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The Clever Monkey: Moral: Remain Calm and Use Presence of Mind To Get Out of Adverse

The document contains summaries of several folktales with morals. It summarizes The Clever Monkey as a story about a clever monkey that tricks a foolish crocodile who wants to eat its heart by jumping off its back when they reach the river bank. It also briefly summarizes stories about a fox that gives up trying to reach grapes, mice that struggle to think of how to bell a cat, two cats fighting over cake tricked by a monkey, friends that work together to save a trapped deer, two overconfident fish that don't heed a frog's warning about fishermen, a cunning crab that tricks fish, and a lion that kills a camel after being manipulated by its hungry assistants.

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The Clever Monkey: Moral: Remain Calm and Use Presence of Mind To Get Out of Adverse

The document contains summaries of several folktales with morals. It summarizes The Clever Monkey as a story about a clever monkey that tricks a foolish crocodile who wants to eat its heart by jumping off its back when they reach the river bank. It also briefly summarizes stories about a fox that gives up trying to reach grapes, mice that struggle to think of how to bell a cat, two cats fighting over cake tricked by a monkey, friends that work together to save a trapped deer, two overconfident fish that don't heed a frog's warning about fishermen, a cunning crab that tricks fish, and a lion that kills a camel after being manipulated by its hungry assistants.

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The Clever Monkey

Once upon a time, a clever monkey lived on an apple tree. It was friends
with a foolish crocodile that lived in the river. The mokey shared the fruits
of the tree with the crocodile everyday. The crocodile’s wife learns about
this friendship and asks the crocodile to bring the monkey’s heart, which
could be sweeter than the fruits of the tree. The couple invite the monkey
for dinner and plan to eat his heart. The crocodile offers to take the monkey
on its back, so that it can cross the river to reach home.

On their way, the foolish crocodile mentions his wife’s desire to taste the
monkey’s heart. The monkey is quick to understand its friend’s intentions
and tricks it by saying: “Oh, but I forgot my heart at home. Take me back
so we can get it.” As soon as they reach the river bank, the monkey jumps
off the crocodile’s back, and vows never to trust it again.

Moral: Remain calm and use presence of mind to get out of adverse


situations.
The Fox And The Grapes

On a hot summer day, a fox comes upon an orchard and sees a bunch of
ripened grapes. It thinks: “Just what I need to quench my thirst.” It moves
back a few paces, runs, and jumps but falls short of reaching the grapes. It
tries in different ways to reach the bunch of grapes, but in vain. It finally
gives up, and says to himself “I am sure they are sour anyway.”

Moral: It is easy to despise what you cannot get your hands on.
Who Will Bell The Cat?

A horde of mice gathered one night to discuss the problems created by


their common enemy, the cat. A lot of ideas were shared, but none seemed
good enough to beat the cat. Then a young mouse suggested that they
should tie a bell around the cat’s neck to know when it is approaching and
escape the sly cat’s attacks. To this, an old, wise mouse asked, “That’s
fine. But who will bell the cat?”

Moral: It is easy to propose impossible remedies.


Two Cats And A Monkey

After a feast, two cats see a piece of cake and start fighting for it. A
monkey sees this as an opportunity for gain and offers to help them. The
monkey divides the cake into two parts but shakes its head saying they are
unequal. He takes a bite of one piece and then the other, but still finds them
unequal. He continues doing so until there is no more cake left, leaving the
poor little cats disappointed.

Moral: When you quarrel amongst yourselves, someone else gains from it.
Four Friends And A Hunter

A deer, a turtle, a crow and a rat were friends. They lived happily in a
jungle. One day, the deer was caught in a hunter’s trap and the friends
made a plan to save him. The deer struggled as if it was in pain and then it
lie motionless, with eyes wide open, as if it were dead. The crow and the
other birds then sat on the deer and started poking it as they do to a dead
animal.

Right then, the turtle crossed the hunter’s path to distract him. The hunter
left the deer, assuming it dead, and went after the turtle. Meanwhile, the rat
chew open the net to free the deer while the crow picked up the turtle and
quickly took it away from the hunter.

Moral: Teamwork can achieve great results.


The Tale Of Two Fishes And A Frog

In a lake, there lived many fishes and frogs. Two fishes, Sahasrabuddhi and
Satabuddhi, were friends with a frog called Ekabuddhi. They spent a lot of
time together. One day, they overheard two fishermen talking about how
the lake was a good spot for fishing. The fishermen decide to come back
the next day for catching fish. Hearing this the frog decided to go away
from the lake to save its life.

The fishes, however, were arrogant and refused to leave, saying that they
can fool the fishermen with their swift movements and tricks. The frog left
with its family and the next day, both Sahasrabuddhi and Satabuddhi were
caught by the fishermen.

Moral: Don’t be overconfident in the face of danger, think of safety first.


The Crane And The Crab

An old and cunning crab had difficulty in catching fish. To avoid


starvation, it came up with a plan to get food easily. It sat on the banks of
the river with a sad face one day. On being asked, the crane said that he
foresaw that there would be a famine, and all the animals in the pond
would die soon. The naive fish believed the crane and sought its help. The
crane happily agreed to carry the fish in its mouth and leave them in
another lake near the mountains,

That way, the crane filled its stomach. One day it decided to eat a crab and
carried it on its back. The crab saw a lot of fish skeletons on a barren land
nearby and asked the crane about it. The crane confessed proudly that it ate
all the fish and now it would eat the crab. The crab acted quickly on
hearing this and used its claws to kill the crane and save its life.

Moral: Do not believe hearsay; check the authenticity of the information


before acting.
The Lion And The Camel

In a dense jungle, a lion lived with its three assistants – a jackal, a crow
and a leopard. Due to their proximity to the king of the jungle, the
assistants never had to look for food. One day, they were surprised to see a
camel, which usually lived in the desert, wandering in the forest. On
inquiry, they learnt that the camel lost its way. The lion gave it shelter and
protected it.

One day, the mighty lion was injured in a battle with the elephants. Unable
to hunt, the lion and the assistants were left hungry. The three assistants
suggested that they should eat the camel, but the lion refused to kill it. The
assistants hatched a plan to make the camel offer itself as food to its
protector. The crow, the leopard and the jackal each offered itself as food
to the lion, which it refused. Seeing this, the camel also did the same and
was instantly killed by the lion.

Moral: It is unwise to trust cunning people who surround powerful or


wealthy ones for their own benefit.

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