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Holi Aai Re... [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 148 Hits: 2164]
Holi – Indian Festival of colours
Ashutosh Updated On: 2/28/2010
Tags: Holi Short Stories, Indian Festival of colours, Holi Special Stories for Kids, Holi Bed Time Stories, Holi
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Holi ki Thitholi [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1251 Hits: 13652]
Short Hindi fun story about Holi Festival
Manohar Lal 'Ratnam' Updated On: 2/28/2010
Tags: Holi Festival Stories, Best Holi Stories, Stories About Holi, Indian Hindi Stories, Holi Hindi Stories, Hindi Political Stories, Indian Politicians, Hindi Literature Online, Holi
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Dinah's New Year's Present [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1019 Hits: 6896]
Lady who had before this found her such a difficult child to teach, now had no trouble. If Dinah showed the least sign of her former laziness the word SKATES! was enough to make her bend her mind on her lesson instantly...
Updated On: 12/29/2009
Tags: Roller Skates, Good Nature Girl, Lazy girl, New Orleans, New Year Morning, Boston, Pair of Roller Skates, Stupid Child
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Little Match-Seller [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 2705 Hits: 30837]
She lighted another match, and then she found herself sitting under a beautiful Christmas-tree. It was larger and more beautifully decorated than the one which she had seen through the glass door at the rich merchant's...
Hans Christian Andersen Updated On: 12/28/2009
Tags: Beautiful Christmas Tree, Grandmother, New Year Eve Stories, Shivering with cold and hunger, Poor Girl, Match-Box Seller, Naked Feet, Little Girl, Slippers, Snowflakes, Iron Stove, Steaming Roast Goose, Show-windows, Falling Star, Christmas Short Stories, Christmas Bed Time Stories
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The Twelve Months [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 2189 Hits: 22237]
Mother kept on waiting for her. She looked from the window, she watched from the doorstep, but her daughter came not. The hours passed slowly, but Helen did not return...
Alexander Chodsvko Updated On: 12/28/2009
Tags: Weeping Girl, Step Sister, Miserable Life, Angelic Behavior, New Year Stories for Kids, Mountain Forest, Selfish, Hungry Little Girl, Great January, Brother March, Name of Months, New Year Folklore, New Year, Snow, Poor, Orphan
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The Fairy New Year Gift [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 799 Hits: 6398]
Two little boys were at play one day when a Fairy suddenly appeared
Updated On: 12/26/2009
Tags: Letters of Gold, New Year, Beautiful Flowers, Little Silver Lamps, Sticks Fast, kind and Pleasant
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Gift of the Magi [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 499 Hits: 10967]
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas...
O. Henry Updated On: 12/2/2009
Tags: Christmas, Christmas Eve, American writer, William Sydney Porter, Christmas Popular Stories, Christmas Famous Tales, Christmas story with surprise endings, O. Henry ending, Guy de Maupassant, Playful and optimistic, Cattle-lands of Texas, One dollar, Eighty-seven cents, James Dillingham Young, Christmas Popular Stories, Gold watch, King Solomon, Beautiful hair, Brown cascade, Beautiful vanished hair, Giving Christmas presents
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The Dolls' Christmas Party [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1059 Hits: 6496]
The week before Christmas, and the dolls In the toy-shop played together all night.
Updated On: 12/1/2009
Tags: Santa Claus, Little Girls, Rag Doll, Costly Doll, Singing-Doll, Little Boy-Doll
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The Loving Sister [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 2490 Hits: 32813]
I have enough clothes for the Christmas, while my sister Frances is still poorly dressed...
C. Schmid Updated On: 12/1/2009
Tags: Christmas Carol, Christmas Stories for kids, Origin of Christmas, Santa Claus stories, Best Christmas Stories, Christmas Moral Stories, Pre-School Story about Christmas, C. Schmid Christmas Tales, Christmas, Poor, Brother, Sister, Adopted
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Bertie’s Christmas Storynory [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1395 Hits: 10794]
In this special Storynory you can hear how Bertie used to enjoy Christmas when he was a handsome Prince...
Updated On: 12/1/2009
Tags: Christmas Pudding, Tim the Tadpole, Special Christmas, Sadie the Swan, Wonderful Christmas, Handsome Prince, Lovely Princess, Christmas, Christmas Tree, Special Christmas Speech, Froggy tears, Frog, Mince Pies, English Christmas Short Stories, Christmas Special Stories
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Hansel and Gretel [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 116 Hits: 2440]
Hard-by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his two children and his wife who was their stepmother...
The Brothers Grimm Updated On: 10/25/2009
Tags: Poor wood-cutter, Hansel, Gretel, Great famine, Stepmother, Die of hunger, Poor children, Dear little sister, Piece of bread, Naughty children, Beautiful snow white bird, Crab-shells
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Old Witch [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 119 Hits: 5139]
There was once a little girl who was very willful and who never obeyed when her elders spoke to her - so how could she be happy?
The Brothers Grimm Updated On: 10/25/2009
Tags: Story about a little girl, Parents, Wonderful old woman, Wicked old woman, Witch house, Old witch, Black man, Blood-red man, Fiery head, Block of wood, Horror, Scary, Short Stories to share at Halloween, Halloween
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Last Ride [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 90 Hits: 1409]
Madge sat astride the enchanted broom, and up she flew to meet with her fellow sisters of the coven...
Paul Melniczek Updated On: 10/24/2009
Tags: Wrinkled eyes, Old woman face, Full moon, Black cat, Deep green eyes, Trickster, Happy memories, Stone fireplace, Ghostly night, Black boots, Halloween night, Unholy celebration
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The Spirit of Diwali [Vote Average: 41, Total Votes: 1882 Hits: 28988]
While the world celebrated the Festival of Lights, Chandan mourned for his family and his little world of happiness which had been so cruelly destroyed...
Ramendra Kumar Updated On: 10/17/2009
Tags: Diwali Night, Diwali Short Stories, Indian Diwali Special Stories, Indian Festival of Lights, Indian Dhaba, rockets, Laxmi bombs, Vishnu Bombs, Hydrogen bombs, Sparklers, Colorful Pencils, Vishnu chakkars, Flower pots, Indian story about Diwali, Favorite halwa, Laxmi Puja, Lonely Diwali night, Festival of lights
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Fight, Manju, Fight! [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 536 Hits: 4251]
Manjula Parelkar showed her first painting to her mother...
Sigrun Srivastav Updated On: 10/14/2009
Tags: Manjula Parelkar, Hussain, Claw-like malformed fingers, Ice-cream, Learn painting, Painting a nice hobby, Kitchen cupboard, Metal tea box, Piggy bank, Water-colour painting, Two thousand rupees, Homework, Thirteenth birthday, Eyes shining with happiness, Pink ribbon, Special water-colour paper, Wonderful painting, Bombay, New Hampshire, Train accident, On-the-Spot Painting Competition, Playing soccer with artificial feet
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Nimai Forever [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 630 Hits: 4105]
Shyamal's grandfather planted the tree on the day of their 'grihaprabesh' when the family first entered the new-built house...
Jayanti Adhikari Updated On: 10/14/2009
Tags: Diwali related Short Stories, Neem leaves, Mothers affectionate touch, Namakarana, Birthday parties, Neem-begun, Indian culture, Indian literature, India vast wealth of trees and plants, Surya pranam, Upasana, Salutation to sun, Grihaprabesh, Bengali house, Maruti car
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Idgaah [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 462 Hits: 16616]
A case in point is one of his enlightening works Idgaah (the Mosque) a heart-wrenching story – setting the emotions in motion that kids wear naturally...
Munshi Premchand Updated On: 8/24/2009
Tags: Premchand, Soaring flights of fiction, Urdu and Hindi writings, Short stories, Novels, Editorials, Social commentaries, Child Psychology, Academicians, Practitioners to spiritual gurus, Read the child mind, Half-baked beliefs, Unveiled dark secrets, Mosque, Heart-wrenching story, Less privileged kid, Eid, Durbar of Allah, Pair of heavy staid looking iron tongs, Child psyche, Stories about Eid, Eid Festival, Allah, Muslim Kid, Urdu Stories
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Biwi Aai Dilli [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 793 Hits: 20958]
Wife Comes Delhi First Time To See...
Manohar Lal 'Ratnam' Updated On: 8/23/2009
Tags: Biwi Aai Dilli, Funny Story in Hindi, Indian Humor, Story About Indian Wife, Hindi Story about Delhi City, Indian Woman, Visiting Delhi
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Tajmahal Gaayab [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1186 Hits: 17024]
Hindi Humorous Story
Manohar Lal 'Ratnam' Updated On: 8/22/2009
Tags: TajMahal, Hindi Stories of Tajmahal, Story About Tajmahal, Indian, Hindi, New Delhi, Tajmahal, Natwar Lal, Pakistan, Terrorists, Agra, Lal Quila, Politicians, Police Officers
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Razia Begum [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1345 Hits: 14228]
Hindi Story about Sultana Razia Begum - Sultana Razia Begum possessed valour, determination, and courage in an eminent degree, and was well educated and could read the Kuran with correct pronounciation...
Radheshyam Goswami Updated On: 8/22/2009
Tags: Sultan of Delhi, Qutab-ud-din Aibek, Razia Begum, Razia Sultan, Sultana Razia Begum, Mahomedan king of Lahore, Shams-Uddin Altamash, Shamsh-Uddin, Malik Altunia, Moiz-Uddin Behram Shah, Ala-Uddin Masud, Islam Stories, Urdu Stories for Kids, Quran Related Stories
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Rustam-i-Hind Jaffarkhan [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 357 Hits: 3124]
Story about Rustam-i-Hind Jaffar Khan in Hindi
Radheshyam Goswami Updated On: 8/19/2009
Tags: Rustam-i-Hind, Jaffar Khan, Delhi, Turkish Rulers, Alauddin Khilji, Sindhu River, Army Chief, Baghdad, Halaku, Punjab and Sindh, Hindustani, Bengal
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Declaration of Independence [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 152 Hits: 3188]
The greatest question ever debated in America, and as great as ever was or will be debated among men...
Washington Irving Updated On: 6/23/2009
Tags: Danger around New York, General Congress at Philadelphia, John Adams, Resolution passed unanimously, 2nd of July, Patriot statesman, Most memorable epoch in the history of America, Great anniversary festival, Pomp and parade, With shows, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires, Illuminations, Day of national rejoicing, Provincial Assembly of Pennsylvania, Knell of British domination, Liberty Bell, Philadelphia
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A Brave Girl [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 157 Hits: 5710]
The Indians were pillaging the shelves and fighting over their booty.
