An unexpected gift Sameer my friend had just returned from his vacation in Australia. His Dad had gifted him the Play Station III, Nike shoes and a casio keyboard. Sameer’s mom gave me a box of Australian candy and soon Sameer and I got busy...
A good deed One day me and my friend Amit were walking back from school. Suddenly, a car raced down the bend and ran over a stray puppy. The car owner sped away despite hearing the little puppy yelping in pain. The puppy was limping...
Doing errands I like doing errands for people. My mom says that it’s a nice way to help others and that I should not expect anything in return. Aunty Bicky has asthma and has difficulty breathing. She keeps sending me to the pharmacy store below...
Being a good sport Brian is the star athlete of our school. Basketball, lawn tennis, field races, hurdles name it and he is a champion in them all. Sean joined our class in the middle of the school term. It was November, the time for...
Never on time Shrinivas was the most intelligent boy in class. He always stood first but he had one bad habit; he did not value time. He came to school late practically every day. One day, Shrinivas got selected to represent the school in a...
Switch Off!!! Every year when we go to our native place, we are reminded of how lucky we are to have the use of electricity. Our village still doesn’t have electricity. Everybody lights kerosene lamps and all work is done manually. There is no mixer,...
Miss Misplace Everyone calls Sharon, ‘Miss Misplace’. She is constantly misplacing things. Sharon has this bad habit of using things and not putting them back in place. She spends most of her time looking for misplaced stuff. One day, Sharon couldn’t find her Science note...
The Magic Words Words have a lot of power, and we should use them with care. Please, sorry and thank you are called the magic words because they have incredible power. The big boys in school love to bully us. One-day Jack from my class...
Reading… at leisure When I was a baby and couldn’t read Mom would get me picture story books. Mom says that I used to refuse to eat my breakfast cereal without my picture book. During school days, Dad lets us read only on weekends but...
Throwing waste on Jasmine lived on the first floor. One day she went to meet Viraj her friend who stayed on the ground floor. A lovely fragrance was wafting out of Viraj’s kitchen and Jasmine went to check what Viraj’s mom was cooking. She was...
