An Old Man in the Village

An old man lived in the village. He was one of the most unfortunate people in the world. The whole
village was tired of him; he was always gloomy, he constantly complained and was always in a bad
mood.

The longer he lived, the more bile he was becoming and the more poisonous were his words. People
avoided him because his misfortune became contagious. It was even unnatural and insulting to be
happy next to him.

He created the feeling of unhappiness in others.

But one day, when he turned eighty years old, an incredible thing happened. Instantly everyone
started hearing the rumour that the Old Man had become happy, he doesn’t complain about
anything anymore, always smiles, and even his face is freshened up.

The whole village gathered together. The villagers asked the old man about what happened.

He answers, “Nothing special. Eighty years I’ve been chasing happiness, and it was useless. And then
I decided to live without happiness and just enjoy life. That’s why I’m happy now.”
The Wise Man

People have been coming to the wise man, complaining about the same problems every time. One
day he told them a joke and everyone roared in laughter.

After a couple of minutes, he told them the same joke and only a few of them smiled.

When he told the same joke for the third time no one laughed anymore.

The wise man smiled and said, “You can’t laugh at the same joke over and over. So why are you
always crying about the same problem?”
Two Best Friends

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey,
they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.

The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand; Today my best
friend slapped me in the face.

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had
been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he
recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone; Today my best friend saved my life.

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him; “After I hurt you, you wrote in the
sand and now, you write on a stone, why?”

The other friend replied; “When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of
forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it
in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”
The Greedy Lion

It was an incredibly hot day, and a lion was feeling very hungry.

He came out of his den and searched here and there. He could find only a small hare. He caught the
hare with some hesitation. “This hare can’t fill my stomach,” thought the lion.

As the lion was about to kill the hare, a deer ran that way. The lion became greedy. He thought that
it is better to eat the big deer rather than the small hare.

He let the hare go and went behind the deer. But the deer had vanished into the forest. The lion
now felt sorry for letting the hare off.
The Hare and The Tortoise

One day, there was the Hare which was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. “I have
never been beaten,” he said arrogantly, “if i run with my full speed. I challenge everyone here to
against me in a racing.”

The Tortoise replied quietly, “I will accept your challenge.”

“is that a joke?” said the Hare again; “I could dance round you all the way from the start to the finish
spot.”

“Keep your boasting till you win,” the Tortoise answered. “Shall we start?”

So a course was agreed and a starting point was made. At once The Hare darted almost out of sight,
but soon he stopped and to show his contempt for the Tortoise, he lay down to have a nap soundly.
The Tortoise plodded on and plodded on as the time going, and when the Hare awoke from his nap,
he was shocked to see the Tortoise just near the winning-post and could not run up in time to save
the race.

Then the Tortoise said: “Slow but steady process will win the race.”
A Wise Old Owl

There was an old owl that lived in an oak tree. Every day, he saw incidents happening around him.
Yesterday, he saw a boy helping an old man to carry a heavy basket. Today he saw a girl shouting at
her mother. The more he saw, the less he spoke.

As he spoke less, he heard more. He heard people talking and telling stories. He heard a woman
saying that an elephant jumped over a fence. He also heard a man saying that he had never made a
mistake.

The old owl had seen and heard about what happened to people. Some became better and some
became worse. But the old owl had become wiser each and every day.
The Inexperienced Mouse

Once, a little mouse asked his mother, “Mother, let me go out to see the world”.

The mother mouse said, “Okay child. But, be careful”.

The mouse came out of his hole and started walking. He saw a colourful cock. As he had never seen
a cock before, he got frightened by the sharp beak, colourful feathers and the red crown of the cock,
He ran away thinking, “What a terrifying creature.”

After some time he came across a cat. “What a cute animal!” he thought, “So handsome fur! And
striking eyes!”

When he returned home he explained his day’s visit to his mother. The mother said, “The cock is
actually harmless. But the cute-looking cat is the real enemy”.
The Crooked Tree

It was a dense forest. All trees were straight and tall.

Their trunks were broad and shapely. But, there was one tree which was having a crooked and
shapeless trunk.

The crooked trunk tree was sad. He thought “How ugly I am! All others are straight and shapely. I
alone have crooked trunk.”

One day a wood-cutter came there. He looked around and said “I will cut all trees here, except that
crooked tree. That is of no use to me”.

He cut away all other trees.

Now, the crooked tree was happy for its crookedness.

The Boy Who Cry Wolf

There was a village on the outskirts of a forest. A shepherd boy used to take his herd of sheep across
the fields to the lawns near the forest.