James Johonnot Updated On: 6/23/2009
Tags: Bands of Tories and Indians, General Schuyler, Walls of Albany, Party of Tories and Indians, Garrison Indians, Frightened girl, Sharp tomahawk, Independence Day, 4th of July, America
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The Sword In The Stone [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1381 Hits: 20399]
The first tale of all tells how Arthur became king, long before the deeds were even thought of. This is the tale of the sword in the stone...
Updated On: 12/1/2008
Tags: Britain famous stories, King Arthur, How Arthur became king, Sword in the stone, Uther, King of Britain, Battlements of Tintagel, Duke of Cornwall, First Christmas, Knight
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Incredibly Touching [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 739 Hits: 7929]
Wherever you go, and whatever you do, you will have the opportunity to touch and / or change a person's outlook. Please try to do it in a positive way...
Updated On: 12/1/2008
Tags: Childrens laughter, Perfume, Favorite teacher, Going to be married, Last Christmas, Mrs. Thompson, First day of school, Teddy Stoddard, Classmates, Grocery bag
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Lucky Helmet [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 432 Hits: 7490]
The neighbours sometimes think of the Lata Viktor Cherian whose sudden demise came just because he removed his favourite helmet...
Dhanya Ramachandran Updated On: 11/15/2008
Tags: Respectable high society-women, Favourite nightclub, Ladies Only, Impatient and angry, Kishore Gupta, Ram Sharma, Man of strong principles, Acute pressure of a heavy impact, Younger brothers and sisters, Rich upper class Hindu, Lata Chopra, Prominent Hindu family, Peter, Neighbours, College romance, Bike accident, Play BINGO, Whispering and pointing, Worn out road, Truck driver, Involved in accident, Gurgaon, Phase-II, Viktor
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The Lost Turban [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 472 Hits: 6379]
Nasrudin had lost a very beautiful and expensive turban....
Updated On: 10/22/2008
Tags: Story of Nasrudin, Story The Lost Turban, Expensive Turban, Hundred Silver Pieces, Mulla Nasrudin, English Story of Mulla Nasrudin
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Sweet and salty [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 511 Hits: 10455]
One day Nasrudin and his friend stopped at a little restaurant...
Updated On: 10/20/2008
Tags: Nasrudin and his Friend, Restaurant, Glass of Milk, Story of Mulla Nasrudin, Sugar in Milk, Sweet and Salty Story, Short Story in English
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A thief in the house [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 518 Hits: 9513]
Nasrudin watched as the thief loaded almost all his possessions onto a donkey and set off...
Updated On: 10/20/2008
Tags: Burglar in Nasrudin House, Mulla Nasrudin, Story of Thief, Story of Mulla Nasrudin, Fight the Thief, Short Story of Mulla Nasrudin, English Story of Mulla Nasrudin
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Red Fort Par Flag March [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 608 Hits: 6249]
A Story of Political issue in Indian Democracy...
Manohar Lal Ratnam Updated On: 8/27/2008
Tags: Red Fort, Independence Day of India, Indian Democracy, Tri Color Flag
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Aap bhi bana daalo ek mandir [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 706 Hits: 5401]
Comment on Construction of temple here and there without considering convenience of people...
Manohar Lal Ratnam Updated On: 8/26/2008
Tags: Road Side Temple, Construction of Temple, Worship of God, Temple on Delhi Road, Temple Business
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Teri Jai Jai Kaar [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 693 Hits: 5666]
A Story on Red Fort Attack...
Manohar Lal Ratnam Updated On: 8/20/2008
Tags: Red Fort, Indian History, Terrorisom, New Delhi, Petrotrism, Bill Clinton
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Ghutne Me Hua Dard [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 599 Hits: 7087]
A Hindi humor story on Society...
Manohar Lal Ratnam Updated On: 8/20/2008
Tags: Story on Indian Society, Hindi Humor Story
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Ek Goli Saridon [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 592 Hits: 4976]
A humor story of unprescribed medicine...
Manohar Lal Ratnam Updated On: 8/19/2008
Tags: Saridon, Self Treatment, Doctors Prescriptions, Humor Story
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Khud Rahi Hai Dilli [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 501 Hits: 3673]
A Story on Developing Delhi...
Manohar Lal Ratnam Updated On: 8/19/2008
Tags: World Class City, Story on Capital of India, Muncipal Corporation Delhi, Delhi Jal Board
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Aao Thora Sa Ro Lein [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 949 Hits: 9462]
There is no Hope for Middle Class People.They have only way to cry but no one can listen..
Manohar Lal Ratnam Updated On: 6/5/2008
Tags: Price Rising, Middle Class People, Hindi Strory on Price Rising, Comment on Politics, Difficult to Survive, Comedy in Tragedy
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Delhi Ka Darbar [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 669 Hits: 7646]
Hindi humor about delhi transport System
Updated On: 5/2/2008
Tags: Story on Delhi Transport System, Ironical Transport System, Story on Delhi Life Style, Crowd in Delhi, Politics Issue in Delhi, Migrates in Delhi
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Email-Female [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1040 Hits: 12528]
Hindi humor about computer and it's love virus...
Manohar Lal Ratnam Updated On: 5/1/2008
Tags: Kids Hindi story about computers, email related hindi stories, Virus in Computers, Email virus, I love you virus, Indian hindi stories, I Love You Virus
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Rani Sarandha [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1380 Hits: 9956]
The Bundela army marched out of the fortress like a dark cloud and moved towards the Chambal...
Prem Chand Updated On: 4/23/2008
Tags: Prince Dara Shikoh, Prince Mohiuddin, Barah Hazari Mansab, Sheetla Devi, True Bundela, Sarandha, Raja Champat Rai of Orchha, Mughal Emperor, Shahjahan’s reign and Prince Dara Shikoh, Jagir of Kalpi, Murad and Mohiuddin, Bundela army, Bundela chieftain, Bundelkhand, Anirudh Singh, Powerful Hindu kings
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Religion in Danger [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1121 Hits: 8845]
Akbar is wise to realize that without winning over the Hindus, who form the majority of his subjects, the empire cannot last...
John O'Hind Updated On: 4/22/2008
Tags: Akbar the great, Hindu and Muslim, Young Rajput, Nawab Shamsher Khan, Hindu Raja, Afghan merchant from Lahore, True follower of the Prophet, Brahmin pundits, Learned Qazis, Man Singh, Todar Mall, Faizi and Abulfazl
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Rabbi Ka Sapna [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1148 Hits: 19289]
Hindi story about realty of Dream...
Updated On: 4/22/2008
Tags: Poland Stories, Stories in Hindi, Dreams, Yahudi, Hidden Treasure
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Dil Wali Dilli [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 939 Hits: 12081]
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Manohar Lal 'Ratnam' Updated On: 2/28/2008
Tags: Hindi Story, kids Story, kids Story about Delhi, Indian Humor
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Naiyon ki Hadtaal [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1353 Hits: 13428]
Humorous Hindi Story about keeping or not to keep beard...
Manohar Lal 'Ratnam' Updated On: 2/28/2008
Tags: Hindi Story About Barbers, Indian barbers, Best Humorous Indian Stories, Hindi, Literature Online, Articles on Hindi, Best Indian Stories for Family Reading, Indian Language Hindi, Funny stories about beard, Men with beard, Clean Shaved, Indian Politicians, Door Darshan, Indian Hindi Newspapers, Why not grow beard, Reasons for keeping beard, Barbers on Strike
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Ravan ke Sakshatkar [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 2316 Hits: 29756]
Suddenly the door bell rang, and as I opened the door. Oops! It was Lankapati Ravan at my door...
Manohar Lal 'Ratnam' Updated On: 2/28/2008
Tags: Hindi Story About Ravan, India Humor, Hindi kids Story, Maharaja Ravan, Gobbar Scam, Indian Army Couffin Scandal, Bofors Scandal, Indian Politicians, Sita Mata, Ashok Vatika, Sugar Scam, Submarine Scandal, Lankapati Ravan, Humorous Hindi stories about Lankapati Ravan, Sri Lanka King Ravan
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Grah Lakshmi [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1058 Hits: 14151]
Easy money - Thanks to Goddess Lakshmi...
Manohar Lal 'Ratnam' Updated On: 1/31/2008
Tags: Laxmi Goddess, Indian Humor Stories, Kids Fun Stories, Hindi Humor, Fun reading, Father-in-law Stories, Housewife Stories in Hindi, Indian Funny Stories, Father Son relation, Marriage Related Hindi Humor, Daughetr-in-law Stories, Great Indian Humour, Best Indian Hindi Stories for Family, Family, Indian, Hindi
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Indian Police [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1960 Hits: 30699]
Thulla Or Mama - You can run but you can not hide, sooner later they will get you, as reasons are wide...
Manohar Lal 'Ratnam' Updated On: 1/31/2008
Tags: Police Torture, Humor in Police Brutality, Indian Police Stories in Hindi, Indian Cops, Torture in Police Lockup, Indian Cops Stories, Hindi Humor about Indian Police, Police Constable, Best Police Humor, Hindi Stories about Police
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The Diamond Ring [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 2188 Hits: 27768]
It is not the ring that has drawn you to them but their desire for riches...
C. Schmid Updated On: 1/3/2008
Tags: Make A Small Fortune, Merchant, Diamond Ring, Party Time, Flannel Suit, The Negro, To follow virtue for virtues sake, Foolish People, Precious Stones
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A Brother's Story [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 2565 Hits: 31843]
She passed away two months ago. You can now take one for free...
Vanita Srivastava Updated On: 1/2/2008
Tags: An incident in Bhopal, Hanuman Temple, Small Hanuman Pendant, Fresh Floral Garlands, Suffering from Cancer, Sad Stories for Children, Loving Sister, Bother Sister Stories for Kids, Feeling So Small, Sad Indian Stories, Poor Garland seller
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Kabuliwala [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 2218 Hits: 26045]
"Go back to your own daughter, Rahmun, in your own country, and may the happiness of your meeting bring good fortune to my child!"
Rabindranath Tagore Updated On: 12/25/2007
Tags: Almonds and Raisins, Abdur Rahman, Kabuliwallah, Kabul, Tagore Short Story, Afghanistan, Rabindranath Tagore
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God Becomes A Man [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1028 Hits: 7873]
Bible Story about Nativity of Jesus
Updated On: 12/15/2007
Tags: Bible Verses, Virgin Mary, Birth of Jesus Stories for Children, City of Bethlehem, Bible Stories for Kids, Adam and Eve Stories for Children, Old Testament Stories, Nativity of Jesus, Messiah, Emmanuel, Jesus Christ, Nazareth, Joseph, Gabriel, Christmas, Christian
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The Greatest Blessing [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 2355 Hits: 19871]
You cannot give your child a better gift than that company of his grandparents...
