Fruits of Labour Once, a very lazy boy named Ramu lived in a small village. He spent all his time loitering around and was always busy in daydreaming. He avoided doing any work. One day Ramu found a bag full of money. He was delighted. He knew that one had to work to earn money. But he felt lucky for getting money without any effort at all. Ramu went and bought...

Friend of The Rabbit One day, a rabbit was taking a stroll in the evening. He was busy enjoying the light breeze and the bounty of nature. Suddenly he spotted a fox approaching him. The rabbit got scared and thought of running away. But the fox came up to him and said, “Relax friend, don’t be afraid of me. I want to be your friend. I will not harm you.” The...

Faults of The People According to a Greek legend, when men were created, the great god Zeus gave each one a gift of two bags. One bag was full of man’s own faults, the other full of every body else’s faults. But when the moment came for Zeus to give man his two bags, each one hanging at the opposite end of a carrying pole, by mistake he put the bag...

Father Christmas and His Workshop At his workshop at the North Pole, Father Christmas works all year round to make the toys that children all over the world receive at Christmas. It is an important task and it requires not only imagination, but also skill and organisation. Fortunately, the gnomes of the North give him a hand. They are the most trustworthy of all gnomes, even if they do have some...

Cup named Madonna     A long long time ago, a heavy wagon was stucked in the mud and the wagon driver was unable to free it. Just then, by sheer chance, the Madonna passed by. ‘I am thirsty,’ she said. ‘Give me a drink and I will set your wagon free.’ ‘Willingly,’ said the man, offering her the bottle, ‘but I don’t have a cup.’ ‘I can provide the cup,’...

Bondo The Wolf and The Stray Dog Poor old Bondo, the wolf, was always getting into trouble. But when he met a stray dog, chased away from home and reduced to skin and bones from hunger, Bondo yelped with joy. ‘Now I’m going to make a meal of you,’ he said. ‘Skinny as I am?’ answered the dog, ‘You’d be better off fattening me up a bit, first.’ Bondo the wolf...

Aldebaran and The Celestial Camels Aldebaran, the most luminous star in the constellation of Taurus, fell in love with Electra, the most beautiful star of the Pleiades and he went to ask for her hand in marriage. He had gifts of a herd of camels, but on the way he was attacked by another aspirant for her hand, Alcyon. The fight between them is not yet over. Even now, on calm...

Two Friends and The Bear Vijay and Raju were friends. On a holiday they went into a forest. They were enjoying the beauty of nature. Suddenly they saw a bear coming at them. They were frightened. Raju who knew climbing trees ran up to a tree and climbed up quickly. He did not think of Vijay. Vijay did not know tree climbing. Vijay thought for a second. He had heard animals...