Learn to Grasp The Nettles, If You Want Berries Once, a boy was playing near some hedges laden with berries that appeared ripe and juicy. His mouth watered and he licked his chops. Immediately, he started gathering the berries. Just then he got stung sharply by a nettle. He started feeling pain and soon, a rash appeared on his hand. Leaving the collection of berries, he ran home and with tears...

Unwise Start Leads to a Sad End Once, there was a mouse that had his hole near a pool in a thick forest. A frog often came out for basking in the sun. Within no time, they became buddies. But the friendship of a frog and mouse is highly undesirable because the frog’s home is in water and the mouse on land. One day the frog said to the mouse, “let’s...

Keep Your Eyes Open Once upon a time there was a lion that grew so old that he was unable to kill any prey for his food. So, he said to himself, “I must do something to stay my stomach else I will die of starvation.” He kept thinking and thinking and at last an idea clicked him. He decided to lie down in the cave pretending to be ill and...

High Rank Needs a High Sense   One day, all the animals of a forest gathered to choose their king. The monkey danced such gay abandon there that everyone felt delighted. So, his name was proposed for kingship. Everyone voted in his favour and he became the king. But the fox couldn?t tolerate the monkey rising to a high position. He felt envy of him and decided to humiliate him. One...

Hard Work-Key to a Gold Mine Once upon a time there was a very hard-working farmer. He had developed a grapery that used to give a rich crop of grapes every year. He had three sons but none of them bothered to help their father in his work. They were very easy-going kind of people. So, the farmer was very worried about their future. One day, the farmer fell ill as...

No Use Repenting When It’s Too Late Once a farmer procured honey from a honey-comb after smoking away all the bees of the comb. He put the honey in a pot and left for his house. Unluckily, he stumbled against a stone on the way. As a result, the pot of honey fell down and broke. All the honey spilt on the ground. Being a sticky fluid, honey doesn’t leave the...

Beware of Shrewd Neighbours Once upon a time, it rained heavily for several days resulting to floods. Many houses collapsed and household articles got carried away with the flood-water. As a matter of chance, two pitchers were also carried away by the flowing tide. One of them was made of grass while the other of baked clay. The brass pitcher was so strong, that, it could be tossed against anything. But...

Wickedness Ruins Once a wolf was roaming around in a forest in search of a prey. He came near a village that was located at the edge of the forest. There he saw a flock of sheep grazing in a pasture. While he was planning to kill a sheep, he found a sheep-skin lying by the foot-path. Seeing the sheep-skin, a wicked idea clicked him. He thought of wearing it and...