https://www.pitara.com/tags/formation/Recent content in Formation on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/fiction-for-kids/folktales/how-stars-came-into-being/Tue, 09 May 2000 01:01:21 +0000https://www.pitara.com/fiction-for-kids/folktales/how-stars-came-into-being/<p>This is a story about a long, long time ago.</p> <p>There was once an old man who smoked tobacco.</p> <p>He smoked tobacco in terracotta or clay pipes, called pikka.</p> <p>This old man had three sons.</p> <p>When the three sons grew up, he got them married one after the other.</p> <figure class="image-medium has-caption"> <a href="https://www.pitara.com/media/folktales-39_1.gif" aria-label="Link to larger image"> <img src="https://www.pitara.com/media/folktales-39_1_hu_5a3bdf070bbe27af.gif" srcset="https://www.pitara.com/media/folktales-39_1_hu_15613ad5fe195557.gif 320w, https://www.pitara.com/media/folktales-39_1_hu_5a3bdf070bbe27af.gif 900w" sizes="(min-width: 900px) 900px, 320px" alt="How Stars Came into Being [Illustrations by Sudheer Nath]" height="750" width="900" loading="lazy"> </a> <figcaption>How Stars Came into Being [Illustrations by Sudheer Nath]</figcaption> </figure> <p>It happened once, that the eldest son went to his wife&rsquo;s parents&rsquo; house to attend a marriage.</p>