A Friend in Need

Suraj was a student in the fifth grade. He was diligent in studying and committed in class, but between classes he would stand to exchange jokes with friends and return to his place as soon as the teacher arrived. Once, while the teacher was in the class and asking the students some questions, an embarrassing situation happened to Suraj. He couldn’t control his bladder in some situations, so his pants got wet, and he felt extreme shame. ...

Little Mike and the Bike Dream

Mike was an eleven-year-old boy, the only son of his poor parents. His father worked in carpentry, while his mother was a housewife who didn’t work. Although Mike’s family wasn’t rich, it was a small, happy family. Mike’s school was a mile from his home, so he wished to have a small bike to go to school with it. With the approach of his birthday, when he would complete his eleventh year, he asked his father to buy him a bicycle to go to school. ...

A Rainy Day

In a moment of Thaer’s immersion in a football game, and his teammate passing the ball to him to shoot at the opponent’s goal, rain began to pour down. Thaier shot powerfully but slipped, and the ball hit the crossbar, bouncing back to him. He jumped with all his strength and with a header, he put it inside the goal. Applause rose, and Thaier rolled in mud from his head to the soles of his feet. Smiles appeared on the faces of the players, who dispersed, drenched by the heavy rain. ...

The Most Beautiful Painting

Once upon a time in one of the lands, there was a king who loved painting and nature very much. Therefore, he wanted to place the most beautiful painting in depicting natural landscapes in his kingdom. The king summoned a group of painters who lived in the kingdom. Then one morning, he took them to the natural landscape that he loved and saw as the most beautiful. When the king arrived with the painters to the place he loved, he said: I have never seen that landscape in any painting inside the kingdom. Therefore, whoever can paint that landscape in its beautiful form will receive glory and fame as a skilled painter. ...

Simsimah the Rabbit

The beautiful rabbit Simsimah is a good-hearted rabbit who loves her friends from the forest inhabitants. One day, Simsimah went out searching for food for her little children. She wandered through the forest, right and left. During her usual wandering like every day, she heard a voice coming close to her, crying for help: Help… let someone help me… save me. Simsimah stopped a little to determine the source of the sound, then continued her way toward the small bushes a few meters away. As soon as she moved them aside, she found a small lion cub stuck in a hunters’ net. Simsimah thought a little: What if I saved him, then he became a lion, grew up, and tried to catch me to eat me? Simsimah the rabbit thought a lot and was terrified by the idea that the cub would grow up and eat her, so she decided to leave him and depart. ...

The Angry Brothers

Once upon a time, there were two brothers who loved each other. They were always friends, accompanying each other in everything, and playing together all the time. But one day, they argued over one of their games, where both of them wanted the same game, and they disagreed over who would take it. From that day, the two brothers decided each to play alone. They had many toys, so they sat dividing those toys. However, they also disagreed over choosing the games, where they would choose the big games and leave the small ones, also arguing over who would take this game and who would take the other. ...

The Story of the Smart Lizard

One day, God Almighty gave the lion a command not to return to him until he found a lost ant and ate it, and he ate all the animals that eat meat. The lion was very arrogant and did not care about anyone. The bird sang with a loud voice for this command that I will eat everything and I will go to Paradise and the living creatures will go to it. ...

The First Flower on Earth

When there were no flowers on the face of the earth, not even a single flower, when flowers were a dream unknown, a little girl was playing in the garden in front of her house. She repeated the words she knew. She loved words and loved to repeat the word she learned before others. Mama, she repeated ten times. She repeated it as if it were a sweet candy and chewed it as if it were a red berry. ...

The Sun's Gift

Nour invited her friend the Sun to her birthday party. Nour said to her mother: We want to celebrate on the balcony so the Sun can participate in the celebration. Then friends came carrying beautiful gifts for their friends, but the Sun was very sad because she couldn’t give her friend anything on her birthday. But she sang a birthday song for her with the girls and boys from friends, neighbors, and relatives. Then Nour blew out her six candles, then cut the cake, and everyone ate from it while they were happy. Then Nour shouted: Oh no, oh no. My tooth has fallen. Nour’s mother said to her: Don’t cry, my dear, this happens to all children. Then Maha, Nour’s friend, said: Listen, take your tooth, Nour, then throw it to the Sun. Perhaps the Sun will give you a new tooth of pearl. ...

Asaliyah, Savior of the Hive

In one of the places full of roses, greenery, flowers, and fruits on trees, one of the merchants placed a beehive on the edge of one of the rivers, in a location far from sight. The Queen and the Workers: The queen bee rejoiced at this choice, showing features of joy and delight. She decided to give instructions to the workers and males. The working bees began working hard, without fatigue or boredom, flying over flowers to absorb nectar and make honey. ...