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7 Funny Night Time Stories To Read To Kids

by Himanshu

Kids love stories. Period. I am yet to meet a kid who does not listen to stories with rapt attention, forgetting everything else. Every good story leaves the audience craving for more. And what better than those fun filled stories that make the kids burst into peals of laughter while giving them invaluable nuggets of wisdom. 

That’s the power of storytelling. Here’s a list of 7 funny night time stories that your kid will love and transform her into a cheerful little devil.

7 stories to tickle your funny bone

• Foolish Lion and the Clever Rabbit – A famous Panchatantra story of a fearsome, merciless lion and a clever rabbit. The lion who killed animals for no reason is approached by all the animals of the jungle. They promise to send one animal to the lion, daily, to become lion’s meal. When the clever rabbit is told to go to the lion, he is determined to end the lion’s tyranny. Did the rabbit succeed? Find out in this funny story.

• The Intelligent Merchant – Merchant’s are known to be intelligent and shrewd. And why shouldn’t they be when their livelihood depends on it. Sometimes literally. A short and witty tale about a merchant who was “punished” for speaking his mind when everyone else in the king’s court resorted to sycophancy. The king ordered the merchant to give up everything he owns except his weighing scale and prove that – A merchant can never go hungry at night as long as he possesses the weighing scale. Whether the merchant was able to prove it, remains to be seen.

• The Musical Donkey – In the animal world, a donkey is always portrayed as someone lacking brains. Despite its hardworking nature, a donkey is always shown as doing jobs that do not require much brains. Now whether a donkey actually lacks brain can be debated but the motive behind the entire portrayal is to demonstrate that raw strength alone does not make anyone valuable. To be respected, one needs to have brains and be able to apply it, when needed. The Musical Donkey teaches that a person should always consider the consequences of their actions.

• The Brahmin’s Dream – We are all dreamers in our unique ways. Dreaming is not bad. Infact, elders encourage us to dream because only when we dream, can we “act” towards achieving our dreams. Acting upon the dreams is very important. Day dreaming is never fruitful. Can the Brahmin, dreaming of becoming very rich in life, realize his dreams while sleeping? A fun-filled story that makes for a very interesting read to a group of children.

• The Mice That Ate Iron – It always amazes me how friendship can bring two people closer than the bond of blood. While we are related to scores of people by virtue of our birth, we are free to choose our friends. This freedom comes with a grave responsibility of choosing our friends carefully. It is said that a known enemy is less harmful than a false friend. This story teaches an important lesson in a funny tale.

• The King and The Drum – The King had a funny secret and he kept it from everyone in the Kingdom, even his Queen. But the barber had to be let in on the secret under oath of secrecy. However, secrets can’t be kept long, as the King discovered soon enough. And his secret came out in the most hilarious way imaginable. Read this story to find out!

• The Kettle Who Gave Birth – As kids we loved the antics of Nasreddin Hodja and his stories always brought us a hearty laugh. This is one of his best stories. We promise you will have the kids rolling on the floor in laughter as you tell them about the kettle who gave birth to a baby kettle.

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L At that time, Shurik and I lived with grandfather. Shurik is my younger brother. He is not yet at school, and I have already entered the first grade. But he doesn't listen to me anyway... Well, don't!
I found a glass jam jar and a round iron shoe polish box. And Shurik found an old doorknob and a big galosh on his right foot. Then we almost got into a fight with him in the attic over a fishing rod. I saw the fishing rod first and said:
- Chur, mine!
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- Mind you, mine! Chur, mine!
I grabbed the fishing rod, and he also grabbed it and let's take it away. I was angry - like a turd! .. He flew off to the side and almost fell. Then he says:
- Just think, I really need your fishing rod! I have a galosh.
- So kiss your galosh, - I say, - and there is nothing to tear the fishing pole out of your hands.
I found a shovel in the barn and went to dig worms to catch fish, while Shurik went to his grandmother and began to ask her for matches.
- Why do you need matches? Grandma asks.
- I, - he says, - will make a fire in the yard, put a galosh on top, the galosh will melt, and rubber will turn out of it.
- What else can you think of! Grandma waved her hands. “You’ll burn the whole house down here with your mischief. No, my dear, don't ask. What are these toys with fire! And I don't want to hear anything.
Then Shurik took the doorknob he found in the shed, tied a rope to it, and tied a galosh to the other end of the rope. He walks around the yard, holding the rope by the handle, and the galosh follows him on the ground.
Where he is, there she is. He came up to me, saw that I was digging for worms, and said:
- You don't have to try: you won't catch anything anyway.
- Why is that? I ask.
- I will enchant the fish.
- Please, - I say, - conjure for health.
I dug up the worms, put them in a box and went to the pond. The pond was behind the yard - where the collective farm garden begins. I planted a worm on the hook, sat down on the shore and cast the bait. I sit and watch the float. And Shurik crept up behind and let's shout at the top of our lungs:

Magic, woman, magic, grandfather,
Magic, gray bear!
Conjure, woman, conjure, grandfather,
Conjure, gray bear!

