Adventures of Bhima by Murkot Kunhappa

Adventures of Bhima, Prince of Benares is a story by Murkot Kunhappa. It is the first story in the book Three Bags of Gold and Other Indian Folk Tales published in 1963.

It is a simple story with traditional motifs of a prince and his friends, princess, adventures and final victory.

I have calculated the reading difficulty using a couple of formulas below:

Flesch Reading Ease score: 87.5
This means that this story is easy to read.

Automated Readability Index: 4.5
Grade level: 8-9 yrs old

With appropriate scaffolds (such as read alouds), I think this text can be taken up at grade 1 or 2 level as well.