151 Bedtime Stories

Anne loved to go and play in the garden. It was spring and all the flowers were in full bloom. One morning as Anne was sitting in the garden, she heard someone talking but she couldn’t see anyone. The voice seemed to be coming from where the flowers were. Anne went closer to the flowers. […]

Kitty and Ginny were having a picnic in their garden. Kitty was arranging the carrot sticks on their plates when Ginny suddenly exclaimed, “Oh, we forgot to bring the lemonade!” So the girls quickly ran inside. When they came back, Kitty cried out surprised, “Ginny! Where are the carrot sticks?” Ginny said softly, “Kitty, look!

There were two old women living together–one was clever and the other was foolish. They had a wrap, cow and a small piece of land. The clever woman suggested, “Since we have only one wrap, you can use it during the day and I’ll use it at night. Also, the front part of the cow

Freddie was a witch. Children were very afraid of her but Bobby was least scared. One morning Freddie heard a nagging drone. It was Bobby the pilot who was flying his red helicopter. Freddie got very angry and asked Bobby to stop flying his helicopter near her house. Bobby replied her rather very rudely “No

One day, a little girl Sana found something hard in her mouth. When she took it out, she couldn’t believe to find it her tooth. She cried aloud. Her mother came and saw her tooth. Her mother wiped her tears and consoled her, “This happens to everybody. Don’t worry. You will get a new tooth.”

It was a fine sunny morning and Katie, Sam and Steve were on their way to school. Suddenly, Steve’s dog darted in front of them. “Booww-Whoww!” “Oh no!” cried Steve, “Bennie is out of home again! The children ran after Bennie. They were running so hard that they did not see the big hole. Thud!

Mr. Wilson had a majestic red car. The car was very proud of his appearance. “How shabby the other cars look!” thought he when he saw the other cars. One day a new car came to the neighbourhood. She was a small blue car and looked very pretty. A young girl owned her. All the

Long time ago, there lived a very naughty boy called Nelly. He was a cause of trouble for all. He chased the girls and pulled their hair; he swore at old and young. Even the poor harmless birds were not spared. He hit them with stones and broke their wings. His poor mother spent her

There was a snail and her cousin slug who lived in the shade of a cool, damp log. One day the snail came nearer towards a juicy stalk. Her cousin slug saw and soon overtook her. Snail felt offended but when she saw the slug feeding on a juicy leaf, she overtook him and said

Samuel was the son of a poor carpenter. Every day Samuel went with his father to the forest to cut trees. One day Samuel was sitting ‘on a log to take some rest. Suddenly he heard a cry, “Help me, please…!” He looked around but there was no one. He again heard the same voice.

There was a tiny island. It was ruled by a wise and good chief. The island had an annual ritual. Every year a grand festival in honour of the deity, Bhumidev was held. On this occasion, the chief would select the most beautiful flower in the garden to offer to their deity. For the past

Bony was a baby bat. Like all bats he was blind and scared of lights. At night when Bony went to sleep, he would often wake up with a start. “The street lights are still on, Mama!” he would call out anxiously. “Don’t worry, my child; we will go to a darker place,” comforted his

It was a Black School run by the Devil. Students in this school were taught witchcraft and magic. It was located in a dark dungeon below the Earth. Many children attended the school. But the Devil had a strange custom he would keep back a boy with him from the graduating batch of students as

Farmers of a village were happy. They had reaped a good harvest of wheat this year. They rejoiced and made merry at their good fortune. But they forgot to thank God for their good fortune. They became idle and selfish. They did not work in their fields anymore. Next year there was no crop to

A peacock lived in a jungle. He was very afraid of the hunters who used to come to the jungle to hunt peacocks for their feathers. One day the peacock came rushing to the lion, the king of the jungle. He told him about the hunters. “Please help me!” he cried. The lion said, “