Ramendra Kumar Updated On: 11/17/2007
Tags: Santa Clause, Sweetest Memories, Grand Parents, Old Age Home, Homesickness, Nostalgia Theme, Reminiscence, Melancholy, Retired Parents, Crèche, Panchatantra Stories, Old Helpless Parents, Homeless Old Couple, State Bank of India, Collectors Office, Dada Dadi
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Lucky Dustbin [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1180 Hits: 17008]
Humorous situation of a pity dustbin – a witty Indian Hindi story
Manohar Lal 'Ratnam' Updated On: 9/2/2007
Tags: Dustbin, Hindi Story, Humourous Short Story, Indian Hindi Short Stories, Manohar Lal Ratnam
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How Robin got his Red Breast [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 333 Hits: 3036]
One winter, a long time ago, Jack Frost was very cruel...
An Old Story Updated On: 4/5/2007
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How the Raven got his Croak [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 311 Hits: 1316]
Doctor Pelican felt the Raven’s pulse very gravely and said that he was not dead, only very exhausted...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Rahasyamaya Kagaz Ka Tukda [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 358 Hits: 2453]
What was so important written in the small piece of paper, which caused failure of terrorist’s attack?
Pranesh Kumar Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Radha's Prize [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 364 Hits: 2128]
She knew plants needed soil and water and if you put the seeds in soil, they would grow...
Andal Ananthanarayanan Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Little Purse [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 421 Hits: 2166]
You have prayed so hard and have shown yourself to be an honest boy, as a reward I shall also give you this other purse...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Pumpkin and The Acorn [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 253 Hits: 1358]
If I had created the world, I would have made the oak tree bear big golden colored pumpkins that weigh a ton...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Sandwich and Sauce [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 228 Hits: 2112]
Tinki Cat brought a bottle of tomato sauce and then went to Robu Rabbit and borrowed his sandwich-maker...
Suresh Mohan Prasad Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Rai Pithora [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 606 Hits: 5688]
Story "Rai Pithora" in Hindi
Radheshyam Goswami Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Sach Kya Hai? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 104 Hits: 2009]
25 years old skeleton was found in garden. Was anyone able to catch the murderer?
Ratnakar Mitr Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Sea Dogs [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 239 Hits: 1205]
Historians agree that Vasco da Gama the discoverer of the Cape route to India, though a great navigator, was not above the piratical practices when such suited his mood...
John O'Hind Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Save Us Mary, Full of Grace [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 185 Hits: 1020]
This true story is based on actual deeds of courage and gallantry which earned Felicitas Soreng a national award. Felicitas was born on 21 June 1950 in Orissa. After her matriculation she trained as a nurse at the government hospital in Rourkela. Her hobbies include music and handicrafts...
Sigrun Srivastava Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Sanki Sultan [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 283 Hits: 2399]
Old Hindi Story
Viswanath Yadav Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Pears [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 240 Hits: 951]
One pear and two sisters make three; one pear and two brothers make three also; these two pears and one mother again make three...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Saint On Tinger [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 241 Hits: 1583]
South of Calcutta, where the town of Baruipur stands, there was once dense, impenetrable jungle, laced with crocodile-infested creeks. Into this wasteland came a fakir...
Ruskin Bond Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Prism [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 276 Hits: 1703]
Somebody was withdrawing books from library for which plenty was paid by the students. At last Inder solved the puzzle.
Inderkumar Bhujel Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Sinbad the Sailor and the Valley of the Diamonds [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 278 Hits: 3949]
Sinbad invited his friends. His friends liked the good food. They liked the music. But most of all they liked to listen to Sinbad's stories...
Edith H. Tarcov Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Saint and the Mouse [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 198 Hits: 1530]
Once a mouse was wandering from one street to the other in search of shelter...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Sadako's Cranes [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 293 Hits: 1569]
Real Life Story
Meera Uberoi Updated On: 4/5/2007
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What Happened to the Reptiles [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 470 Hits: 5531]
Pambupatti, the village of the snakes. Pambupatti is in a jungle so thick, so dark, that you would think no one can ever walk through it...
Zai Whitaker Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Run, Bulbul, Run! [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 307 Hits: 1934]
The horse looked at the twelve-year-old boy with his large, liquid shining eyes...
Sigrun Srivastav Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Rope [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 349 Hits: 2729]
All of a sudden the rope broke and the two boys fell backwards and into the mud...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
Tags: Quarrel, Shame, Meanest, Lives for Self Alone
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The Seven Rods [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 364 Hits: 2695]
The brothers were eager to try their hand and one by one they matched their strength but at the end the rods were still intact...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Rishab's Rama [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 770 Hits: 8017]
Sometimes, when Rishab thought about which part of the day he liked best, he found it difficult to make up his mind. He loved the early morning when he woke up to the sound of his grandmother singing...
Githa Hariharan Updated On: 4/5/2007
Tags: Ramayana Stories, Story from Mahabharata, Lord Rama, Grandmother, Ram, Sita, Lakshmana, Love, Yak, Prem Bhakti
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The Right Choice [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 686 Hits: 7882]
Once upon a time, there lived a girl named Smriti...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Madam Rides the Bus [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 521 Hits: 6225]
Indian Story: A young cow, tail high in the air, was running very fast, right in the middle of the road, right in front of the bus. The bus slowed to a crawl, and the driver sounded his horn loudly again and again...
Vallikkannan Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Revelation [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 571 Hits: 3502]
Bamboo baboo rattled and swished in reaction, protesting against such an insult...
Jainendra Kumar Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Revathis Musical Plants [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 435 Hits: 2947]
One day as she was playing violin, she noticed a movement in her potted plants...
Andal Ananthanarayanan Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Brenda Goes Sailing [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 211 Hits: 2184]
Higher and higher went the kite until Brenda could hardly see the funny face on it...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The New King [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 195 Hits: 1059]
Jhaptu gave a wonderful speech and announced that if he be made the king of Sunder Forest, all the inhabitants would get fodder free of cost...
Inderjit Kaushik Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Pecky The Woodpecker [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 305 Hits: 1991]
The termites mound was in a meadow. A passing hawk saw Pecky. The young woodpecker sat exposed and unprotected...
E. R. C. Davidar Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Osana [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 224 Hits: 1261]
One side ‘Operation Z’ has been started, on the other side, three young fellows started a new scheme ‘Three X’ to nab Osana...
Dilip Kumar Tetarve Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Oriflame [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 223 Hits: 1709]
Everybody was surprised at the hostel by the theft in the hostel. There was just one note with the smell of Oriflamme...
Inderkumar Bhujel Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Operation Black Pen [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 266 Hits: 1971]
Nita and Naresh – both liked solving mysteries. One day they reach on the old bridge of ‘Barsati Nadi’ for an important work...
Rajendra Prasad Pandey Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Oak Tree [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 200 Hits: 1153]
For the next year while you are in prison you will have time to think about the necessity of always telling the truth...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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No Surrender [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 224 Hits: 1041]
The Rani’s standard still floated above her residence, and her own veiled figure often appeared on the balcony to revive the drooping spirits of her hard pressed followers...
John O'Hind Updated On: 4/5/2007
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No deer hunting [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 178 Hits: 1029]
My friend’s hair began to rise, and cold chill ran up and down his back. These monkeys are not usually dangerous, but if the mothers were carrying their young...
Manpreet Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Nobler Bond [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 380 Hits: 3535]
All the austerity of Aurangzeb could not dim the magnificence and grandeur of the Mughal durbar...
E. Theodore King Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Panipat Ka Partishod [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 368 Hits: 2583]
Old Hindi Story
Viswanath Yadav Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Rabbits' New Lesson [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 181 Hits: 987]
Fox is going away now, but he will come back and expect to take many of us away in his sack...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Paraopkar [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 216 Hits: 3112]
A good moral story about a school teacher and a old shopkeeper.
Shri Parasnath Saraswati Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Neighbour [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 156 Hits: 1711]
The girl heard them come towards the house. She was scared. She knew that her old grandfather could not protect her...
Sigrun Srivastava Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Neighbors [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 218 Hits: 1193]
Malaysian Story: Johan stood in the hall, growling. Seeing him, the woman picked up a broom and started beating him with it. Yelping in pain, the dog ran out of the house...
Ismail Ahmad Updated On: 4/5/2007
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A Narrow Escape [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 227 Hits: 1077]
Sally was so frightened when she saw the net coming down, but Sammy only laughed...
Poornima Varman Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Nanhi Neetu [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 212 Hits: 1161]
Neetu was so crazy about the scooters that she started day dreaming about that. Atlast on her birthday...
Poornima Varman Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Nanhe Jasoos [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 186 Hits: 929]
Little agents had no clue to solve the case. Read more to learn how they succeeded...
Sanjiay Jaiswal Sanjay Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Nail [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 213 Hits: 857]
One single nail would have been the cause of the loss of my horse and my money...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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My Friend and I [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 210 Hits: 1177]
My friend and I are from the South...
Sigrun Srivastav Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Meri Priya Pustak - Jab Papa Bachche The [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 260 Hits: 4200]
A Russian Story Retold...
Kanupriya Kulshreshth Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Mushrooms [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 293 Hits: 1043]
There were also some plain mushrooms like the ones you brought home last time...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Night of the Journey [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 391 Hits: 3159]
Long before the train arrived, Mahendra had reached the station...
Ilachandra Joshi Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Pitaah Aur Putar [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 408 Hits: 7743]
Hindi Story of a Father and Son
Radheshyam Goswami Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Gopi's Presence of Mind [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 406 Hits: 1976]
Gopi went to the police constables and told them about his customers...
Yugal Kishore 'Chintit' Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Precious Grass [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 206 Hits: 911]
Best Italian Stories for Girls and Boys - The precious grass that lightens all load is called patience...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Child's Prayer [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 197 Hits: 1180]
You who are rich and powerful can certainly come to our help as You have promised us...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Prankster [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 167 Hits: 1062]
All of a sudden, Tinku noticed black berries on the tree...
Veena Gupta Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Pram That Walked [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 264 Hits: 1520]
The kite contest was to take place on the hilly slope behind the park...
Kavery Bhatt Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Pots of Gold [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 182 Hits: 1037]
To his amazement he found seven pots of gold at home. The first six were filled with gold while the seventh was only half-full...
