Iyer's Story book for children

By Venkit S. Iyer

It is a collection of six stories, with pictures. These are simple stories to read as bed time reading or casual reading.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Native Publishers
• Release date: Feb 16, 2024
• ISBN: 9798869296191

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IYER’S STORY BOOK FOR CHILDREN

Volume 1

VENKIT S. IYER

Disclaimer

‌This book is a work of fiction and imagination. Names and incidents are written only for the sake of story telling and do not represent any real facts, persons or events. Any similarities to real events, names or persons are strictly coincidental and unintentional. The illustrations are computer graphics created through artificial intelligence. They do not represent any real-life individuals or events. Any similarities are strictly coincidental and unintentional.

Copyright © 2023 by VENKIT S. IYER

All rights reserved.

No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher or author except as permitted by U.S. copyright law

FOREWORD

This book is for casual reading by children between the ages of 5 to 15. Even though the stories are fiction, there are hidden messages in them. There are six short stories with illustrations.

The story of An Old Lady and a Cat talks about a lonely old lady whose life found meaning and objective when she adopted an orphan cat.

The story of a Peruvian princess is about the ancient blind belief that pleasing the Gods with sacrifices would stop earthquakes.

The story of An Orphan Girl is about taking care of a young girl who was made an orphan by a rebel gang.

The story of Manu and a Mermaid is about a mermaid helping Manu to bring awareness of pollution of the land, waters, and climate changes.

The story of Jacob and David is about the dangers of drug addiction.

The story We Are Different but Similar and Equal is to show the diversity of America and the recognition that we are all equal and similar despite the difference in physical features.

Illustrations are done with the help of artificial intelligence, created through Open AI- GPT 4/DALL-E 3

The author sincerely hopes that children and even some adults will find the book simple and interesting to read.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

STORY OF AN OLD LADY AND A CAT

STORY OF A PERUVIAN PRINCESS

STORY OF AN ORPHAN GIRL

STORY OF MANU AND A MERMAID

STORY OF JACOB AND DAVID

WE ARE DIFFERENT BUT SIMILAR AND EQUAL

STORY OF AN OLD LADY AND A CAT

Venkit S. Iyer

There was a young cat, who was lonely and unwanted. It did not know who the parents were. It was left in the garbage dump when it was born. No one fed it, no one cuddled it, no one cared for it. It didn’t even have a name. It grew up eating junk food. It would go searching for food in the garbage dumps, sidewalks, parks, and backyards of buildings. Wherever it went, often people chased it out. Dogs tried to kill it.

When it peeked through some gates, it could see some well-fed cats inside those homes. It felt jealous and wished someone would adopt it someday.

It was always wandering around the streets. It would go to the city park every day hoping to find someone who would feed it. Most days it was disappointed and dejected.

Figure 1- 1 Cat is wandering around the park.

In the middle of the city, there was a mansion that was built many years ago. At that time the city was small and walkable. Now the city has become big and industrial. But the mansion and the city park remained the same, and