The Valiant Tailor Once upon a time there lived a princess who was excessively proud. She proposed a puzzle to everyone who came to her palace. If a person did not solve it, then the person was sent away scornfully. This behavior of the princess was talked about everywhere and it was said that whoever was lucky enough to solve the riddle would marry the princess. One day three tailors came...

The Two Pots It was a cyclonic season. There was flood everywhere. Many houses drowned in the flood. There was a copper pot and an earthen pot in a house. Both these were washed away in the flood to a river. The copper pot called the earthen pot and said, “My friend, you are made of mud. You are so weak. Please, come near me. I’ll save you”. The earthen pot...

The Two Frogs Two frogs were paying on a rainy day. Slowly, they hopped and hopped and came into a house. There was a churn of milk. Both the frogs fell into the churn. Both the frogs tried for some time, but in vain. One of the frogs lost hope and said, “I can’t swim any more” and he drowned to the bottom. The other did not lose hope. He kept...

The Truthful Woodcutter One day a wood cutter’s axe accidentally fell into a river. The poor wood cutter made a good search in the water. But his efforts were in vain. Finally he burst into tears. Hearing his sobs, an Angel appeared before him. The Angel dived into the river and came up carrying a golden axe. The wood cutter did not accept it. He stated that his axe was made...

The Tricky Fox A greedy fox stealthily entered a garden to eat the grapes. But its tail was cut down by a trap when it tried to escape from the trap. It worried because all other foxes would mock at its lost tall. Hence it planned a trick. When all foxes ridiculed it and said, “I have cut down the tail myself because it is a great hindrance. Now I am...

The Story of The Desert   When God first created the world, there was no desert. The whole world was filled with fertile lands full of beautiful gardens. God created man in order to maintain the world. He said to man, “Every time you commit a sin, there will be a peck of sand falling on the ground”. Man thought, “What harm will a peck of sand do? Let me live...

The Son of The Lioness Once upon a time there was a tremendous fuss and quarrel among all the animals. They were arguing hotly about who had the finest children! Everyone of them from the frogs and the caterpillars to the rabbits and the rats declared that no families had ever been born like their families and that it was a great pity their children and grandchildren and great grandchildren were...

The Six Swans A king was once hunting in a large wood. He pursued his game so hotly that none of his courtiers could follow him. But when evening approached he stopped and looking around him perceived that he had lost himself. He sought a path out of the forest, but could not find one and presently he saw an old woman with a nodding head who came up to him....