The Monkey and The Crocodile Once upon a time, a clever monkey lived in a tree that bore juicy, red rose apples. He was very happy. One fine day, a crocodile swam up to that tree and told the monkey that he had traveled a long distance and was in search of food as he was very hungry. The kind monkey offered him a few rose apples. The crocodile enjoyed them...

The Man and The Little Cat One day, an old man was having a stroll in the forest when he suddenly saw a little cat stuck in a hole. The poor animal was struggling to get out. So, he gave him his hand to get him out. But the cat scratched his hand with fear. The man pulled his hand screaming with pain. But he did not stop; he tried to...

Smartest Man in the World A doctor, a lawyer, a little boy and a priest were out for a Sunday afternoon flight on a small private plane. Suddenly, the plane developed engine trouble. In spite of the best efforts of the pilot, the plane started to go down. Finally, the pilot grabbed a parachute and yelled to the passengers that they better jump, and he himself bailed out.  Unfortunately, there were...

Glass of milk One day, a poor boy selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry.  He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water.  She thought he...

The Trooper and his Horse Once, a Trooper lived in a country. He worked in the King’s army and was very famous for his bravery all over the kingdom.  The Trooper had a beautiful Horse, which was one of the best in the country. The Trooper loved his Horse le a lot. One day, when all the soldiers were dressing their horses, the Trooper noticed that a nail on one of...

Other side of the world A Father was reading a magazine and his little daughter every now and then distracted him. To keep her busy, he tore one page on which was printed the map of the world. He tore it into pieces and asked her to go to her room and put them together to make the map again.  He was sure she would take the whole day to get...

Think Before You Judge A doctor entered the hospital in hurry after being called in for an urgent surgery. He answered the call asap, changed his clothes and went directly to the surgery block. He found the boy’s father pacing in the hall waiting for the doctor. On seeing him, the father yelled, “Why did you take all this time to come? Don’t you know that my son’s life is in...

Education and its appliance A scientist and an ordinary man went on a camping trip, set up their tent and fell asleep.  Some hours later, the ordinary man woke up his friend:”look up at the sky and tell me what you see?” The scientist replies:”I see millions of stars” the ordinary man asks “what does that tell you?”  The PhD guy ponders for a minute: “astronomically speaking, it tells me that...