M. N. Seshagopal Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Pot of Honey [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 246 Hits: 1194]
On rainy evenings I cuddled to my mother and sipped hot tea that she occasionally gave...
Deepthi Venkatesh Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Rainbow's Pot of Gold [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 299 Hits: 1427]
A rainbow appears in heaven, there falls to earth a pot of gold and only a child born on Sunday is able to find it...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Little Page-Boy [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 188 Hits: 1466]
The young boy was sound asleep and was lying across the desk on which there was a lighted candle and an unfinished letter...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Poet and The Sun [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 147 Hits: 751]
Iranian Story: The white rabbit knew the way. With his strong legs he could jump on to the highest rocks and climb any height. But he went slowly so the boy could keep us...
Cyrus Tahbaz Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Prince and his horse [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 268 Hits: 3023]
Once there lived a young and handsome prince near Denmark...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Piped Piper Of Hamelin [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 179 Hits: 8792]
The Pied Piper led them down to the banks of the river. There he stood but his music did not stop. The rats ran on past him. They fell into the fast-flowering water. With their heads held high, they swam to where a whirlpool sucked then down in the middle of the stream...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Ali Cogia and the Thousand Pieces of Gold [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 316 Hits: 2101]
Ali Cogia had saved one thousand pieces of gold. He put this gold into a big jar of clay. On top he put some olives. He sealed the jar and took it to a merchant friend...
Edith H. Tarcov Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Phantom [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 170 Hits: 838]
The phantom figure also dropped his bag and ran side by side with Martin the whole length of the wall and disappeared...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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A Date with a Pelican [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 223 Hits: 831]
Cheeku noticed that the huge bird was distinguished by a large, elastic throat pouch, and he decided to interview the bird for his paper, Jungle Times...
Indira Kumari Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Search for a bridegroom [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 236 Hits: 1448]
Story From Panchatantra - "Sir, you are the highest and greatest in the world. I want to give you my daughter in marriage.
Manpreet Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Peas [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 211 Hits: 889]
The Prince gave his permission and the performer entered the hall with a basket full of loose peas...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Lighter of the Royal Lamps [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 584 Hits: 4090]
One evening Dil entered the royal apartment to perform her office when she found it flooded with cool, heavenly light...
Mohan C. Motwani Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Pearls [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 298 Hits: 1026]
The poor man was in danger of death from starvation and yet at his side lay a wealth in pearls...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Partridge's Nest [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 266 Hits: 829]
You take the eggs and I shall keep the partridge. The eggs are worth the same as the bird...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Poochne Ki Himmat [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 381 Hits: 4677]
Neelu was so excited - she even forgot that she was cycling on the main highway and suddenly...
Poornima Varman Updated On: 4/5/2007
Tags: Cycle, Mother, Lost, Girl
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The Reward [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 260 Hits: 1520]
Lalkunwar and the Emperor were sitting on the terrace of the Delhi palace, enjoying fresh air...
Vrindavan Lal Varma Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Toffee for Being Good [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 246 Hits: 1134]
Bunky did not know swimming and while swimming from tree to tree he had slipped and fallen into the deep part of the river...
F. Rehman Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Golden Tobacco Box [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 230 Hits: 781]
The men got to their feet and looked in their pockets but the box was not to be found...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Titmouse [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 194 Hits: 819]
Lawrence ran to the tree as quickly as he could and wet to take the bird, but just as he reached out his hand towards the trap he lost his balance...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Tit for tat [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 347 Hits: 2330]
Stories From Panchatantra - How can I kidnap his son, sir? A gigantic bird carried his son away. What could I do?...
Manpreet Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Time Factor [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 215 Hits: 998]
The men were engaged in chatting or singing around the fires, or in preparing food...
John O' Hind Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Three M's for Freedom [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 182 Hits: 893]
"There are certain things more valuable than one's life like freedom of your country - don't you agree?" Baba said. "Yes I do. I do want India to be free. So many leaders are in jail."...
Surekha Panandikar Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Fisherman and The Thief [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 186 Hits: 904]
He screamed and threw the snake back into the water. He got to his feet and was about to run off home when he saw Andrew, the old fisherman...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Turnip [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 160 Hits: 899]
The poor working man brought the turnip to the castle and the nobleman was very pleased at the hard work that the gardener had done to grow such a beautiful Vegetable and he gave him three pieces of gold...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Sandy Rabbits [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 203 Hits: 1028]
Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Rabbit and their family lived in a hole near some sand dunes...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Handicap [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 377 Hits: 1560]
Uttam was determined that next year they would win the championship and he would be the architect of their victory...
Ramendra Kumar Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The risky diamond delivery [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 174 Hits: 991]
But some how thieves came to know that the precious stone was being send to India, though they did not know who was to take it.
Read on to discover the risky delivery...

Manpreet Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Monkey Tricks [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 199 Hits: 959]
one day King Leo the Lion came home, and he had no sooner put his head inside the den than...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Rainbow [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 183 Hits: 1033]
The poor little boy found himself in the rain and he couldn't see any sign of those colors...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The power of words [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 194 Hits: 1255]
A moral story - Encouraging words to someone who is down can lift him up and help him to make through it...
Manpreet Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Park [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 242 Hits: 3443]
Fatso and his gardener were working at some flowerbeds...
Sigrun Srivastav Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Nut [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 196 Hits: 754]
Half a shell to who saw the nut first and half a shell to who picked it up first...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Not-quite Robbery [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 264 Hits: 1475]
They sat up till late in the night and planned the great robbery...
Aruna Gopakumar Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The New Tenant [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 291 Hits: 1302]
But what was this? The policemen had taken out, not handcuffs, but a piece of paper and was showing it to Gopi's father....
Poile Sengupta Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Monkey and Man [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 162 Hits: 1102]
One day the man had gone out to do some business and the monkey, left alone in the house...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Lion [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 208 Hits: 963]
The people were astonished and wanted to know what was the reason for the lion's strange behaviour...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Haunted Lake [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 162 Hits: 1487]
The lake bed is full of thorny bushes. Our ball is caught in the thorns. We must get another ball. There is no ghost in the lake...
R. Praveen Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Rupee Tree [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 177 Hits: 2329]
The king was surprised. He could give nothing, as there was nothing he had earned by hard work...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The White Crow [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 144 Hits: 1112]
One day, a crow was flying over a village, looking for something to eat...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Uncle Ken's Zigzag Walk [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 254 Hits: 1454]
Uncle Ken always maintained that the best way to succeed in life was to zigzag. "If you keep going off in new directions," he declared "you will meet new career opportunities...
Ruskin Bond Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Yuni and the Ox [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 330 Hits: 1512]
Korean Story: Yuni decided to try to retrieve the ball before the ox realized what had happened. His eyes fixed on the ox, he carefully inched his way under the animal's stomach...
O Yong-su Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Chip of Wood [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 199 Hits: 750]
He noticed that there was a piece of wood missing and taking the chip out of his pocket...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Wolf [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 188 Hits: 858]
The wolf was able to kill the sheep undisturbed...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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A Wisp of Straw [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 209 Hits: 1140]
After lunch, Nani cleared the kitchen and lay down for a nap. Pinky waited till...
Pratibha Nath Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Wise Chunmun [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 456 Hits: 2043]
you should always trust only those who have conviction in their words and who are hard-working...
Rama Shankar Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Tipper's Wisdom [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 199 Hits: 831]
Tipper was taught never to take any eatable from an outsider lest some thief should try to poison him...
Ramakant 'Kant' Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Winning Team [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 149 Hits: 1052]
On his way back from school the next day, Aditya stopped at the Ganapati temple to remind Him of Khaleel. The punditji sat on the cement bench fanning himself with a newspaper, his mouth full of betel juice as usual...
Savithri Narayanan Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Real Winner [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 306 Hits: 1982]
From very next morning Sachin's boxing lessons began in real earnest. Manas was a very good coach - patient, sincere and very encouraging...
Ramendra Kumar Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Tom Hickathrift And The Old Giant [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 237 Hits: 1099]
Tom Hickathrift was a little too strong for his own good. There was nothing you would think was odd about him, not to look at him, that is, except that he was broad as a bull and rather taller than you might expect...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Wicked Witch [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 215 Hits: 960]
Once there was a witch. She was tried of being wicked and bad...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Treat for years & years [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 222 Hits: 729]
The contractor was sad to see a good worker go...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Silver Watch [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 198 Hits: 822]
He looked up and by the light of the moon he noticed a beautiful silver pocket watch...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Miraculous Wall [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 300 Hits: 980]
The good people gave praise to the Lord and the old lady said: "God has raised up a wall to keep the enemy far from our house...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Vineyard [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 223 Hits: 1051]
The father told them that in the vineyard there was a treasure but it was up to them to find it...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Romper Rabbit's Adventure [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 282 Hits: 1352]
Romper was white from head to toe...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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A Unique Birthday [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 213 Hits: 1065]
Shashank and Mayank were admitted in a good school in Rangat...
Shiela Srivastava Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Secret of Joy and Happiness [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 219 Hits: 1739]
Bed time stories told by Granny
For the first time after so long Radha was able to spend a restful night with no worries...

Manpreet Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Tunnel [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 180 Hits: 751]
Through his whole journey, Ankush was puzzled that what was there under the black clothe. He was thinking that as a luggage but in last he found that was Saeeda auntie wearing burqa...
Shama Futehally [Edited by Githa Hariharan and Shama Futehally] Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Troth [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 325 Hits: 1827]
Meanwhile, the shopkeeper finished his business and started dispensing the provisions...
Chandradhar Sharma Guleri Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Trojan Horse [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 376 Hits: 44867]
Greeks built a huge wooden horse and was placed on a large platform with wheels underneath. A few of the bravest Greek warriors including Ulysses hid themselves in the hollow stomach of the horse...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Two Little Sparrows [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 213 Hits: 930]
Have the eggs hatched yet? - Deepak would ask every day as soon as he arrived...
Nilima Sinha Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Oak Tree and The Willow Tree [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 192 Hits: 1029]
Weak willow tree that grows near the stream is still standing as beautiful as ever...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Egg of a She-Donkey [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 290 Hits: 2150]
Both the farmer and the washerman applied force and finally succeeded in pulling the cart’s wheel out of the ditch...
Hemant Yadav Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Little Stones [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 163 Hits: 854]
He drank less and less each day and when the bottle was full of stones he had already abandoned the habit of drinking...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Last Stonemason [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 321 Hits: 2080]
The old man looked at the orphan boy who had come to work for him five years ago...
