Funny stories for 8 year olds

Devraj and the Catapult

Devraj had just retired from a bank after working as a manager for 22 years. Now Devraj was bald as a grindstone and had been covering up his baldness with a wig all these years. He had a large house and a larger garden. Gardening was Devraj’s hobby and he always was digging up something or the other in his garden. In the center of his garden stood a large mango tree. 

Talking about his garden, although his garden was large, Devraj’s heart was small. He never shared any mangoes or flowers from his garden with his neighbors. This didn’t deter the neighborhood kids from constantly trying to steal mangoes from his tree and getting thwarted at their attempts by Devraj. Suraj was the leader of the pack of kids in trying to steal the mangoes. 

One day Suraj saw his cousin brother using a catapult to hit a stray cat. This gave him an idea. He borrowed the catapult and he along with all the neighborhood kids gathered around Devraj’s home for a new attempt to steal mangoes. Suraj fixed a stone to his catapult and hit out at the fresh and juicy mangoes. His aim was good and the mangoes fell down from the tree. No sooner had he heard the sound of mangoes falling than Devraj came running out. 

Exactly at the same moment Suraj’s next stone from the catapult went awry and hit Devraj’s head. His wig came out and fell down. As he stood with his bald head exposed, all the kids laughed at Devraj . He became very ashamed and ran away inside his house. From that day onwards Devraj stopped being selfish and started to share his glorious garden with everybody.

Chandni’s God

Chandni’s grandma was very pious and she was brought from a young age with the same God fearing values. She used to visit the Mahasiddhi Vinayagar temple everyday with her grandma. Her school was close to her home and she used to walk every day to her school. 

She enjoyed the accompanying sights and sounds of the quiet town where she lived. The rhythmic sound of the tailor using his tailoring machine, the women using the hand pumps to fill water, the cacophony of the birds and the barking of the stray dogs. 

One day as she was going to school along the same path she saw Rama, Lakshmana and Sita walking down the road. Chandni immediately fell down at their feet and worshipped them. All the townsfolk started to laugh and it was then she realized that it was people dressed as gods but not real gods. Chandni realized her mistake and quickly made it to her school. When she returned from school she told her grandma what happened and they both had a good laugh over it.

Note:

Although it is a story for kids, I’ve used words like awry, thwarted, pious and cacophony as it will stimulate the kids to reach for the dictionary and find out their meaning. The words are interwoven and the meaning of the story I hope is still clear for the kids.