Tetan Buri… aha! Boka Buri… hmmm. Tetan Buri… aha! Boka Buri… hmmm. Tetan Buri… aha! Boka Buri… hmmm. There were once two sisters: Tetan Buri, clever sister… aha! And Boka Buri, foolish sister… hmmm. Tetan Buri and Boka Buri shared three things. They shared one blanket. They shared one cow. And they shared one mango tree. ