Short Stories For Kids | Popular Bedtime Stories For Toddlers | English Story Collection
The Story of A Raven and A Swan.
there lived a raven who was as black as coal!
He was very envious of the Swan,
because her feathers were as white as snow!
The raven one day got an idea!
He thought he too would become like Swan,
The foolish bird planned to swim
and dive in the water all day long!
He decided that he would even eat the plants
So he left his home in the woods
and flew down to live on the lakes!
But though he washed and washed himself all day long,
his feathers remained as black as ever!
The stupid bird then ate the water weeds,
but the food didn’t agree with him
So he got thinner, and thinner
“A change of habits will not alter nature”
who watched the sheep of the villagers.
One day when he was sitting at the hillside
so he devised a plan to get a little company!
The wolf is chasing the sheep”
He shouted again, and again and again!
The villagers stopped what they were doing,
But when they arrived at the hill,
The boy laughed at the sight of their angry faces!
Then they went grumbling back down the hill.
The next day, he shouted again
The wolf is chasing the sheep”
The villagers stopped what they were doing,
He laughed as he saw villagers running up the hill again,
He shouted again, and a gain and again!
“Didn’t we tell you not to shout ‘wolf’
and watched them go back once again.
when the boy was watching the sheep,
there came a REAL wolf attacking his sheep.
The wolf is attacking my sheep.
But the villagers thought the boy was trying to fool them again,
so they continued with their work.
When it was about to get dark,
the villagers wondered why the shepherd hadn’t returned.
They went up the hill searching for the boy.
They found the boy sitting alone and weeping.
“There really was a wolf here” said the boy.
“I cried for help, why didn’t you come?”
One of the villager sat next to the boy and told him
even when he is telling the truth”
and he never lied to anyone in his life again!
One day a little frog came hopping upto a big frog
The little frog looked really excited!
I have seen the biggest frog in the world!”
a long tail and its nose was divided into two!”
You must have seen the farmers ox!”
But the big frog wasn’t willing
to accept that the Ox was greater than him.
“But I don’t think it’s bigger than me.
He may be a little taller than me,
I can easily make myself as big as he is!”
Then the big frog puffed himself up again and asked
Again the big frog blew himself out,
and asked the young one if the Ox was as big as that!
who thought he was much more important
I’m the oldest frog in this pond,
So the big frog took a deep breath,
and swelled and swelled and swelled!
I think you are going to hurt yourself
But pride overtook the Big frog,
and he kept blowing himself out!
He puffed and puffed himself so much
The Big frog had lost his life
just because he wasn’t ready to let go of his pride!
The Miller, His Son and The Ass
with an Ass which they hoped to sell.
for they thought they would have a better chance to sell him
if they kept him in good condition.
As they walked along the highway
some travelers laughed loudly at them.
"What foolishness," cried one,
"to walk when they might as well ride the donkey!
The Miller did not like to be laughed at,
so he told his son to climb up and ride.
They had gone a little farther along the road,
when three merchants passed by.
Though the Miller was not tired,
he made the boy get down and climbed up himself to ride,
carrying market baskets loaded with vegetables
while that poor boy has to walk."
he told the Boy to climb up behind him.
They had no sooner started out again
went up from another company of people on the road.
"to load up a poor dumb beast like that!
They look more able to carry the poor creature,
to sell the poor thing's hide,"
The Miller and his Son quickly scrambled down,
the market place was thrown into an uproar
carrying the Donkey slung from a pole.
ran out to get a closer look at the strange sight.
The Ass did not dislike being carried,
but so many people came up to point at him
that he began to kick and bray,
just as they were crossing a bridge,
the ropes that held him gave way,
and down he tumbled into the river.
The poor Miller now set out sadly for home.