Stories For Kids

बंदर का कलेजा (बन्दर और मगरमच्छ) पंचतंत्र की प्रसिद्ध कहानियों में से एक है जिसके रचयिता आचार्य विष्णु शर्मा हैं। एक नदी किनारे हरा-भरा विशाल पेड़ था। उस पर खूब स्वादिष्ट फल उगे रहते। उसी पेड़ पर एक बंदर रहता था। बडा मस्त कलंदर। जी भरकर फल खाता, डालियों पर झूलता और कूदता-फांदता रहता। उस बंदर के जीवन में एक …

Crash! “What was that noise?” Rohan and his mother dashed out of the kitchen. As they reached the stair case leading up to the terrace, they stopped. Sitting comfortably on the stairs and staring at them was a big, fat monkey. Broken pieces of the matka lay all around him and water was streaming down the staircase. “Shoo, shoo”, said …

Once there was a king named Satyapriya. His queen was called Suhasini. They lived in a lovely palace with a big garden. Their son Sarvapriya was everyone’s darling. The king and queen were very fond of Sarvapriya. They never left him alone. There were servants to look after him. Prince Sarvapriya had everything he wanted. But he had no friends. …

Old Rupert was sitting in the shade of a big apple tree in front of his house. His grandchildren were busy eating the beautiful apples and they were never tried of praising the delicious fruit. Their grandfather said to them: “Now I’ll tell you how this tree came here. More than 50 years ago I was standing lazily in an …

“Where is that good for nothing boy?” Aladin’s mother yelled as she looked up from her spinning. “There is not a scrap of food in the house, and here I am, working all day long to keep us two alive.” Meanwhile, Aladin was in the bazaar on the other side of the town of Baghdad, drinking mint tea and chatting …

I anxiously waited for the school to begin, so that I take my class and start the work. I was excited to put my new plan into practice: to bring about peace and order in the class,  to make classroom teaching interesting and win over my pupils. My heart was full of excitement and I could feel my pulse throbbing. …

Long ago, in the City of Bagdad, in the land of Persia, there lived a merchant called Ali Cogia. Over the years, Ali Cogia had saved one thousand pieces of gold. He put this gold into a big jar of clay. On top he put some olives. He sealed the jar and took it to a merchant friend who had …

Long ago, in a town not far from Bagdad, in the land of Persia, there lived a poor woodcutter called Ali Baba. One day, Ali Baba was working deep in the forest. Suddenly he heard the noise of many horses. He tied up his two mules behind some high rocks. Then he climbed into a tall tree to hide. From …

Two children from Mumbai spend a year in a small army township in the middle of the Rajasthan desert. Missing the urban sights and sounds, it takes them a while to get used to living in a place where the only excitement is a roll in the dunes. But adventure is just a sandstorm away and all too soon their …

Shashank and Mayank were twins and 10 years old. Every year, their parents would celebrate their birthday with much fanfare. They made it a point to get them new clothes for the party. One evening, on his return from office, their father informed them that he had been transferred to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. So all of them would …