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“myself.” “Only a hanky?” said Mummy, smiling. “I will bring one for you, and your favourite cookies too.” Jack was quiet for a moment; the cookies giving him pause for serious consideration. “OK,” he conceded. “But next time, surely I will come.” Mummy went out on her scooter.”
― D.R. Tara, The Agent With a Bone to Pick

“3. Dropped water, apologised to wet lady. Just as he was making an additional note regarding the wet lady’s red face, a man leapt from nowhere and tried to take Mummy’s purse, which in all likelihood contained some rather delicious cookies. He tossed the notebook and ran to the thief as quickly as his miniature legs could carry him. With”
― D.R. Tara, Adventures of Jack: The Agent With a Bone to Pick

“3. Dropped water, apologised to wet lady. Just as he was making an additional”
― D.R. Tara, Adventures of Jack: The Agent With a Bone to Pick

“  But it was too late. The hole was tiny, yet the ball was rapidly losing air.   “You’re a bad dog!” Alex shouted at Bud when they got inside. “I’m never going to take you with me again. Why are all the other dogs ok, but you’re just so silly?!” And he shut the door behind him. Bud was left alone at home. Again.”
― D. R. Tara, Dog Stories

“Moral of the Story:  Using your might to bully does not guarantee success. Even tiny creatures can overcome giants. United we stand. Divided we fall.”
― D.R. Tara, Judge Monkey and Other Stories

“Drank water.”
― D.R. Tara, Adventures of Jack: The Agent With a Bone to Pick

“stories for kids) D. R. Tara”
― D.R. Tara, Judge Monkey and Other Stories

“Ball in the Well As future rulers of the land, the princes of the ancient kingdom of Hastings were required to master various skills like archery and sword play. Their grandfather, Peter decided that they should have only the best teacher and so he was on the constant lookout for such a person. One day, the princes were playing in the garden with their ball, which unfortunately fell into the palace well.   The princes ran to the well and peered inside. All they could see was the bright red ball floating on top of the water far down in the well. The princes were disappointed because they could not continue with their game. Just then, they saw a young man dressed in black clothes passing by. From his dress, they knew immediately that was a sage, a wise and pious man with little concern for the cares of the world. They called out to him. “Sir, can you help us?” When he approached them, Durand, the eldest prince, told him how their ball had fallen into the well and they could not reach it. The man smiled. “You are princes of royal blood and you cannot solve such a simple problem?” he said. “Now watch me.” The princes looked on as the sage plucked a blade of grass, chanted some holy words and threw it into the well.   Amazingly, the blade of grass hit the surface of the ball and remained stuck on it. The sage took a second blade of grass and again after chanting some words, threw it into the well. The second blade of grass stuck to the first blade of grass. The man kept chanting and throwing blades of grass into the well. Each blade stuck to the earlier blade of grass and soon formed a chain leading to the very top of the well. The sage then used this to pull out the ball. The princes stared at him in astonishment.   Later, they told their grandfather what had happened. He then asked them to describe the man who he realised was none other than Sayer, a famous warrior who had given up fighting to become a sage. So their grandfather hastened to find him and never stopped until he persuaded Sayer to come and teach the princes how to shoot and to fight with a sword. Sayer faithfully taught the princes all kinds of warfare and military skills. As a result, the kingdom of Hastings became extremely powerful. In the process, Sayer became one of the most important and powerful men in the land. Moral of story: Once skills are learned they are not easily forgotten.”
― D.R. Tara, The Honest King and Other Stories