The Merchant and The Foolish Barber In a small town there lived a merchant named Manibhadra. He and his wife were very generous and kind. Everyone in the town knew them and visited their house and enjoyed their hospitality. One day. Manibhadra lost all his ships in a storm at sea. They were loaded with valuable cargo. All the people who had lent him money for trading demanded immediate repayment. Manibhadra had to sell all his possessions and pay them. In the end he was left with nothing. Along with his wealth, all his friends also left him. Manibhadra was very discouraged. "Even my f ... read more

The Peacock and The Crane One day a peacock met a crane and said, "So sorry for you. You have so dull feathers. Look at the fine colours of my feathers." "Well!' replied the crane, "your look are brighter then mine. But whereas I can fly high up into the sky. All you can do is to strut about on the ground." Moral : Never Find Fault With Others.

Look before You Leap Once a fox was chased by a tiger in a forest. He ran as fast as he could in order to save his life. But suddenly, he fell into a well which was covered with shrubs that obstructed his vision, as he was running. He could not come out of the well. Now the fox knew that death had been waiting for him in that well. He was sad. Soon the fox heard a goat bleating nearby. He shouted loudly from inside the well to call the goat. The goat came near the well and asked him, "Friend, what are you doing there in the well?" The fox said, "Friend, have you not heard that a droug ... read more

The Foolish Lion In a forest there lived a lion. He had grown old and could not run fast anymore. As days went by it became more and more difficult for him to hunt. One day while he was wandering through the forest in search of food, he came across a cave. He peeped in and smelt the air inside the cave. "Some animal must be staying here," he said to himself. He crept inside the cave only to find it empty. "I will hide inside and wait for the animal to return," he thought. The cave was the home of a jackal. Everyday, the jackal would go out in search of food and return to the cave in t ... read more

Bad Company Once there was an old man. He had four sons. They had fallen into bad company. They mixed up with gamblers. The father advised them not to mix with such persons. But the advice had no effect on them. One day, the old man bought a basketful of mangoes. He told the sons to eat the mangoes the next morning. The old man kept one rotten mango among them. The next morning, the sons found that most of the mangoes were rotten. The father told them the cause. The sons learnt a lesson. They left the bad company. Moral: A single rotten mango can spoil all others.