Funny Stories for Kids

On Sunnyside Farm, every animal knew its sound. The dog said woof. The sheep said baa. The pig said oink. And Daisy the cow said moo. Every morning, every afternoon, every single day: moo.

But one Tuesday, Daisy woke up, opened her mouth and said… “QUACK!”

The whole farm went quiet. The dog's ears stood straight up. The sheep dropped her grass. A little duck waddled over and looked at Daisy very seriously. “Excuse me,” said the duck. “That's my word.”

“I'm sorry!” said Daisy. “I don't know what happened. I tried to say moo and QUACK came out!” She tried again. “Mmmmm… QUACK!” She tried a third time, very slowly. “Mmmmmmmmm… OINK!”

Now the pig was upset. “Hey! That one's mine!”

All day long, Daisy's sounds came out wrong. When the farmer brought hay, she said “Woof!” When the cat walked by, she said “Cock-a-doodle-doo!” The rooster was so confused that he went back to bed.

In the evening, the little duck came back. “I think I know what's wrong,” said the duck. “Yesterday you ate the grass by the pond, right next to my nest. Maybe you swallowed one of my quacks.”

Daisy thought about it. “How do I give it back?” “Easy,” said the duck. “You hiccup.” So all the animals tried to scare Daisy. The sheep jumped out from behind the barn. The pig made a silly face. Nothing worked.

Then the little duck tickled Daisy's nose with a feather. Daisy's nose wiggled. Her ears flapped. And she gave a great big “HIC!” Out flew a tiny “quack”, which floated across the farm and landed right back in the duck's beak.

Daisy opened her mouth very carefully. “Moooooo.” Every animal cheered. And from that day on, Daisy never ate the grass by the pond again. Well… almost never.

Most dragons breathe fire. Big, hot, scary fire. But Gus the dragon had a problem: every time he tried to breathe fire, he sneezed instead. And when Gus sneezed, out came… bubbles.

“Ah… ah… ah-CHOO!” Pop, pop, pop. Hundreds of shiny bubbles floated up into the sky.

The other dragons laughed at him. “A dragon who sneezes bubbles? Who's scared of bubbles?” Gus felt so silly that he hid in his cave for a whole week, sneezing quietly into a sock.

One day, a loud noise came from the village. Gus peeked out. The village was having a birthday party for a little girl named Pip, but it was raining, the clown was stuck in the mud and the balloons had all blown away. Pip was crying.

Gus took a deep breath. He tickled his own nose with his tail. “Ah… ah… ah-CHOOOOO!” The biggest cloud of bubbles anyone had ever seen floated over the village. Big ones, tiny ones, rainbow ones, bubbles inside bubbles.

Pip stopped crying. Then she started laughing. All the children ran outside, jumping and popping bubbles in the rain. It was the best birthday party the village had ever had.

Now Gus is invited to every birthday party in the land. The other dragons still breathe fire. But nobody ever invites them to parties. Fire is terrible for cakes.

Max woke up and said “Goodnight!” to his mom. That was strange. Then he put his socks on over his shoes. That was stranger. Then he ate his breakfast cereal with a fork, starting with dessert. It was Backwards Day, and nobody had told him.

At school, the teacher walked in backwards and said, “Goodbye, class!” The children all answered, “Hello, Mrs. Plum!” Then they read their books from the last page to the first, which meant every story started with “The End”.

At lunch, Max's sandwich had the bread on the inside and the cheese on the outside. Very sticky. His juice box was upside down. Everything dripped.

In gym class, they ran a race, and the slowest runner won. Max walked as slowly as a snail on a sleepy day and got a gold medal. He was very proud.

At home, his dog said “meow”. His cat chased the mail carrier. And his baby sister, who couldn't talk yet, said, “Good evening, everyone. Please pass the peas.”

At bedtime, Max's dad tucked him in. “Good morning, Max,” he said. Max yawned. “Dad, will tomorrow be a backwards day too?” Dad smiled. “No. Tomorrow is Sideways Day.” Max fell asleep wondering how you walk sideways to school.