https://readtoyourchild.com/themes/humour/Recent content in Humour on Read To Your ChildHugoen-usWed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-always-sleepy-girl-and-how-she-lost-her-first-tooth/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-always-sleepy-girl-and-how-she-lost-her-first-tooth/An unusually sleepy girl worries about how her wobbly first tooth will finally come out, until it happens the sweetest way possible.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/bens-lego-adventures/part-3-the-lego-space-adventure/Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/bens-lego-adventures/part-3-the-lego-space-adventure/A Lego space mission turns into the silliest parade ever, once some confused blocks build octopuses instead of rockets.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/bens-lego-adventures/part-2-the-great-lego-night-race/Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/bens-lego-adventures/part-2-the-great-lego-night-race/Ben's Lego bricks build themselves into racing vehicles for a wild night-time Grand Prix around the playroom.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/bens-lego-adventures/part-1-the-secret-sea-of-the-lego-blocks/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/bens-lego-adventures/part-1-the-secret-sea-of-the-lego-blocks/Every night, when the room grows quiet, Ben's box of Lego bricks builds itself into a secret undersea world.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-caterpillar-with-too-many-shoes/Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-caterpillar-with-too-many-shoes/A tidy caterpillar forgets how to walk once he starts overthinking which of his hundred feet goes first.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/six-blind-men-and-an-elephant/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/six-blind-men-and-an-elephant/Six boastful old men of the Brahmaputra valley set out to settle an argument about what an elephant is really like, and each comes back certain he alone is right.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/captain-rex-and-flap/part-2-a-crew-for-the-taking/Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/captain-rex-and-flap/part-2-a-crew-for-the-taking/Rex heads to a lawless cove to recruit a crew willing to sail a stolen ship without asking too many questions.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/captain-rex-and-flap/part-1-the-stolen-stormchaser/Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/captain-rex-and-flap/part-1-the-stolen-stormchaser/Captain Rex and his sharp-tongued parrot Flap pull off a daring dockside heist to steal themselves a ship.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/a-kangaroo-and-a-giraffes-nighttime-adventure/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/a-kangaroo-and-a-giraffes-nighttime-adventure/When a zookeeper forgets to lock their gates, a kangaroo and a giraffe sneak out for a night of mischief, and a narrow escape from the lions.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-race-between-the-rabbit-and-the-tortoise/part-3-the-third-race/Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-race-between-the-rabbit-and-the-tortoise/part-3-the-third-race/A night-time third race between Rocco and Tina ends with a surprising lesson about friendship over winning.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-race-between-the-rabbit-and-the-tortoise/part-2-the-rematch/Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-race-between-the-rabbit-and-the-tortoise/part-2-the-rematch/Rocco the rabbit demands a rematch, but an eagle overhead has other plans for him.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-race-between-the-rabbit-and-the-tortoise/part-1-the-first-race/Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-race-between-the-rabbit-and-the-tortoise/part-1-the-first-race/A boastful rabbit challenges a slow but steady tortoise to a race, with a classic lesson about overconfidence.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-boy-who-cried-ankylosaurus/Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-boy-who-cried-ankylosaurus/A dinosaur-mad boy plays the same prank on his village once too often, and finds that nobody believes him on the day it turns out to be true.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-fox-who-lost-his-tail/Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-fox-who-lost-his-tail/Having lost his own splendid tail in a trap, a proud fox calls a grand meeting to persuade every other fox in the forest to cut theirs off too.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-bear-the-bees-and-the-big-splash/Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-bear-the-bees-and-the-big-splash/A hungry bear finds a hollow log full of honey, gets one small sting on the nose, and loses his temper very badly indeed.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/chickens-and-chickpeas/Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/chickens-and-chickpeas/A hen and a rooster find a bag of chickpeas and mistake them for lost baby chicks, with silly results.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-little-crab-and-the-big-lesson/Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-little-crab-and-the-big-lesson/A proud mother crab tells her son to stop walking sideways and to march straight ahead like a dignified crab, then tries to show him how it is done.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-wolf-the-shadow-and-the-giant-mistake/Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-wolf-the-shadow-and-the-giant-mistake/A wolf sees his own shadow stretched enormous by the setting sun, decides he must be the biggest beast in the forest, and goes looking for the lion.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-donkey-in-the-lions-skin/Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-donkey-in-the-lions-skin/A donkey borrows a lion's skin to earn respect, until one roar gives him away. Aesop's fable on being yourself.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/buttered-lamb-and-the-nasty-witch/Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/buttered-lamb-and-the-nasty-witch/A timid boy nicknamed Buttered Lamb outsmarts a witch not once but twice, and earns himself a braver name.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-boy-the-river-and-the-unhelpful-passerby/Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-boy-the-river-and-the-unhelpful-passerby/A boy swims out of his depth and calls for help, and the important-looking man on the bank decides that what he needs most is a good telling-off.