Yesha Desai

Eli the elephant woke up early in the morning for her first day at school. She was very excited to go to school for the first time so she blinked away her sleep and got ready quickly.“Rise and shine!” Her mother said from the kitchen as she prepared food for Eli. Eli jumped around the house as she was beyond excited. Her mother asked her to calm down as Eli’s clumsy self broke a vase.She quickly ate her breakfast and went to her bus stop. Hurriedly, she climbed into the bus and left for school. Her mother proudly waved.Eli made many friends in her bus and was very excited. When she reached school she met her teacher Ms. Pot, the Hippopotamus. She welcomed Eli with a warm smile and ushered her inside.As everyone settled down, Eli looked around her class in awe. The teacher asked her where Eli’s bag was and Eli looked around. She could not find it and almost started crying.But just in time, her mother arrived with Eli’s school bag. Eli realised that in her excitement and hurry, she left the bag at home. Moral:Often times we mess up because we are too excited to focus. In times like those, we still must have a calm mind.

This is a story of elephant, school and school bag.Moral(s) of the story: patience

Eli the elephant

Ravina Sewani

Callipso Island was a beautiful island where leopards and cheetahs lived on opposite sides of the tall and long wall. Leila was a leopard cub. Leila was a leopard, but she wished she was a cheetah. The problem was, leopards did not like cheetahs and cheetahs did not like leopards. Cheetahs were rich and leopards were poor. Cheetahs had enough food to eat and lived in tree houses with rooftop swimming pools. Cheetah children had playgrounds with slides made of glass and swings that whirled you through waterfalls so it felt like you were flying with the birds. Leopards did not even have enough food to eat. Leopards were not allowed on the cheetahs’ side of the wall. Tigers and grown-up cheetahs guarded it. One morning Leila was very sad because it was her birthday and her mother was too poor to buy ingredients to bake a cake. She went to her olive tree and curled up at the top. Amidst the silence of the dawn, her tears sounded very loud. On the cheetahs’ side of the wall, a group of cheetah children played football by it. One of the cheetah heard Leila cry and looked up. “Why are you crying?” the cheetah asked. “It’s my birthday and I didn’t get any cake or presents because my parents don’t have any money.” “Happy birthday!” said the cheetah, kindly. “I will make you a present today at school.” “Thank you.” Leila said. “You are a nice cheetah. What’s your name?” “My name is Charlie. What’s your name?” “My name is Leila.” “Meet me here this evening after school,” said Charlie, and he galloped off with his football. That evening, Leila climbed her tree and wondered if Charlie would remember to bring her a present. Charlie came as promised. “Catch!” he said. A paper aeroplane came gliding through the air and Leila caught it in her paws. “Open it!” Charlie called. Leila opened the aeroplane and inside was a bunch of flowers that Charlie had threaded into a bracelet. The message said: ‘Happy birthday Leila. Love from Charlie’. Leila grinned from ear to ear. “Thank you!” she called back. Charlie then ran off because the police tigers had started to growl at him. Leila wore her new bracelet and returned home. Her father arrived home very late. He had missed her party. He said, “I travelled all day to pick you some strawberries from the strawberry bush but I could not find any as the weather was bad." Leila understood and hugged her dad. At twilight, a shimmering, silver glaze settled over the ocean. Leila liked to rest here. Her grandfather lay next to her. “Grandad, tell me about the olden days, when leopards and cheetahs were all friends on Callipso Island.” Leila said. Leila’s grandfather lit his pipe and began, “In the early days when I myself was a child, the cat kingdom existed in harmony. Leopards and cheetahs lived happily side by side on Callipso Island. “So what went wrong?” Leila asked. “The greedy tigers came from the other side of the ocean and paid the cheetahs in gold and silver to get all the antelopes for themselves. “The tigers and the cheetahs built the wall overnight and the cheetahs got to stay on good side of the island with all the antelope parks and the fruitful land. The leopards were given the bad, smaller and barren side of the island.” The next day, Leila's father climbed to the cheetah's side of the wall to get strawberries for her daughter. But as soon as he jumped to the other side, the tigers and the cheetahs guarding the wall pounced on him and injured him badly. Leila’s father limped back to his den and Leila and her mother spent the night licking his wounds better. Leila woke up early next morning and rushed to her safe space – the olive tree. She cried and cried and thought that last night was all her fault. “Why are you crying?” Charlie asked her. She told him all about the tigers and the cheetahs hurting the leopards. “Leila, I want to give you a cuddle but I can’t reach you.” Charlie said. He stood on the ground wondering how he could help. That night, Leila joined hundreds of leopards at the big wall and all the leopards prayed for the quick recovery of Leila’s father. Suddenly, they heard singing from across the wall, a beautiful melody carried in the calm wind. Leila climbed over the olive tree and saw rows of cheetahs. They were holding paws and their singing became louder. Leila spotted Charlie and Charlie saw Leila. He shouted up to the tree, “My friends and I were so angry about how the tigers hurt you all. This wall is silly. Leopards and cheetahs should be friends again. We told all our families and friends at school. And here we all are. BREAK DOWN THE WALL!” “Break down the wall!” all the cheetahs chanted. “We are all cats! We are all equal!” Leila called her leopard friends, “Come up here!” she cried. The leopards stood on top of the wall and held their paws together too, joining in the chanting. The leopards jumped over the wall and the cheetahs clapped and cheered in welcome. The tigers crawled away, back to the land they came from. Charlie took Leila on the swing and they swung through the waterfalls. He gave Leila the cuddle he had wanted to give her. It was the best party that Leila had ever had. And so this day became known as the day when the little cats broke down the wall. It was the bravery of cheetahs and leopards and their good hearts which finally brought peace to Callipso Island. Moral:Bravery in the face of injustice is bound to bring great changes.