One day he felt very boring. He wanted to have fun. So he cried aloud “Wolf, Wolf. The wolf is
carrying away a lamb”. Farmers working in the fields came running and asked, “Where is the wolf?”.
The boy laughed and replied “It was just a fun. Now get going all of you”.

The boy played the trick for quite a number of times in the next few days.

After some days as the boy, perched on a tree, as singing a song, there came a wolf. The boy cried
loudly “Wolf, Wolf, The wolf is carrying a lamb away.” There was no one to come. The boy shouted
“Help! Wolf! Help!” Still, no one came to his help. The villagers thought that the boy was playing
mischief again
The Goose with the Golden Eggs

Once upon a time, a man and his wife had the good fortune to have a goose which laid a golden egg
every day. Lucky though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough.

They imagined that if the bird must be able to lay golden eggs, its insides must be made of gold. And
they thought that if they could get all that precious metal at once, they would get mighty rich very
soon. So the man and his wife decided to kill the bird.

However, upon cutting the goose open, they were shocked to find that its innards were like that of
any other goose!
The Ant and the Dove

One hot day, an ant was searching for some water. After walking around for some time, she came to
a spring. To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her way up, she
slipped and fell into the water.

She could have drowned if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the ant was in
trouble, the dove quickly plucked off a leaf and dropped it into the water near the struggling ant. The
ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it carried her safely to dry ground. Just at
that time, a hunter nearby was throwing out his net towards the dove, hoping to trap it.

Guessing what he was about to do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the pain, the hunter
dropped his net. The dove was quick to fly away to safety.
The Ant and the Grasshopper

In a field one summer’s day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart’s
content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great effort an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.

“Why not come and chat with me,” said the Grasshopper, “instead of toiling and moiling away?” “I
am helping to lay up food for the winter,” said the Ant, “and recommend you to do the same.” “Why
bother about winter?” said the Grasshopper; “we have got plenty of food at present.”

But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper found
itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing, every day, corn and grain from the stores
they had collected in the summer.

Then the Grasshopper knew…

Princess-Rose-and-the-Golden-Bird

Most of us remember and cherish Cinderella as our most favorite character for decades. There are
many more fabulous and cherishing fairytales featuring beautiful characters. There are many
unforgettable and cherishing imaginary characters live forever in everyone’s heart. One such
beautiful and attractive girl is Princess Rose. Princess Rose and the Golden Bird is one of the
unforgettable fairy tales. The tale of the Princess Rose is here.

Once upon a time there lived a beautiful Princess named Rose. She had long, wavy and shiny golden
red hair! She was named perfectly as she loved and adored the roses. She had one glowing golden
bird who will visit her in the evenings.

The princess and the golden bird will sing mesmerizing song, where all people in the kingdom
peacefully sleep with sweet dreams. The bird will begin making the sounds seeing the beautiful hair
of the princess and she will join with the bird. Both of them used to sing lullaby to make people sleep
and keep singing the lullabies until sun rise.

While people lived peacefully, a wicked witch came to know about the golden bird and the hair color
of the princess rose. She cursed the princess and her hair turned ugly black!

As usual, the bird started singing seeing the black hair of the princess and she continued. While
people fell asleep, none of them had sweet dreams; rather they were terrible and fearful. Princess
heard about the nightmare dreams and was so worried!

She asked the golden bird what she should do to turn her hair red. The bird asked her to dip her hair
in rose water and she did. Surprisingly, the hair turned beautiful red with the usual glow.
Undoubtedly, everyone fell asleep hearing the lullaby and had sweet dreams. Knowing this, the
witch cursed again and now removed all rose flowers and petals from the kingdom.

The-Greedy-Mouse

A greedy mouse saw a basket full of corn. He wanted to eat it. So he made a small hole in the basket.
He squeezed in through the hole. He ate a lot of corn. He felt full. He was very happy.

Now he wanted to come out. He tried to come out through the small hole. He could not. His belly
was full. He tried again. But it was of no use.

The mouse started crying. A rabbit was passing by. It heard the mouse’s cry and asked: “Why are you
crying my friend?”

The mouse explained: “I made a small hole and came into the basket. Now I am not able to get out
through that hole.”

The rabbit said: “It is because you ate too much. Wait til your belly shrinks”. The rabbit laughed and
went away.

The mouse fell asleep in the basket. Next morning his belly had shrunk. But the mouse wanted to eat
some corn. So he ate and ate. His belly was full once again. He thought: “Oh! Now I will go out
tomorrow”.

The cat was the next passerby. He smelt the mouse in the basket. He lifted its lid. He ate the mouse.
Friends

Bunny rabbit lived in the forest. He had many friends. He was proud of his friends.

