The Foolish Friends Once a mouse and a frog were close friends. They spent most of their time together. When the frog would go back to the pond, the mouse would miss him. In the same way, the frog grew sad every time the mouse went off in search of food. So they took a rope and tied one end of it around the frog’s leg and the other to the...

The Fisherman and His Flute There was once a fisherman who was also an excellent flute player. One day he took his flute and a fish basket, jumped up on a rock and began to play his flute, convinced, the fish would be enchanted by his music and leap into the basket willingly. Unfortunately, he did not catch a single fish, so went home, collected his net and threw it into...

The Fearful Hunter and The Woodcutter Do you know that many men are very brave while they are talking and are very scared when the time comes to act? There was once a hunter who was going through the woods in search of a bear. He met a woodcutter and asked: ‘My good man, do you happen to have seen the footprints of a bear?’ ‘Yes, I have seen them,’ said...

The Father and His Daughters Aman had two daughters. One was married to a poor farmer. The other was married to a potter. Once the father went to visit each of them and asked: ‘How the business is going on?’ ‘Very well,’ replied the first daughter, ‘but we could use more water to irrigate the land. We pray every night that God will send us rain!’ When he asked the second...

The Faithful Mongoose Indu and Lav were a young Indian couple and they had a beautiful baby boy. One day, Indu said to her husband: ‘You must look after the baby, while I go down to the river.’ Lav sat down beside the pram and the baby fell asleep at once. A short time later, a messenger arrived from the royal palace and ordered Lav to follow him there to speak...

The Bird Doctor Once there was a man who loved birds a lot. He made an aviary. It was a large cage in which the birds could live and even fly around inside. Everyday, the man would keep fresh grains, nuts and water for the birds. One day, in the absence of the man, a clever cat dressed up as a doctor and went to the aviary. There he called out,...

The Donkey and The Grasshopper A poor donkey was not happy with his voice. One summer day, while grazing in a field, he was captivated by the delightful music of the grasshopper. ‘What is it that you eat that allows you to give off a sound like that?’ he asked one of them. ‘Dew,’ answered the grasshopper, joking. ‘That’s what I need,’ thought the donkey. So he went on eating grass...

The Dog with The Little Bell There was once a dog which had the bad habit of biting anyone who came within its reach. For this reason, its master hung a little bell on the liar around its neck, so that everybody would be warned of the dog’s approach and could take care not to get too close to its somewhat fearsome teeth and extremely powerful jaws. The dog was very...