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...

Selfish Friendship Once a cat was caught in a hunter’s net. A mouse used to live in a nearby hole. The mouse seeing the cat in the net started playing around the cat. Soon a mongoose came there. He wanted to kill the mouse. As he lifted his head, he saw an owl sitting on a tree trying to catch him. The mongoose went very near the cat’s net to save...

Satan in Disguise There lived an old tiger in a forest. He could not hunt animals as he used to do when he was young. It was becoming difficult to get prey. The tiger thought, “I have lost my strength and speed of my youth. Unless I find some trick, I will starve to death”. After long thoughts, the tiger struck upon a plan. He began to keep on saying “I...