Kids Short Story - The Greedy Dog

"The Greedy Dog"

Once, a dog was terribly hungry. Just then, he got bread. He wanted to enjoy the bread, so he wanted to sit peacefully eating bread and holding it in his mouth went towards the river. There was a small bridge over the river. While crossing the river, the dog he saw his own reflection. The dog mistook it for another dog and wished to snatch his bread too.

To snatch the bread of the other dog, he barked and jumped into the river. As he opened his mouth, the bread in his mouth fell into the river and flowed away. Now he had to go hungry. That is why we say, we should not be greedy.

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THE TRAVELERS AND THE PLANE TREE

THE TRAVELERS AND THE PLANE TREE

Two men were walking along one summer day. Soon it

became too hot to go any further and, seeing a large plane

tree nearby, they threw themselves on the ground to rest in

its shade.

“Wow! Isn’t it a beautiful place?”,One man said to other,

“Yes, it’s”

The other replied .Gazing up into the branches one man said

to the other:

“What a useless tree this is. It does not have fruit like apple

or nuts that we can eat and we cannot even use its wood for

anything.”

“Don’t be so ungrateful,” the tree replied.

“I am being extremely useful to you at this very moment,

giving you a shade and protecting you from the hot sun and

you call me a good-for-nothing!”

Don’t be so ungrateful to God.

The man realized that:

“All of God’s creations have a good purpose.”

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Short Story - THE HARE WITH MANY FRIENDS

"THE HARE WITH MANY FRIENDS"

There lived a hare in a forest. He had many frinds. He believed that they would help him in his danger. One day, he was chased by hounds. He ran fast and meet the bull,whom he asked to save his life. But the bull said, "I'm busy now " The hare then requested to buffalo, house, Zebra and some other animals. But each one turned down his requested. Every animal the rabbit asked for help seemed to be occupied. Now, the hounds were very close to each him.

Finding no other way to save his life, the hare entered into a hole which he noticed nearby. As the hounds did not se hare, they went back. 

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Hindi Rhyme - तितली और कली ( Butter Fly With Flowers)

"तितली और कली" 

हरी डाल पर लगी हुई थी ,
नन्ही सुंदर एक काली ।
तितली उससे जाकर बोली,
तुम लगती हो बड़ी भली। 

         अब जागो तुम आँखे खोलो ,

                   और हमारे संग खेलो।

                   फैले सुंदर महक तुम्हारी ,

                   महके सारी गली गली।

काली छिटककर खिली रंगीली ,
तुरंत वेल की सुनकर बात।
स्वयं हवा के लगी भागने ,
तितली छूने उसे काली।

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Akbar Birbal Hindi Story - बीरबल ने पकड़ा गहनों का चोर

"बीरबल ने पकड़ा गहनों का चोर"

अकबर को गहनों का बहुत शौक था। बादशाह के महल में 8 नौकर ऐसे थे जो उनके वस्त्र और आभूषण की देखरेख करते थे। वे ही अकबर को दरबार में जाने के लिए तैयार भी किया करते थे। किसी और को अकबर के कमरे में घुसना मना था।

एक दिन अकबर को अपनी प्रिय अगुंठी पहननी थी। लेकिन अगुंठी वहां नही थी। अकबर क्रोधित हो गए और अगुंठी को ढूंढ निकालने का आदेश दिया। काफी प्रयासों के बाद अगुंठी नही मिली। अकबर ने अंत में बीरबल को बुला भेजा और कहा- हमें वह अगुंठी बहुत प्रिय थी। हमें वह अगुंठी चाहिए। 

बीरपल ने कहा- जहांपनाह आप बेफिक्र हो जाए, आप शीघ्र ही अपनी अगुंली में वह अगुंठी पहन लेंगे। बीरबल ने उन सभी 8 नौकरों को बुलाया जो अकबर के कमरे में जाते थे। बीरबल ने उन सभी को एक ही आकार की एक-एक लकड़ी दी और दूसरे दिन उस लकड़ी को साथ लेकर आने को कहा। 

बीरबल ने लकड़ी देते हुए कहा कि-जिस किसी ने भी वह अगुंठी चुराई है उसकी लकड़ी एक ही रात में एक इंच लम्बी हो जाएगी। 

