Habits Die Very Hard This is really surprising but it’s a fact that all ants were human-beings to begin with. They lived by tilling soil and raising crops just as farmers do even today. Dissatisfied with what they used to get through their labour, these farmers always had their eyes on the crops of their neighbours. Not only this, they even used to steal their crops whenever they got a chance...

A Bought Comfort isn’t a Blessing One winter day, a wild ass was wandering about aimlessly. Suddenly he came to the edge of the forest where he saw a donkey lying in the warm sun at full length. Quite care-free as the donkey looked, the ass envied him a lot. The wild ass went to the donkey and said, “How lucky you are! Your sleek skin shows how well you live.”...

Unfaithfulness Never Pays Once upon a time, some dogs were guarding a flock of sheep when a wolf came there. The dogs became alert and started barking at him. The wolf could not dare to move ahead. But he was very shrewd. He went to the dogs and said, “We belong to the same family. So, we are very much alike. We only differ on one ground, that we wolves are...

Crave More; Lose What You Have Once a lion was roaming in the jungle in search of a prey. Luckily, he saw a rabbit sleeping fast under a tree. He was delighted to get a meal with no efforts at all. The lion was about to spring at the sleeping rabbit when he caught sight of a deer passing by. He thought of going for a bigger prey, as it would...

A Willful Person Ever Suffers Once upon a time a man was going with his donkey down a hill-road. He was following the donkey with a stick in his hand. The donkey jogged down carefully over some distance. But then suddenly it left the track and strayed aside. Its owner tried his best to drive it back to the track but the willful beast didn’t obey. As a result, it reached...

Foolish Friend – Worse Than a Foe Once upon a time, a deer fell ill. So, he came to a grassy patch of land and lay down there. In a day or two, he became so weak that he couldn’t even move his body. Within no time, the news of his illness spread all over and many of his friends came to enquire after his health. Evidently, they were all grass...

Never Heed Your Enemy’s Advice Once a wolf saw a lamb at a distance and decided to eat it up. So, he moved light-footedly towards it. But as the wolf moved, the poor animal saw him and ran for its life. The wolf chased it but couldn’t catch it. The lamb entered a temple and felt quite safe there. The wolf felt very disappointed and called out to the lamb. Putting...

Learn to Be Guided By Your Own Self Once upon a time there was a middle-aged man who was very romantic by nature. He loved being in the company of beautiful women. But his hairs were turning gray. He had two beloveds- one of his own age while the other quite young. He tried to look as attractive as he could but his beloveds were skies apart in their behaviour. The...