Short Stories in English

People show a sense of time. Some people have a better sense of time than others. Do you know people who can plan to awake at let’s say six o’clock in the morning and do so? Such people awake fifteen minutes earlier or later, but no more. Scientists who have studied this ability believe people have a sort of built-in clock in them, which marks time. Each person uses a day-night cycle of sleep and wakefulness that repeats day after day. A person’s temperature falls a very little at bedtime and perhaps a little more at night. When a person gets up in the morning his temperature climbs back to normal. In some individuals the temperature climbs quickly and they are ready to work efficiently soon after they get up in the morning. In others the temperature rises slowly. These people are more efficient later in the day. So we can classify people as day people and night people. Day people are happy at breakfast time and feel they are ready to work. Night people often feel unhappy after t

by Oscar Wilde Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant's garden. It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars, and there were twelve peach-trees that in the spring-time broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore rich fruit. The birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them. "How happy we are here!" they cried to each other.  One day the Giant came back. He had to visit his friend, the Cornish ogre, and had stayed with him for seven years. After the seven years were over he had said all that he had to say, for his conversation was limited, and he determined to return to his own castle. When he arrived, he saw the children playing in the garden.  "What are you doing here?" he cried in a very gruff voice, and the children

When two English people meet, their first words will be "How do you do?" or "How are you?" and after the reply "Very well, thank you, how are you?" the next remark is almost certain to be about the weather. "It's a lovely morning, isn't it?" or "Isn't it hot today?" and the other person will reply, "Yes, it's wonderful weather we are having. I hope it will keep fine; it seems almost too good to last". Or perhaps the day is dull; it is raining a little, the sky is grey, and everyone is wearing a mackintosh or carrying an umbrella. As the cars and buses go along the street, they splash the water and mud on the passers-by. Gradually it gets darker; a thick fog is spreading over London. The lamps are lit in the streets and in the shops and offices; cars and buses put on their lights and can only crawl along. As one friend bumps into another, he says, "Isn't it a beastly day?" "Yes," r

There are four seasons in a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. March, April and May are the spring months; June, July and August are the summer months; September, October and November are the autumn months; December, January and February are the winter months. Spring is a very pleasant season. The weather is usually warm. But sometimes there are cold days in spring. Nature awakens: the birds return from the south; the trees turn green; the air is fresh; the sun warms the earth; the sky is blue. Many people like spring more than other seasons.  In summer, the weather gets warmer and sometimes it is very hot. It is a busy time for those who live in the country. They cut grass and make hay. Summer is a good time for holidays. When autumn comes, the days get colder. The trees turn yellow. The leaves fall to the ground. It often rains in autumn. The sky is often covered with dark clouds. Autumn is harvest time. The farmers gather crops in the fields and pick fruit in t