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...

A Clever Wolf and A Goat Once a fox who was very clever fell into a well. The well was hidden in the tall grass. He could not see it while roaming about in the forest. He found it difficult to come out of the well. He waited for somebody to come and help him to come out of the well. In the meantime, a herd of goats came there to...

The Monkey and The Crocodile Once upon a time, a monkey lived in an apple tree. He made friends with a crocodile living in a river nearby. Both of them spent much of their time together. The monkey gave his friend apples to eat. The crocodile enjoyed eating the apples. One day, the crocodile took some apples to his wife. She, too, liked them. She wondered how sweet the heart of...

The Crow and The Fox Once a crow stole a piece of cheese from a shop and flew to a tree in a garden. He had just started enjoying the cheese when a fox who was hungry came there. He saw the cheese in the beak of the crow. His mouth watered to eat it. The crow was at ease with his own world. The fox thought of a plan to...

Napoleon and The English Sailor Once Napoleon, the famous Emperor of France, was waiting to take his army to England. His fleet was ready to sail. A French ship took a young British seaman as a prisoner. He was a poor sailor, a man of no importance. So he was allowed to wander about on the sea-shore. He felt homesick in a foreign land. He missed his motherland. He wished to...

The Fox and The Grapes Once a fox was wandering in a forest in search of food. He was feeling very hungry. He thought to get some food but in vain. He at least reached a garden. He searched for food here also. At some distance, he saw a vine on a wall and bunches of grapes bung on the vine. The mouth of the fox watered to see the sweet...