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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Swimming in the pool I like to go swimming with my friends, at the club. First we jog around the pool for five minutes to warm up and then we dive straight in. My favorite stroke is backstroke and I can...
My cousin Ravi Ravi is my maternal cousin. Every vacation, he comes to stay with us for a week. Ravi likes to read books and watch television. I like Ravi because mom lets us stay up late when he’s around. Ravi...
A family dinner Dad says that a family that prays and eats together stays together. Dinner is generally served at eight thirty. We hold hands together and Dad says grace. Mom then ladles the food onto our plates. Dinner on Christmas...
