Once upon a time in the land of Kanuku, there lived a three-headed, singing monster named Sinda. You’ve never heard of a singing monster, you say? That’s because they live very far away! Sinda was a very happy monster and she LOVED to sing! She would sing when she woke up in the morning by saying, “Good morning, Kanuku, good morning to you! Good morning to the birds and the flowers, too!” Synda would sing at lunchtime, too, “Lunch, lunch, my favorite time! How I love to sing and rhyme!” Then, Sinda would sing a song at bedtime, “To bed, to bed, to sleep I go, I’ll sing tomorrow, hay-ho, hay ho!”
All of the monsters who lived in Kanuku loved to hear Sinda sing with her three heads, for you see, all of Sinda’s heads had BEAUTIFUL voices! All of the monsters, that is, except for Grumpy Grood. Grood was a VERY grumpy monster who lived next door to Sinda. Grumpy Grood HATED to sing. The only thing Grumpy Grood hated more was listening to singing! “I hate singing, I hate it, and Sinda’s most of all!”, said Grumpy Grood one sunny morning, “I hear it through my window, I hear it in my hall! I hear it every day and night, it never seems to end! I’ll go down to Nert’s store just around the bend!”
And so Grumpy Grood walked down to the store. He saw Nert the shopkeeper smiling behind the counter. “Hello there, Grood! What brings you here today?”, said Nert. “I have a cold,” sniffed Grood, “and my voice is very bad! I need something to rest it, it’s making me quite mad!”
Kind Nert patted Grumpy Grood on the back and said, “I think I have a way. I have a special tea. But if you drink it, you cannot talk for at least an entire day!” Grood laughed to himself and rubbed his grumpy hands, “One day won’t do at all, won’t do at all, you see! My voice needs LOTS of rest, so give me ALL your tea!” So Nert gave Grumpy Grood enough tea so that he wouldn’t be able to talk for FIVE days!
When he got home, Grumpy Grood could hear Sinda singing her lunch song, “Lunch, lunch, my favorite time, how I love to sing and rhyme!” “Oh Sinda,” called Grood, “Come over for some tea! You must be thirsty with all your singing, so thirsty I can see!” Sinda was very grateful and she and and her three heads drank up all the tea.
That night, Sinda was getting ready for bed and she wanted to sing, “To bed, to bed, to sleep I go, I’ll sing tomorrow, hay-ho, hay ho!” But nothing came out! She tried again and again, but she could not sing! Sadly, Sinda went to her bed and went to sleep. Meanwhile, Grumpy Grood rubbed his hands together with glee. “Ho ho”, he said, “quiet at long last! All of Sinda’s dreadful singing is a thing of the past!”
All of the monsters in Kanuku listened for Sinda’s song. When they did not hear it, they knew something must be wrong! So they went to Sinda’s house to see what had happened. All poor Sinda could do was shake her heads. “Giver her something to write with”, said Nert, “that is just the thing! Maybe then we’ll know why she cannot sing!” So Sinda wrote all about the tea Grumpy Grood had given her and how she had lost her voice. “So!” said all the monsters, “Grood hates to hear her sing! We know just what to do, we have the very thing!”
The next morning, Grumpy Grood woke up to an amazing sound! Instead of hearing Sinda’s voice, he heard MANY voices singing! Grumpy Grood flung open his door and demanded, “What’s going on here? What’s with all this singing? There’s so many of you and you’re so loud, you have my ears ringing!”
“We heard about your tea”, said Nert, who sang loudest of all. “Sinda’s voice is weak and cracked. So all the monsters in Kanuku will sing until her voice comes back!”
Sinda was so happy. “Thank you all”, she croaked. Grumpy Grood was so angry, he very nearly choked! And so for the next four days, all the monsters in Kanuku sang to Sinda day and night to cheer her up. They made sure to sing EXTRA loud when they passed Grumpy Grood’s house! Grumpy Grood could not eat or sleep in peace and had to keep his fingers in his ears! On the fifth day, Sinda’s voice could be heard singing happily once more! “Well”, said Grumpy Grood, “I suppose it’s better this way. At least it’s not EVERY monster in Kanuku singing night and day!
Did you know that YOU have special talents? Maybe you can run really fast, or read lots of books, or sing! We should always appreciate what others can do and encourage them, even if it’s not our thing!
The End
Author’s note: I hope you enjoyed this story and that your children will as well!
Fairy Tales
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This is such a sweet story! I tried writing a children’s story once and I found that it was extremely difficult, but this is so well done!
Thank you very much! Your writing is very imaginative and I have no doubt you can do it!
Written very well,To get down to chidren;s liking is a tough task, and to sustain their interest through requires a lt of care to be picyuresque,free flowing, and words,names need to be crunchy . You have put all these into your story “supham02”! concluding words could be made a little more attarctive. Hope it gives a shot in the arm in your writing practice for children…….kranand