151 Bedtime Stories

Lucy, the mouse, has been having hiccups! Everyone knew about her hiccups. Someone suggested to eat sugar. She ate sugar. But it didn’t work. Some told her to drink lots of water. She drank water but nothing doing. Someone told her to hold her breath for a long time. She tried all the tricks to […]

Once there lived a little girl called Julia. She worked hard every day and raised a patch of pepper. One morning, when Julia came to tend to her path, she saw a Ram happily grazing in her pepper patch! “Shoo!” she said, but the Ram did not go away. Just then a hen passed by

One day, Uncle Theodore heard two birds talking. “The train is coming from the west!” said one. “But I think it will pass only through the desert!” said the other. Theodore Lion wanted to see the train chug by. He walked for days in the desert to get a glimpse of the train. Not a

Dicky was a little deer who was grazing with the other members of his family in the woods. Soon the little deer strayed away from them. He felt very lonely and miserable. He searched for his family here and there but he could not find anyone. One day while looking for his family, he saw

Jenny was a very pretty fairy but she was also very clumsy. She was always dropping things around and could not sleep with her tiny wings draped around her. Every night her wings would get crushed and next morning Jenny’s mother had to straighten them so that she could fly properly. One day Jenny flew

Bruno, the pup was bored. He wanted to play. So, he went to Milky, the cow and said, “Milky, I am bored. Please play with me!” But Milky said, “I am busy, Bruno! I need to give milk to Minnu!” So, Bruno went to Rusty, the rooster and said, “Rusty, I am bored. Please play

Lucy wanted to play with the shiny, sparkling stars. She felt it was better than any of her toys. “But how do I reach up to the stars?” she wondered. She lay in bed thinking. She could see through the window the stars smiling at her from the sky above. Lucy walked out into the

Freddy the frog who always boasted about himself. Every animal living around was irritated with his behavior. They always made excuse to escape any encounter with him. “It is just impossible to talk to him”, said the chirpy sparrow. “I can’t stand Freddy!” every other animal used to say about the naughty proud frog. But

Messie was the strong highland cow. It lived with other cows in a big place. The cows lived happily but they were disturbed by the loud snoring of Messie. They warned Messie to get rid of this bad habit as it disturbed their sleep. If she did not stop snoring, she would have to leave

Once upon a time, there lived a baby crocodile. He had a beautiful, shiny tail. The other crocodiles were very jealous of him and did not play with him. The baby crocodile was very lonely and was very sad. One day an idea struck him. He thought, ‘I have these beautiful scales on my tail

Jenny was sitting by the riverside while her goats grazed on the grass. Suddenly, she saw two men running towards the road with gunny bags. “Run faster, the police is around,” she heard one of them say. One of the men slipped and fell down and his gunny bag opened. A glass-topped box came sliding

Once in a faraway village, there was a large, scaly rock that looked like a dragon. The villagers believed that the rock was actually a dragon. The villagers were worried because there had been no rains in the village for a long time. “Help us, O Mighty Dragon!” they prayed. Every day, they carried flowers

Freddie and Durby were very good friends. Freddie was a very naughty frog while Durby was a lazy dog. Freddie would hop from one corner of the house to the other. The children in the neighbourhood were always worried for they never knew from which direction or on whose head the frog would jump on.

Wincy the small good wolf was the grandson of a big bad wolf. His grandfather had been killed by the goat family. One day, Wincy decided to dress up in a lion’s costume to scare the three goats who lived near his den. On hearing his roars, the three goats loaded their blowpipes with darts

Haroo was a poor man. One day, he went to his rich brother for help. “I have no money to spare you,” said his brother. Haroo walked back sadly. He saw a shiny pebble on the road and picked it up absent-mindedly. Suddenly he heard a voice say, “This pebble will grant you three wishes.”