One day Bunny rabbit heard the loud barking of the wild dogs. He was very scared. He decided to ask
for help. He quickly went to his friend deer. He said: “Dear friend, some wild dogs are chasing me.
Can you chase them away with your sharp antlers?” Dear said: “That is right, I can. But now I am
busy. Why don’t you ask bear for help?”

Bunny rabbit ran to the bear. “My dear friend you are very strong, please help me. Some wild dogs
are after me. Please chase them away,” he requested the bear.

Bear replied: “I am sorry. I am hungry and tired. I need to find some food. Please ask the monkey for
help”.

Poor Bunny went to the monkey, elephant, goat and all his friends. Bunny felt sad that nobody was
ready to help him.

He understood that he has to think of a way out. He hid under a bush. He lay still the wild dogs went
their way.
TThe-Hungry-Mouse

A mouse was having a very thought time. She had no food for many days and made strenuous
efforts get her food. All her efforts went in vain. She looked everywhere to find her food. As the days
pass by, she became very thin.

One day, the mouse found a basket with corns. She also noticed a tiny hole in the basket, which was
sufficient enough to move her in. She easily moved inside the hole.

Since she had no foods for many days, she ate a large amount of corn. Without realizing her, she
continuously ate more and more corns. She realized very later that she ate a lot more than she
actually required. After eating a whole lot of corn, she became very fat!

Satisfied with corns, the fat mouse tried to come out of the basket through the small hole.
Unfortunately, the tiny hole could not accommodate the big mouse!!!!

The mouse started screaming ‘Oh god! Let me come out, how can I come out?’

A rat after hearing mouse’s screaming voice from the basket, asked her what happened!

Mouse told the story and asked rat a solution.

Rat told, ‘if you want to come out the basket, wait for sometime or even days to lose your all your
fat until you grow thin.’
Mouse started to starve now but with lots of food to come out of the trap!

Anything too much is good for nothing!

-The-Fox-and-the-Grapes

One afternoon a fox was walking through the forest and spotted a bunch of grapes hanging from
over a lofty branch. “Just the thing to quench my thirst,” quoted the fox.

Taking a few steps back, the fox jumped and just missed the hanging grapes. Again the fox took a
few paces back and tried to reach them but still failed.

Finally, giving up, the fox turned up his nose and said, “They’re probably sour anyway,” and
proceeded to walk away.
The Greedy Mouse

A greedy mouse saw a basket full of corn. He wanted to eat it. So he made a small hole in the basket.
He squeezed in through the hole. He ate a lot of corn.

He felt full. He was very happy. Now he wanted to come out. He tried to come out through the small
hole. He could not. His belly was full. He tried again.

But it was of no use.

The mouse started crying. A rabbit was passing by. It heard the mouse’s cry and asked: ”Why are you
crying my friend?” The mouse explained: “I made a small hole and came into the basket. Now I am
not able to get out through

That hole.” The rabbit said: ”It is because you ate too much. Wait til your belly shrinks”. The rabbit
laughed and went away.

Short Stories Greedy MouseThe mouse fell asleep in the basket. Next ‘ morning his belly had shrunk.
But the mouse wanted to eat some corn. So he, ate and ate.

His belly was full once again. He thought: ”Oh! Now I will go out tomorrow”. The cat was the next
passerby. He smelt the mouse in the basket. He lifted its lid. He ate the mouse.

The moral values is do not be greedy

 The Fools of Two Men
Gotham (Go’tem) was a little town in England.

Once there was a man from Gotham going to market to buy sheep. At
gotham bridge, he met a man who had iust come back from the market.
”Where are you going?” asked the man who had come back to Gotham. ”I
am going to market to buy sheep,” answered the other. ”Which way are you
going to bring your sheep home?” asked the first man again.

”Over this bridge,” answered the second man. ”You shall not go over this
bridge,” said the first man. ”You shall go that way,”

”wil ll go over this bridge,” said the second man. ”You shall not,” said the
first man again.

”But I will,” replied the other. Soon the two men began to fight. They fought
and fought until they both got quite hurt. How foolish they were! They
fought over the sheep which were not here.
The Fox and The Crow

Eventually there was a fox that saw a Crow flying off with an item of cheese in its beak as well as
clear up pleasantly on a branch of a tree.

“That’s my food, because I am a Fox,” Master Reynard stated, while he was mosting likely to the foot
of the tree.

“Good day, Girlfriend Crow,” he welcomed. “Just how gorgeous you are looking today: how shiny
your softy plumes; exactly how brilliant your eagle eye. I feel certain your voice must surpass that of
various other birds, just as your number does; allow me take pleasure in one tune from you that I
may greet you as the Queen of Birds

The Crow lifted up her head and also croaked her ideal, but the minute she opened her mouth the
item of cheese dropped to the ground, and directly got by Master Fox.

