Little Princess

Grace was the only girl in her neighbourhood, and she had one little brother, Holden.

As, Holden was very young he couldn’t play with the big boys around.

“Let’s go to our garden and play,” said Grace, to Holden.

“Yeah, C’mon,” said Holden, “Let’s play”.

“Bring your Barbie, and I will bring my Hellion!” said Holden.

Grace brought her Barbie outside, and her brother, his Hellion.

They were playing happily.

Due to overnight rain, the empty lot near their house had sum muddy patches.

Holden got a bit carried away and threw Grace’s favourite Barbie.

It landed in a pile of mud.

“Oh, sorry,” said Holden, with a sheepish yet naughty grin on his face.

Grace got mad.

“A-i-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e!” she shrieked and stamped her feet.

“Wee-wee-ee-ee-wah-ah-ah-ah!” she cried.

She collected her Barbie and ran along the street and finally when she stopped, she found herself in the woods.

“Daddy, Mummy, where are you, Wee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee! I am scared,” said Grace in a low soberly voice.

“I am very tired, please take me home, Daddy”, said Grace murmured.

Her little tired legs couldn’t take her further; she sat beneath a big tree, and fell asleep with her Princess Barbie in her lap.

“Getup, Getup, why are you sleeping here?” somebody said to Grace.

“Huuuuooouuuaaahaaa”, yawning Grace got up rubbing her eyes.

She was stunned, for what she saw in-front of her eyes.

“Princess Barbie”, Grace exclaimed!!!!!!!

Princess Barbie was wearing a long, graceful gown of red satin and had a golden crown on her head.

“What are you doing in the woods, Little Princess”, said Princess Barbie, while moving her hand over Grace’s long hair.

“I am lost in the woods”, said Grace.

“How you came here?” said Princess Barbie.

Grace narrated the whole story to Princess Barbie.

“Don’t worry, come with me, Do you want to see The Fairy Land?” said Princess Barbie.

“Yes, I would love to see”, said Grace.

“Ok, come on hold my hand”, said Princess Barbie.

Princess Barbie and Grace flew over the woods and then over the mountains, into the white clouds.

All of a sudden Grace could see the beautiful Fairy Land of Barbie.

Grace was very excited.

“It’s a dream or a reality”, she thought.

“When you are in Fairy Land, you can fly on your own” said Princess Barbie.

Grace immediately tried on her own as she could fly.

She was flying very fast.

“Slow down, you will hurt yourself”, said Princess Barbie.

Grace was so excited to be in the Fairy Land that she would not listen to anybody.

“Slow down, you will hurt yourself”, again said Princess Barbie.

“Look, I am flying”, said Grace, looking at Princess Barbie.

“Watch out, there’s a tree in front of you!” exclaimed Princess Barbie.

But before Grace could see the tree, she banged into its branches.

“Are you Ok”, said Princess Barbie, running towards Grace.

“I, think so”, said Grace, with bruises all over her body.

“I can’t walk, my legs are paining”, said Grace.

“You have hurt yourself”, said Princess Barbie.

“Don’t worry, you will be alright, I will take you to Fairy Doctor”, said Princess Barbie.

Princess took Grace in her arms and flew to Fairy Doctor’s chamber. They waited as Fairy Doctor was not in her Chamber.

Soon, Doctor came. On seeing Grace in that condition, she exclaimed, “What happened to the Little Princess”.

“Don’t worry, you will be alright soon”, said Fairy Doctor.

“Which leg is paining, right or left”, said Fairy Doctor.

“Left leg”, said Grace, pointing her little fingers towards it.

“Here, here or here”, said Fairy Doctor, pressing on different parts of her left leg.

“I can’t make out, I think it’s the right leg”, said Grace grinning towards Fairy Doctor.

“Here, here or here”, said Fairy Doctor, pressing on different parts of her right leg.

“I can’t make out”, again said Grace grinning towards Fairy Doctor.

“Ok, I think I have found out, it’s your knees where the pain is”, said Fairy Doctor.

Fairy Doctor took a ‘Pain Relieving Feather’ and waved over the right knee three times and on the left knee three times.

“Little Princess, get up, see if you can walk now”, said Fairy Doctor.

“No, I don’t have any pain”, said Grace, running towards Princess Barbie.

 “Thank you, Fairy Doctor”, said Grace, running back and hugging her.

“Don’t hurt yourself again” said Fairy Doctor, smiling at Grace.

Grace then walked with Princess Barbie out of Fairy Doctor’s Chamber.

“I am hungry”, said Grace.

Princess Barbie took Grace to there Food Land. Chocolates were hanging from the trees; Ice Cream was flowing down the river; Big mountains of Fruits.

Grace had a lot of fun and was tired too.

She slept off in the Food Land.

Princess Barbie smiled at the sleeping Grace and took her in her arms and flew away.

“Grace! Wake up, you will be late for school”, said a familiar voice.

Grace, rubbing her eyes, saw her mother standing along the bed.

“I am at home!” exclaimed Grace.

“I was with Princess Barbie” said Grace to her mother.

“I was flying with her”, excited Grace told her mother while getting ready for her school.

