Children's Literature

  Confidence “If we can trust ourselves even in the midst of turmoil, we will become successful, for sure. Yes, we need to be confident.” Read the following story to learn how to become confident. Making a Snowman It was a winter evening. It was snowing as usual. Mike was in his room feeling bored. His mother asked him, “What’s wrong with you, Mike? Why do you look so upset?” He answered, “That’s because it’s snowing and I hate snow.” His mother found it pretty unusual. She immediately asked him, “Why? Have you caught a cold?” Mike shook his head. “Then, why?” she asked him lovingly. “Mum, all my friends are busy making snowmen. Anyway, they can make them so well. But since I can’t, they tease me always. So, it’s better not to go out.”   Right then, his father said, “What if we help you in making a snowman?” Mike’s mother added, “Yes, we can work as a team, can’t we?” Mike replied morosely, “But they can make it on their own.” “Come on, Mike, learn the proce

The story-- "Nancy Learns Charity" “Charity is one of the most significant human virtues. It banishes the slogan of ‘It’s mine’. We all know that charity begins at home. A charitable mind can conquer anything in life.”   Nancy read in class IV. She used to go to school every day. Although she was a very good girl and a meritorious student, she had a very bad habit of saying, “It’s mine”. Her parents observed it day after day. Anyway, it was no more tolerable to them. On that day, they discussed between themselves to advise Nancy about charity and about sharing things with others. The school bell rang. It was time to go back home. All the children went back to their respective homes. Nancy returned home. After a long while, her parents told her, “Nan, you are our one and only daughter. I know that you like to be pampered. Still, you know, sometimes we need to be charitable by sharing things with the others. Uncle Robin is having a very tough time. We want you to gi

The story-- "Timothy's Mother" “Modesty keeps us free from pride. It saves us from anger. What cannot be done with force, can be done with modesty. Modesty gifts us success in life.”   Once upon a time, there lived a mother and a son. Timothy, the son, was so lazy that he hardly studied his lessons. Mrs Paine, his mother, was ever anxious about her son. Days went over. Timothy was growing up, but he did not like to study his lessons at all. There was not a single day on which he did not get a good thrashing from his mother. Anyway, Mrs Paine was tired of thrashing his son. How could she bring her son to the right track in this way? She thought over the matter for a long time. After pondering much, she came to realise that she was getting outraged unnecessarily. Nothing could be done in this way. Rearing a child was next to impossible. She, then, changed her track of mind. She wondered, “If I thrash him again and again, what will he learn from me? I myself need t

The story-- "Henry, the Mouse" “Be brave, at first. Then you will surely succeed. Remember, the brave alone deserves the fair.”   Henry was a little mouse. He lived happily with his parents. However, he never went in search for food. He was growing up day by day. Still, he used to feel fearful of cats. Thus, one day, his father went to search food for the family. His mother was, them doing the household works. Anyway, Henry was reading a storybook. It became evening, but his father was not returning yet. They became extremely worried. His mother knew Henry’s fear. Therefore, she went out to look for him. Time elapsed but she was missing as well. This made Henry even more anxious. He thought, “Should I go out? I feel too scared of the giant cat. Still, I can’t live without my parents.” He made up his mind. He went out to search for his parents. He found them near the giant cat. His father yelled, “Henry, don’t come here. He will grab you too.” Then Henry

The story-- "Ron Learns Cleanliness" “Cleanliness is next to godliness. If we stay clean, we will attain success and holiness from within.”   Ron was a brilliant boy, for sure. However, he had a very bad habit. That was untidiness. That is to say, he did not cut his nails and trim his hair on time. He looked untidy altogether. Both his family members and his teachers used to tell him to stay clean and tidy always, but he never cared for such words at all. One day, he had a severe stomach ache. His parents called in a doctor. He diagnosed and said, “You are having such stomach ache because of not maintaining cleanliness.” Then his mother said, “We are tired of advising him so.” The doctor, then, patted on Ron’s head and said, “Come on, my little champ, you need to be a champion. Don’t you want to be so?” Ron said in a clear voice, “Yes, I do want to.” Then the doctor told him, “Then you need to stay clean and tidy, right? How can you be a champ unless and until

The story-- "Stuart, the Schoolboy" “Think positive always. Positive thinking leads to positive actions. They give us positive results and a positive life.”   Stuart was a student of class V. He was a very good boy indeed. He went to school every day. However, all of his friends used to make fun of him and laugh at him because of his short height. He tried not to care for those teases. One day, Paul, one of his classmates, pushed him and Stuart fell down onto the ground. This was really embarrassing for little Stuart. Most pathetically, Paul was making fun of him and laughing very harshly with the other classmates. This made Stuart feel very sad. He came back home with a heavy heart. He told his mother everything that had happened at school. His mother, then, advised him, “Why do you care for such teasing, Stuart? People are there to make fun of us. Remember, if you yourself stay strong, they will never be able to make fun of you. Do you know why?” Stuart asked, “

The story-- "The Super Best Friends" “Harmony or unity holds us together just as a thread holds the beads of a garland together.”     Tom, Dick, Harry and Ron were super best friends. There was not a single thing that they did not do harmoniously. One day, Tom and Dick fell out with each other over a trivial matter. What was that? They fell out with each other for an ice cream. Actually, they found three ice creams of the same flavour for the four of them. Since Tom got a good thrashing from his mother on that day, he was morose. However, he did not express that to the friends. Therefore, it was a mystery to the three other friends. They knew that he was morose but Tom never told them the reason. Hence, they decided to buy ice creams for four of them so that it could make Tom happy again. Anyway, Harry and Ron were feeling extremely sorry for the entire matter. Dick was also very sad. Suddenly, Harry and Ron hit upon a plan. They went to Tom’s house without telling