The Little Fir Tree
Once a magician was returning home. All of a sudden it began to rain heavily. He looked around for shelter and saw a little fir tree. He ran there and took shelter. Soon it stopped raining.
The magician said to the tree, "Thank you! You have been kind to me. I would like to reward you. Ask for four wishes, and I will grant them", said the magician.
The fir tree had needle-like leaves and no birds ever made their nests in it. So it said, "I wish I had green leaves like my other friends."
Next morning, its wish was granted. Soon a goat came along and ate all the green leaves. "Oh! dear," said the fir tree, "I wish I had gold leaves."
When the little fir tree woke up the next morning, it was surprised to see the gold leaves. A man came along and stole all the gold leaves.
This time the fir tree said, "I wish I had glass leaves. Men do not steal glass leaves." At night the wind blew and all the glass leaves broke.
The fir tree said, "I want my old needle-like leaves back, so that goats do not eat them, man cannot steal them and wind cannot break them."
The tree went to sleep. When it woke up the next morning, its needle like leaves were back again.
Click any word to see Phonics • Pronunciation • Hindi Meaning • Easy Sentence • Audio.
मजिशन — जादूगर
रिवॉर्ड — पुरस्कार
विश — इच्छा
सरप्राइज़्ड — आश्चर्यचकित हुआ
स्टोल — चुराया
ब्रोक — टूट गया
✅ True or False
Click any word. The popup opens automatically and English → Hindi audio starts automatically.
Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box:
🔤 Rearrange the letters to make meaningful words:
Fill in the blanks using 'has' or 'have':
🗣️ Let us Speak
The fir tree had needle-like leaves.
The magician granted four wishes.
The goat ate the green leaves.
The wind broke the glass leaves.
We should be happy with what we have.
Listen to the story read aloud. Try to identify these details:
- Who was returning home?
- Where did the magician take shelter?
- What were the fir tree's four wishes?
- Who ate the green leaves?
- Who stole the gold leaves?
- What happened to the glass leaves?
Collect leaves of different shapes and sizes and make different pictures as shown in your textbook. Paste them on a chart paper.
Try making a bird, an animal, a person or any other creative picture with leaves.
Draw a little fir tree with the leaves you like best. You may also draw the magician, the goat and the wind.
A magician took shelter under a little fir tree during heavy rain.
He was pleased with the tree's kindness and offered it four wishes.
The tree wished for green leaves, gold leaves and glass leaves, but each wish brought a new problem.
Finally, the tree asked for its old needle-like leaves back.
The story teaches us to be happy with what we have.
तेज़ बारिश में एक जादूगर ने छोटे फर के पेड़ के नीचे आश्रय लिया।
पेड़ की दयालुता से खुश होकर जादूगर ने उसे चार इच्छाएँ देने का वादा किया।
पेड़ ने हरी, सुनहरी और काँच की पत्तियाँ माँगीं, लेकिन हर इच्छा के साथ एक नई परेशानी आई।
अंत में पेड़ ने अपनी पुरानी सुई जैसी पत्तियाँ वापस माँग लीं।
कहानी हमें सिखाती है कि हमें जो हमारे पास है, उससे खुश रहना चाहिए।