This is a story of leopard and cheetah.Moral(s) of the story: friendship, bravery

The Leopard and The Cheetah

A Serpent had succeeded in surprising an Eagle and had wrapped himself around the Eagle’s neck. The Eagle could not reach the Serpent, neither with beak nor claws. Far into the sky he soared trying to shake off his enemy. But the Serpent’s hold only tightened, and slowly the Eagle sank back to earth, gasping for breath.A Countryman chanced to see the unequal combat. In pity for the noble Eagle he rushed up and soon had loosened the coiling Serpent and freed the Eagle.The Serpent was furious. He had no chance to bite the watchful Countryman. Instead he struck at the drinking horn, hanging at the Countryman’s belt, and into it let fly the poison of his fangs.The Countryman now went on toward home. Becoming thirsty on the way, he filled his horn at a spring, and was about to drink. There was a sudden rush of great wings. Sweeping down, the Eagle seized the poisoned horn from out his savior’s hands, and flew away with it to hide it where it could never be found.Moral: An act of kindness is well repaid.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

This is a story of Aesop fables and eagle.Moral(s) of the story: helpfulness and kindness

The Serpent and The Eagle

Shina Utavani

Bible is the collection of 66 books written by different authors describing the God's action and purpose with all creations. Bible contains life stories of Jesus. The bible gives the messages God has desired for us to understand. Following is a story from “The Bible”.One day, Jesus Christ was travelling through the Sea of Galilee with his disciples. But soon, the wind started blowing heavily and it resulted in a horrible storm. Jesus Christ was asleep in the boat when the storm began. The disciples were afraid and thought the storm would sink the boat.The disciples shouted, “Lord, save us. We are going to drown.” Jesus Christ woke up and said, “Don’t be afraid. Have faith in God.” Then, Jesus Christ told the waves and the wind, “Be, quiet.”The disciples were amazed. They had never seen anyone who had power over nature. They knew Jesus had to be the Son of God. Moral:With faith in God, nothing is impossible.

This is a story from Bible about Jesus Christ and one of his many miracles.

Jesus calms the storm

An ambitious Mother Rat wanted to marry her beautiful daughter to the most powerful man. After thinking hard, she decided that the Sun God would be the most suitable match for Miss Rat.She went to the Sun God and said, “Sir, will you please marry my charming daughter and make her your wife?”The Sun God said, “Thank you, Madam, for considering me a suitable match for your daughter. But I am not the most powerful. The Rain God is more powerful than I am. He can overshadow me with his clouds.”So the Mother Rat went to the Rain God and said, “Sir, will you please marry my charming daughter and make her your wife?”The Rain God said, “Thank you, Madam, for considering me a suitable match for your daughter. But I am not the most powerful. The Wind God is more powerful than I am. He can blow my clouds far away.”So the Mother Rat went to the Wind God and said, “Sir, will you please marry my charming daughter and make her your wife?”The Wind God said, “Thank you, Madam, for considering me a suitable match for your daughter. But I am not the most powerful. The Mountain God is more powerful than I am. He stands in my way and stops me. I blow with all my might but I cannot remove him from my way.”So the Mother Rat went to the Mountain God and said, “Sir, will you please marry my charming daughter and make her your wife?”The Mountain God said, “Thank you, Madam, for considering me a suitable match for your daughter. But I am not the most powerful. The King of Rats is more powerful than I am. He and his fellowmen nibble at my sides and make burrows and tunnels inside my rocky body.”So the Mother Rat went to the King of Rats and said, “Sir, will you please marry my charming daughter and make her your wife?”The King of Rats said, “Yes, I will.” And so Miss Rat was married to the King of Rats with great pomp and splendor.