Sigrun Srivastav Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Stone Boundary [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 201 Hits: 849]
If George had not shifted the stone he would have fallen beyond on to the soft green field and would have come to no harm...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Starling [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 173 Hits: 754]
Charlie took the bird and placed it in his pocket and was about to leave when the hunter came in the gate...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Soup [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 237 Hits: 1027]
I am glad that you liked the soup, but to tell the truth, it is the soup that you did not eat at lunch...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Sonu and Monu [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 160 Hits: 944]
Sonu understood Frisky’s point and began to do as she had advised...
Raj Kumar Jain Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Song of Songs [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 220 Hits: 1012]
Sant Haridas was the man Tansen had spoken of. He had been Tansen's music teacher...
Swapna Dutta Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Song of The River [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 249 Hits: 1188]
She was losing her slim figure and becoming wider around the midriff...
Nita Bery Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Snowball's Chance [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 268 Hits: 1064]
Cinderella was in the coach and the coachmen were dressed as white mice...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Willow Branches and The Straw [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 171 Hits: 567]
Was I not right when I said that I would teach them to turn straw into gold...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Sidi Maola [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 231 Hits: 1611]
Hindi Story
Radheshyam Goswami Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Sikandar Saani [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 230 Hits: 1531]
Hindi Story of Sikandar Saani
Viswanath Yadav Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Shoe Tacks [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 180 Hits: 1379]
The lazy boy began to see what he could do. But after a little practice he found that he was becoming very skilled and soon he was making some of the finest tacks...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Shoes [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 181 Hits: 1223]
If you want to come with me I can get you a new pair of shoes very quickly...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Merry Shepherd [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 178 Hits: 1312]
My riches are the sun in the beautiful blue sky which shines down on me as on the prince...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Sheltered [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 257 Hits: 1486]
Rajjab the butcher was returning from Lalitpur...
Vrindavan Lal Verma Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Shararati Tom [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 218 Hits: 1980]
In spite of allowing from to go for picnic, he was ask to paint the boundary wall...
Mark Twain Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The foolish donkey [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 187 Hits: 2659]
Story From Panchatantra - Thinking so, the lion sent for a jackal and said, "Mr. Jackal! You know very well that...
Manpreet Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Vain Goose [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 166 Hits: 724]
George was marching along looking straight ahead like a real soldier, all the ducks suddenly turned in at the kitchen door...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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With Whom Shall I Share My Sorrow, My Beloved [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 726 Hits: 4082]
Someone sings in a sad, pathetic voice, "With whom shall I share my sorrow, my beloved...
Chatursen Shastri Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Sheep [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 237 Hits: 1099]
I have tried to keep you away from corruption and in the city there is always the danger...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Singing Birds [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 216 Hits: 1330]
Some naughty children began to hunt for the nests and destroy them...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Alien [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 208 Hits: 1138]
Her mother tried to knock some sense into her, but to no avail...
Nischintha Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Field [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 174 Hits: 810]
All you need do is to go every day and dig up as much ground as your lazy body occupies lying on the ground in the shade...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Evil Snake [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 132 Hits: 903]
Stories From Panchatantra - The crow-couple felt overjoyed to see their enemy killed....
Manpreet Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Flute Player [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 382 Hits: 3920]
It is an old flute. But the old ones are best. I found it lying in a field last year. Perhaps it was God Krishna's! He was always playing the flute.'...
Ruskin Bond Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Guinea-Pig goes Shopping [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 192 Hits: 1040]
Miss Tabby looked at the picture in the pattern book...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Strawberries [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 202 Hits: 903]
A few days later a magnificent coach stopped in the main street of the village, and inside this coach sat a very distinguished military officer who wore several decorations...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Doves [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 296 Hits: 931]
A couple of Pat's doves flew into George's aviary, and began to build a nest. The poor boy thought: "How happy I would be if they were mine...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Cow [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 192 Hits: 957]
Work for two or three hours extra each day and you will earn more than you have done up to now...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Flowers [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 403 Hits: 1833]
The most precious gifts of youth are humility, goodness and purity...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Cock [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 181 Hits: 640]
The girls used to get mad at the bird and they said: "If it weren't for that dreadful cock, we could sleep a little longer...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Test of Taste [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 366 Hits: 3383]
Gattu was very much fond of tasty food...
Savita Shetty Updated On: 4/5/2007
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A Test of Strength [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 180 Hits: 1342]
Took everything for a test of strength...
Deepa Agarwal Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Gregory the Swan [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 237 Hits: 980]
One morning Nancy and her mother came to the lake and began to throw dainty bits to the swans and ducks...
Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Stream [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 170 Hits: 744]
Billy knew very well that it was dangerous to drink water when he was in a heat...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Sun [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 193 Hits: 856]
The sun shone with an exceptionally bright light and the children were very happy...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Sun and The Rain [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 203 Hits: 755]
The rain is as necessary as the sun...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Supreme Artist [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 162 Hits: 722]
The figure of Mumtaz shone vaguely through the thin veil of second tobacco smoke...
R. S. Mani Updated On: 4/5/2007
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The Swallows [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 163 Hits: 761]
The person who drives away the swallows from his house drives away happiness...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Teen Tilange [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 257 Hits: 1505]
All police actions were getting failed in capturing night thieves. But Tilange succeeded in capturing them red-handed.
Dilip Kumar Tetarve Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Tai [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 253 Hits: 1494]
The child did not like the expression on her face, so he said, "I won't take Taiji...
Vishwambharnath Sharma Kaushik Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Talash [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 209 Hits: 1417]
Amit saw from the distance a tall and short heighted men wrapped in bandage getting out of his house and disappear gradually. Was he able to find them?
Ramesh Chandra Chhabila Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Tansen - The Magical Musician [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 361 Hits: 4316]
Now Tansen’s body was hot and feverish, but absorbed in Deepak Raga he continued to sing vigorously. Seeing Tansen in this state, Rupa became anxious and was unable to start singing. Then slowly, although waveringly at first, she began singing Megh Raga...
Ashok Davar Updated On: 4/5/2007
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Robu Takes a Trip Around the Forest [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 220 Hits: 862]
King Lion’s mouth began to water at the sight of a rabbit...
Milan Goyal Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Ghost Rider of Darbhanga [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 152 Hits: 1654]
Hundreds had lost their money and jewels; many had lost their lives, at the hands of the black rider of Darbhanga...
Sigrun Srivastav Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Ghee Ka Kanastar [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 189 Hits: 1397]
Police arrested the thief as soon as he took money from the sweetshop owner. Thief was surprised to learn that how they solved this mystery...
Ramesh Chandra Chhabila Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Four Elements [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 131 Hits: 829]
If you want to be happy, you must learn to support the difficulties of life courageously...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Ghadi Kis Ki Hai? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 119 Hits: 1456]
Can an investigating officer solve the case without any evidence? If yes, how?
Sanjiv Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Gardener and The Donkey [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 185 Hits: 817]
The gardener took off his jacket and placed it on top of the load...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Gems [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 202 Hits: 793]
One day the jeweller noticed that two of the gems were missing...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Friends Again [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 207 Hits: 1105]
Anmol and Rohan had been the best of friends since nursery...
Ramendra Kumar Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Yellow Gardener Birds [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 242 Hits: 832]
Betty felt so sorry for the poor little birds and opened her sack and threw a handful of seed to the birds...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Sorry, Best Friend [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 215 Hits: 2149]
When Mummy returned in the evening, she would take Sonu for a walk. But why?
Hemangini Ranade Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Foolish Gopu Ram [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 283 Hits: 1643]
Montu charged a substantial amount of fee for going to a patient’s home but he did not ask for it at Gopu Ram’s house...
Veena Gupta Updated On: 4/4/2007
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A Lantern as Big as a House [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 336 Hits: 2967]
The temple bell rang, and a drum began to sound. It was time for the evening ceremony. Patiya looked around and saw blobs of colored light moving out of the houses...
Sybil Wettasinghe Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Gaddar Ilahi-Baksh [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 206 Hits: 1372]
Historical Hindi Story
Sarla Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Fox Boy [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 461 Hits: 2394]
Japanese Story: A puppet was dancing. The boys watched it. The puppet looked neither like an adult nor like a child, and its black eyes shown so brightly that it was hard to believe it was not a real human being...
Nankichi Niimi (1913-43) Updated On: 4/4/2007
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A Present for Grandfather [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 167 Hits: 1398]
Indonesian Story: Bakri tried to calm his thoughts and put everything out of his mind so he could pray wholeheartedly, but still he kept worrying...
Jusran Safano Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Bali and Hanuman [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 217 Hits: 1381]
Bali hated Sugriva so much that he thought night and day only of how he could cause trouble for Sugriva...
Hemanth Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Guns On The Hillside [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 120 Hits: 711]
Col. Dutta towered over the two men and boomed, You come every year, shoot down a whole lot of partridges, collect a few and leave the rest to die among the wheat!...
Pratibha Nath Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The First Step [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 164 Hits: 961]
Ammu could no longer hold her tears and she cried herself to sleep...
Neela Subramaniam Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Happiest Boy in the World [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 307 Hits: 13280]
The yellow flame of the kerosene lamp flickered ceaselessly. The dank smell of food, mainly fish broth, that had been spilled from many a bowl and dried on the bench now seemed to rise from the very texture of the wood itself...
N. V. M. Gonzalez Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Gulam Kadir [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 244 Hits: 1410]
Historical Hindi Story
Umashankar Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Good Sister [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 170 Hits: 837]
Michael became afraid and said: "You are right, dear sister, God can see us in every place, even in those places where no human eye can see...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Great Train Journey [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 156 Hits: 3546]
The floor beneath him was vibrating, the wheels were clattering on the rails, the carriage was swaying. The trees were running now, swooping past the trains, and the telegraph ples joined them in the crazy race...
Ruskin Bond Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Ghosts In The Verandah [Vote Average: 4, Total Votes: 348 Hits: 4162]
When the spirit is annoyed, it rushes out from the tree and upsets tongas, bullock0carts and bicycles; even a bus is known to have been overturned by a munjia...
Ruskin Bond Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Good Son [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 179 Hits: 828]
When he came his son embraced him and both of them wept tears of joy...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Sunahara Mor [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 196 Hits: 1755]
Story about Krishnadevaraya, King of Vijayanagara.
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 224 Hits: 5415]
Not so very long ago there were three billy goats. Their name was Gruff. To tell you the truth, one was gruffer than the other and the third was the gruffest of all...
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Goat [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 170 Hits: 822]
The goat saw his image in the mirror and thinking it was another goat, he put his head down and charged...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Tinku, the Glutton [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 191 Hits: 870]
Tinku’s stomach was already full, he bought 4 laddus and began to eat them...
