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Short Stories for Children
LEVEL 1: STORIES FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN .............................................................................. 5
THE WIND AND THE SUN .................................................................................................................... 5
THE VILLAGER AND THE SPECTACLES ................................................................................................. 5
AS YOU SOW, SO SHALL YOU REAP ..................................................................................................... 6
THE FARMER AND HIS SONS ............................................................................................................... 6
BIRBAL THE WISE ................................................................................................................................ 7
THE WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING ....................................................................................................... 7
HARE AND THE TORTOISE ................................................................................................................... 7
NOBODY BELIEVES A LIAR ................................................................................................................... 8
WORK IS WORSHIP .............................................................................................................................. 9
NEVER BE UNGRATEFUL ...................................................................................................................... 9
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN...................................................................................................................... 10
LIVE AND LET LIVE ............................................................................................................................. 10
TIME IS VALUABLE ............................................................................................................................. 11
HAVE FAITH IN GOD .......................................................................................................................... 11
BLIND IMITATION IS BAD .................................................................................................................. 11
A FOX AND A CRANE ......................................................................................................................... 12
LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE .................................................................................................... 13
THE STORY OF LORD GANESHA ......................................................................................................... 13
EAGLES IN A STORM .......................................................................................................................... 14
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THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER .................................................................................................... 14
MOTHER’S DAY ................................................................................................................................. 15
MOUNTAIN ....................................................................................................................................... 15
THE MISER ......................................................................................................................................... 16
TWO FROGS ...................................................................................................................................... 16
SAND AND STONE ............................................................................................................................. 17
LEVEL 2: STORIES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN ....................................................................... 18
A BOX FULL OF KISSES ....................................................................................................................... 18
THE PRAYING HANDS ........................................................................................................................ 18
THE FOUR WIVES .............................................................................................................................. 20
WAIT FOR THE BRICK ........................................................................................................................ 21
PUPPIES FOR SALE ............................................................................................................................. 22
THE MAN, THE BOY AND THE DONKEY ............................................................................................. 23
THE WOODEN BOWL ........................................................................................................................ 24
TREES THAT WOOD ........................................................................................................................... 25
PENCIL ............................................................................................................................................... 27
DAD’S BLESSINGS .............................................................................................................................. 28
THE GREEDY CLOUD .......................................................................................................................... 29
A MAD MAN IN THE CITY .................................................................................................................. 29
NEVER MAKE FUN OF A RHINO ......................................................................................................... 31
THE MATH DUNCE ............................................................................................................................ 32
THE WHITE ROSE ............................................................................................................................... 33
THE RUBY THIEF ................................................................................................................................ 34
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THE DRAWING THAT TALKED ............................................................................................................ 35
THE SINGING HIPPO .......................................................................................................................... 37
THE INCREDIBLE BLACK RAIN ............................................................................................................ 38
MY LITTLE WORLD HAS BROKEN ....................................................................................................... 39
THE UNFRIENDLY RIVER .................................................................................................................... 40
THE TICKLING SCALES ........................................................................................................................ 41
A DAY WITH PIGS .............................................................................................................................. 41
THE WARM WHALE ........................................................................................................................... 42
THE MAGIC WINDOW ....................................................................................................................... 43
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