The Poor Man’s Wealth Ramchand and Premchand were neighbours. Ramchand was a poor farmer. Premchand was a landlord. Ramchand used to be very relaxed and happy. He never bothered to close the doors and windows of his house at night. He had deep sound sleeps. Although he had no money he was peaceful. Premchand used to be very tense always. He was very keen to close the doors and windows of...

The Poor Farmer There was a small village wherein several rich farmers were settled and only one poor man who was therefore called THE POOR FARMER. He had not even a goat, nor the money to buy any though he and his wife would have been extremely happy to have one. One day he said to her, “A good thought has just struck me. The carver can make us a lamb...

The Peacock and The Crane There was a peacock who often boasted about his beauty. Everyday he walked to the banks of a large lake and looked his own reflections and said “Oh! What a beautiful bird I am! Look at my colourful tail”. Once the peacock saw a crane on the banks of the lake. He said with a sneer to the crane, “What a colourless bird you are! You...

The Old Woman on the Moon Mona was a young girl who lived in Mumbai. One night she saw the lull moon rise, climbing slowly across the sky. The moonlight was flooding her father’s corn fields. It was so very beautiful that she praised God for all the wonderful things around her. For her the moon seemed to be at a far distance. She looked at the moon and felt that...

The Old Witch There was once a little girl who was very obstinate and disobedient. How could such a girl be happy? One day she said to her parents, “I have heard so much of the old witch that I will go and see her. People say that she is a wonderful old woman and has many marvelous things in her house and I am very curious to see them.” Her...

The Mother Frost There was once a widow who had two daughters one of whom was beautiful and industrious and the other ugly and lazy. She behaved most kindly, however, to the ugly one cruelly to the other because she was her stepdaughter and made her do all the hard work and live like a kitchen maid. The poor maiden was forced out daily on her highroad and had to sit...

The Mongoose and The Child Once, there lived a farmer and his wife. They had a little son. The farmer had a pet mongoose. The little boy and the mongoose were fond of each other. They were good playmates. One day the farmer was busy at his fields. The farmer’s wife had left to the market. The little boy was fast asleep in a cradle. The mongoose was lying down near...

The Milk-Maid’s Dream Radha was a milkmaid. She was carrying a pot of milk. She had to deliver milk to her customers in a nearby village. As she was walking she kept on dreaming. She said to herself, “With the money I get from selling this milk, I will buy some eggs. The eggs will hatch into fine chicken. The chicken will grow into hens. I will sell the hens and...