अगली सुबह आठों नौकर लकड़ी लिए कतार में खड़े हुए थे। उन आठों नौकर में से एक नौकर को बीरबल बादशाह के पास ले गया। वह नौकर अकबर के पैरों में गिर गया और उसने अपनी गलती मान ली कि उसी ने अगुंठी चुराई है। 

बादशाह आश्चर्यचकित थे। बादशाह ने बीरबल से पूछा कि उसने कैसे चोर को पकड़ा? बीरबल ने सारी बात राजा को बताई और अंत में कहा- जहांपनाह गुनहगार ने पकड़े जाने के डर से अपनी लकड़ी को एक इंच काट लिया, बस यहीं इससे भूल हो गई। 

बादशाह ने भरे दरबार में बीरबल की प्रशंसा की और चोर को उचित दंड दिया। 

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Akbar Birbal Story in English - Birbal caught the Thief

Once a rich merchant’s house was robbed. The merchant suspected that the thief was one of his servants. So he went to Birbal and mentioned the incident. Birbal went to his house and assembled all of his servants and asked that who stole the merchant’s things. Everybody denied.

Birbal thought for a moment, then gave a stick of equal length to all the servants of the merchant and said to them that the stick of the real thief will be longer by two inches tomorrow. All the servants should be present here again tomorrow with heir sticks.

All the servants went to their homes and gathered again at the same place the next day. Birbal asked them to show him their sticks. One of the servants had his stick shorter by two inches. Birbal said, “This is your thief, merchant.”

Later the merchant asked Birbal, “How did you catch him?” Birbal said, “The thief had already cut his stick short by two inches in the night fearing that his stick will be longer by two inches by morning.”

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Hindi Story - दिखावे का दान

"दिखावे का दान" 

हजरत उमर के जमाने की बात है| एक बार उनके शहर में आग लग गई | आग इतने जोरों की लगी थी कि उसने शहर का बहुत बड़ा हिस्सा जला डाला| पानी से भी वह नहीं बुझी |

अंत में परेशान होकर प्रजा के कुछ लोग बादशाह के पास आए और उनसे कहा कि आग किसी प्रकार भी नहीं बुझ रही |

उमर ने कहा - "यह आग खुदा की नाराजगी की निशानी है | यह तुम्हारी कंजूसी की आग का शोला है इसलिए पानी रहने दो और रोटी बांटना शुरू कर दो |"

जनता ने कहा - "हमने पहले से ही खैरातखाने का दरवाजा खोल रखा है उसमें जो भी आता है, हम उसके साथ बड़ी उदारता का व्यवहार करते हैं |"

हजरत उमर बोले - "तुम जो दान करते हो वह निष्काम भावना से नहीं करते | तुम चाहते हो कि बढ़ाई मिले, इज्जत मिले| जो आदमी दिखावे के लिए दान देता है, उसके दान की कोई कीमत नहीं होती |"

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Hindi Rhyme - सब्जी (sabji)

"सब्जी" 

बच्चों खाओ कच्ची गाजर 

     

नींबू खीरा और टमाटर 

लाल लाल तुम बन जाओगे 

                                                    सुन्दर बच्चे कहलाओगे ।

  

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Kids Hindi Short Story - लालची कुत्ता

"लालची कुत्ता"

एक बार एक कुत्ते को बहुत ज़ोर से भूख लगी थी| तभी उसे एक रोटी मिली | वह उस रोटी का पूरा आनंद लेना चाहता था| इसलिए वह उसे शांति से बैठकर खाने की इच्छा से रोटी को अपने मुँह में डाल कर नदी की ओर चल दिया | नदी पर एक छोटा सा पुल था | जब कुत्ता नदी पार कर रहा था, तभी उसे पानी में अपनी परछाई दिखाई दी| उसने अपनी परछाई को दूसरा कुत्ता समझा और उसकी रोटी छीनना चाहा | 

रोटी छीनने के लिए उसने भौंकते हुए नदी में छलाँग लगा दी | मुँह खोलते ही उसके मुँह की रोटी नदी के जल में गिर कर बह गयी और लालची कुत्ता भूखा रह गया | इसलिए कहा गया है कि हमें लालच नही करना चाहिए |