Mohammad Sajid Khan Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Giraffe who couldn't Reach [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 271 Hits: 2471]
He reared up his long neck, and he put out his tongue, and he stretched and he stretched-but the fruit was just out of reach...
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Green Branch [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 307 Hits: 1197]
Italian Moral Story - European storie about a light-headed and obstinate boy who never worried about the warnings...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Echo [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 165 Hits: 720]
George's words to the unknown voice became more offensive, but every word came back to him as faithfully as he produced it...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Jason And The Golden Fleece [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 211 Hits: 1850]
The good centaur Chiron taught many of the heroes. He taught the mighty Hercules to labour all his life. He taught the valiant Jason to vow vengeance against evil. Jason fled to Chiron to escape his uncle Pelias, a wicked man who had driven Jason's father, Eson, from his kingdom of Thessaly...
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Fighting Cock [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 196 Hits: 712]
On hearing his cock-a-doodle-doo, a cat reached there...
Vasudha Sinha Updated On: 4/4/2007
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A Father and a Patriot [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 291 Hits: 1538]
Major Tiger tried his best to fight back the tears welling up in his eyes but he could not. The crumpled paper in his hand was wet as he read it...
Ramendra Kumar Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Father Against Son [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 585 Hits: 3538]
The history of Mughals in India provides many cases of the son raising sword against father, brother poisoning or blinding his own brother...
D. Venkata Rao Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Ek Aur Ek Gyarah [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 216 Hits: 1345]
On accident, Ankit found a carry bag, stucking in his hand, full of 50’s and 100’s rupess...
Ashit Kumar Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Flights Of Fancy [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 242 Hits: 1154]
O. Henry, master of the short story, once said that it would be impossible to knock on any door and say to the first person who appeared, 'Fly! All has been discovered!' and not get a story...
Ruskin Bond Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Ten Plagues Of Egypt [Vote Average: 2, Total Votes: 421 Hits: 13791]
Moses and Aaron went to the Pharaoh of Egypt and asked him to free the people of Israel from their slavery...
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Jasoosi Katha Kisson Ka Parkashan Kaise Hua? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 120 Hits: 1011]
Daniel Good murdered his wife and flee, but was caught by the police detectives very soon. This was London’s first accuse to be caught so quickly.
Girish Purohit Sonil Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Eavesdropper [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 185 Hits: 719]
Anselm followed them and wanting to know what they were talking about the placed his ear against the key-hole...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Earthen Pot [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 201 Hits: 1411]
Once there lived an old man in a village, he had an earthen pot and a copper pot...
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Sack of Earth [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 216 Hits: 812]
She asked him almost in tears: "Will you allow me to take as much earth from my family inheritance as will fill this sack...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Mughalon Ki Andheri Shaam [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 171 Hits: 1123]
Mughal Story in Hindi
Viswanath Yadav Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Haste makes Waste [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 199 Hits: 2393]
Stories From Panchatantra - It is true that mother loves her son, but you were a mother to mongoose too. You had brought it up with your hands. Why did you kill it then?
Manpreet Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Ears of Corn [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 168 Hits: 752]
The straight ones must certainly be the better ones. And the bending stalks must be the bad ones...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Festival of Eid [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 663 Hits: 6050]
A full thirty days after Ramadan comes Eid. How wonderful and beautiful is the morning of Eid...
Premchand Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Kashmiri Scarf [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 179 Hits: 1075]
On second bank robbery, police was not able to trace any evidence. Monika identified the robbers, but were they caught?
Dilip Kumar Tetarve Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Kohinoor Ki Kahani [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 488 Hits: 13227]
Hindi Story of Kohinoor
Radheshyam Goswami Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Kitten [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 162 Hits: 712]
The sun stood high over the jhuggis, on the outskirts of Savitri Nagar, as he walked to Sharma Motor Works...
Sigrun Srivastav Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Kind Gomu [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 188 Hits: 917]
Gomu Donkey was always ready to help others...
Milan Goyal Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Bobby's Kind Deed [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 208 Hits: 732]
Bobby’s master watched the two dogs with a smile on his face...
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Kidnapped [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 166 Hits: 1356]
Our Club is giving a charity show and we could do with a few more numbers...
Sigrun Srivastava Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Khudaram [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 342 Hits: 3248]
Hearing the sweet lit of the children’s voices and the anguished voice of the mothers, the anger of the excited youth and the bestiality of the infuriated men was softened and humbled...
Pandey Bechan Sharma Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Shepherd's Flute [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 190 Hits: 662]
On the table there was a flute and next to it was a bag and a shepherd's stick...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Kesiya - The miser [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 161 Hits: 1091]
Then Kesiya’s wife started making a small pooda but every time she found that she could not make a small pooda for that guest because...
Manpreet Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Flying Tortoise [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 218 Hits: 1120]
Monkey picked a banana and sat munching it until Tortoise woke up...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Kaki [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 263 Hits: 2187]
On a slip of paper pasted on the kite was written "Kaki"...
Siyaram Sharan Gupta Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Kafan [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 292 Hits: 4295]
In a society where the condition of those who work day and night was as bad and deplorable as of these two, and people who knew how to exploit the poor farmers grew richer...
Premchand Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Just a second to act [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 190 Hits: 874]
This is a true story based on actual deeds of courage and gallantry which earned C. Govindan a national award. Govindan was born on 15 April 1966 in Tamil Nadu and studied at Kurubarapalli High School...
Sigrun Srivastava Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Jonah And The Whale [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 207 Hits: 932]
Jonah was a Hebrew. He worshiped the God of Israel. One day God spoke to Jonah...
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Jolly Joker [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 197 Hits: 1447]
Jolly was busy doing his funny acrobatics in the show when he knocked against a stool lying nearby...
Anu Nagpal Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Lace Cord [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 167 Hits: 751]
If you buy both of the other lace cords I am disposed to offer you this as a gift...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Khalekadad [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 225 Hits: 1216]
Indian Hindi Story
Krishna Gopal Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Mirror [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 201 Hits: 808]
Her mother placed a mirror in front of her and Matilda gazing at her figure in the mirror was filled with shock...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Love's Revenge [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 263 Hits: 1811]
Rajputana in the fourteenth century was a mosaic of small states...
Gopal Chaturvedi Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Loving Brothers [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 198 Hits: 858]
The two brothers were soon at work and the sweat on their forehead fell to the ground in abundant drops...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Loving Sister [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 458 Hits: 2739]
Babli applied some balm on his forehead and massaged it with her tender hands. Deepu felt very guilty over his past behavior...
Inderjit Kaushik Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Mad Mango [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 216 Hits: 1698]
This is the story of a mango tree which did not want to spend its life rooted in one place. It wanted to travel, see the world and make new friends. Some excerpts from the first part of an exciting journey, when 'Mad Mango' learnt to walk...
A.N Pednekar Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Magic Flute [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 238 Hits: 1119]
When you play your flute, you must always play it with much love in your own heart. Then everyone will recognize your love through the melody...
Madhav Ghimire Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Magnanimous Motu [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 206 Hits: 1326]
Motu's huge body, the object of their incessant ridicule, had saved them from burning, or being crushed under the huge animals' feet...
Vandana Gupta Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Mahabat Khan [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 397 Hits: 2154]
Mahabat Khan stood up and suddenly began to laugh in a weird manner...
Anand Prakash Jain Updated On: 4/4/2007
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For Maharashtra [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 369 Hits: 1513]
Aurangzeb Alamgir, Emperor of all Hindustan rose from his prayer mat after the evening prayer...
John O'Hind Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Makreel [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 181 Hits: 1176]
The young lady standing under the cycas tree enamoured by the nation’s pride, looked longingly at that shining star...
Yashpal Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Mangoes [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 150 Hits: 869]
The neighbour's daughter brought her basketful of beautiful mangoes...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Annual Market [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 288 Hits: 1127]
I am so happy, my dear girl, that even so early in life you have understood the importance of prayer and work...
C. Schmi Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Merchandise of Truth [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 240 Hits: 1388]
The fame of 'Rafiq Hind' spread all over the country and Pandit Sarvdayal began to be counted among the eminent personages of the time...
Sudarshan Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Messengers in the Sky [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 499 Hits: 2049]
Prince Khurram was pacing restlessly up and down on the terrace of his palace...
Rema Chandrasekhar Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Lonely Puppy [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 171 Hits: 894]
Poor Dizzy felt unhappy and lonely as he lay with his nose on his paws...
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Monkey [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 297 Hits: 1575]
In the All India Painting Competition organized by UNICEF his painting was declared the best in the under 12 age group...
Ramendra Kumar Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Mr. Mouse Papers the Parlour [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 192 Hits: 618]
What a fine place those humans do live in! So nice and clean it is...
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Hattrick [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 138 Hits: 820]
Tea was served while the sub-committee members scratched their heads, bit their lips and gnawed at their pens...
J. Vasanthan Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Murti Ki Chori Ka Rahasya [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 193 Hits: 1331]
Even after tight security, they could not stop the theft of statues from the museum. Jacky got suspicious of a man doing enquiry, what was that suspicion...
Bharat Kumar Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Murkh [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 242 Hits: 2550]
Indian Hindi Story
Kamla Joshi Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Murdon Ki Rajdhani [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 204 Hits: 1463]
Indian Hindi Story
Naresh Kumar Gaur Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Milk [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 202 Hits: 838]
Ferdy noticed the boy and thought about leaving something in his bowl for the other boy but did not do so...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Moving Day [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 189 Hits: 788]
Spot found moving day great fun, he rushed about, barked at the men in green aprons...
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Miller and His Son [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 183 Hits: 726]
You can never please everyone; so always do your duties as you think best...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Good Use of Money [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 174 Hits: 811]
All the money my good parents spent on me from my birth to this day, I consider as a debt which I must pay...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Mamie and Molly Mouse [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 229 Hits: 711]
Mamie went to bed, she made up her mind that she, too, would have a long tail...
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Mithaiwallah [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 365 Hits: 1959]
Rohini looked at the sweetseller - the man's eyes were moist with tears...
Bhagwati Prasad Bajpai Updated On: 4/4/2007
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A Misunderstanding Between Friends [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 203 Hits: 4431]
Amit and Nikhil were fast friends. Both were 11 years old and studied in class 6. Both the friends were helpful and caring. But...
Inderjit Kaushik Updated On: 4/4/2007
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A Fly's Mischief [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 245 Hits: 1332]
Hearing the noise, the hostel warden, a bald man, came there...
Aziz Moradabadi Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Mannu Ki Mushkaan [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 206 Hits: 1998]
As soon as Mannu reached School, all her classmates and teacher congratulated her by saying, “Happy Birthday...”