I decided to keep quiet and not say anything, because it's always like this with him: if you say something, it will be even worse.
Finally, he conjured up, threw a galosh into the pond and began to drag it along the water on a rope. Then he came up with such a thing: he would throw a galosh in the middle of the pond and let's throw stones at it until it drowned, and then begin to pull it out from the bottom on a rope.
At first I endured in silence, but then I can't stand it:
— Get out of here! I scream. You scared all my fish away! And he says:
- You won't catch anything anyway: the fish is bewitched.
And again plop the galosh in the middle of the pond! I jumped up, grabbed a stick - and to him. He let's run away, and the galosh behind him on the rope is jumping. Barely ran away from me.
I returned to the pond and started fishing again. Caught, caught ... The sun has already risen high, and I'm still sitting and looking at the float. The fish do not bite, even crack! I’m angry at Shurik, I’m ready to beat him right up. It’s not that I believed in his witchcraft, but I know that if I come without fish, I will laugh. Whatever I did: I cast the line farther from the shore, and lowered the hook closer and deeper - nothing came of it.
I wanted to eat, I went home, suddenly I heard someone pounding on the gate: “Boom-boom! Bang bang!
I go to the gate, I look, and this is Shurik. He took out a hammer and nails somewhere and nailed a doorknob to the gate.
- What are you nailing for? I ask.
He saw me, was delighted:
— Hee-hee! The fisherman has arrived. Where is your fish?
I say:
- Why are you nailing the handle? There is also one pen here.
- Nothing, - he says, - let there be two. Suddenly one will come off.
He nailed the handle, and he still had one nail left. He thought for a long time what to do with this nail, he just wanted to drive it into the gate, then he came up with an idea: he put the galosh with the sole on the gate and began to nail it with a nail.
— And what is this for? I ask.
- So simple.
“Just stupid,” I say.
Suddenly we look - grandfather is coming home from work. Shurik was frightened, let's tear off the galosh, but it does not come off. Then he got up, blocked the galosh with his back, and stood there.
Grandfather came up and said:
— Well done, guys! Just arrived - and immediately to work . .. Who came up with the idea to nail the second handle to the gate?
- This, - I say, - Shurik.
Grandpa just grunted.
- Well, - he says, - now we will have two handles: one on top, the other on the bottom. Suddenly some short man will come. He can’t reach the top handle, so he will reach the bottom one.
Then grandfather noticed a galosh:
— What's this?
I snorted. "Well, - I think, - now Shurik will be from his grandfather."
Shurik blushed, he doesn't know what to answer here.
And grandfather says:
- What is it? It's probably like a letter box. The postman will come, see that there is no one at home, put the letter in a galosh and go on. Very cleverly thought out.
- I came up with this myself! Shurik boasted.
- Really?
- Honestly!
- Well done! Grandpa threw up his hands.
At dinner, grandfather shrugged and told his grandmother about this galosh:
— You see, what a witty child! What I came up with, you won't even believe it! You understand, galosh to the gate, huh? I have been saying for a long time that it is necessary to nail the letter box, otherwise I won’t realize that it’s easier to galosh.
— All right, — Grandma chuckled. - I'll buy a box, but for now let the galosh hang.
After dinner, Shurik ran into the garden, and grandfather said:
- Well, Shurik has already distinguished himself, and you, Nikolka, have probably worked something out too. You already confess, please your grandfather.
- I, - I say, - was fishing, but the fish is not caught.
— Where did you fish?
- In the pond.
— Eh… — grandfather drawled, — what kind of fish is there? This pond was recently dug. Here, even the frogs have not yet divorced. And you, my dear, do not be lazy, go to the river. There at the bridge the current is fast. On this quick and catch.
Grandfather went to work, and I took a fishing rod and told Shurik:
— Let's go to the river, let's fish together.
- Yeah, - he says, - he was scared! Now suck up!
- Why should I suck up?
- And so that I do not conjure anymore.
- Conjure, - I say, - please.
I took a box with worms, a jar of jam, so that there was a place to put the fish, and I went. And Shurik trudged behind.
Came to the river. I settled down on the shore, not far from the bridge, where the current was faster, and cast my line.
And Shurik huddles around me and keeps mumbling:

Magic, woman, magic, grandfather,
Magic, little gray bear!

Keep quiet for a bit, keep quiet, and then again:

Conjure, woman, conjure, grandfather…

Suddenly the fish will bite, I will pull the line! The fish flashed in the air, fell off the hook, fell on the shore and, well, danced near the water itself.
Shurik screams:
- Hold her!
Rushed to the fish and let's catch it. The fish jumps along the shore, and he rushes right at her with his stomach, he can’t catch it in any way; she almost ran back into the river.
Finally he grabbed her. I filled a jar of water, Shurik put a fish in it and began to look at it.
— This, — says, — perch. Honestly, perch! You see the stripes he has. Chur, mine will be!
- Okay, let it be yours.

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