Children's Literature

“Patience is bitter but its fruits are sweet. If we hold on, if we be patient, we can achieve our goal, for sure. Patience is always rewarded.”   Read the following story to learn how to hold on or be patient.   The Siblings Daniel and Jane were siblings. Daniel was the younger one. They were spending their days smoothly and happily. One day, while returning home from the playground, Daniel was feeling very upset. Jane asked, “What’s wrong, brother? Why do you feel so sad?” Daniel answered with tears in his eyes, “I know that I can’t play soccer well. Tom said that too. Everybody says that.” The elder sister advised, “They’re absolutely wrong in saying that.” Daniel said, “How can you say so?” Jane replied, “It’s so because I know that if you practise with patience, you’ll be the best soccer player in future. Just hold on, my brother. Just hold on and practise.” Daniel listened to her with rapt attention. Days went by. Daniel kept on practising with patience.

  Aversion to Finding Faults   “It is very easy to find others’ faults. However, it becomes that much unacceptable when that returns to us. We should try to correct ourselves, at first.”   Read the following story to learn how to get rid of faultfinding nature.   The Two Friends Sabrina was a twelve-year-old girl. She lived happily with her parents. Everybody used to love her to the utmost because of her gentle nature. However, nobody can be perfect. Sabrina, too, had a fault. It was her faultfinding nature. One evening, she was returning from the playground. In the meantime, she had a great quarrel with one of her playmates. It was a tremendous quarrel. She was very close to her home then. The two of them were shouting so loudly that Sabrina’s mother came out from their house to solve the quarrel. What was the problem? Why was there a great quarrel? It all happened because of her faultfinding nature. Sabrina’s mother calmed them down and said both of them lov

  Controlling Anger “Anger makes us lose our intelligence. It leads to violent actions.” Read the following story to learn how to control anger. The Skateboard Story Samuel was a teenager. He was the only child of his parents. Naturally, he was the most pampered one in the house. This led to his impulsive nature. Gradually, he was in the grip of tremendous anger. One day, he desired a skateboard from his parents. Anyway, his parents did not fulfil that desire fearing that he might fall down and hurt himself. Samuel did not understand that. Instead, he became so angry that he dashed his mother’s favourite antique flower vase onto the floor. The vase readily got broken into pieces. His parents did not tell him anything right then. However, in the evening, his father lovingly told him, “We know that you had been angry. But Samuel, that’s not the way to solve a problem.” Samuel replied, “I just wanted a skateboard.” On the next day, his parents gave him a skateboard. Sa

Hard Work   “If we work hard, we will surely succeed. After all, there can be no substitute to hard work.” Read the following story to learn how to work hard. Ron Learns the Dignity of Hard Work Ron was a student of class VI. He was very intelligent but very idle. He never wanted to study thoroughly and spend much time in this regard. Instead, he wanted to roam here and there all the time. Naturally, his results were never satisfactory at all. Sometimes, he used to feel too much morose because of his unsatisfactory results. One day, the results came out as usual and it was all the same. He came back home and asked his mother, “Mum, why can I never score good marks? I know that I’m a bad boy. I’m a dull boy rather, right?” He began to cry. His mother came to understand the entire problem. She patted on his head and said lovingly, “No, dear, who said that you’re a bad boy? Who said that you’re dull?” “But my results are always below my expectations,” Ron answered. Then

  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