The Silly Wolf and The Billy Goat An old wolf was no longer as strong or as cunning as it used to be and the other wolves thought it was just plain silly sometimes. One of these times it was chasing a billy goat which jumped up on a high rock to save her. ‘Why do you waste time chasing me?’ the goat asked the silly wolf. ‘If you want to...

The Sick Wolf and The Sheep There was once a starving wolf in a sorry state. He had been obliged to flee from a pack of dogs and for many days he had found nothing to eat. He spied a little white sheep and thought ‘At last! Here is a meal for me!’ ‘Little white sheep,’ he said to her, ‘could you please get me a drop of water from the...

The Sick Camel A camel who lived all alone on the edge of an oasis fell ill and all his relatives and friends visited him there. Since the journey was a long one, they each stayed for a while to rest up and ate the grass that was growing around the oasis. The camel was pleased to be visited, but when he felt better and roused himself to go and look...

The Shop of Grocer Charles could not keep count of the times he would stop and look in the window of the grocer’s shop. That attractive sight looked even more enchanting now that it was Christmas time. What delicious foods were there on the great wooden table! An enormous turkey took pride of place in the middle and it was circled by roast geese, hams and strings of sausages. Over the...

The Rose and The Amaranth Amaranth, which was growing beside a Rose, said none day, ‘How beautiful you are, Rose! You are the delight of the gods and of men. I rejoice with you for your shapeliness and your perfume!’ ‘Oh, Amaranth,’ the Rose replied, ‘I live only for a few days and even if no-one picks me, I still wither and die. You, on the other hand, are always in...

The Princess and The Peas One day a young beautiful girl arrived at the palace, claiming she was a princess. The queen had made ready a room for her. And to put her to the test, she placed two peas under the bed and over it she put twenty mattresses and twenty featherdown covers. In the morning, when the young girl woke up, she was aching all over and covered with...

The Poor Devotee Once a very poor man lived in a village. He worked very hard the whole day. But the wages of his labour could barely feed his family once a day. His house was nothing but an old hut with a leaky roof. But all through such misery, the poor man did not ever complain to God. He was also thankful for what he had. He went to the...