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                               He looked at the fierce lion

                                               

 He picked himself up and decided it was time to go home.

Grady looked left and he looked right, but there was nowhere that looked like home. She took Grady right back to his mother. I combed it as smooth as silk this morning!” he cried.
Lion ran to hide under an Acacia Tortillas, the umbrella thorn tree.
“I win,” cried elephant, as he stood in the rain. The rats looked at the cat and then they noticed the top hat lying on the floor and it gave them an idea.

The rats nodded to each other as they made a plan. Mother bear giggled in her sleep, but she did not wake up.
“I think we should ask a noisy cuckoo,” said Bessie.
The bears went out to the trees near the cave. He was looking forward to the cool water and a mud bath.
Lion was also walking along the path. He did not know what had roared past. Grady thought it must be one of his sisters.
Grady ran up to the furry, spotted animal.
“Can you take me home?” asked Grady.
“No,” said the furry animal. It is filled with simple ideas and activities for preschoolers.
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Copyright 2021. The baby bears took a few more steps back. The rats had escaped in their funny top hat. Come and roll in the mud if you want mud spots,” said the muddy spotty animal.
“No thanks,” said Grady. A storm was on its way.

Then lion felt the first drops of rain. He was a very big, fat cat. The lion would not move.
Other animals began to walk along the path. His greedy eyes saw the hat moving across the steps and out of the door. Mother bear sat up and gave a big sniff.
“I smell honey,” she said.
Mother bear was awake at last. Grady listened to their soft purring.
“Purr, purr,” said the other kittens. Now was their chance to escape. He rushed back to the lion and the elephant.
“I know how to solve your problem,” said the monkey.
All the animals behind the elephant and the lion wanted to get a look at what was going on. The baby bears took a few steps backwards.
Mother bear opened both her eyes and blinked. They had tried tickling, making a loud noise and calling out to mum.
“I know,” said Ben. They were happy too.
Grady was put back in his basket. The man threw the top hat onto a chair but it missed the chair and fell on the floor.
Samson jumped up and hissed. Lion turned into the same corner. He scratched at the front door. He was very angry. The little rats laughed at the cat. Mother bear was still fast asleep.
The two little bears tiptoed over to their mum and shook her gently.
“Wake up mum. He smelt the water at the water hole. Short and sweet.
Tanja Mcilroy
Monday 22nd of November 2021
Thanks Nandita!
Banaali
Monday 28th of June 2021
Wonderful stories
Tanja Mcilroy
Tuesday 29th of June 2021
Thank you!
gunjan
Wednesday 14th of April 2021
VERY NICE STORIES
Tanja Mcilroy
Friday 16th of April 2021
Thank you!
raghunathan k
Wednesday 7th of October 2020

rats in a hat and sleeping mom were great stories!! thank you for delighting the kids.
Tanja Mcilroy
Wednesday 7th of October 2020
I agree! Christina Wither is a great writer. The rats were quivering with excitement. He took them to where his mum was lying.
The spiders walked off the leaf and across mother bear’s back. The five rats wanted to get away from the big, black cat.
Samson yawned and stretched and turned over to sleep a bit longer. “We need our mother to wake up and take us into the forest to have some fun.”
The two little bears sat outside the cave and tried to think of a way to wake up their mum.
“I know, let’s get some tickle spiders and see if they will wake up our mother,” said Ben.

The two bears went to find some tickly spiders. ‘Now what shall I do?’ He walked across a field and suddenly he stopped!
There in front of him was a furry, white animal with spots on its back. The rat ran back to his hole with the other rats. The Mighty Meeting
It was a hot, sunny day in Africa. The chance to escape had gone.
Slowly Samson went back to sleep. A little girl opened the door. Ben and Bessie were so happy.

