Kids Stories

The class teacher, Mrs. Seema started her online class for grade 3, as usual. By 8.30 am it’s the class teacher’s period.   She took attendance starting with Adelina and ending with Yuva. During class teacher’s time, she always talks about a general topic. The kids should answer whatever they know about it. That morning she asked her students “What is Corona?” Everyone raised their hands (there is an option for hand raise button in the app which they are using for online classes). The class teacher called out “Karthik, tell me what is this corona? What do you know about it?” He answered “Mam, I know corona very well, it is a spiky monster. It has two bulging angry eyes, a nose and a big mouth full of teeth. It is green in color. I have seen lots of corona pictures in television, internet, whatsapp and posters on the walls”. Mrs. Seema laughed “Is it? Good, good!. Anybody else can tell me about it” Roshini said “Mam, it straightly came from China and now it’s living here i...

It was a holiday on regard to Holi festival. Ram and his friends, Vasu, Kuku, Bassi have planned to meet and celebrate Holi that evening. Ram asked his mother “Mom, please give me some money to buy balloons” Mom looked “Money for balloons? But what are you going to do with balloons, Ram?” Ram replied “Mom, I am going to fill it with colored water and throw them on my friends and play” “When you threw it with force, won’t it hurt others?” Mom asks. Ram coolly said “Everyone will throw water balloons at other. I throw it too” Mom started explaining “Ram, No, you should not do it. Holi is not celebrated by hurting others. It is a festival that should be celebrated with love. You are right! Holi is smearing colors at each other and play. It is a fair game! You can throw colors or splash water colors on the people in open streets. But if that game turns out to hurt others! It becomes unfair.” Ram understood the point what his mother is trying to convey. Ram waved hands to his mo...

Tola is very small, dark and smart girl from Nigeria. She wears a gown with colorful stripes, checks, circles and many different patterns on it. Tola’s brother is Dapo. He is tall, kind and a helpful boy. Tola’s family lives in Lagos, Nigeria. Mr.Abdul, Tola’s neighbour hurt his leg. He cannot walk any more unless the injury is cured. Mr.Abdul is a tailor. He meets different customers, take measurements and stitches outfits for them. He must earn money to pay his house rent. To make money he must meet customers and stitch dresses for them. But now, being hurt he cannot move or do his routine. Tola and Dapo have agreed to help Mr.Abdul. Tola said “I and Dapo will ride our bicycle and meet your customers. I take the measurements and Mr.Abdul, you can stitch”. Mr.Abdul was happy. He gave the customer’s addresses and details to Tola and Dapo. He also informed them that he has a fat, fancy lady customer who will always complain about his work. He instructed them to take proper measureme...

It is second week of January. Mrithi’s mother started to clean the house. Mrithika asked her mom “why suddenly you are cleaning the home, Ma?  Her mother replied “Mrithi, Pongal is nearing, don’t you remember. We should keep our house clean so that we can decorate and celebrate Pongal” Mrithi’s mother took a stool and climbed on it and started wiping the dusty fan blades of the ceiling fan. Mrithi standing near her asked “Ma, first tell me, what is Pongal? Her mother answered her “Mrithi, Pongal is a harvest festival. We thank Sun God for the abundance of harvest. Pongal means to boil and overflow. Now can you understand?” Mrithi “Yes ma, but why do we need to celebrate it?” “What is the staple food of India? Do you know Mrithi? Mom questioned Mrithi thought for a while and said “Rice! Rice!”. “Yes, you are right! Farmer’s sows and harvest rice. Tell me some dishes which are made up of rice?” “Idly, dosa, uthaappam, appam, white pongal, brown sweet pongal.. Ma…the list ...

Once upon a time ....Reader! ah..ah.. I can read your thoughts. Please don’t skip. I made sure that this is a different story. Once upon a time, there lived a man and a woman in a small village in China. The woman was expecting a child. After months, she gave birth to a healthy baby. The twist here is, it is not a boy or a girl but a frog. They took a very good care of their frog. It was a very clever Frog. He had a special gift. He can talk and even predict the future. One day, the frog said to his mom “Mom, we must go and see the king. This village and kingdom is about to be attacked!” The father, mother and the frog went to king’s palace. The Palace guard’s didn’t allow them to meet the king. After convincing the guards finally they were in front of the King. In the beginning, the King did not believe the frog. In the meanwhile a guard came running to the King and said “Your Majesty, an enemy army is here to attack us! King asked for the frog’s help. The king promised him ...

Today is Sports Day in Tanu’s School. Tanu is studying in class 3. She is a very wise and active girl. She is good at studies. She participates in all the competitions and wins prizes too. A day before the Sports Day, the class teacher instructed the students that they need not bring their school bags, but should carry some snacks box and their water bottles. Tanu was excited to participate in the games. For class 3, they have Frog race. For Class 4, it is sack race and for class 5, they have Lemon and spoon race. Tanu gave her name for the Frog race. Other Children from her class also gave their names for the race. The school had a very big playground for all the games to be conducted. Trees were lined up in one side of the playground. So, it was shady for the kids to sit under the tree and watch the race. They also put benches for the teachers to sit and take care of their students. With White powder, long track lines were drawn on the ground with numbers marked on it. The ...

