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…
In the winter of 2003, it was snowing heavily in the plains of Elefh. Musa, a young man, was walking down the street as it snowed. Along the way, he saw an old woman who had kept a sack containing food by her side. The sack was too heavy for her to carry. “Let me…
Once upon a time, a wise king ruled a vast empire. One day, he called his council of ministers to make an announcement. “I am going to go around my kingdom to identify the best and the worst people among my subjects,” he said. The king took a disguise and mounted his horse. Without his…
Musa, a young boy in school, lived in town full of bright lights and tall buildings. The mornings there were comfortable, days busy, and evenings festive. For Musa, too, life was fun, but all indoors: he stayed home most of the time and spent his time on electronic gadgets and play toys. He had a…