The little bears took a few more steps out of the cave and happily mother bear followed them. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Veronica
Monday 20th of December 2021
These stories are so funny and interesting I love them sm! 🥰
Tanja Mcilroy
Monday 20th of December 2021
Thanks Veronica!
Nandita
Saturday 20th of November 2021
Wonderful stories. They would hide under the hat and see if they could sneak past the big, black cat. Eventually, a resourceful monkey comes up with a plan and sets a challenge for them.
The third story, Five Rats and a Funny Top Hat, is about five little rats who live in a hole in the wall and are trying to move past Samson the cat without waking him.
They come up with an interesting strategy to get past Samson, who always appears to have one eye open.
The last story is called The Spotty Grey Kitten and takes place on a farm.
Grady is a brave little kitten who gets lost and tries to find his way back to his family at the farmhouse. Some were standing behind the elephant and others behind the lion.
Lion and elephant just stared at each other and refused to move.

A monkey came running past. He was always getting into trouble.
Grady was very adventurous. Slowly the hat slid across the floor. There she was in the far corner. Wake Up Mum
Two little bears peeped out of their cave. He started to run towards the door.
Suddenly the door opened! In walked a tall man wearing a top hat. He felt happy as he snuggled up with his family. One day he went out into the farmyard to see what was in the big wide world.
Grady said to himself, “I am not afraid of anything!”
Suddenly a big monster roared out of the garage and sent Grady spinning into the bushes. Grady ran to the farmyard where he saw another spotty animal. They saw huge dark rain clouds. Lion was on his way to the grassy plains. She believes stories are a great way of empowering parents to connect with their children.
‘A story a day will bring happiness your way,’ says Christina, who especially enjoys writing quirky stories for the very young.
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Samson, the big black cat, lay across the mat fast asleep. It was a bit bigger than Grady, but it had spots on its back.
Grady ran up to the spotty animal.
“Can I come home with you? You look just like me with all those spots,” said Grady.
The big animal grunted and jumped into a mud puddle.


“I have mud spots on my back. Now the hat was a boat!
Samson looked at the rats floating on the pond. Carefully, one by one, they wriggled under the hat and waited.
The rats heard Samson snoring. Then he reached the lion and the elephant. Bessie was feeling a bit scared of the spiders but Ben collected them on a big leaf. He was getting closer to his favourite hunting spot.
Suddenly the two animals met in the middle of the path.
Elephant and lion in the path
“Out of my way,” roared the lion.
“Out of my way,” trumpeted the elephant.
“Make way for the king of the jungle,” growled the lion.
“Certainly not! Where shall I go?” answered the elephant.
The path was blocked. Samson hissed and went home.
4. The snow has melted and it is time to play,” said Ben.
Mother bear did not even move. He felt himself being lifted up and carried away. The cat did not wake up.
The rats reached the door. One rat tiptoed out to cross the room. It was time to get up and play after their long sleep.
Two bears trying to wake their mother
“Let’s run under the trees,” said Ben.
“I want to roll in the grass,” said Bessie.
“We’d better ask mum,” said the bears together.
Ben and Bessie went into the cave where they had slept with their mum. Elephant was walking down the path on his way to his favorite water hole. Both of his sisters were very good. Oh, what should they do?
Whoosh, a sudden gust of wind blew down the road. Behind them was the cat and in front of them was the road and it led to a duck pond. It tipped the hat over and the rats fell inside. Sitting in the tree was a cuckoo.
“Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo,” sang the bird.
The two bears asked the cuckoo to follow them back to the cave and call out to their mom.
“Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo,” sang the bird but mom just rolled over and carried on sleeping.
The two little bears did not know what to do. Elephant’s thick skin was like a raincoat. When I say ‘heave’ then it is time for the lion and the elephant to pull the monkey vine!”
“May the best animal win,” shouted the monkey.
Elephant was very strong and pulled hard at the rope. The hat, with the rats, went out of the door.
At the same time Samson woke up. He was lost.
‘Oh dear,’ Grady thought. He looked at the enormous elephant.
The monkey started to chuckle. The two strong animals stood facing each other.
The elephant would not move. What would happen now?
The hat blew down the road and into the pond. He was safe now and he was going to get some milk for his supper.
Purr, purr, purr!
I hope you liked these stories.
Here are more short, bedtime stories for kids and here is some info on the importance of listening skills in early childhood.
These stories are written by Christina Wither and illustrated by Dannaria.
About the Author:
Christina Wither lives in the Natal Midlands of South Africa. “Can I help you?”
Grady just nodded.