“That will certainly do,” he said. ‘That was all I actually desired. As the substitution for your cheese I
will give you an item of sensible suggestions for the future: “Do not depend on phonies.”
The Miser

A miser sold all things that he had to buy a lump made of gold, which he buried in a hole in the
ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily. One of his workmen noted his frequent
visits to the spot and determined to watch his movements.

He soon uncovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold
hidden by a miser, and stole it. On his next visit, the Miser, found nothing inside the hole and started
to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations.

A neighbor, looking at him overcome with grief and learning the cause, said, “Pray, do not grieve so;
but go and put a stone in the hole, and imagine that the gold is still lying there. It will do to you quite
the same act; for once the gold was there, you left it nothing, as you did not make the slightest use
of it.”
A Town Mouse and A Country Mouse

A Town Mouse and a Country Mouse were friends. The Country Mouse one day invited his friend to
come and see him at his home in the fields. The Town Mouse came and they sat down to a dinner of
barleycorns and roots the latter of which had a distinctly earthy flavour.

The flavour was not much to the taste of the guest and presently he broke out with “My poor dear
friend, you live here no better than the ants. Now, you should just see how I fare! My larder is a
regular horn of plenty. You must come and stay with me and I promise you shall live on the fat of the
land.”

So when he returned to town he took the Country Mouse with him and showed him into a larder
containing flour and oatmeal and figs and honey and dates.

The Country Mouse had never seen anything like it and sat down to enjoy the luxuries his friend
provided. But before they had well begun, the door of the larder opened and some one came in. The
two Mice scampered off and hid themselves in a narrow and exceedingly uncomfortable hole.
Presently, when all was quiet, they ventured out again.

But some one else came in, and off they scuttled again. This was too much for the visitor. “Good
bye,” said he, “I’m off. You live in the lap of luxury, I can see, but you are surrounded by dangers
whereas at home I can enjoy my simple dinner of roots and corn in peace.”
Elephant and Friends

One day an elephant wandered into a forest in search of friends. He saw a monkey on a tree. “Will
you be my friend?” asked the elephant. Replied the monkey, “You are too big. You can not swing
from trees like me.” Next, the elephant met a rabbit. He asked him to be his friends. But the rabbit
said, “You are too big to play in my burrow!” Then the elephant met a frog.

“Will you be my friend? He asked.

“How can I?” asked the frog.

“You are too big to leap about like me.”

The elephant was upset. He met a fox next.

“Will you be my friend?” he asked the fox.

The fox said, “Sorry, sir, you are too big.”

The next day, the elephant saw all the animals in the forest running for their lives. The elephant
asked them what the matter was. The bear replied, “There is a tiger in the forest. He’s trying to
gobble us all up!” The animals all ran away to hide. The elephant wondered what he could do to
solve everyone in the forest. Meanwhile, the tiger kept eating up whoever he could find. The
elephant walked up to the tiger and said, “Please, Mr. Tiger, do not eat up these poor animals.”

“Mind your own business!” growled the tiger.

The elephant has a no choice but to give the tiger a hefty kick. The frightened tiger ran for his life.
The elephant ambled back into the forest to announce the good news to everyone. All the animals
thanked the elephant. They said, “You are just the right size to be our friend.”
The Foolist Donkey

A salt vendor utilized to bring the salt bag on his donkey to the marketplace each day. On the way
they needed to cross a stream. One day the donkey unexpectedly toppled down the stream and also
the salt bag likewise fell under the water. The salt liquified in the water as well as thus the bag ended
up being extremely light to lug. The donkey enjoyed.

Then the donkey started to play the exact same technique each day. The salt seller pertained to
understand the technique as well as determined to educate a lesson to it. The following day he

Filled a cotton bag on the donkey. Once again it played the same technique wishing that the cotton
bag would be still come to be lighter.

However the wetted cotton became really heavy to lug and it endured much. It found out a lesson.
After that it did not play the technique and the seller enjoyed.

The Eagle and Crow There lived a crow on a tree top. Everyday he used to view with utter wonder
the acts of an eagle.

The eagle had a nest high up on a hill. He made use of to swoop below there to get hold of a lamb as
well as fly up once more and also all in one go.

The crow was surprised by the accomplishment of the eagle. Someday he was so excited that he
wanted to mimic the eagle. So up he flew as high as he could.

