# The Mitten

- Link: https://thecuriosi.com/english-language-lab-for-kids/stories-for-kids/the-mitten-story/
- Published: 2025-05-30T15:00:40+05:30
- Author: MAHENDRA MANCHIKALAPATI

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The Mitten

 A traditional folktale

# The Mitten

A mitten becomes a cozy shelter as one animal after another squeezes inside.

📖 3-minute read🍃 Ages 5–11✨ Sharing space and making room for others

[Begin reading ](https://thecuriosi.com/english-language-lab-for-kids/stories-for-kids/the-mitten-story/#sf-story-text)

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**A story of sharing space and making room for others**Read together · Retell · 
Imagine

 Settle in and read at your pace

A story to read together

## The Mitten

Take your time. Let the story unfold.

On a snowy morning, a boy named Nicki hurried outside to play. His grandmother, 
Baba, had knitted him a soft white mitten. She reminded him to keep it safe against
the snow, but Nicki was busy watching the sparkling trees. Before long, the mitten
slipped from his hand and disappeared in a snowbank.

Chapter one

### A warm little shelter

A mole pushed up through the snow and found the mitten. It was snug and warm, so
he curled inside. A rabbit soon hopped by and asked to join him. The mole shuffled
over, and the rabbit tucked in beside him.

Chapter two

### Room for one more

A bear lumbered through the woods and spotted the mitten. The animals were crowded,
but they made one last space. The mitten stretched wider and wider as the bear squeezed
in.

Chapter three

### A mitten full of surprises

The animals shook off the snow and checked that everyone was all right. Then they
scampered back to their homes. The mitten lay open on the ground, much wider than
before.

Chapter four

### Making room kindly

Baba mended the mitten with a stronger thread. Nicki learned that sharing is kind,
and that it is also all right to say when there is no more room.

 The end

###  Story path

[01A warm little shelter](https://thecuriosi.com/english-language-lab-for-kids/stories-for-kids/the-mitten-story/#sf-chapter-a-warm-little-shelter)
[02Room for one more](https://thecuriosi.com/english-language-lab-for-kids/stories-for-kids/the-mitten-story/#sf-chapter-room-for-one-more)
[03A mitten full of surprises](https://thecuriosi.com/english-language-lab-for-kids/stories-for-kids/the-mitten-story/#sf-chapter-a-mitten-full-of-surprises)
[04Making room kindly](https://thecuriosi.com/english-language-lab-for-kids/stories-for-kids/the-mitten-story/#sf-chapter-making-room-kindly)

###  Word basket

**snowbank**a deep pile of snow

**snug**warm and comfortable in a small space

**seam**the line where two pieces of cloth are sewn together

**scamper**to run with quick, light steps

**Read it together**

Invite children to count the animals as they join. Ask how the story might change
if one animal made room for another.

## After the final page

There is no single right answer. Invite young readers to notice, wonder and imagine.

Remember

How do the animals find room for one another?

Think

Which animal’s arrival changes the story most?

Imagine

When did the mitten reach its limit, and how could the animals tell?

**Make something:** Draw the mitten and add each animal in the order it arrived.
Then design a stronger mitten that still leaves everyone comfortable.

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