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-fox-the-goat-and-the-deep-wet-hole/Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-fox-the-goat-and-the-deep-wet-hole/A careless fox falls into a well and cannot climb out, until a very thirsty goat comes along and offers him exactly the ladder he needs.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/catherine-and-the-cheeses/Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/catherine-and-the-cheeses/A cheerfully lazy farm girl keeps sending her cheeses rolling downhill on their own, certain they will find their own way to market.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-wolf-the-horse-and-the-field-of-gold/Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-wolf-the-horse-and-the-field-of-gold/A hungry wolf finds a field of oats he cannot eat, and generously offers the whole thing to a passing horse, purely out of friendship.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-remarkable-rocket/Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-remarkable-rocket/Retold from Oscar Wilde's story of a firework so busy boasting about his own greatness that he forgets to shine.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/t-rex-and-tarbosaurus/part-3-the-great-bat-escape/Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/t-rex-and-tarbosaurus/part-3-the-great-bat-escape/Trapped in a cave with an angry Pteranodon outside, the two dinosaur cousins hatch a wild plan involving a cave full of bats.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/t-rex-and-tarbosaurus/part-2-the-sky-ruler/Sun, 11 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/t-rex-and-tarbosaurus/part-2-the-sky-ruler/T. Rex and Tarbosaurus stumble into the hunting ground of a giant Pteranodon and must find a way to escape.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/t-rex-and-tarbosaurus/part-1-the-push-match/Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/t-rex-and-tarbosaurus/part-1-the-push-match/T. Rex and Tarbosaurus settle their argument over who's mightiest with a pushing match, and a clever trick.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/raffee-the-mischievous-rabbit/Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/raffee-the-mischievous-rabbit/A bored rabbit searches the meadow for a playmate, and ends up with a tumble, a bumped lip, and his famous buck teeth.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-dragon-with-a-hundred-heads/Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-dragon-with-a-hundred-heads/A brave knight meets a hundred-headed dragon whose heads can't agree on anything, and a nimble one-headed dragon who knows exactly what it wants.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-wooden-calf/Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-wooden-calf/A poor man carves himself a wooden calf, and a wise judge's ruling turns a rich man's own excuse against him.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-frogs-and-their-royal-trouble/Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-frogs-and-their-royal-trouble/The frogs of the marsh grow bored of governing themselves and beg Jupiter for a proper king, and Jupiter obliges them twice over.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-dolphin-and-the-bragging-monkey/Sun, 23 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-dolphin-and-the-bragging-monkey/A dolphin rescues what he takes to be a young Athenian gentleman from a shipwreck, and finds out otherwise when his passenger claims to be great friends with a harbour.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/rexo-the-plastic-t-rex/part-3-the-farm-animal-rescue/Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/rexo-the-plastic-t-rex/part-3-the-farm-animal-rescue/Rexo frees a box of trapped farm animals and helps three little pigs stand up to a very familiar wolf.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/rexo-the-plastic-t-rex/part-2-vs-godzilla/Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/rexo-the-plastic-t-rex/part-2-vs-godzilla/When a new Godzilla toy arrives, Rexo the plastic T-Rex worries he's no longer the strongest toy in the room.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/rexo-the-plastic-t-rex/part-1-the-night-adventure/Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/rexo-the-plastic-t-rex/part-1-the-night-adventure/A plastic toy T-Rex comes to life at night and is swept into a battle against a tiny Block King and his toy army.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-magic-pot/Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-magic-pot/A village pot that multiplies everything by ten teaches young Finn a very fluffy lesson about greed, one Movie Night.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/masher-and-suri-adventures/part-4-meeting-bloop/Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/masher-and-suri-adventures/part-4-meeting-bloop/A strange, booming creature chases Masher and Suri through the ocean, but Bloop only wants one thing: to learn how to hunt.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-three-billy-goats-gruff-2-0/Sat, 16 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-three-billy-goats-gruff-2-0/A modern, funnier retelling of The Three Billy Goats Gruff, where the cleverest goat solves the troll problem with a job offer instead of a fight.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-traveller-and-the-king-of-the-jungle/Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-traveller-and-the-king-of-the-jungle/A man and a lion argue all the way up a mountain about who is stronger, until they come upon a statue that seems to settle it once and for all.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-war-between-the-flying-creatures/Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-war-between-the-flying-creatures/A silly quarrel between a bear and a woodpecker turns into a war between land and sky, until a mosquito and a hornet decide the whole thing.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/minecraft-the-three-little-pigs/Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/minecraft-the-three-little-pigs/The classic Three Little Pigs tale rebuilt in the world of Minecraft, complete with zombies at the door and one very unbreakable obsidian fortress.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-brave-little-tailor/Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-brave-little-tailor/A little tailor swats seven flies with one blow, stitches himself a boastful belt, and talks his way past giants, a unicorn and a king.