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Hindi Rhyme - Butter Fly ( तितली )

      "तितली" 

तितली रानी इतने सुंदर 

                              पंख कहाँ से लाई हो । 

                   क्या तुम कोई शहजादी हो

                               परी लोक से आई हो । 

पंख अगर मिलते तितली के 

                      दूर दूर उड़ जाती में । 

                        फूल फूल और काली काली पर

                                  उड़ती और मंडराती मैं । 

                             

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Kids Hindi Rhyme - रेल चली

रेल चली 

रेल चली भई रेल चली 

छुक छुक छुक छुक रेल चली 

लगता इसमें टिकट नहीं पर 

जाती शहर और गली गली 

जल्दी जल्दी बैठो भाई 

कभी नहीं है देर भली

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Short Story -The Ant And The Dove

"THE ANT AND THE DOVE"

One hot day, an ant was searching for some water.

After walking around for some time, she came to a spring.

To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass.

While making her way up, she slipped and fell into the water.

She could have drowned if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly plucked off a leaf and dropped it into the water near the struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it carried her safely to dry ground.

Just at that time, a hunter nearby was throwing out his net towards the dove, hoping to trap it.

Guessing what he was about to do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the pain, the hunter dropped his net. The dove was quick to fly away to safety

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The Hare And The Tortoise

"THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE"

A tortoise one day met a hare who made fun of her.

“My, my, you move so slowly, you will never get far!”

The tortoises, upset by the hare’s manner, said,

“Let’s have a race and see who is faster.”

The hare laughed and said, “You must be joking! But all right, we’ll see who reaches the other side of the hill first.” Off he ran, leaving the tortoise far behind.

After a while, the hare stopped to wait for the tortoise to come long. He waited and waited till he felt sleepy. “I might as well take a nap,” he thought. “Even if she catches up with me, I can easily win the race.” So he lay down under a shady tree and closed his eyes.

When the tortoise passed the sleeping hare, she walked on slowly but steadily. By the time the hare woke up, the tortoise was near the finishing line. He ran as fast as he could, but he could not catch up with the tortoise.

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Short Story - The Farmer And The Stork

"THE FARMER AND THE STORK"

Finding that cranes were destroying his newly sown corn, a farmer one evening set a net in his field to catch the destructive birds. When he went to examine the net next morning he found a number of cranes and also a stork.

“Release me, I beseech you,” cried the stork, “for I have eaten none of your corn, nor have I done you any harm. I am a poor innocent stork, as you may see - a most dutiful bird, I honor my father and mother. I...”

But the farmer cut him short. “All this may be true enough, I dare say, but I have caught you with those were destroying my crops, and you must suffer with the company in which you are found.”

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Short Story- Learn from Mistakes

"LEARN FROM MISTAKES"

Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament for the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant complained,

“All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.”

Edison replied very confidently, “Oh, we have come a long way and we have learned a lot. We now know that there are two thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good light bulb.”

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KEEPING THE DOCTOR AWAY STORY

KEEPING THE DOCTOR AWAY

Once there were two sisters named Annie and Jenny. One day they were cycling. Suddenly, Annie lost her balance and fell down and started crying. Jenny helped her in getting up and took her home.

At home, their mother bandaged her and asked their father to take Annie to a doctor for a tetanus injection. 

On hearing the name of injection, Annie immediately went to the kitchen and took out an apple from the refrigerator. 

Just then Jenny came into the kitchen and asked Annie whether she was scared of injection. At this Annie replied, "Yes, I am afraid of injection. That's why I am eating this apple. Didn't our teacher say that an apple away keeps the doctor away?"

The End..

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THE HORSE RIDING Story

THE HORSE RIDING

Jimmy was a very fat boy. He always used to be sad because of his obesity. So, he decided to consult a doctor. He said to the doctor, "How can I reduce my weight? Everybody teases me at the school."

The doctor advised him to exercise daily. After few days, he again went to the doctor and complained that despite of exercising, he couldn't reduce his weight rather, putting on weight. 

The doctor asked him what exercise he was doing. Jimmy replied, "I go for horse riding everyday. The result is that I gained weight while the horse lost weight."

The doctor laughed and showed him how to exercise.

The End..