Shashi Shekhar Tripathi Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Mughal Badshah Ki Dastane Dard [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 221 Hits: 2239]
Mughal Story in Hindi
Viswanath Yadav Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Lonely Hedgehog [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 217 Hits: 1133]
Prickles was a little hedgehog, he was a very merry little hedgehog and he liked to play games and have lots of fun...
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Hyena who couldn't Laugh [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 232 Hits: 728]
Henry ran to help her and then they heard a sound...
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Hurricane [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 201 Hits: 743]
All of a sudden the lad noticed a lady who was calling out his name. He ran to the lady and cried out...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Human First [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 172 Hits: 816]
Karan was very good in drawing and always carried a set of crayons and his sketch book with him...
Ramendra Kumar Updated On: 4/4/2007
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How Far Is The River [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 173 Hits: 1449]
Between the boy and the river stood a mountain. The boy was young and the river was small but the mountain was big...
Ruskin Bond Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Hoshiyar Ladka [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 175 Hits: 1474]
Intelligence of small children solved the problem, when even elders couldn’t solve. What intelligence did they show?
Rajkumar Sakoliya Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Horse Shoe [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 153 Hits: 802]
There is a horse shoe, pick it up and put it in your pocket...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Ice-Cream Special [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 190 Hits: 1141]
TWO FOR ONE, One free scoop with each of your ice-cream choices...
Sigrun Srivastav Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Himsuka [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 161 Hits: 812]
King of Oudh wanted to find out what his sons thought about punishing people who had done wrong...
Shankar Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Beautiful, Beautiful Heron [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 189 Hits: 1182]
Burmese Story: My aunt kept screaming at Uncle San Aung, and I could tell that he was getting more and more angry. His face was deep red, and I was afraid he was actually going to hit his sister...
Gayetni Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Helpers [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 208 Hits: 1018]
Pappu walked up the pathway, looking very smart in his navy-blue uniform and peaked cap, ready to start the day...
Nandita Majumdar Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Martha Mole [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 231 Hits: 810]
Every Monday Roly would cycle round the village, collecting the rent...
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Bandar Ka Dil [Vote Average: 2, Total Votes: 1863 Hits: 8307]
Popular Hindi story about a monkey and crocodile...
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Hawk and the Tree [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 326 Hits: 1668]
Afghanistanian Story: The sparrow hawk hung from one of the branches. The string on its foot was firmly caught in the tree, and the feathers the bird had shed in its death struggles were scattered all about...
Ahazam Rahnaward Zaryab Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Haunting Agony [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 330 Hits: 2865]
After a few days, Usha’s mother invited Balraj and his sister for tea...
Chandragupta Vidyalankar Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Hatya Ya Aatamhatya [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 180 Hits: 1168]
All incidents were as of a suicide, and then also it seems like a murder. Was it a murder?
Omprakash 'Sunar' Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Honey Pot [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 160 Hits: 872]
The good lady had sold her honey a few days before and had put two crabs in the pot...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Lights Changed [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 207 Hits: 859]
I looked at his headlines. Communal Riots, it blazed.
Poile Sengupta Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Little Canary [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 206 Hits: 1014]
She opened the box and immediately a beautiful golden yellow canary flew out and around the room, whistling gaily...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Local Tough [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 195 Hits: 1251]
I won the first bet, then within the next few rounds everything was lost...
Jaishankar Prasad Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Imposter [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 189 Hits: 723]
...and on the other side, a man who was completely identical with Dhani Ram was present in the palace before the king.
Manpreet Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The New Lion-Makers [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 338 Hits: 3910]
It was Friday evening. The best evening of the week - no homework!
Githa Hariharan Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Mona's Life-saving Act [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 197 Hits: 637]
Amit slipped but luckily he caught hold of a tree branch and now hanging onto it...
Mukesh Nadan Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Dada Ji Ki Seekh [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 225 Hits: 2069]
A Hindi moral story...
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Sonu Learns a Lesson [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 163 Hits: 797]
Sonu monkey was prankster...
Manoj Rai Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Lazybones! [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 163 Hits: 869]
On the branch beside him sat a most beautiful bird, with green and scarlet feathers...
Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Jasoos Chaturanand Ke Kaarname [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 190 Hits: 1104]
Ever since Chaturanand saved Sethji, he became a successful secret agent. But was he able to carry it on?
Arun Rawat 'Suryasarathi' Updated On: 4/4/2007
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A Lesson for The Innkeeper [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 156 Hits: 756]
The innkeeper of 'The Star' has certainly not good wine, but his glasses are clear and clean as crystal...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Tabbu Learns a Lesson [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 272 Hits: 1775]
Madhav Lal came there listening to the noise and commotion. He saw Tabbu Cat chasing the rats and stacking them...
Dr. S. Kamala Updated On: 4/4/2007
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Instalment [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 221 Hits: 892]
Chaudhary Vishambhar Sahay’s father Chaudhary Har Sahay was one of the minor taluqdars of Awadh...
Bhagwati Charan Verma Updated On: 4/4/2007
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The Little Angel [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 286 Hits: 1474]
When Samir entered the hospital room Aishwarya was lying on the bed her eyes closed. She was pale, thin and very frail...
Ramendra Kumar Updated On: 4/4/2007
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When the Clock Struck Twelve [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 254 Hits: 1145]
The marriage of Hastings with Marian had not put an end to all the riddling inquiries and surmises that were afloat in the country about his past connections with her...
Mohan C. Motwani Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Chirag Dilli Ka Andhera [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 243 Hits: 1483]
Indian Historical Story in Hindi
Viswanath Yadav Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Sameer Chooses A Career [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 183 Hits: 882]
The scientist who studied dinosaurs was called a palaeontologist. Sameer decided then and there to be a palaeontologist...
Shreelata Rao Seshadri Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Cinderella [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 446 Hits: 10748]
Most Popular Story - Cinderella : There were always the hardest jobs for Cinderella, cleaning the dishes and scrubbing the tables and sweeping the floors...
Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Courage Conquers All [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 227 Hits: 1696]
I am the strongest chap in the class and all newcomers must meet me in a trial of strength. So roll up your sleeves and come on!...
Neela Subramaniam Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Cloak [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 227 Hits: 779]
The son had recognized the old cloak and hearing the story from the guide...
Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Golden Coin [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 194 Hits: 950]
One morning Freddy said to his servant: "Matthew, do you see this golden coin...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Devout Mother and Her Children [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 215 Hits: 766]
The children took their mother back home and at night went to sleep in joy and gladness...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Cat And Mouse In Partnership [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 189 Hits: 1294]
Favourite Classic Story - Would you believe it if I told you that a cat wanted to make friends with a mouse?
Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Two's Company [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 202 Hits: 836]
Billy came closer and started to nibble her label with his sharp teeth...
Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Clever Wrestler [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 377 Hits: 1328]
'How will you tackle a monster?' Never mind now : I'll do it, Pahalwan growled ...
Manpreet Updated On: 4/3/2007
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When Competitiveness Becomes Excessive [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 160 Hits: 800]
Avoid comparing your child with another child, every child is unique and special...
Updated On: 4/3/2007
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A Chase of Cheers [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 317 Hits: 2012]
Uncle Samanta slipped his loaded revolver in his overcoat pocket and the next minute the three were out on the street...
Saibal Chakravarty Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Chand Khilona [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 197 Hits: 1357]
Joker promised to king that he would get the moon for the princess.
James Thurber Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Egg-breaking Champion [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 154 Hits: 1390]
The boys tried to choose the hardest eggs with the thickest shells. They examined many eggs closely before making their choices, and finally each boy bought the egg that looked best to him...
Manop Kaewsanit Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Choru's Bright Idea Saves Him [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 180 Hits: 712]
The door of the trap snapped shut, and Choru was trapped inside it...
Rahul Nath Updated On: 4/3/2007
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A Cat to Remember [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 351 Hits: 1686]
Yusuf was too upset to say anything. His teacher waited till e had stopped crying and then patted him on the shoulder and said she hoped everything would turn out all right...
Violet Wilkins Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Castle and The Hut [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 221 Hits: 674]
She ordered that the walls of the castle be knocked down but she found nothing at all...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Cannibal [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 166 Hits: 799]
The two boys felt their blood turn cold. "My God," they murmured, "this innkeeper is a cannibal...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Cabbages [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 149 Hits: 767]
Tiny stories for pre school children, Italian story about how a mother teaches her daughter to take care of greener and bigger cabbages of her kitchen garden...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Mystery of Bulabai Mansion [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 427 Hits: 1840]
One day Parveen had even confronted the hefty boy in shabby pants and a dirty shirt...
Sigrun Srivastav Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Deer [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 195 Hits: 700]
One day while Hubert was in the forest hunting with some friends they spotted a magnificent deer...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Cow's Bell [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 160 Hits: 707]
Each cow had a bell around its neck and the most beautiful cow had the best bell...
Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Chai Ke Pyale Me Maut [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 218 Hits: 4450]
Main suspect in bank robbery was a doctor. Along with him an innocent famous artist was also caught. But who robbed the bank?
Alok Srivastava Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Doll [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 314 Hits: 1336]
Suddenly he saw a bigger crowd of people at a distance. One of them might want to buy some peanuts. He began tidying the piles on the cart. But what was this?
Sawan Dutta Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Helpful Danny [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 179 Hits: 1387]
When some mischievous animals saw that there was nobody in Bonny’s shop, they went in and began to feast on the sweets...
Inderjit Kaushik Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Dying Father [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 161 Hits: 818]
I have lived fifty years and I have often found myself face to face with death...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Miraculous Drugs [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 203 Hits: 807]
It all depends on three drugs that I put in their food. The first is that I want the children to earn their food by hard work; the second is...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Dahej [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 434 Hits: 10409]
Indian Hindi story about Dowry System...
Dr. Shivnath Rai Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Crocodile's Tail [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 346 Hits: 1631]
The crab, the jackal and the crocodile had one thing in common. They ate anything, absolutely anything. The crocodile even ate the jackal, when he could catch him!
Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Tunu and the Donkey [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 324 Hits: 1559]
The servants were in the bedroom trying to break down the door, and the mother was standing just outside wringing her hands. Tiger the dog came running up barking up loudly...
Anwar Enayetullah Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Dog's Friend [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 187 Hits: 1365]
Once upon a time, there was a dog. He had no friends...
Anonymous Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Hunter and The Dog [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 214 Hits: 917]
Dog is a figure of a greedy person...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/3/2007
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DNA Secret [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 206 Hits: 1618]
On winning of 1.20 crore rupees lottery, many came up as parents of Shipra. But DNA report made it clear.
