10 Unique Funny Stories to Read to Kids

Laughter is key to health. Every parent is conscious of their children’s health. So, why not make our kids healthy and happy with stories? A child’s smile lets us forget the whole day's pressure and think that getting smiles on their faces by reading a wonderfully funny story is like a brain booster. In this fast-paced world reading stories to children also strengthens the bond between parents and children. Reading funny stories to kids at bedtime entertains them and helps enhance their creativity, language development, emotional intelligence, and imagination. So, enjoy the bedtime story with your little one around in the warm blanket. The various voice modulations and punch lines make any story funny. So, what are you waiting for? Let’s travel with our kids to the Fun Land with the list of our short English stories:

1. The crocodile and the monkey

The crocodile and monkey were best friends. The crocodile’s wife was jealous of their friendship and thus demanded the monkey’s heart The crocodile took the monkey to his home for dinner wherein in the way the monkey said that he left his heart on the tree and they had to go back. The monkey jumped back onto the tree and saved his life.

2. The two carrots

The two carrots who were best friends were walking down the street. Suddenly a car rode one of them. The unhurt carrot took the hurt carrot to the hospital. The doctor said it was going to be all right but he was going to be a vegetable for the rest of his life.

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3. The fly that forgot its name

The hilarious story about the fly who forgot its name. It asked everybody but none were able to tell her. Suddenly it saw a leaf flying because of the air and remembered its name that it was a fly.

4. The horse and the snail

A proud horse laughed at the snail as it was moving slowly and demanded to race with it. The snail outsmarted it but planned something with its friends. They all hid behind the small plants one by one at a certain distance till the finishing line and always remained ahead of the horse. The horse accepted its defeat finally.

5. Too much noise

The man was taking his cows to the animal fair through the highway but hearing the horns of different vehicles, the cows got scared and came back home. The noise was too much the man felt it every day and night and kept scolding everyone who spoke louder. One day he found a boy wearing headphones and enjoying the music in the cluster of noises. The man got the solution for him as well as his cows!!!

6. The Elf and his ant

The elf loved his ant and fed it so much that it couldn’t fit the room. He took it to the zoo where it was called “An Elephant” and that’s how we got a new creature.

7. The missing tenth child

The children went to swim in the river they all held their hands and went into the river then one came out and started counting if all were there or not. Every time he counts it comes to be nine seeing this a cap seller was laughing and came to them gave them caps and asked the counting child to count all the caps including the cap he is wearing and amazingly the count is ten this time!!!

8. The boss and the security guard

A security guard has a dream that his boss's plane will crash. He tells his boss, who decides not to fly that day. The boss rewards the guard for saving his life but then fires him for sleeping on the job.

9. The mother and the baby

A baby camel asks his mom why they have three toes, long eyelashes, and a big hump. His mom explains that the toes help them walk on the sand, the eyelashes keep the dust out of their eyes, and the hump stores water. The baby camel then asks why they are in a zoo.

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10. The big silly crocodile

The crocodile aimed to grow bigger and bigger in a day and ate all the chocolate, spicy banana, and mushrooms and kept growing. Suddenly he had an idea that if he ate all the things, he would become giant fast and then his stomach started aching. He went to the washroom and got back to the normal size and learned the lesson.

The Benefits of Reading Funny Stories to Kids 

- Boosting children's brains and making them happy - Entertaining children and helping them relax at bedtime 

- The power of voice modulations and punch lines in making stories funny

Reading stories aloud to kids makes their imagination flourish also it is one of the best ways to inculcate moral values in them. Reading daily helps kids to build their vocabulary and they find themselves in a world of wonderland thus giving them the power of imagination to create their own stories which helps to improve their creative writing skills. The young minds are like the wet mud and you can mold them easily. Hence reading stories leaves a great impact on them. Also, in today’s world of gadgets, they learn the importance of books which may reduce their screen time too. It also enhances their creativity as sleeping after listening to the stories makes them travel to the dreamland. It develops the habit of reading in them too.

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