English Short Story 9

Cock-a-doodle doo

In a faraway land, there was a rooster who lived with his master and the wife. Every early morning, the rooster would make a very loud cook-a-doodle-doo sound. This shocked his master and the wife so much that they jumped up from their sleep.

One day, the rooster heard that his master and the wife wanted to slaughter him for dinner. He was afraid. He wanted to run away. But before he went off, he quickly took one of the wife’s shoes and the master’s fiddling stick. Then he ran off into the forest feeling happy and satisfied.

Moral of The Story :

Always be careful of someone that you know. Because sometimes they have bad ideas towards you.



Come To the Window

One night, there was a little baby who was still not asleep. His mother already tried rocking the baby to sleep but he was still wide awake. So, his mother took him to the window to see the stars.

The stars shone on the sea. The mother told the baby some stories about the stars. She said that there were two little stars that played peek-a-boo with two little fishes in the deep blue sea. And there were two little frogs that cried ‘Neap, neap, neap. We also see a dear little baby who should be asleep!’


The baby was happy and delighted. Soon, the little baby grew sleepy and fell asleep in his mother’s arms.

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