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Nice Children Rhymes

LITTLE JACK HORNER
Little Jack Horner sat in the corner,
Eating his Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And said, “What a good boy am I!”


LITTLE BO-PEEP
Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
And can’t tell where to find them;
Leave them alone,
And they’ll come home,
And bring their tails behind them.


LITTLE BOY BLUE
Little Boy Blue, come, blow your horn!
The sheep’s in the meadow,
the cow’s in the corn.
Where’s the little boy that looks after the sheep?
Under the haystack, fast asleep!

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Interesting Rhymes

1.MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY

   Mary, Mary quite contrary,

   How does your garden grow?

   With silver bells and cockle shells,

   And pretty maids all in a row.

2.JACK AND JILL

   Jack and Jill went up the hill

   To fetch a pail of water;

   Jack fell down and broke his crown,

   And Jill came tumbling after.

3.THREE BLIND MICE

   Three blind mice, three blind mice,

   See how they run! See how they run!

   They all ran after the farmer’s wife,

   Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,

   Did you ever see such a sight in your life

   As three blind mice?

4.PAT-A-CAKE

   Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man,

   Bake me a cake as fast as you can;

   Pat it and prick it, and mark it with T,

   Put it in the oven for Tommy and me.

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A - Alphabetical Index of Poems

A Ballade of Suicide a poem by G.K.Chesterton
A Birthday a poem by Christina Rossetti
A Blue Valentine a poem by Joyce Kilmer
A Burial a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A Charge a poem by Herbert Trench
A Charm Invests a Face a poem by Emily Dickinson
A Childs Hymn a poem by Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol a poem by G.K. Chesterton
A Farewell to False Love poem by Sir Walter Raleigh
A Forest Hymn a poem by William Cullen Bryant
A Hunting Morning a poem by Arthur Conan Doyle
A Nocturnal Reverie a poem by Anne Finch
A Noiseless Patient Spider a poem by Walt Whitman
A Poison Tree a poem by William Blake
A Prayer for my Daughter a poem by William Butler Yeats
A Prayer for my Son a poem by William Butler Yeats
A Prayer in Time of War a poem by Alfred Noyes
A Question a poem by Robert Frost
A Red Red Rose a poem by Robert Burns
A Saints Damnation a poem by Aleister Crowley
A Song from the Suds a poem  by Louisa May Alcott
A Song of Marions Men a poem by William Cullen Bryant
A Sunset a poem by Victor Hugo
A Toast to our Native Land a poem by Robert Bridges
A Vision upon the Fairy Queen poem by Sir Walter Raleigh
Adam Posed a poem by Anne Finch
Aftermath a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Afternoon in School - The Last Lesson a poem by D. H. Lawrence
Alexanders Feast a poem by John Dryden
America a poem by Henry van Dyke
American Flag by Joseph Rodman Drake
America's Welcome Home a poem by Henry van Dyke
Amor Intellectualis a poem by Oscar Wilde
An Epitaph a poem by Walter de la Mare
Angels from the realms of glory by James Montgomery
An Ode, On the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell a poem by John Dryden
And like a dying lady a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Annabel Lee a poem by Edgar Allan Poe
Any Woman to a Soldier by Grace Ellery Channing
Apocalypse by Richard Realf
Apology a poem by Joyce Kilmer
Apples of Hesperides a poem by Amy Lowell
Armies in the Fire poem Robert Louis Stevenson
Art thou pale for weariness a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ash Wednesday a poem by T S Eliot
Auld lang syne a poem by Robert Burns
Autumn a poem by Christopher Brennan
Azure and gold a poem by Amy Lowell 

