Keep Trying Until You Succeed A group of frogs was playing when two of them fell into a deep pit. When other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The two frogs ignored their comments and tried hard to jump out of the pit but all in vain. Finally, one of the frogs gave up but the other continued...

The Thirsty Crow It was a dry summer’s day. A crow was very thirsty. He flew here and there in search of water but couldn’t find it anywhere. At last, he reached a garden and spotted a pitcher lying there. It perched on it and saw that it had a little water in it. Feeling gay, he tried to drink water but his beak didn’t reach it. But the crow didn’t...

A Lion and a Mouse It was a hot summer day. Sun was shining bright up in the sky. A lion was sitting under the shade of a big tree and in some time got asleep. Nearby that tree, there was a hole, in which there lived a mouse. When the lion was sleeping, the mouse came out of its hole and saw him asleep. Unaware of the lion’s strength, it...

Look Ahead Before You Move Once there lived an astronomer in a town. As we know that astronomers are sky-watchers, he used to go out at night in the open and watch the stars. One night, he was gazing at the sky closely and the same time moving ahead. He got so much involved in sky-watching that he stumbled against the edge of a dry well and fell into it. He...

Stay Away From Distant Dangers Once upon a time there was an archer. He was a dead shot and could shoot targets at a distance too. One day he went to a forest to sport with his bow and arrow. Seeing him, all the animals fled away to save their lives. He felt very happy to see this. But lion didn’t run away and challenged him with a loud roar. So,...

Ungrateful Surely Suffers Once a deer was grazing in a forest. A hunter saw him from a distance and rushed towards him. Luckily, the deer saw him well in time and ran to save his life. The hunter gave him a hot chase but in no time, the deer gained a large distance. The hunter was still after him. So, the deer hid himself under cover of a thick vine that...

A Coward Can’t Teach Courage Once there lived a hind in a forest. She had a son who had grown very young and strong. She was very happy to see his stout body and branched strong horns and thought, “stags have powerful horns, why should they be afraid of hounds, wolves then? It’s sheer cowardice. I would never like my son to do it at all.” After some time, the hind’s...

Take As Much As You can Hold Once a boy found a jar lying by the way-side. It had a narrow-neck and was full of peanuts. Seeing the peanuts the boy’s mouth started watering. So, he put his hand into the jar and held as many peanuts as his hand could grasp. But when he pulled it out, he couldn’t do so. So, he felt disappointed and started crying. A man...