the lion woke up, grabbed the mouse and was going to kill the mouse “Spare me!” begged the poor Mouse. “Please let me go and someday I will surely repay you.” The lion laughed at it and…
Once upon a time a fox was very hungry. He was searching for food. He reached a garden. He saw a beautiful bunch of ripe grapes hanging from a vine trained along the branches of a tree. The grapes seemed ready to burst with juice, and the Fox’s mouth watered as he gazed longingly at…
