Kids Stories

Amita carried a big basket of fruits to sell it in the market. The first rain drop touched her bare hands which were holding the basket on her head. The rain slowly started to shed more drops of water. Amita’s basket was fully soaked and it started to tear. One fruit fell and the second and then all from the basket fell and rolled on the dirty mud. She put the torn basket away and begin to collect the fruits. She thought “Oh God! The basket is of no use. Where will I keep these fruits..?” Amita saw a blue plastic bag flying on the road. She caught it and gathered the fruits in it. Amita went back home. Amita’s grandma cooked some rice and curry for the lunch. When she saw Amita, Grandma got the bag filled with fruits and gave a cloth for her to wipe as she was drenched. Amita’s grandma had four goats. Amita and grandma survived on the money earned from selling the goat’s milk and fruits in the market Amita said “Grandma, the fruit basket was torn so I had to leave it on the road, b...

Buttercup had a pet named Luna, the girly cat. Luna looks just the same like Toodles Galore (Tom’s Girlfriend in Tom & Jerry). Luna was beautiful, stylish and had a big blue bow tied to her neck. Buttercup loves Luna. Luna had 7 little kittens. One was striped like a tiger, one was curly and soft like a cotton ball, two were in the color of smoke and other three got spots on its body. In the home, there were totally 8 cats. Like our parents, Buttercup’s parents didn’t agree to pet all the 8 cats. Buttercup’s father said “Butter, we don’t have space for all these kittens. You keep Luna and a kitten as your pet and give away the rest”. Buttercup was sad. But she understood what her father meant. So she took one spotty kitten and kept it for herself. And got ready with a kid’s wagon and slowly placed the 6 little kittens inside it and pulled the handle bar starting the quest in finding a new place for the kittens. While walking, she saw Ms. Anita, her neighbor was watering the ...

Mike was fond of playing basket ball. Every Saturday he goes out with his two elder brothers Larry and Ronnie to play basketball match. His elder brothers are tall and strong but Mike was average height and thin skinned boy. He wanted to grow tall like his brothers so he can play his favorite game well and score points for their team and make the team win the match. Likewise, one Saturday Mike and his brothers went to basketball court for a local match to play opposite their rival. Mark, the tallest arrogant boy from the rival team teased Mike and called him “Hey short boy what’s up?” When Mike turned to look at him, Mark snatched the ball with his long hands and passed it through the hoop. Mark won the match. On the way back home, Mike felt bad that he missed the chance of making his team win. He blamed himself for the mistake. His brothers tried to convince him. But Mike was not convinced. He told them “If I was tall like you Guys, I would have surely scored the goal” When th...

Pencil and Eraser were best friends. If Pencil made a mistake, his friend Eraser would come forward to help him. This happens always.   Once Pencil asked Eraser “Oh my Dear friend without your friendship I couldn’t imagine how my life would be. I make so many mistakes and you help me undo it”. Eraser replied “Pencil…if you want to thank...then you should thank Joseph Priestly and Edward Nairne. These two men discovered me and made life easy for you. My life was full of accidents”. Pencil asked “I think you have a story to tell. Now I am free. Could you please tell me about the two men who found you?” Eraser smiled and said “Yes, Pencil”.   He started with his own biographic narration. In olden days, Greek people used wax cubes to erase black marks from the paper. Later they used rough bits of sandstone and pumice (ashes of volcano) as an eraser. Japan people used soft bread crust balls to erase the pencil marks. So, many found their own ways to erase. On a fine day, Ch...

A leprechaun made a hole in the tree trunk and lived there for many years. His name was Greenie. Greenie was just 2 feet tall. He had orange hair and suits him up with green pants, white shirt and a green coat. He wears green pointed shoes. Greenie is a shoe maker. He makes shoes for men, women, fairies and witches. The hand crafted shoes comes in three different colors – Green, Gold and Lavender. A wide range of shoes were cobbled by him. Some are pointed toes, some box heels, some high heels and some no heels. People loved his craftsmanship. Greenie has some magical powers too. He can grant three wishes to people he like or helped him in some way. Greenie also had the ability to see where the rainbow ends. Greenie got a gold coin for every pair of shoe he made. It was exclusive and liked by everyone. Even the fairies from mushroom land and witches from haunted house gave him gold coins for their customized shoes. Greenie keeps all the gold coins in a big metal pot. His pot was ...

Once upon a time there was a King and a Queen in Italy. They had a beautiful and intelligent daughter. Her name was Kiara. Kiara was a knowledgeable, bright and clever girl. The king asked her to choose a prince from the other kingdoms for her marriage. Being an intelligent girl, Kiara said “Father, I wanted to marry a man who has equal knowledge like me or can be of more intelligence and wise. He doesn’t need to be a Prince”. The worried king said “Kiara, How will I find such a man?” Kiara replied “Father, don’t worry. I will make the selection process quick and easy. Any man can ask me 9 Questions. If I am unable to answer any one of the question, then I will marry him”. The king knew that Kiara is the only smart and intelligent girl in the kingdom. He was troubled that when will she find the intelligent boy and when will she get married? The King approached his good friend  Francesco Accarigi,  who was a great scholar and a teacher in the kingdom. The king filled hi...

Maggie was a new student in the school. She liked the school when she came for the interview with her parents.  Her father got a promotion with a transfer from Chennai to Goa. So they had to shift their home.  Maggie is studying in 9th grade. When she entered the class she saw new faces.   There were many girls and boys in the class. Some were reading text books, some chatting with their friends and the boys were playing with paper ball throwing and hitting one another.  For first few months she liked the school and classmates very much. When time passed she was not happy to study there. She looked dull and moody when she returned back from school.   Maggie’s marks started to fall. From best student she became an average student.   Now her performance in the last exams was really bad. Her father and mother asked her if she finding the subjects difficult? Or is the syllabus heavy for her to read and memorize? Or can she understand the subjects? The paren...