From there he started to swoop down. He came down as well as down. Yet alas, he might not
regulate himself. He collapsed on the ground and also damaged his beak.
Rabbit & Crocodile

Once upon a time, a Bunny wished to go across a river, however he could not swim. He had a
concept, he saw a boss of Crocodiles swimming in the river. The Bunny asked he go across of
crocodile.

”how many crocodile exist in the river?” in charge of crocodile answered, ”we are twenty below”.

”where are they?”the Bunny requested the second time. “just what is it for?” in charge crocodile
asked.

”all you are good, mild and also kind, so I wish to make a line in order. Later, I will certainly
understand exactly how kind you are,” said the Rabbit.

After that the boss of the Crocodiles called all his good friend an asked then making a line in order
from one side to the order side of the river. Fust after that, the Bunny began to count while jumping
from one crocodile to an additional: one 2 three four till twenty. Andfinally, he said thanks to all
Crocodiles because he had actually gone across the river.

In the myth we could discover massage is, prior to act, we think to do first, so that we couldfinish the
challenging problem.
Bear and Lion

One upon a time a lion and also a bear caught and killed a goat. They had a quarrel over it.

“It is mine,” claimed the bear. ”I captured it with my strong paws.”

“It is not yours. It is mine,” said the lion. ”I eliminated it with my strongjaws.”

Then they started to fight over it. They added and down capital, under and over the dropped trees,
in and out of the woodland. They bit as well as scratched with their stamina, yet no person can
conquer the other.

At last they both were weakened and might combat no longer. They lay upon the ground, panting as
well as checking out each various other.

A fox that was passing by at the time saw them with a dead goat near by. She added to them, took
the goat residence and also consumed it up.
Ant & Grasshopper

Once, in one summer season’s day there was a grasshopper that was jumping around, cheeping and
singing to its heart’s web content In an area. An ant passed by, birthing along with massive toil an
ear of corn he was saving to the nest.

” Why do not you come as well as appreciate the day with me?” claimed the grasshopper, “rather
than toiling constantly?”

” I am mosting likely to lay up food for the following winter months,” stated the ant, “and
recommend you to do the same with me.”

“Why should we care about wintertime?” said the grasshopper; “We have had a great deal of foods
currently.” Yet the ant kept walking on its way and also proceeded its toil.

When the wintertime came the insect didn’t have any kind of food and discovered itself passing
away of cravingswhile it saw the ant supplying daily, corn and grain from the stores they had actually
collected before. Then the insect acknowledged: It is best to prepare well for days of something we
need in the future
The Needle Tree

There were once two brothers who lived at the edge of a forest. The elder brother was very mean to
his younger brother. He ate up all the food and took all his brother’s good clothes. One day, the
elder brother went into the forest to find some firewood to sell in the market. As he went around,
chopping the branches of tree after tree, he came upon a magical tree.

The tree said to him, ‘Oh kind sir, please do not cut my branches. If you spare me, I will give you
golden apples’. The elder brother agreed, but was disappointed with the number of apples the tree
gave him. Greed overcame him, and he threatened to cut the entire trunk, if the tree didn’t give him
more apples. The magical tree, instead, showered upon the elder brother, hundreds upon hundreds
of tiny needles. The elder brother lay on the ground crying in pain as the sun began to lower down
the horizon.

The younger brother grew worried and went in search of his elder brother. He found him laying in
pain near the tree, with hundreds on needles on his body. He rushed to his brother and removed
each needle with painstaking love. After he finished, the elder brother apologised for treating him
badly and promised to be better. The tree saw the change in the elder brother’s heart, and gave
them all the golden apples they could ever need.
Counting Wisely

Akbar once put a question to his court that left everyone puzzled. As they all tried to figure out the
answer, Birbal walked in and asked what the matter was. They repeated the question to him.

‘How many crows are there in the city?’

Birbal immediately smiled, went up to Akbar, and announced that the answer to his questions was
twenty-one thousand, five hundred and twenty-three. When asked how he knew the answer, Birbal
replied, ‘Ask your men to count the number of crows. If there are more, then the crows’ relatives
from outside the city are visiting them. If there are fewer, then the crows are visiting their relatives
outside the city.’ Pleased with the answer, Akbar presented Birbal with a ruby and pearl chain.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf

There was once a boy whose father one day told him that he was, now, old enough to watch over
the sheep while they were grazing. Every day, he had to take the sheep over the grass fields and
watch them as they grazed to become strong with thick wool. The boy was unhappy though. He
wanted to run and play, not watch the boring sheep. So, he decided to have some fun instead. He
cried ‘Wolf! Wolf!,’ until the entire village came running with stones to chase away the wolf before it
could eat any of the sheep. Once they saw that there was no wolf, they left muttering under their
breath about how the boy was wasting their time and giving them a good fright while at it. The next
day, the boy cried once more,‘Wolf! Wolf!’ and, again, the villagers rushed there to chase the wolf
away.

