Children’s Stories Archive

Little Mermaid

Long long ago, in the Deep Sea kingdom, there lived the sea king with his five mermaid daughters. Sirenetta was the youngest and the loveliest among them. She had …

The Cabbage

One day, two boys, Tom and Harry, were passing by a garden. They saw a big cabbage and Tom boasted, “I once saw a cabbage bigger than this.” Harry …

The Basket of Mangoes

Judith was a very untidy girl. “Judith, you must keep your room tidy,” her mother was tired of telling her. One day, her friend brought a basket of mangoes …

The Wolf and the Man

Once a fox was telling a wolf how strong man was and how difficult it was for an animal to overcome him. But the wolf boasted that if he …

King Thrushbeard

A king had a very beautiful daughter who was very arrogant. She thought that no man was good enough for her. Once she ridiculed one of her suitors saying, …

Christmas

“Christmas is approaching. You must clean the house well,” said Jack to his wife. The silly wife thought that Christmas must be a man. “Are you Christmas?” she asked …

The Travelling Companion

Once there lived a boy called John. One night while John was sleeping, his dead father appeared in his dreams and told him that he would win the loveliest …

The Jay and the Peacocks

One day, a jay entered a yard where peacocks roamed. There he found lovely peacock feathers on the ground. The jay thought that he would look very pretty if …

The Brave Cub

Once upon a time a lion was walking through the woods with his lioness and their two cubs. All of a sudden, the cubs fell into a trap laid …

The Wooden God

Once upon a time there lived a priest called Andre. He was a great believer in God. He used to worship a wooden idol every day and also burn …