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What the Old Banyan Tree Remembered
The banyan tree at the centre of the village was so old that no one remembered when it had arrived, which suggested it had always been there — which was…
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The Village That Argued About the River
There was once a river that ran between two villages, and for forty years the villages had argued about whose river it was. The village on the eastern bank said…
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The Weaver Who Wove the Seasons
In a village in the Godavari delta, where the river ran wide and green and the silk worms were fed on mulberry leaves grown in the courtyard of every third…
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The Girl Who Collected Silences
Priya collected things that other people threw away. Not literally — though she did have a box under her bed that contained a pressed dragonfly wing, a marble her grandfather…
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The Clever Swans and the Rushing River
The river had been rising for three days, and the flock of swans who lived on its bank knew they needed to cross before the fourth. On the fourth day,…
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10 Bedtime Stories That Will Teach Your Kids Empathy
Empathy — the capacity to understand and share the feelings of another person — is not a personality trait some children are born with and others lack. It is a…
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The Golden Deer (Understanding Consequence and Desire)
The deer was the most beautiful thing Sita had ever seen. It moved between the trees at the edge of the forest clearing, its coat shimmering as if each hair…
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The Vow of Bhishma
His name, at birth, was Devavrata — the one devoted to dharma. He would later be called Bhishma, which means the one who took the terrible oath, and that name…
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The Magic Compass
The compass had been in the family for four generations, and no one agreed on how it worked. It was old — old enough that the case was worn smooth…
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The Robot Who Forgot How to Dream
Unit 7 was the most efficient robot in the facility. Every morning at precisely 6:00 AM, Unit 7 activated, completed its diagnostics in 2.3 seconds (significantly faster than the required…