It was Chukki’s dream to eat that Cheese. Chukki is, grey, hairy, with two big ears and one long tail. She is a mouse. Do you know where the cheese is?? It is in the sky. Sometimes it looked round, and sometimes it looked like half broken biscuit and the rest of the times it looked like a smile on the face. Chukki thought the Moon as cheese. Chukki wants to eat that Cheese, but she doesn’t know how to reach it. She yearned for that Cheese, so she sang a sad song, “Oooo..ooooo.. Oh my Dear Cheeseee! When will I come and get you, whenever I see you my mouth is watering….tell me a way to reach youuuuuu” Listening to the sad song, Chukki’s friend, Monkey asked, “Chu! Chu! Why are you singing a sad song, tell me what is your problem? I will help you to solve it and make you happy” Chukki said about the cheese. Monkey thought for a while and said “Okay, You can sit on my back and I can jump as high as I can. I will swing on branches of the trees and reach the sky. Monkey and Chukk...

Ramu and Balu are brothers who lived in a small town. A beggar named Pichu came everyday begging to their house for some food. Pichu was as very thin as you can see ribs in his body. He was shabby with torn clothes and dirty brown uncut hair.   Ramu, the elder son, he always gives away the leftover food to Pichu. Pichu was happy to take the food in his broken bowl and sit under a banyan tree near the lake and eat it. Balu doesn’t like encouraging the beggar, when he is fit to do all the work. Balu scolds Ramu “Ramu! Don’t give him food and  make him lazy”. But Ramu doesn’t mind Balu words he always pitied Pichu and gave food. On a fine day, Pichu came to Ramu’s house. When he started calling out, Balu came out of the house and holded Pichu’s hand and took him to the store room. In the store room, there were so many unwanted things dumped inside, from those he found out a fishing rod and gave it to Pichu. Balu took his bicycle made Pichu sit behind and rode to nearby lake...

Nagapattnam, a place in Tamil Nadu is a coastal area. Most people do fishing for their survival. Early morning, fishermen get ready with their fishing rod, big wired nets, baskets, and other accessories which are needed for fishing. They also pack some food and drinking water as they don’t know when they will be back to home. In a small village in Nagapattam, there lived a fisherman named Mattu. Mattu was a tall, strong and dark man with short curly hair. He wears colorful dhoti and a white vest with a munda (a piece of cloth) tied as a turban to his head. By 3.00 am, he packed his things and left for fishing in deep sea. That day, the sea was very violent and stormy. Big waves raised up the yatch. His yatch was almost about to drown. He shouted for help, being in the middle of the sea. None could hear him in that strong wind. Mattu’s Yatch drowned. He held a piece of wood from the yatch and was floating. Back in the village, Liloo, Mattu’s daughter was worried that her father...

It’s a Sunday, Suhani and her mother went to a mall for shopping. Suhani was holding her mom’s hand because the mall was crowded. Suhani’s mom saw her friend Priya in the Mall. She called out “Priya! Priya! Look here, near Lifestyle shop! Priya saw Suhani’s mom and came towards her. They started speaking all the stories. Suhani was seeing all the shops around her. There were shops for toys, outfits, handbags, books, shoes, fashion accessories, small ice cream parlors, and coffee shop. The kids train carried 10 to 12 kids and running around the first floor. The Mall was so colorfully litted and Suhani was mesmerized with the decors and big chandeliers hanging from the centre of the mall’s highest dome. In an excitement, Suhani left her mom’s hand and started wandering and looking at the beautifully displayed items on the window in front of every shop. Suddenly she realized that she was lost in the crowd. She called out “Amma! amma! Where are you?” People in the mall started star...

Krish was tired that day. As usual he came home and threw away his bag in the floor. Each shoe went flying on the corridor. Krish shouted “Ma! Give me something to eat! I’m hungry!  But his mom said “Krish! How many times I have told you to keep your things in the right place! First refresh and come, I prepared some samosas. Krish never minded his mom. He straightaway went to the dining table took a samosa and chomp…chomp…chomp… Mom saw this and prayed “Oh God! I really don’t know when his habits and behavior will change”. On a Saturday, Krish got dressed up and said to his mom “Ma, I am going to Raju’s home, I will be back by noon”. And he ran away. In Raju’s home, Raju’s mom welcomed Krish and served him fruits. Raju and Krish started to eat those fresh bananas and oranges. Krish peeled the banana’s skin and threw it on the floor. He did the same when he ate oranges. He messed the floor with banana peels and orange seeds. Raju’s younger brother Akku crossed the table wi...

