Mr. Shah said, 'Children, there is a hole in the roof of our house. I am going to mend it. I am going to work hard! Will you help me, please?
The children said, 'Yes.'
Mr. Shah said, 'Omer will you bring me a ladder, please? Uzma, will you bring me a tin of red paint, please? Maruf, will bring me a hammer, please? Sam, will you go to the shop, please? Will you buy me a packet of nails, please? Now I am going to climb up the ladder. Omer, will you hold the ladder, please? This is hard work, isn't it? I am working hard! I am tired!
“Yes,' said the children. “We are tired, too!'
This is Ratanpur. Biltu lives here. There is a school and a big play ground in this village. Everyday Biltu goes to the school by walking. In the afternoon many boys come to the play ground. They play football, cricket and many games there. An earthen road goes up to the river bank. The river is flowing along the village.
Little Fish was small.
He had a small head
and he had a small body.
He had a small tail
and he had two small eyes.
But his eyes were bright and shiny,
and he had a brave little heart.
That farmer had a goat.
That goat was very old.
Old men become wise with many experiences.
That goat, also, gathered experiences. Old men sometimes grow beards— For beards show experience.
That goat also had a long beard.
A man had two dogs : Pepper, a hound trained to assist him in hunting, and Bubbles, a watchdog to guard his home. Every evening, the man gave both dogs equal portions from his catch. Pepper did not like this at all. One day he confronted Bubbles. “I work so hard with my master,” he said, “while you laze in the house all day and feast on the fruit of my hard work.”
A long time ago, a queen gave birth to a donkey. She told the king that she had been cursed by an evil witch. Everyone in the kingdom was shocked. The king was a kind man. He brought up the
donkey prince with love and care. He ordered for all the mirrors to be destroyed so that the prince could
not see his face.
Once a capseller was passing through a jungle on his way to the village market. He was tired because of the long journey. He sat down under a
shady tree to take rest and fell asleep. Some monkeys used to live on that tree. Finding the capseller asleep, they took away all the caps from his bag. When the capseller woke up, he found all
his caps missing from the bag. He looked up. He was surprised to find all the monkeys wearing his caps. In anger, the capseller threw stones at the monkeys. All the monkeys threw fruits back at him. When he saw that the monkeys were copying
him, the capseller thought of a plan. He threw his cap down. The monkeys, too, threw their caps down. The capseller happily collected all his caps and went away.