This is a classic story from Vikas books.This is a story of mountain, rain, sun and wind.

Miss Rat Marries the King of Rats

Pallavi Hota

Bible is the collection of 66 books written by different authors describing the God's action and purpose with all creations. Bible contains life stories of Jesus. The bible gives the messages God has desired for us to understand. Following is a story from “The Bible”. Jesus was betrayed by Judas, one of His disciples, and was then taken before Pontius Pilate. The people urged Pontius to release a murderer named Barabas to them and to crucify Jesus.They had Him flogged and tortured, and made Him carry his own cross up the hill where He was to be killed. They pierced his limbs, after which they nailed him to the cross and placed a sign above Him that read ìKing of the Jews.î Jesus cried out to God and then He died. All this happened according to the prophecy that Prophet Isaiah had made, which said the one God who chose to take the punishment of the sins of His people would die in silence and would be hung on a tree. Moral:Jesus was sent to take our sins on Him and suffer death in our place.

This is a story of Bible and Jesus Christ.

The Crucifixion

Once upon a time in a very strange kingdom there lived a King Smiley Face. He was retiring and thus needed to find a new King.Meanwhile, Surprise Face wanted to become the King and marched to the kingdom with his armies.The King declared that the new King or Queen of the kingdom will be someone who can lift a magic spoon from the ground.When the King died, no one could find the spoon. Many people from the kingdom — muscled farmers, scholars from libraries — and so many more tried to pick the spoon from the vines but no one succeeded.When Surprise Face found out about the spoon, he tried to take it away before anyone from the kingdom could actually pick it up. He locked the spoon and the land it was attached; to a tower. The kingdom fell into the hands of Surprise Face who treated everyone badly and robbed them off their wealth.Years passed and many people tried to sneak into the tower and pick up the spoon. Nobody succeeded, until a little servant girl stepped in the tower to clean it. She cleaned the entire tower and simply picked up the spoon to wipe it clean.And that is how she became the Queen. It was found that the previous King had decided that the spoon will only be lifted by someone who had no ambitions of ruling.Surprise Face was punished by Queen Happy Face for torturing the Kingdom. After that everyone in the kingdom lived happily ever after. Moral:Sometimes, the help arrives from unexpected people and places.

This is a story of kong , queen and spoon.Moral(s) of the story: helpfulness

The new King

Aayan always thought that his nose was too big, like the claws of a bird or the beak of a parrot. It was a source of disappointment for him.He wanted a little button nose like those of his friends as he thought that this one made him look a little comical.He tried so many ways to get a smaller nose. He prayed for it before he went to sleep, he tried to push his nose in but nothing worked at all.“Oh how I want to cut off my nose.” He said. “Why must I look like this? Why must my nose take up most of my face?”Everyday he would wake up and look into the mirror, worrying about his nose.This all continued until one day he got drenched in the rain and he fell sick. His nose was clogged and he had a very high fever. Aayan felt miserable. He had never been so sick and couldn’t properly breathe due to his clogged nose.That is how he learned to appreciate his nose and the way it works for him. Moral:Appreciating our bodies is the first step to self-love.

This is a story of parrot's nose and rain.Moral(s) of the story: self love

The parrot's nose

It was a regular classroom. In a corner, there sat a boy with a puddle at his feet. He had accidentally wet his pants. Then he sat there thinking about how he would be teased if anyone were to find out. The boy constantly prayed to God to help him. Just then, a girl came walking by with a goldfish bowl in her hand. She tripped in front of him and dumped the bowl of water onto his lap. The boy was relieved but pretended to be angry.The entire class as well as the teacher ridiculed the girl for being clumsy. But the boy knew in his heart that the girl had saved him from the unlimited number of teases and jibes. At the end of the day, the girl came up to him and said: “I wet my pants once too”. The boy thanked him with a grateful heart.Moral: Always try to understand others’ situations and look for ways to help them.

This is a story of girl, boy and pantsMoral(s) of the story: helpfulness

places stories

Stories help in improving a child's imagination. Here are a few interesting ones for you to narrate to your child.