As the boy laughed at the fright he had caused, the villagers left, some angrier than the others. The
third day, as the boy went up the small hill, he suddenly saw a wolf attacking his sheep. He cried as
hard as he could, ‘Wolf! Wolf! WOLF!’, but the villagers thought he was trying to fool them again and
did not come to rescue the sheep. The little boy lost three sheep that day, all because he falsely
cried wolf.
 The Golden Touch

This is the story of a very greedy rich man who chanced upon meeting
a fairy. The fairy’s hair was caught in a few tree branches. Realising
he had an opportunity to make even more money, he asked for a wish
in return for helping the fairy. He said, ’All that I touch should turn to
gold’, and his wish was granted by the grateful fairy.

The greedy man rushed home to tell his wife and daughter about his
new boon, all the while touching stones and pebbles and converting
them into gold. Once he got home, his daughter rushed to greet him.
As soon as he bent down to scoop her up in his arms, she turned into
a gold statue. He realised his folly and spent the rest of his days
searching for the fairy to take away his wish.
 The Milkmaid and Her Pail

Patty the milkmaid had finished milking her cow, and had two full pails
of fresh creamy milk. She put both pails of milk on a stick and set off
to the market, to sell them. Along the way, she started to think of all
the milk in her pails, and the money she would get for them.

“Once I get the money, I’ll buy a chicken,” she thought. “The chicken
will lay eggs and I will get more chickens. They’ll all lay eggs, and I
can sell them for more money. Then, I’ll buy the house on the hill and
be the envy of everyone in the village. They’ll ask me to sell the
chicken farm, but I’ll toss my head like ‘this’, and refuse”. So saying,
Patty, the milkmaid tossed her head, and the pails of milk fell. The
milk spilled onto the ground, and all Patty could do was cry.

Moral of The Story Do not count your chickens before they hatch.
 When Adversity Knocks

This is a story explaining how adversity is met differently by different

people. Asha’s father placed an egg, a potato, and some tea leaves in
three separate vessels with boiling water. He asked Asha to keep an
eye on the vessels for ten minutes. Once these ten minutes were over
, he asked Asha to peel the potato, peel the egg and strain the tea
leaves. Asha was left puzzled.

Her father explained , ‘Each of these items was put in the same
circumstance of boiling water. See how they’ve responded differently.
The potato is now soft, the egg is now hard, and the tea has changed
the water itself. We are all like one of these items. When adversity
calls, we respond in exactly the way they have. Now, are you a
potato, an egg, or tea leaves?’

Moral Of The Story We can choose how to respond to a difficult

situation.
 The Proud Rose

Once upon a time there was a rose who was very proud of her
beautiful looks. Her only disappointment was that she grew next to an
ugly cactus. Every day, the rose would insult the cactus on his looks
while the cactus stayed quiet. All the other plants in the garden tried to
make the rose see sense, but she was too swayed by her own
beauty.

One summer, the well present in the garden grew dry, and there was
no water for the plants. The rose began to wilt. She saw a sparrow dip
her beak into the cactus for some water. Though ashamed, she asked
the cactus if she too could have some water. The kind cactus readily
agreed and they both got through the tough summer as friends.

Moral of The Story Never judge someone by the way they look.
 The Tale of the Pencil

Raj was upset because he had done poorly in his English test. His
grandmother sat beside him, and gave him a pencil. A puzzled Raj
looked at his grandma and said he didn’t deserve a pencil after his
performance in the test.

His grandma explained, ‘You can learn a great many things from this
pencil because it is just like you. It experiences a painful sharpening,
just the way you have experienced the pain of not doing well on your
test. However, it will help you be a better student.

Just as all the good that comes from the pencil is from within itself,
you will also find the strength to overcome this hurdle. And finally, just
as this pencil will make its mark on any surface, you too shall leave
your mark on anything you choose to’. Raj was immediately consoled
and promised himself that he would do better.

Moral of The Story We all have the strength to be who we wish to be.
 The Crystal Ball

Nasir found a crystal ball behind a banyan tree in his garden. When
the tree told him it would grant him a wish, he thought and thought,
but could not come up with anything he wanted. So, he kept the
crystal ball in his bag and waited till he could decide on his wish. Days
went by without him making a wish but his best friend saw him looking
at the crystal ball. He stole it from Nasir and showed it to everyone in
the village. They all asked for palaces and gold, but could not make
more than one wish. In the end, everyone was angry because no one
could have everything they wanted. They became very unhappy and
decided to ask Nasir for help. Nasir wished that everything would
become as it once was, before the villagers had tried to satisfy their
greed. The palaces and gold vanished and the villagers grew happy
and content once again.

