STICK TO WORDS One day, two friends Nancy and Jenny were sitting in a restaurant. Nancy asked Jenny about her age. First, Jenny tried to hide her age but when Nancy compelled her, she said, I am just sixteen years old. At this Nancy said, Last year you said that your age was sixteen and now again you are saying you are sixteen years old. What's this? Jenny laughed and said, I always stick to my words. Both the friends started laughing at this witty comment.

The Wicked Barbers Plight As we all know, Birbal was not only Emperor Akbar’s favorite minister but also a minister dearly loved by most of the commoners, because of his ready wit and wisdom. People used to come to him from far and wide for advise on personal matters too. However, there was a group of ministers that were jealous of his growing popularity and disliked him intensely.They outwardly showered him with praise and compliments, but on the inside they began to hatch a plot to kill him. One day they approached the king’s barber with a plan. As the barber was extremely close to th ... read more

The Golden Egg Once upon a time there lived a cloth merchant in a village with his wife and two children. They were indeed quite well-off. They had a beautiful hen which laid an egg everyday. It was not an ordinary egg, rather, a golden egg. But the man was not satisfied with what he used to get daily. He was a get rich-trice kind of a person. The man wanted to get all the golden eggs from his hen at one single go. So, one day he thought hard and at last clicked upon a plan. He decided to kill the hen and get all the eggs together. So, the next day when the hen laid a golden egg, th ... read more

THE CAT SCAN One day, Ricky's dog got seriously ill. So, he took it to a veterinary doctor. The doctor examined the dog and declared it to be dead. Ricky felt very sad and asked the doctor, Doctor, are you sure that my dog is dead? Kindly perform some tests and confirm it to me. The doctor agreed and asked his assistant to bring a cat. The cat sniffed the dog and went to the other room without any reaction. Thus, it was confirmed that the dog was dead. When Ricky asked for the bill, the doctor demanded two hundred dollars. When Ricky asked why the bill was so high, the doctor replied, Cat ... read more

OBEYING THE RULES On the front gate of a temple, there was a sign which read, Remove your footwear before entering the temple. A guard had also been appointed there. One day, the guard saw a man entering the temple and asked him, Where are your shoes? The man replied, I don't wear shoes. Then you can't go inside, said the guard. Why? asked the man Didn't you read the sign? It says that you can't enter the temple without removing your shoes or slippers.