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
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• 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
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  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
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• 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 Haunted House

One night, Dan was cycling down a lonely road when he heard strange noises from the Haunted House. He pedaled at full speed to reach home and went to sleep. In the morning, he heard his friends shouting: "Dan, Dan, Are you coming to play with us?" "I will change and come," he shouted back. When he was getting ready, his Mom reminded him: "Dan, I know it is vacation. But you must study after you come back from playing." He agreed and rushed to the ground. He told his friends: "Guys, there is something spooky about that haunted house." They laughed and said: "That is why it is called a Haunted House." Dan said "I am not kidding friends. There is something mysterious going on there. Come let's go and find out." They cycled over to the Haunted House. When they entered the compound it looked really spooky and they suddenly spotted tyre tracks on the path. Dan and his friends followed it and reached the garage. Dan leaned on a knob and it gave way. The tyre tracks had led them down the way behind the door. All of a sudden, Sanjay said that he had tuition in 30 minutes. So they all ran back to the gate and found it locked. With shaky legs, they climbed over the gate and jumped down to find that their bicycles tyres had been punctured. They all somehow managed to get back home but decided to meet the next day.
The next day, they reached the garage with food. They pedaled down the path and stopped on hearing some sounds. They quickly hid behind some boxes and saw a pickup van. After the van was completely out of sight, Dan and his friends were curious to know the contents of the boxes. When they peeped inside the boxes, they saw packets of brown sugar in the boxes. As they moved down they saw lots of pickup vans and a huge room full of boxes. Dan and his friends immediately left the place and pedalled to the police station. They narrated the incident to the police Inspector. The police reached there and surrounded the house. They captured the criminals and disposed off the brown sugar.
The police Inspector was very happy with Dan and his friends and gifted each of them with fifty thousand rupees. Later they even got a chance to receive a medal from the President of India.

Contributed By:
Sushant Sam Varghese
Std VII A
Loyola School, Trivandrum
Kerala