Moral of The Story Money and wealth do not bring happiness.

 Bundle of Sticks

Three neighbours were having trouble with their crops. All three fields
had crops that were wilting and infested with pests. Each day, they
would try different ideas to help their crops. The first one tried using a
scarecrow, the second used pesticides, and the third built a fence on
his field, all to no avail. One day, the village head came by and called
all three farmers. He gave them each a stick and asked them to break
it. The farmers could break them easily. He then gave them a bundle
of three sticks, and again, asked them to break it. This time, the
farmers struggled to break the sticks. The village head said,
‘Together, you are stronger than when you work alone’. The farmers
pooled their resources and got rid of the pests in their fields.

Moral of The Story There is strength in unity

 A Glass of Milk

As Hari walked home after school one day, he suddenly felt faint with
hunger and knew his mother would not have any food ready for him at
home. He grew desperate and went from house to house asking for
food. Finally, a girl gave him a tall glass of milk. When he tried to pay
her she refused and sent him on his way. Years later, the girl, now a
grown woman, fell very sick and could not find anyone who could cure
her. Finally, she went to a large hospital with the city’s greatest doctor.
The doctor spent months treating the woman until she was finally
cured. The woman was happy but was also afraid she could not pay
the bill. When the hospital handed the bill to her, she opened it to
read, ‘Paid in full, with a glass of milk’.

Moral of The Story A good deed never goes unrewarded.

 The Wet Pants

Ajay was a small boy who loved his school and schoolmates. One
day, as he sat at his desk, he suddenly felt damp and realized he had
wet his pants! Mortified, Ajay did not know what to do or say, as he
knew everyone in class would make fun of him for wetting his pants.
He sat at his desk, praying for any kind of help. Diksha was carrying
water in a jug to water the class plants. As she approached Ajay’s
desk, she suddenly tripped and dumped the whole contents of the jug
onto his lap. Everyone rushed to help Ajay. The teacher reprimanded
Diksha and gave Ajay a spare set of shorts. At the end of the day,
Ajay met Diksha on the bus. He asked, ‘You did that on purpose didn’t
you?’ Diksha replied, ‘I’ve wet my pants before too.’

Moral of The Story Help others in need

 The Bear and Two Friends

Two best friends were walking a lonely and dangerous path through a
jungle. As the sun began to set, they grew afraid, but held on to each
other. Suddenly, they saw a bear in their path. One of the boys ran to
the nearest tree and climbed it within a jiffy. The other boy did not
know how to climb trees by himself, so he lay on the ground,
pretending to be dead. The bear approached the boy on the ground
and sniffed around his head. After appearing to whisper something in
the boy’s ear, the bear went on its way. The boy on the tree climbed
down and asked his friend what the bear had whispered in his ear. He
replied, ‘Do not trust friends who do not care for you.’

Moral of The Story A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A SMALL THING COSTS MUCH

One day, while walking down the road, a father said to his son, “Look, a horsesh is lying in the mud.
Pick it up.”

The son said, “I hate to pick up things from mud.”

The father picked up the horsesh and kept it in his pocket. On reaching the village, he sold the
horsesh and bought some cherries.

Father understood the desire of his son and dropped a cherry on the ground. The son picked it up,
washed it and ate it up.

Then the father said to him, “Sometimes even small things cost much. These cherries are because of
that horsesh that you refused to pick up from the mud.”

The son understood what his father meant.

EVERY COIN HAS TWO FACES

Once upon a time a man and a lion were journeying together. To kill time they started talking. For
some time they talked happily but then one of them began to boast of his prowess and claimed to
be superior to the other. Soon the argument heated up and there was a fear of a fight.

Luckily, they came to a cross-road where a beautiful statue stood that showed a man strangulating a
lion that looked helpless and was ready to die.

The man said, “Look there! Dosnt’t it prove my point, Mr. Lion?”

The lion replied, “Its your view. But if we lion make statues, we shall show the man under the
strong paws of a lion.”

The man had no words to reply. So, they both cooled down and moved ahead
A FUSSY CUSTOMER

Once there was a man who was very fussy about food. One day, he felt like having some seafood
and went to a restaurant and ordered some oysters.

The man said to the waiter, “Please check that oysters are neither too large nor too small, neither
too salty not too fried, neither too fat, nor too thin.”

At this the waiter said, “Do you want them with or without pearls?”

