TALES FROM READERS

• A Parrot and A Crow NEW
• Speaking Garden and Speaking Well NEW
• The Mysterious Voice NEW
• Be Helpful
• When Trees stopped speaking
• Gujarati Dhokala
• Village Leader and the Fallen Berries
• Lucky Pandit Tida Joshi
• The Coconuts story
• A Dream Saved the King!
• Lazy Pigeon
• A Scary Cold Water Drop
• Intelligent Merchants
• A Clever Old Woman
• Father, Son and a Crow
• The Mystery of Twin Town
• Miracle
• Bhola Bear Gets Honey
• Fear of LIZARD
• Rinku Rabbit Teaches A Lesson
• Every Tiger Has It's Day
• Mrs. Squirrel's Beachy Holiday
• Bella, Billu And The Billi
• A Suitable Match
• Chimpu- The Jungle Detective
  The Case of The Hidden Treasure
• Daring Sia and The Theft of The Twisted Candles
• Chimpu-The Jungle Detective
  The Case of The Stolen Honey
• The Princess of the Blue lotus
• Inspiration
• A Better Place to Live
• Sid And The Pirates 1
• Sid And The Pirates 2
• Sid And The Pirates 3
• Rinku
• Tula Wants To Grow Up!
• Shining In The Dark
• The Guru
• O.D.D.
• The Girl With X-Ray Eyes
• An Eerie Experience
• Scared Speechless!
• The Haunted House
• The Lily Pad(dle) Boat
• Little Tom And His Pets
• Deepa And The King of The Ocean
• Magic Rose
• Charlie's Pet Lion
• The Three Princesses
• The Ring
• Traitors You Can't Sustain!
• Friends And Enemies
• Bruno, The Sheep Dog
• Roses And Cacti
• Hardwork Pays
• No Pain, No Gain!
• The Magical Pond
• Everything For Something
• The Eavesdropper
• The Crow That Boasted
• The Golden Bird
• Asha And Aadesh In Frogindom!
• Moon's Magic
• Baby Tree Wants Ice Cream!
• Jackal And Birds
• Roll Model
• When The Teacher Became The King
• The Blind Beggar
• A Night of fun in the Desert Village
• The Blind Woman
• The Pirate's Mistake
• Team Work Wins
• Bobby Turns Brave
• The Two Princess
• God Everywhere
• The Mongoose And The Snake
• The Missing Sweetmeat
• The Mule
• The Wishing Tree
• The Magic Potion
• King And The Three Sons
• An Old Lady And The Lamp
• The Kindhearted Villager
• Christopher's Encounter With The Aliens
• The Mysterious School
• The Coconut Tree
• Count The Blessing Not The Curses
• Wonderful X'mas Gift
• Tikku and the Rats
• The Magic Hole
• A Mysterious Memory
• The Lost Ball
• Gundu and Mithu
• Home Alone
• Holidays
• Sleepovers
• The Secret of Work
• Little Friend
• Mr. Twinkle Transforms
• April Fool
• The Call
• The Thief Caught Atlast
• The Monkey And The Dolphin
• Toko Castle
• Elephant, Croc And Toad
• Vice of Dice!
• Laughter Is The Best Medicine
• My Meet With God
• The Impossible Magic!
• Encounter with the Friday Ghost
• The Last Wish
• A Fearful Event
• A King's Costly Mistake
• The Clever Pussy Cat
• The Dangerous Silky Bed!
• The Magical Ink
• The Magic Of The Map
• The Stormy Night with my Cousins

The Thief Caught Atlast

Last Sunday Karuna was returning from her Aunt's house by bus. She was still a little frightened of travelling by bus, as her aunt's ornaments were once stolen while travelling in a bus.
Her aunt told her to keep her money in a safe place. Karuna kept it in the inner chain of her bag and caught a auto-rickshaw and reached the bus-stop. Karuna got a seat with much difficulty when she saw an old man standing beside her as if pleading her to lend her seat to him. So Karuna got up with respect and offered him her seat but to Karuna's astonishment a young lady came quickly and sat on the seat. The man looked at her helplessly. However the lady did not feel any shame and started doing make-up.
At night Karuna started feeling uneasy and she got up and she couldn't believe what she saw. She saw a man taking money from the young lady who had not offered her seat to the poor old man. Karuna thought that she deserved it. But inspite of that she decided to help that lady. She made up a plan in her mind and according to it she pretended to be asleep. Karuna was a clever girl. She threw a banana peel in front of the thief and as he did not notice it he fell down with a THUD! Now Karuna started shouting, HELP! HELP! And woke everyone up. The Police also heard her shouting and came quickly to her rescue. They took the thief to jail and locked him up. Everyone wanted the thief to be brought before them and thrashed. Then they all praised Karuna for her wittiness. When she reached home her bag was full of chocolates. Karuna's parents asked her where she got them from and as a reply she said,``It's a very long story."



- By Rithika Panicker,
Class -IV-A,
Christ Church Girls Senior Secondary School,
Jabalpur -482 001 (M.P)