Community Service On Sundays, we go to the church and then visit the community centre. Community service is voluntary. Dad says community service is the best way to help one another out. There are three boards put up at the community centre. One is for...

The new girl in class Komal Madan, the new girl, joined our school in Class III. She was from Canada, spoke English with a Canadian accent and towered a good one foot over us. She was very polished, said thank you and please all the...

The lost wallet While returning from school Jim saw something black lying on the road. On closer inspection, he realized that it was a wallet. The road was deserted, so he opened the wallet to look for an Identification card. There was a lot of...

The Eagle that couldn’t fly One day George heard a cacophony of sounds. He saw twenty crows flying in a circle cawing wildly around an eagle. Normally an eagle is the one chasing prey, but here it was the other way around. The eagle suddenly...

I don’t want to grow old I have no grandparents. There is a Home for the Aged close to where we live and Mom takes me with her to visit the old people there. The moment we enter; they greet us with bright good mornings....

The faith of a little child A little girl came to the chemist and asked the chemist if he had a medicine called ‘Miracle’. A doctor who happened to be standing by asked her why she needed this medicine. She said her brother was very...

Being Kind An old lady with a big wicker basket, that she could hardly carry, was trying to cross the road. She kept trying to cross in vain. She sat on the sidewalk and began to cry. I went up to her and said, “Aunty,...

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...