The Crow and The Eagle There lived a crow on a tree top. Every day he used to watch with utter wonder the acts of an eagle. The eagle had a nest high up on a mountain. He used to swoop down from there to get hold of a lamb and fly up again and all in one go. The crow was amazed by the feat of the eagle. One day...

The Crooked Tree It was a dense forest. All trees were straight and tall. Their trunks were broad and shapely. But, there was one tree which was having a crooked and shapeless trunk. The crooked trunk tree was sad. He thought “How ugly I am! All others are straight and shapely. I alone have crooked trunk.” One day a wood-cutter came there. He looked around and said “I will cut all...

The Cockerel In a pretty little house, there once lived a neat old widow who wore the cleanest caps and the finest kerchief you ever saw in your life. She was very fond of washing and scrubbing and baking and sewing! Everybody who knew her used to say that she was the most hard-working lady they had ever seen and an example to the whole village. This good woman had two...

The Cat and The Fox A cat and a fox were once discussing about hounds. The cat said, “I hate hounds. They are very nasty animals. They hunt and kill us”. The fox said, “I hate hounds more than you”. . The cat asked, “How do you save yourself from hounds?” The fox replied, “There are many tricks to get away from hounds”. The cat asked “Can you say what your...

The Cap-Seller and The Monkeys Once, there was a cap-seller in a town. On one fine day, he was selling caps. “Caps, caps, caps….Five rupees caps, ten rupees caps….” After he made few sales of caps, he became very tired. He decided to sit under a big tree to take rest for a while. Soon, he slept off. There were many monkeys on the big tree. They saw the cap-seller was...

The Camel and The Jackal A camel and a jackal were friends. One day the jackal took his friend to a big sugar-cane farm. It was on the opposite side of a river. After a sumptuous meal the jackal began to howl loudly. The frightened camel pleaded with the jackal not to do so. The jackal said, “Friend, I have this habit after every meal. I cannot help it.” Soon the...

Silly Little Mariam There lived a little girl Mariam who was very silly and lazy. Often she used to wander hither and thither with no purpose. Once, as she went wandering she felt very thirsty. She went to a pond nearby and quenched her thirst. She felt very tired and drowsy. She slept right there on the banks of the pond. When she woke up it was night already. She peeped...

Sheba and The Monkey Sheba, the queen of jungle, was very fond of babies. Once, she announced, “I order all animals to come to my palace with their babies. The animal who has the most beautiful baby will be awarded a prize”. All animals came to Sheba’s palace with their babies. Sheba started inspecting the babies one by one. She came to a monkey and said “What an ugly baby! You...