He jumped up and started to walk towards the door. One, two, three, four and five little rats.
Five little frightened rats were peeping out from behind the hole in the wall. This animal had a loud voice.
“Ruff, ruff,” said the voice. She loves writing stories for children. Grady was the naughty one. It was open just enough for them to slip out and go on down the road. Grady lived with his mum and two sisters on a farm.
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Grady’s sisters were white with black spots. He wanted to explore the farm. Winter was over and they could smell the fresh spring air. They saw that they were floating on the pond. He stood on an anthill nearby and shouted!
“Friends, we are going to have a tug of war. I'm glad you enjoyed them!
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. She jumped up and down.
She was so happy to see the spotty dog and the kitten. The rats peeped over the edge. He was going to lie down and wait for his lunch.
Elephant turned the corner and lifted his trunk in the air. He wanted elephant to win.
Suddenly all the animals heard a mighty roar! “No, rain stopped play, there is no contest.”
Lion did not want the animals to think he had lost. Grady ran away again.
Grady was getting worried. | Trellis Framework by Medicine
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Grady saw his mum and his two sisters. He did not want to get muddy. He had a white spot on his back and a black spot on his nose. At last they had found the best way to wake up mum!
Three happy bears skipped into the forest to enjoy the spring and have fun together.
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“What can we do?” asked Bessie. Samson looked as if he was asleep, but he really had one eye open all the time.
Rats under a top hat, sneaking past a cat
Samson’s one eye was looking right at the hole in the wall where a family of rats lived. They talked politely to the bees and the bees gave them some honey. He let go of the monkey vine and ran off into the bushes.
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Tanja McIlroy
Welcome, I’m Tanja
This website is all about early childhood development and the importance of learning through play. They ran back to the cave and tiptoed in to see if their mum would smell the honey.
Mum’s big brown bear nose began to twitch. He ran off into the jungle to get some ‘monkey vine’ that hung from the trees. He was hungry too.
Then Grady saw another spotted animal. They saw the monkey arrive with a long piece of monkey vine.
He tied one end around the elephant and the other around the lion. He did not care if he got wet and he was looking forward to getting muddy too.
3. He was not worried about getting wet.
Monkey hopped about with delight. They thought they would start to walk towards the door under the shelter of the hat. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. The Spotty Grey Kitten
Grady was a little, grey kitten. He mistakes some animals for his sisters but eventually finds his way back home.
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1. No contest meant there was no winner.
Elephant nodded his head and walked down the path. “You do not belong in my home.
“Look at you, you do not have big ears and you do not hop like me,” said the furry animal.
Grady realized he did not belong with this animal. Lion dug his extra sharp claws into the path and pulled hard too.
Suddenly there was a clap of thunder! The animals looked up into the sky. The rats knew they would have to start to run.
The cat was getting closer and the rats could see no escape. A spotty dog had found Grady. The first story, called Wake Up Mum, is about two little bears who try to wake their mother at the end of winter.
They try all kinds of strategies to wake her – tickling her with spiders, getting a cuckoo to sing to her inside the cave and eventually, awakening her with the sweet smell of honey.
The second story, called The Mighty Meeting, is about an elephant and a lion who meet on a path, going in opposite directions.
They have a battle of wills as neither animal is prepared to budge. He could not swim. Then her nose began to wiggle and she opened one eye. Now they were up at the opening of the cave. They hung on tightly. He greeted the other animals. “What about something she likes to eat?”
“Honey!” said the bears together.
Off they ran to a beehive.