Rip Van Winkle was a lazy boy. He was so lazy that he slept the whole day. His mother tried her best to get Rip Van Winkle to take up a job. When he did get a job, he was asked to leave because he slept too much. One day, Rip Van Winkle, tired of […]

Hamelin was a small town in Germany. The city was full of rats. Hamelin was a rats’ paradise truly. They were in houses, inns, shops, schools and in every street. It was a menace and a solution had to be found fast. The mayor had often held meetings with the town folks to discuss this […]

One stormy night at sea, a ship was wrecked. All the passengers on board drowned, except Lemuel Gulliver. Gulliver was a excellent swimmer and swam for many miles before he reached shore. Gulliver was very tired and decided to sleep. He would look for food after he had had sufficient rest. Gulliver slept for a […]

Frankenstein was a genius. As a boy Frankenstein always wanted to know and learn. He loved experimenting. Frankenstein grew up to be a doctor. One day, Frankenstein was sitting in his library when a thought struck him, “Could he take pieces of human body and make a perfect human being?” The question rankled in his […]

David Copperfield was born in a village in England. His father had died six months before he was born. David’s mother looked after him well. He was sent to the best school in the village. When David was six years old, his mother married a man by the name of Murdstone. Murdstone did not like […]

Lucie was a young, beautiful girl who was in love with Charles Darnay. Lucie’s father, a doctor, had been imprisoned in Paris on false accusations of having killed a woman. Lucie often went to meet her father in prison. One day, the French police got evidence that it was not Lucie’s father who had committed […]

Long time ago in China, there lived a poor boy, whose name was Aladdin. Aladdin lived with his mother. One day a rich and distinguished looking man came to their house and said to Aladdin’s mother, “I am a merchant from Arabia and want your son to come with me. I will reward him handsomely.” […]