151 Animal Stories

Once, a baby swallow named Maggi had learnt flying for the first time. At first, she was very excited and kept flying from one tree to another for many hours. So Maggi became very tired and decided to take rest and went to the top of the tree, where she saw the colour of the […]

Hilda was not at all like the other hippos. All day, her family would wallow in the muddy pool but she would stand in the rain and enjoy the water trickling down her skin. “Come, Hilda. This mud is warm like chocolate,” her brother would call. But Hilda did not go. Her favourite pastime was

Once, there were two friends—one was a lion and another was a boar. They used to live together. One day, it was a sunny hot day. Both the friends had a palatable lunch of an ox. They ate with their satisfaction and they felt thirsty, so they went in search of water. After a long

Once, there was a donkey named Denu, who was wandering to graze grass. While grazing he entered the den of a lion. Fortunately, the lion was not present there and had gone to have flesh. In the den he saw the lion’s skin lying on the ground. Seeing the lion’s skin an idea came in

Once, a beautiful princess of king Henz, had gone to wander in a nearby park. She was wandering alone. Suddenly an injured crow fell near her legs. At the beginning she got scared and started escaping but just as she heard the voice of the crow she stopped and picked the crow and asked, “Who

Once, there was a prince. He was very ugly, so nobody came to see him. Even no princess wanted to marry him. This had made him so anxious. The prince made a plan to attract the people and the princess of the other kingdom. He bought twelve monkeys. They were very good dancers. They would

Once, there were a mouse named Micky and a lion named Bubber. They lived in the jungle. One day, Micky was celebrating the birthday of his son but forgot to bring his favourite fruit. So Micky proceeded to bring that fruit. But while he passed through Bubber’s den, Bubber pounced upon the poor little Micky

Once, a farmer had two pets, a dog and a donkey. The farmer used the donkey to bring the seeds and other goods from market, and used the dog to guard them. One day, the dog and the donkey walked along a mountain path to the market with their master. At noon, the master ate

Once, a fox named Sibu was taking rest under a tree and was thinking how he could get food for himself because he had been hungry for two days. Just then a crow named Kali came flying and sat on the same tree. Kali had a juicy piece of cheese in his mouth. The fox’s

Once, a lion was so ravenous and was roaming in search of food. After walking too long and for hours he couldn’t get anything. So he went to another jungle to find his prey. Suddenly he saw a hare sleeping peacefully under a tree. ‘Oh! that’s a lovely fluffy hare. It will surely make a

Logan was a large lizard who lived in a dark cave. Every morning he followed a particular route to find his food. One morning, as he sped through the woods, he saw some white daisies. The flowers were so beautiful that he did not notice Vanora the sheep ahead of him. He bumped into Vanora

Once, there lived two pandas named Giju and Miju, in a forest. They were very mischievous and giant. There had always slanging match between them. They were so envious of each other that they never let another to eat peacefully. There was a bamboo plant in the jungle, which had delicious shoots. All day, they

Once, Rony, the owl lived with his family in the jungle. Rony used to go school with his friend Tony, the sparrow. Tony was very good at studies but Rony was very poor and always scored low marks in the exam. It was the day of the report card of Tony and Rony. Again Rony

Once, in a city there was famine. Many animals and people were dying of hunger and thirst. One day the Earth trembled and heaved and out came a huge camel! It measured seven hundred paces. All the people of city were wonder-struck. A little later, the camel gave birth to a baby camel. Both the

Once, a pig named Sinku was very much disappointed because he had no friend. All the animals escaped to see him. Therefore Sinku started crying sitting under a tree. Then a cow saw him and took Sinku to his farm. The cow saw that Sinku ate leftovers and slept in the muddy pool. Seeing Sinku