The man realized that the waiter was taunting him and understood that one should not be so much
fussy about things.
 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 the edge
of a cliff that overlooked a deep gorge.

The owner felt worried to see the donkey in danger. He couldn’t understand what to do.
So, he caught hold of it’s tail when it was about to leap over the edge of the cliff.

The man tried hard to check the donkey from moving ahead but all went in vain. It didn’t
move even an inch backwards. So the man let it go saying, “All right, go your way to
meet your death. What else can I do?”
ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST

Once a fox was roaming around in a forest looking for food. Suddenly, he saw a pig rubbing his tusks
against the trunk of a tree.

The fox looked about carefully but couldn’t see any danger for the pig anywhere. Despite being so
clever, he couldnÂ’t understand why, the pig was doing that.

He couldn’t control himself, went to the pig and asked, “The hunters are not out today, nor can I see
any other danger, then why are you doing that?”

The pig replied, “Dear! We live in a forest where enemies are there at every step. Who knows when
I’ll have to face them and use my tusks against them? So, if I don’t do it now, I may not get time to
sharpen my tusks when I need them the most.”
BEWARE OF HYPOCRITES

Once a fox was roaring in a forest searching for food. As to his bad luck, he got caught up in a trap.
He tried his best to get free but lost his tail in the struggle. He felt very small, thinking that now,
every fox would laugh at him. He felt so sad that he thought of committing suicide. But then he said
to himself, “It is cowardice to kill oneself. I should think of something else.”

At last, the fox planned to persuade all the foxes to part with their tails. So, he called a meeting of all
the foxes and said, “We should get rid of our tails as they are heavy, ugly and tiresome.”

Though, he tried to divert the attention of all the foxes from his tail less appearance, one clever fox
noticed it and said, “Sir! You wouldn’t have given us this advice, if you weren’t tail less. Isn’t it?”

So, we say, “hypocrisy seldom works

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 be a much nicer meal.

So, he chased the deer but failed to overtake it. He gave up the try and returned to the area where
the rabbit become napping.

Reaching there, the lion saw that the small animal changed into not there. As it became getting dark,
it become hard for the lion to appearance out for any other prey and so he needed to continue to be
hungry.

“I have been served right. Had I contented myself with the rabbit, I would not have starved at least”,
murmured the lion.

What we learn from this story is that greed for more causes loss of what one already has.
DANGERS NEED RESCUE NOT SNUB

Once a young boy went for a bath to a river. Unfortunately, he went beyond his depth and water
lifted him off his feet. Feeling that he was about to drown, he started shouting for help.

A man was passing along the road just close by. He heard the shouts of the boy and rushed to the
river-bank. He saw the boy in danger. Instead of saving him, the man started scolding him, “Why are
you crying now? You are paying for your carelessness.”

The boy cried, “Sir! Please, save me first otherwise I shall be drowned. You can scold me later on.”

But the man was not wise enough to follow the point. He went on with his rebukes and the strong
current carried the poor boy away.
EACH PICTURE HAS TWO SIDES

One day a mule was in a very playful mood. So, she began to frisk about and run over long distances.
Thus she got convinced that she could outrun even the fastest animal on the earth.

While frisking, the mule thought, “My mother was a mare. She must have been a racer. That’s why I
am able to run so fast.”

After some time, she got tire and wanted to take rest. So, she stopped running and stood still at a
place.

The mule asked herself, “From whom have I inherited this fatigue?”

She thought hard and said to herself, “I must have inherited it from my father who was just a
donkey. He used to carry heavy loads and was all the time exhausted.”
 LAUGHING STOCK
Once there was a boy called Pat who had a habit of laughing at every small thing. One
day, he went to a bank with his mother. When she was depositing money, three robbers
entered the bank. They opened fire.

All the people in the bank got scared. Suddenly, Pat started laughing loudly. The robbers
thought that there must be some trap laid for them in the bank. Their minds got
distracted and in the meantime, the guards overpowered them.

The robbers were handed over to the cops. Everybody praised Pat. When his mother
asked him that why he laughed, he replied, “The mole on one of the robber’s face was
very funny.”
 THE DEFECTIVE CLOCK
One day, Peter’s father gave him money to buy a clock from the market. So, he went to
a showroom and bought a beautiful clock. When he got back home, it was 12 o’clock in
the afternoon. So, one hand of the clock was over the other.

The whole family including Peter thought that the shopkeeper had given him a defective
piece. So, he went to the shop for replacement. By that time, two hands had been
separated and were visible.

When Peter realized his folly, he felt embarrassed and returned home.

When his family members came to know about their foolishness, they also felt very
embarrassed.