“It was really a nice dream, Little Princess” said mother waving her hand over Grace’s hair.

“No, it was real, I want you to listen to what happened at Fairy Land”, said Grace.

“Ok, but now you have to go to school first” said mother without listening any further.

Grace thought, was it a dream or was it for real. When she saw her Princess Barbie doll, it was sparkling. No mud on it.

She could neither find any bruises on her hand and legs.

She got confused and left for school.

On coming back, she tried to explain everybody what happened in the Fairy Land, but no one would listen to her.

After dinner she went to her room, clinging to her Princess Barbie.

Staring at the night sky, she saw something blinking.

Was Princess Barbie coming back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NAUGHTY LITTLE CHIP

Long ago, there was a man who used to look after a forest owned by him. He had built an animal house in the forest. A range of animals used to live in that house. The house was situated somewhere in the middle of the forest. For this reason, the house was always refreshed with cool air and was also surrounded by a large number of trees which used to bear sweet smelling flowers and tasty juicy fruits. A variety of birds used to sit in the trees and entertain the other animals with their chirping. The house was very big. It was made up of bricks, stones, dried leaves and mud. Many animals like monkeys, lion, tigers, cubs, sheep, zebras, giraffes, deer, bear, and other were staying there. All animals used to live together as a single family where the animals never used to harm each other. They all lived happily & in harmony, helping and taking care of each other.

There was a little monkey named Chip. He was very naughty. He always used to disobey orders. None of the animal liked Chip except a big male lion named Rory.  Chip had a room of his own which was never kept in an organized manner. He was being persistently asked by his mother Amy to keep his room clean. In fact, even Rory used to ask Chip to keep his toys in place and keep his room clean. But Chip never used to obey them and kept his thing here and there in his room. Hence his room was really untidy. In spite of many reprimands and scolding, Chip always kept his room dirty. His toys were scattered all over the floor and his clothes were scattered on the bed. Whenever he used to eat something, he threw away the remains all over the place. He threw chocolate and toffee wrappers on the floor after eating them instead of putting them in the dustbin. Pencil shavings and bits and pieces of paper used to lie here and there. As all of his things were kept in an improper manner, it made his room really untidy and the air in his room was filled with a foul smell.

Rory was a calm, strict, big male lion. He was the head of the animal family. He used to look after all the animals. He took care of all and gave scolding when the animals disobeyed him. He used to help the other animals in their work and used to tell bedtime stories to the little animals like little rabbits, little deer, and little monkey, baby elephant, etc. All animals obeyed him except the little Chip. Every time he asked the little animals to clean their respective rooms, the little animals used to keep their things in the right places and used to get ready for the bed. But Chip never followed whatsoever he was asked to do. But Rory was very loving towards Chip because Chip was the youngest of all.

One day, Chip got ill. He was suffering from high fever. He was crying and crying. But no one came to him except his mother Amy and Rory. Rory took care of Chip like a father. Chip was very sad because he was not able to play out in the jungle, was not able to jump from one tree to the other, couldn’t eat the juicy fruits and couldn’t run here and there. All he could do was to keep lying on his bed & eat the tasteless porridge. Next day, Rory called up the doctor of the animals. Doctor Giraffe, popularly known as Dr. Griffey came to visit Chip. Chip asked Dr. Griffey, “Doctor, Doctor, what has happened to me??? Why have I felt sick??? When will I get well???”  The doctor replied, “Dear Chip, you have fallen sick because of the dirt present in your room.”  Dr. Griffey gave him a big injection and medicines which were bitter in taste. Chip was sad due to all these. He started realizing in his mind, “Oh no! Why didn’t I keep my room clean? If I had kept my room clean then I wouldn’t have fallen ill”. Then Rory explained him, “Little Chip, always keep your room clean and get ready for bed early at night to remain healthy.” At last Chip promised to obey Rory.

After many days, Chip recovered. Soon after his recovery, he decided to clean his room immediately. First of all he kept all his toys in his toy box. After that he started clearing his bed. He picked up his clothes from the bed, folded them and kept them in the almirah. Then he picked up the garbage like the chocolate and the toffee wrappers, pencil shavings, pieces of paper from the floor and put them in the dustbin. He laid a clean bed sheet on his bed and arranged the pillows properly. He cleaned the dirt from the shelves and kept his books nicely arranged on the shelves. He cleared his study table and kept his pencils, rulers, and sketch pens in the pencil stand. Before leaving his room he switched off the fan and the light. Soon after the dinner, he brushed his teeth, changed his clothes, wore a night suit, and prayed to God for the day that he had spent. He hugged his mother, wished Goodnight to Rory and all other animals and slept early. Next day he woke up early in the morning, kept the pillows in the proper place and went to brush his teeth. Since then he has become an obedient little Chip who learnt to keep his room clean and tidy.

Seeing this kind of change in Chip, Rory felt extremely happy. Every animal started liking Chip. The little animals played with him and Chip was loved by all the animals. This made chip realize the importance of cleaning the room and getting ready for bed early that keeps one happy, healthy and lovable for everyone.