  Pichoo, an ant was roaming here and there in a garden to find food. Pichoo thought “what a sunny day it is, will I get something for me to eat? This hunger is making me dizzy”. Pichoo started the search. Finally, near the water fountain he found a piece of Cookie. Meanwhile, Chipkoo, another ant eyed the same piece of Cookie. Pichoo eyes sparkled as if he found a treasure. He said “maaazaaa! Let me get this before someone sees and claims it”. He rushed and grabbed that cookie. He saw another pair of hands trying to pull it from him. Chipkoo said “Hey! It’s my Cookie, take your hands off” Pichoo claimed it’s his. As both the ants were fighting for their whole piece. Suddenly, the Cookie piece fell into the water fountain. Pichoo and Chipkoo were shocked to see their treasure sunk in the water. Both felt so sad and said “Maybe we could have split the Cookie into two halves and share it among us, instead of fighting and losing the food”. Both again starte...

  Finn Mccool was a mighty warrior who lived in Ireland. He was tall and strong man with blonde hair. On the other side of Scotland lived a giant named Benandonner. He was much more taller and stronger than Finn Mccool. Have you seen Hadgrid in Harry Potter movie? That’s the way Benandonner looked like. Scotland and Ireland is divided by a sea. Each day Finn and Benandonner shout at each other standing in their place. Finn shouted “Hey Ben! Come to Ireland, I will quash you like orange and throw you away”. From the other side Benandonner shouted “You come here to my place, I will stomp on you like an insect”. Each day this drama was going on. But one day Ben crossed the sea and came to Ireland to fight Finn. Finn seeing the big giant walking towards him he got scared and started running home. Finn quickly narrated the whole scene to his wife Oonagh. Clever Oonagh said “Finn, don’t be afraid, I will take care of this. Now please do as I say. Go lie down in that bath tub wear that ba...

 By Shareena Tenali Raman was a wise minister in Vijayanagar Kingdom. Water scarcity hits his place. Tenali had a well in his home but it doesn’t have any water in it.  Tenali called his son and said “Son, there is no water in our well. We need water to survive, why don’t we dig this well deeply so that we can get more water”. Son said “Ok father, but how do we do it”. At that time Tenali Raman heard three thieves speaking to each other.  Now Tenali got an idea and he said to his son loudly “Let’s bring that big box of gold and hide it in the well so that no one can find it”. This plan was overheard by the three thieves. Tenali and his son filled the box with stones and rocks and brought it out of their home and hid it under a bush. Tenali made sure that the thieves watched them carrying the box from the house. And he and his son went back to sleep. Meanwhile the three thieves said “This Tenali is a fool, it’s a big jackpot for us. Let us take this box of gold o...

 By Shareena Once there were three friends Beenu, Mithun, and Booboo.  On a sunny day, they were playing football in the nearby playground . Beenu hit the ball hard. You could guess what would have happened next. The ball went flying and fell into Rahul’s backyard. Rahul is a very quiet, tall and lean boy. He doesn’t talk much with others, even in his classroom. So the kids in his classroom and his neighborhood assumed that Rahul is a very reserved and proud boy.   Beenu asked Mithun and Booboo “Po, get the ball from that Raaaahul…I won’t come” So, Mithun and Booboo hesitantly walked towards Rahul’s house. They rang the door bell and Rahul opened the door. Booboo said “Rahul, we were playing football in that ground, which is near your house. The ball fell into your garden, will you please get it? Rahul looked at them for a moment and went inside. After few minutes he came back with the piece of paper. Rahul handed that paper to Booboo and Mithun. Both were puzzle...

 By Shareena Roopa is a short tempered girl and becomes angry for silly little things. She has a little brother named Akhil. On a fine day, Roopa went to market and she found a beautiful attractive flower vase in a shop. She immediately bought it without a second thought. Roopa spoke to herself “Wow! What a lovely colorful vase it is, hand crafted mirror works all over it, and its shining, I should be proud of having it in my home”. She went back home carrying it carefully. She showed the vase to her mom and put it on a wooden table in her living room and went away to do her home work. There comes her little naughty brother Akhil, carrying a toy airplane. Loudly making a sound brrr..brrrr…imagining the airplane is running up and down in the air. And the Airplane rounded the table and came near the vase. Dasshhhhhhhh…..the plane hit the vase and the vase fell and   broke into pieces. Hearing the sound, Roopa came running out of her room. Her face turned red and she star...

By Shareena Tutu is a little girl who is studying in her Grade 3. Her Birthday was on July 27 th . She was thinking a lot about how to celebrate her B’day. She always nags her mom “Ma, tell me how many days more for my Birthday and what are you going to gift me? Shall I call my friends for the B’day party or not? Will you buy me that delicious creamy strawberry cake with my favorite character printed on the top of the cake? Ma said Tutu there are 4 weeks for your B’day to come. You should patiently wait and we can plan it slowly.   Ma was little worried as Tutu keeps on repeating the same questions every day morning. Ma also thought that when I was small I didn’t receive any cake or gifts from my parents. I didn’t even know or remember when my Birthday was. One morning Tutu again came to her Ma with the same set of questions. Ma made Tutu sit on her lap and explained her, Baby! Do you know what would be the cost of the cake or the gifts you asked for?    Me and Pa...