Irfan Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Monday Disasters [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 176 Hits: 996]
Shyam was standing barefoot in a pool of water near the door, one arm raised, apparently trying to reach the electrical switch near the door...
Sigrun Srivastav Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Dachi [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 391 Hits: 1542]
For a long time Bakar had dreamed of buying a beautiful dachi...
Upendranath Ashk Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Adventure of Dickie Dormouse [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 185 Hits: 627]
Dickie hurried across the farmyard and went to visit his cousin...
Updated On: 4/3/2007
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A Crow In The House [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 303 Hits: 2071]
A young crow had fallen from its nest and was fluttering about on the road in danger of being crushed by a car or a tonga, or seized by a cat, when I brought it home...
Ruskin Bond Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Crucial Difference [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 172 Hits: 863]
They followed the sage’s advice, but only one of them got good catches...
C. Radhakrishnan Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The cunning crane [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 325 Hits: 1862]
Stories From Panchatantra - In no time, this news spread like a wildfire in the entire pond...
Manpreet Updated On: 4/3/2007
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The Cuckoo [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 182 Hits: 812]
The cuckoo has brought good luck to neither of you, but rather to me...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Damon and Pythias [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 289 Hits: 4164]
Many years ago, there lived in Syracuse in Greece...
Kasturi Rangachari Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Dangerous Beauty [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 194 Hits: 839]
The brightly coloured little sparrow was flying back home, when some crows spotted her...
Vishnu Priya Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Death Walked in their Midst [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 428 Hits: 1852]
This is a true story based on actual deeds of courage and gallantry which earned Shatrughna Lal Sahu a national award. Shatrughna was born on 16 December 1966 in Madhya Pradesh and studied at Nehru Prathmik Shala in Durg. After the death of his parents he was adopted by Zilla Sahu Singh...
Sigrun Srivastava Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Desh Ke Liye [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 182 Hits: 1225]
Is father killed his son, when his son cheating with nation?
Kailash Joshi Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Deval Rani [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 255 Hits: 4850]
Hindi Kingdom Story
Radheshyam Goswami Updated On: 4/3/2007
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Cultivation of Pearls [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 331 Hits: 1509]
The work was so hard that they would be old at thirty. It came to be a saying that every pearl in a necklace cost a life. Kokichi often saw the luckless fellows emerge with blood flowing from their noses and mouths...
Manpreet Updated On: 4/3/2007
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A life alone in the vast sea [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 402 Hits: 2942]
An adventures real life story of a brave man who ...
Naresh Kumar Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Ankur Ka Kamaal [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 153 Hits: 2047]
Smart thieves not leave any clue, but with intelligence can be caught.
Chaitanya Updated On: 4/2/2007
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An educators day dream [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 175 Hits: 2198]
The boys crowded around me. "Sir," they cried. "Why not have a holiday today? Sir, a day off today. "
Please, Sir.

This was the right time to put my plan into practice...

Gijubhai Badheka Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Robin in Animal Land [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 150 Hits: 859]
The rocking horse was right, and soon Robin was rocking quickly away from Animal Land...
Porter G., Hilda Offen, Pradera, Esme Eve, Alan Jesset, Richard Hooke Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Apple Tree [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 174 Hits: 1086]
Small stories to Toddlers, Italian story about an apple tree being told by grandfather to kids...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Asliyat Yon Khuli [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 217 Hits: 1221]
In certain circumstances a detective have to lead a dual identity life style. Will an Indian detective be able to prove his identity as an Indian or will he be called Pakistani?
Kamla Chamola Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Attack by night [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 281 Hits: 1602]
Real life story
Sigrun Srivastava Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Bahadur Nogsig [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 171 Hits: 1333]
Nogsig - The Bapu Gayadhani Award winner...
Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Bangles on the Ears [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 167 Hits: 1108]
I quickly took off those bangles from her ears and slowly started pushing them up her fingers...
Radhika Raman Prasad Singh Updated On: 4/2/2007
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10 Seconds To Disaster - Page [II] [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 122 Hits: 805]
He was crashing, he was going to die!...
Leonard Matthews Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Bal Ki Khaal [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 181 Hits: 4229]
How Raju succeeded in solving theft case at his uncle’s place?
Piyush Verma Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 513 Hits: 19473]
Ali Baba saw forty men on forty horses. Each man wore a saber and a dagger in his belt. They looked very fierce. Ali Baba could see at once that they were thieves. The forty thieves stopped under Ali Baba's big tree. Their captain stepped up to a huge rock. He said, 'OPEN, SESAME!' And a door...
Edith H. Tarcov Updated On: 4/2/2007
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A Kind of Magic [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 409 Hits: 1783]
Do you think I am an enchantress who performs magic?...
Girija Rani Asthana Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Friends After Death [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 164 Hits: 865]
Man also has three kinds of friends on earth, but most times he comes to know them only when he is called from this world to give an account of his actions...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Adventures in the Desert [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 387 Hits: 2671]
Two children from Mumbai spend a year in a small army township in the middle of the Rajasthan desert. Missing the urban sights and sounds...
Cheryl Rao Updated On: 4/2/2007
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A Discovery In Saiman [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 188 Hits: 994]
No evidence was found for Suman’s murder, except a footprint. Everybody was stunned to know the murderer as mystery solved...
Bhim Sayeed Updated On: 4/2/2007
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A Devoted Son [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 238 Hits: 2955]
The second son wanted to know why he should kill an innocent woman who was also his mother...
R. Vishwanathan Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Achcha Admi Kaon? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 309 Hits: 3898]
Hindi story about Indian Kingdom...
Anonymous Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Abhi Dilli Dur Hai [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 451 Hits: 2499]
Hindi Story of Sheikh Nizamuddin
Radheshyam Goswami Updated On: 4/2/2007
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The Little Basket Maker [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 393 Hits: 1921]
Jimmy had very poor parents, but he was always eager to study and had learned basket-making...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Aankhon Ne Pakadwaya Apradhi Ko [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 200 Hits: 1210]
There was no evidence and no witness to the murder, but still the detective with his scientific knowledge saw the murderer in the victim’s eyes, the murderer was then caught...
Manish Kumar 'Santosh' Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Dunderheads Against Blunderheads [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 314 Hits: 1216]
And behind him came Anil and Sheela and Ahmed and Harish and Kiran and Ravi, all marching solemnly behind Salim Mamoo as if they were doing the most important thing in the world...
Shama Futehally [Edited by Githa Hariharan and Shama Futehally] Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Abdali Ki Loot [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 399 Hits: 2265]
Hindi Story about Abdali
Radheshyam Goswami Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Blue Bike [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 142 Hits: 1405]
It was the most beautiful bike and it belonged to Ranjan’s Uncle. A magic, kingfisher-blue with a matching pannier and two smart rear-view mirrors...
Kavery Bhatt Updated On: 4/2/2007
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10 Seconds To Disaster [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 167 Hits: 876]
He was crashing, he was going to die!...
Leonard Matthews Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Bride in the casket [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 296 Hits: 1903]
My sister interrupted in between to ask, " Who was in the casket, grandma?"
Manpreet Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Breakfast for the Robins [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 423 Hits: 1803]
Robin was really rather worried, though he spoke so cheerily to his little mate...
Porter G., Hilda Offen, Pradera, Esme Eve, Alan Jesset, Richard Hooke Updated On: 4/2/2007
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The Bread and The Water [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 477 Hits: 3861]
Peter was mortified and recalled that this was the same boy to whom he had refused a morsel of bread...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/2/2007
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The Bread [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 433 Hits: 2439]
Mother broke the small little loaf in two and out fell a number of gold coins...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Brave Horatius [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 187 Hits: 1991]
Once The King of Tuscany sent his troops to attack Rome. When the Tuscans marched towards Rome, the Romans were taken by surprise...
Updated On: 4/2/2007
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The Brave Girl [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 162 Hits: 1377]
On 6 September 1838, she woke up in the morning by the cries of people...
Abrar Mohsin Updated On: 4/2/2007
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The Three Most Beautifuul Books [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 392 Hits: 2312]
I possess the best three books that exist and every day I read from them something of interest...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/2/2007
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The Little Black Lamb [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 284 Hits: 1883]
One day the three white lambs, who were very bold, decided to explore the hills in back of the barn...
Porter G., Hilda Offen, Pradera, Esme Eve, Alan Jesset, Richard Hooke Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Bogi No. S.C.R. 735 [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 188 Hits: 889]
Bittoo was crazy to go to Mumbai and he landed up in a group of thugs. How he succeeded in getting rid of them?
Shivmangal Singh Updated On: 4/2/2007
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The 3 Children's Adventure at the Beach [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 331 Hits: 3617]
The children tried to make their way around the rock, but big waves came in and dashed against on the rock...
Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Big Cabbage [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 253 Hits: 1377]
Italian Moral Story - European stories for preschool kids, Bed time story, lesson stories for children...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Ik Bhootahi Prem Katha [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 440 Hits: 19996]
Story about a Ghost with the Ponytail...
Laxminarayan Gupt Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Bhim Ki Lathian Dilli Mein [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 356 Hits: 2645]
Hindi Story of Firoz Shah Tughlak
Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Bheekh [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 598 Hits: 5319]
Indian Hindi story about poor Indian Beggar...
Satish Kumar Alipuri Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Bharam [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 324 Hits: 1439]
German traveler was surprised to see such a beautiful building in Amsterdam – capital city of Netherlands.
Johann Peter Hebel Updated On: 4/2/2007
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The Journey To A Better Home [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 486 Hits: 2826]
They were accompanied to the shade of tall palm tress and in the midst of a flowery field...
C. Schmid Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Bees Saal Baad [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 201 Hits: 1944]
Police officer inquired the stranger. Stranger said, “I am waiting for my friend. 20 years back we have promised each other to meet here.”
O. Henry Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Beautiful Cricket Ball [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 295 Hits: 2499]
The boys drove in the stumps and then Firoz brought out a most beautiful new cricket ball...
Anju Das Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Bearing Ki Chori [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 188 Hits: 1224]
Getting disappointed with the case of bearing theft, Young detective Rakesh decided to leave the case. Was then the thief caught?
Ramesh Kumar Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Bonu Becomes Good [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 168 Hits: 1315]
Chomu asked Bonu to give him back his colour-box, but Bonu refused to do so...
Raj Kumar Jain 'Rajan' Updated On: 4/2/2007
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Raja Nanga Hai [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 428 Hits: 11194]
Story about a king fond of wearing new cloths. Read more how two local thugs make fool him.
Hans Christian Andersen Updated On: 2/5/2007
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