The Farmer and the Well | Story for Kids in English | Moral Stories | Storyteller | Story Telling

 The Farmer and the well is a unique story which shows the wit of a person in dealing a cunning man.

The Lonely Elephant

The lonely elephant was walking through the forest looking for friends.

Soon she met a monkey and asked, “Hi! Can we be friends?”     

The monkey said, “You cannot swing from tree to tree like me. So we can’t be friends.”

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The Disobedient Puppy

A mother dog and her pups lived on a farm. On the farm, there was a well. The mother dog always told her pups never to go near or play around it.

One day, one of the pups was overcome by curiosity and wondered why they weren’t allowed to go near the well. So, he decided he wanted to explore it. 

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Gilli Danda – An Ancient Indian Game

Gilli Danda also called Gulli-Danda), is a sport originating from the India, played in the rural areas and small towns.

What it needs to play:

It is a game played using two sticks, one long and the other short. It is played by hitting the shorter stick with the longer one.

In this game there are rules but no fixed one as it is played by children who like to add and subtract some rules as per their likes and dislikes.

If we are to follow the rules of this game then we can follow these ways of how to play.

Hopscotch - Children's Game

Hopscotch is a popular playground game, in which players toss a small object, called a marker into numbered triangles or a pattern of rectangles outlined on the ground and then hop or jump through the spaces and retrieve the object. It is a children's game that can be played with several players or alone.

The Court

To play Hopscotch, first have to draw the court. The court may be drawn on the ground with the help of a stick or a chalk can be used to draw on concrete surface. We also used a small broken brick piece to draw the lines of the court when chalk was not available.

The Talkative Tortoise

The Talkative Tortoise is a take from the Panchatantra and has a very important moral story for kids, the old and young alike.

 

The Game of Carrom – An Indoor Game

 

Most people know about the game of Carrom. Playing this game is fun. Many houses have Carrom Board at home. If not at home, even some schools have Carrom Board as indoor activities for children. There are many small clubs in every city or town. Even in villages they have formed clubs. In many club houses, apart from other indoor games, they also have a carrom board. It is not only the game of youngsters, even elders and seniors enjoy playing this game.

In a home, when children play there may be chance of disrupting this game when one loses. No results, some howling, shouting, some tears, all this rest in peace after sometime. Here, though we are speaking of playing this game with members of the family and friends, there are certain things to know about this game. In short we can know some details about his game.

About the Game of Carrom:

Newspaper -- A View and Review

 

Hello everybody,

Today let us talk about the Newspaper.

You will find in your home, the newspaper is always a good match with a hot cup of morning tea. The father may be the first person at home to catch a hold of the morning newspaper. The others wait for their daily dose one after another. Someone interested in the sports page, someone else likes the page on films, entertainment and the glamour world, while the topic on horoscope can interest anybody. But at the end the newspaper loses its value once the sun starts moving up to stretch the day longer. The old one will be stacked up in the pile of The Old Ones making way for the new one.

THE GAME of LUDO

 

The lockdown has made you all stuck-up at home. I can feel your discomfort in not being able to go out of the house, go to school, cannot meet friends, even can’t visit friends’ homes. But what can we do?

This is the pandemic that has spread across the globe. Every country is taking precautions so that this infection does not spread. So, we should also follow the do’s and don’ts to be safe.

Being at home some time can be spent in playing indoor games.

Let’s talk about the game of Ludo. I think most of you have played Ludo. For those who have, can now think about it.

So let me tell you something about the game of Ludo.

Just a simple description: Ludo is a strategy board game for two to four players, in which the players race their four tokens from start to finish according to the rolls of a single dice. Like other cross and circle games, Ludo is derived from the Indian game Pachisi, but is much simpler. 

What is needed to play this game:

Ludo is a strategy board game for two to four players. You need a Ludo board and 16 tokens with 4 tokens each of a different colour and a dice. The Ludo board is easily available at the toy store near your home or you can purchase it online with the help of your parents.

The players race their four tokens from start to finish according to the rolls of a single dice and whoever reaches the finish first with all his or her four tokens is the winner.

How to play:

Players take turns in a clockwise order. A piece simply moves in a clockwise direction around the track given by the number thrown with the dice. If no piece can legally move according to the number thrown, play passes to the next player.

A throw of 6 gives another turn to throw the dice.

A player must throw a 6 with the dice to move a piece from the starting circle onto the first square on the track. And then you move your token easily with the throw of your dice. Once the four tokens of a player is out of his or her starting circle it becomes easy for the player to play. The player decides which tokens to move. The token moves around the track and crosses the others to reach home safely. Each player gets a turn one after another. If a token lands on a token of the opponent colour, that token of the opponent is sent back to the starting circle.

If a piece lands upon a piece of the same colour, this forms a block. This block cannot be passed or landed on by any opposing piece.

The first person to move all 4 pieces into the home triangle wins.

Young children like this game. It is simple and easy to play. And then of course the counting is there with the throw of the dice. Why children, even elders enjoy playing this game.

What is it about Ludo that has made it such a longstanding game across hundreds of years? Perhaps the charm lies in its simplicity and elegant design. Or maybe it’s about the way it brings people together in order to spend some quality time. No matter what, one thing is for sure – Ludo is extremely fun.

 Having said about the Ludo game I want to share some experiences. As children we used to play Ludo. Four players. The game would be at its full swing. Suddenly someone’s token has to go back to the starting point…then the fight would start. The board with all the tokens and dice would be simply just messed up and the whole game and game time lost and spoilt.

As children, such strong emotions run when losing a game. There would be exchange of words and the game would stop. But soon with everything patched up the game would start again with laughing and talking. At times the quarrel among the players would be such, the Ludo board would be torn to number of pieces and if the board was lucky the tear would be from the middle. But home remedy was there. Gum and paper would soon fix the board into whole.

So, friends if you have a Ludo board at home, play the game and see what happens next.

Keep me informed about your Ludo Game adventure so that we can have a share of your thoughts and then think whether to laugh or…

See you again.

© Gouri Guha 2021

Mini's Garden

Mini was in her garden watering her plants. It was her usual habit to water her plants in the morning. For that she gets up early in the morning. 

She got this habit from her mother who loved to plant flowering plants that made her garden looked so colourful when the flowers of different colours bloomed.

She tended her plants very carefully. 

This was one of the hobbles Mini had. 

Her mother was happy with Mini's garden work.

When the flowers bloomed Mini's friends came to see them. Giggling and laughing and chatting they would laugh and play.

Mini was a sweet little girl who loved and enjoyed this hobby. Some of her friends started following this hobby.

Within some time they were able to form a group and shared their gardening ideas with one another.

After all Mini was happy girl who also made others happy.

The Garlic and Ginger Fight

 The Garlic and Ginger sat across the table and were into a fight. Said Ginger, do you know how important I am to humans. 

Garlic, who has a white face could not change its face colour but was a bit unhappy with friend Ginger for the words. Said, don't be so proud, I'm equally important to the world.

Hahahahaha, laughed Ginger to hearts content. The other day that darling of a lady was so happy to add me to her tea. She told her friends how she loved her ginger tea.

Then listen to me said Garlic. The other day Minu's mother took some pieces of raw mango, added seven garlic cloves, salt, and sugar and made this chutney which everyone in the family relished it. Some loved the garlic flavour.

Hey Garlic why do we have to fight .I know people love  Garlic and Ginger. We are no way less than one another.

Did you see Rani enter the kitchen. Soon she will take a little of you and little of me and make it into a paste. we have no way to run away on our own. we are so dependent. So why fight.

Come Ginger lets spend some time with some pep talks. 

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