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It happened a long time ago. A pretty girl was sitting alone near a well in her village, while the children her age were playing and having fun. The girl’s name was Maya. She was sad as she could neither talk nor hear. She wanted to be like other children, talk to them and play…
In the eighteenth century, there was a village in Eastern Europe which was inhabited by peasants. It was far from the capital. The villagers worked in the fields and lived a life of hardships. They wished for a miracle which could change their lives. Despite the hard life, the villagers were full of compassion for…
In the olden days, there existed a small village in a far-off country. A few hundred people lived in the village in neatly arranged mud houses among paddy fields. A man named Musa lived in the village. He ran a shop which was famous for a special sweet that he made himself. His sweets were…
It was a cold November day and the air was hazy. The sun was a dull orange, allowing anyone to stare at it without having to blink. On a leafless tree, a raven was working hard to crack open a nut. It wasn’t an ordinary nut though. Green on the outside with a red outline,…
A long time ago, a kind king ruled a kingdom. The king and his little daughter lived in a beautiful palace. The king loved the princess more than anyone else in the world. The princess had a toy horse which she was very fond of it. Not for a moment would she part with it.…
At the bottom of an old banyan, there once lived a gifted squirrel. The squirrel could change colour like chameleons. The squirrel only had three legs, making it difficult for her to climb the tree. The banyan was tall and huge. It was the squirrel’s dream to reach to its top. One day, she decided…
It was November and the winter was around the corner. In the town of Elefh, the mornings were getting colder. Everything was changing colour, preparing for the long winter ahead. The thick, dark clouds in the sky indicated the first snow would arrive in the coming days. Insects and birds and animals and humans were…
It was sunny and warm in the beautiful town of Elefh. The sky was clear and blue like a canopy erected over the mountain peaks. A young boy, Isa, who lived in Elefh, was sad. He had just turned 13. He was sitting alone under a tree on the banks of the mighty river flowing…
Two ants, a black and a red, lived deep in a rainforest. The black ant was small and the red ant was bigger. In the forest, the living conditions were harsh with little food and long rainy days. The ants spent days looking for food, which they then stored in their nests in the hills…
A group of animals lived in harmony in a forest. The group consisted of a strong elephant, a fast deer, a donkey, who could carry a huge load, and a rhinoceros with a huge horn. One day, when all of them were drinking from a stream, a crow stopped to talk to them. “I heard…
