It was little Rhea’s first Christmas without her dad, and her mum wanted to make it her best Christmas ever. Are you thinking where Rhea’s daddy was? Well, he was part of a high security mission far away in the Middle East and could not make it home for Christmas.
When Rhea arrived at her little house, she found that her mum and grandmum had waited up all night for her to arrive from the boarding school. After hugging them, Rhea ran into the house, which seemed very empty without her …

It was the day before Christmas and seven-year-old Tony was very annoyed. “Mum, why does it have to happen this way with me always?” he asked his mother stomping around the room. Roy and Rachel, his elder siblings, were always the lucky ones to have all the fun.
Do you know why Tony was so upset? That night his siblings were going out with their neighborhood friends on a sleigh ride. Tony wanted to go too – but his parents did not let him. Why? Cause he was their “little kid”. …

Pixie was having a lovely time staying with grandma and grandpa in the quaint little cottage. But as we all know, good things are short lived – it was Pixie’s last afternoon with the old darlings and she needed to start packing to go home to mummy and daddy the next morning. She told grandpa that she needed some time on her own.
“Honey, don’t you want to find the hidden treasure?” grandpa asked. Pixie stopped packing and stared at him. Grandma joined grandpa and they smiled at each other.
“Like a …

Little Rex was bored as he had nothing to do. It was a windy day. The courier guy barely made it to the front door of Rex’s house. When the door opened, his mom Mrs. Gomes took the letter from him, but before she could say, “Thank you”, the letter blew out of the man’s hands, into the house and the door slammed in his face. Mrs. Gomes ran to pick it up.
Rex was watching the windows open and then shut, open and shut. “Mom can I go outside?” he …

Six-year-old Shane was very excited. What he always wanted was finally going to happen. His grandpa would move in with them into their apartment. He would no longer have to spend time on his own when his parents were out at work.
Shane’s grandpa was so frail that his hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and he often faltered while walking.
“Welcome home, grandpa! We will be staying in the same room,” jumped about an excited Shane. He was so anxious to share his toys with grandpa. The old man was …

“No going any where!” Tina’s mom shouted as she came out of the kitchen.

“Why not? Am I irresponsible or stupid?” Tina yelled back.

“You are too young to go dating.”

Tina’s mom turned away from her and walked back into the kitchen. Tina was never able to get along with her parents. Part of her wanted to get along with them but the other part didn’t. For Tina, her parents were old-fashioned. They were in their late 50s and old. Her house looked quaint with bright yellow lamps and …

Little Sam was very excited as he stood in front of the pet store. There was a big sign above the glass door that read: “Cute Puppies Just For You”. He was finally going to get a puppy for himself. Both Daddy and Mommy had agreed to it. Their only condition was that he should take care of it and it shouldn’t go about dirtying the house.
Taking a deep breath, Sam walked into the store. The owner was busy reading the newspaper. “How much do I need to buy a …