Money Plant

 Emperor Akbar once went hunting in the forests of Bihar. Chasing a deer, they parted from their companions. They were wandering, hungry and thirsty.

God's gift

 A Brahmin lived in the city of Patiala. One day he went to the king to beg. The king gave a hundred rupees to a Brahmin in begging. But the Brahmin refused to take it. He said to the king, "I don't want a hundred rupees. If you want, give me one penny, but give me something you have earned with your hard work."

God's gift

     An old woman lived in a village in Bihar. He had no one in the world but his son Ramu. She used to grind people's flour and do other small things to raise her son. With that, they were able to make ends meet.

The desert

 THOSE of us who live in regions covered with forests and surrounded by hills may find it difficult to imagine what a desert is really like. The popular belief is that it is an endless stretch of sand where no rain falls and, therefore, no vegetation grows. It is dry, hot, waterless and without shelter. But this is not entirely correct. For those who have studied it, the desert can be a beautiful place. It is the home of a variety of people, animals and plants that have learnt to live under very hot and dry conditions. 

Bringing up kari

 KARI, the elephant, was five months old when he was given to me to take care of. I was nine years old and I could reach his back if I stood on tiptoe. He seemed to remain that high for nearly two years. We grew together; that is probably why I never found out just how tall he was. He lived in a pavilion, under a thatched roof which rested on thick tree stumps so that it could not fall in when Kari bumped against the poles as he moved about. 

The tiny teacher

 NAME the smallest insect you have seen, and the wisest. Is it the fly? No, it isn’t. Is it the mosquito? No, not the mosquito. Then it must be the worm. No, none of these. It is the ant—the commonest, the smallest but the wisest insect. The story of an ant’s life sounds almost untrue. But people have kept ants as pets, and have watched their daily behaviour closely. So we know a number of facts about this tiny, hard-working and intelligent creature. 

Desert Animals

 1.     DESERTS are the driest places on earth and sometimes go for months, or even years, without rain. But even the desert animals cannot survive without water, or for long periods in the scorching sun, so they have had to find different ways of coping with the harsh conditions

Fair Play

 1. JUMMAN Shaikh and Algu Chowdhry were good friends. So strong was their bond of friendship that when either of them went away from the village, the other looked after his family. Both were greatly respected in the village.

A Different Kind of School

 1.     I HAD heard a great deal about Miss Beam’s school, but not till last week did the chance come to visit it. 

An Indian – American Woman in Space: Kalpana Chawla

 1. KALPANA Chawla said that she never dreamed, as a child in Karnal, that she would cross the frontiers of space. It was enough that her parents allowed her to attend engineering college after she graduated from Tagore School.

 

Taro’s Reward

 1.     A YOUNG woodcutter named Taro lived with his mother and father on a lonely hillside. All day long he chopped wood in the forest. Though he worked very hard, he earned very little money. This made him sad, for he was a thoughtful son and wanted to give his old parents everything they needed. 

How the Dog Found Himself a New Master!

 1.     DOGS were once their own masters and lived the way wolves do, in freedom, until a dog was born who was ill pleased with this way of life. He was sick and tired of wandering about by himself looking for food and being frightened of those who were stronger than he. 

Who Did Patrick’s Homework?

 1.     PATRICK never did homework. “Too boring,” he said. He played hockey and basketball and Nintendo instead. His teachers told him, “Patrick! Do your homework or you won’t learn a thing.” And it’s true, sometimes he did feel like an ignoramus. But what could he do? He hated homework.

A Strange Wrestling Match

 THERE was once a wrestler called Vijay Singh. A tall man with massive shoulders and muscular arms, he towered over others like a giant. Vijay Singh, people said, was a born wrestler and could beat all other wrestlers in the world. 

What Happened to reptiles

 YOU may not believe this story. But I can tell you it is true, because I have been to Pambupatti, a village on the edge of the jungle.

A Pact with the Sun

 SAEEDA’S mother had been ailing for a long time — fever, cough, body-ache, painful joints and what not. Treated by a variety of physicians for weeks, she often showed signs of improvement but soon relapsed into her old, sick self, one complaint substituted by another.

The wonder Called Sleep

 WE know enough about what sleep is, though we don’t know what exactly causes sleep. Sleep is a state of rest — an unconscious rest.

The Monkey and the Crocodile

 ONCE, on the bank of a river, a monkey made a home for himself in a tree laden with fruit. He lived in it happily eating to his heart’s content the fruit of his choice.

Tansen

 YOU may have heard the name of Tansen — the greatest musician our country has produced.

    A singer called Mukandan Misra and his wife lived in Behat near Gwalior. Tansen was their only child. It is said that he was a naughty child. Often, he ran away to play in the forest, and soon learnt to imitate perfectly the calls of birds and animals.

The Old-Clock Shop

 CHRISTMAS Eve had arrived. As last-minute shoppers were going home, a thick, white sheet of snow lay over Salt Lake City, USA. Yet the lights were still burning in the old-clock shop, as Ray, its old, deaf owner, worked on a clock he had sold that day.

The Shepherd’s Treasure

 IN a village in Iran there once lived a shepherd. He was very poor. He did not have even a small cottage of his own. He had never been to school or learnt to read and write, for there were very few schools in those days.

The Friendly Mongoose

 ONCE a farmer and his wife lived in a village with their small son. They loved him very much. “We must have a pet,” the farmer said to his wife one day. “When our son grows up, he will need a companion. This pet will be our son’s companion.” His wife liked the idea.

A Tale of Two Birds

 THERE once lived a bird and her two new-born babies in a forest. They had a nest in a tall, shady tree and there the mother bird took care of her little ones day and night.

The comet-II

 BY the time they finished their deliberations and Sir John dropped him at his hotel off Regent Street, it was 1 a.m. There was hardly any crowd on the street but when James looked up from his window a star-studded night sky greeted him. Somewhere among st these stars was Comet Dutta heading for a collision with the Earth. It was hard to believe the calamity of the future on such a peaceful night. For a moment James wondered if he had done his sums right.

The comet – I

IT was a moonless night in December. A burst of cool breeze from the window was enough to disturb the sleep of Indrani Debi. Half awake she felt for the adjoining pillow, although she knew the answer. Duttada was not there.

Jalebis

 IT happened many years ago. I was in the fifth standard at the government school, Kambelpur, now called Atak.

The open window

“MY aunt will be down presently, Mr. Nuttel,” said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen. “Inthemeantime you must try and put up with me.”

The fight

 RANJI had been less than a month in Rajpur when he discovered the pool in the forest. It was the height of summer, and his school had not yet opened, and, having as yet made no friends in this semi-hill station, he wandered about a good deal by himself into the hills and forests that stretched away interminably on all sides of the town. It was hot, very hot, at that time of the year, and Ranji walked about in his vest and shorts, his brown feet white with the chalky dust that flew up from the ground. The earth was parched, the grass brown, the trees listless, hardly stirring, waiting for a cool wind or a refreshing shower of rain.

Princess September

THE King and Queen of Siam had many daughters, and the Queen said that it confused her to have to remember so many names. One day the King decided to call them January, February, March (though of course in Siamese) till he came to the youngest whom he called September. 

The treasure within

HC:          “I used to have this terrible nightmare. Only now, over the last four to five years, it seems to have disappeared.

The Selfish Gaint

 

EVERY afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden.

Children At Work

When the Kanyakumari Express pulled in at Chennai Central, it took Velu some time to get off.

How the Camel got his hump

In the beginning. when the world was new and the animals were jut beginning to work for man, there was a camel,

My Best Friend

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