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Funny Poems

A Noiseless Patient Spider a funny poem by Walt Whitman
A Song from the Suds a funny poem  by Louisa May Alcott
Afternoon in School - The Last Lesson a funny poem by D. H. Lawrence
Beautiful Soup a funny poem by Lewis Carroll
Daddy Fell into the Pond a funny poem by Alfred Noyes
'Faithless Sally Brown' a funny poem by Thomas Hood
Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest a funny poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
From The Canterbury Tales a funny poem by Geoffrey Chaucer
Gus - The Theatre Cat a funny poem by T S Eliot
How doth the little crocodile...a funny poem by Lewis Carroll
How pleasant to know Mr. Lear a funny poem by Edward Lear
Jabberwocky a funny poem by Lewis Carroll
Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair a funny poem by Stephen Foster
Macavity - The Mystery Cat a funny poem by T S Eliot
Oh Susana! A funny poem by Stephen Foster
Our Little Ghost a funny poem by Louisa May Alcott
'Song of the Shirt' a funny poem by Thomas Hood
Sestina Of The Tramp a Royal poem by Rudyard Kipling
Stellas Birthday a funny poem by Jonathan Swift
Sweeney among the Nightingales a funny poem by T S Eliot
The Jumblies a funny poem by Edward Lear
The Old Gumbie Cat a funny poem by T S Eliot
The Owl and the Pussy Cat a funny poem by Edward Lear
The Rock and the Bubble a funny poem by Louisa May Alcott
The Song of Quoodle a funny poem by G.K.Chesterton
The Spider and the Fly a funny poem by Mary Howitt
The Walrus and the Carpenter a funny poem by Lewis Carroll
To a Louse a funny poem by Robert Burns
To a Mouse a funny poem by Robert Burns
Wine and Water a funny poem by G.K.Chesterton

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Flying Popcorn

A piece of popcorn
escaped from the pan
and flew across the kitchen
like Superman.

It ping-ponged back and forth
between the oven and the freezer.
Then it shot up to the ceiling
like a daredevil trapeezer.

I tried and tried to catch it,
but it never missed a trick.
So finally I gave up
and ate a licorice stick.

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Silly Footprints

I spent years
searching for a
six-footed camel.
I'd never seen it,
but I knew it existed,
'Cause I'd seen
its footprints
in the sand,
but every time
I got close,
I missed it.

I studied its
footprints in the hot,
summer sun
and everything
seemed just fine
until I realized
four footprints were his
and two of them
were mine!

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The Day I Was Born

The day I was born,
I will never forget it.
(Although they all say that I have.)
I looked around
without making a sound,
then I screamed that I wanted a bath.

But the doctors just nodded,
ignoring my pleas,
like they didn't understand what I said.
So I screamed even louder
till they gave me some powder
and tucked me away in my bed.

The day I was born,
I will always remember
as clear as a crystal sea.
For that was the day
all my fears went away
and I started the process of me.

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Funny Poems & Rhyme

A Noiseless Patient Spider a poem  by Walt Whitman

A noiseless patient spider,
I marked where on a promontory it stood isolated,
Marked how to explore the vacant vast surrounding,
It launched forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself,
Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them.

And you O my soul where you stand,
Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them,
Till the bridge you will need be formed, till the ductile anchor hold,
Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul.



A Song from the Suds a poem

A Song from the Suds

Queen of my tub, I merrily sing,
While the white foam raises high,
And sturdily wash, and rinse, and wring,
And fasten the clothes to dry;
Then out in the free fresh air they swing,
Under the sunny sky.

I wish we could wash from our hearts and our souls
The stains of the week away,
And let water and air by their magic make
Ourselves as pure as they;
Then on the earth there would be indeed
A glorious washing day!

Along the path of a useful life
Will heart's-ease ever bloom;
The busy mind has no time to think
Of sorrow, or care, or gloom;
And anxious thoughts may be swept away
As we busily wield a broom.

I am glad a task to me is given
To labor at day by day;
For it brings me health, and strength, and hope,
And I cheerfully learn to say-
"Head, you may think; heart, you may feel;
But hand, you shall work always!"

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A Nursery Rhyme Poem for Children

A wise old owl lived in an oak
The more he saw the less he spoke
The less he spoke the more he heard.
Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?

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ABC Song poem

Hi. Are you ready to practice your ABCs? Let’s sing the Alphabet Song together. Ready…?

A, B, C, D, E, F G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P,
Q, R, S, T, U, V,
W, X, Y, and Z.
Now we know our ABCs,
Next time won’t you sing with me?
Very good! Let’s sing it again.

A, B, C, D, E, F G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P,
Q, R, S, T, U, V,
W, X, Y, and Z.
Now we know our ABCs,
Next time won’t you sing with me?
Good job! You sang that so well. We can sing it again any time you want. Goodbye for now.

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