A Shepherded Boy and The Wolf Once a shepherded boy took his sheep to graze in the fields. His sheep were grazing pleasantly. The farmers were working in the fields. The boy thought of playing mischief with the farmers. He wanted to trouble them. He without giving a second thought began to cry, “Wolf! Wolf.” The farmers hearing this cry ran to save the boy. When they reached there, they found...

The Dog and The Ass A washerman kept a dog and an ass. Both of them helped him to carry on his work. The dog guarded his house at night, whereas the ass carried heavy bundles of dirty clothes to the river. Once at midnight the washerman and his wife were fast asleep, a thief entered the courtyard where the ass and the dog lay awake. Both of them saw the...

An Unfaithful Friend Once two friends went for a walk, slowly they entered a forest. After walking for a distance they saw a bear coming towards them. One of the friends climbed a tree and the other found no way out. He lay down on the ground with his face down. He stopped breathing. The bear came to him and the man was dead. When the bear had gone from there,...

The Crows and the Black Snake Once a crow and his wife had a nest in a banyan tree. They had lived there for a long time. One day a black snake came there and started living in a hole under the tree. To live with a snake as a neighbor was dangerous. Once the mother crow laid eggs. Sometimes later the baby crows were hatched. Both the father-crow and the...

Union Is Strength Ram Lal had seven sons. All of them were lazy and quarrelsome. Ram Lal was very anxious and worried about them. Once Ram Lal fell ill and got worried about his sons. He called his servant and asked him to bring a bundle of sticks. Then he called his sons. He gave them the bundle of sticks and asked them to break it. All of them tried to...

A Rich Man’s Feast Once a rich man held a grand feast to celebrate his daughter’s marriage. Many dishes were prepared. But no fish could be available. By chance, a fisherman brought a large fish. But the greedy gatekeeper would not let him go in. The gatekeeper allowed him to go in after he had promised to pay him half of his profit. The rich man was highly pleased to see...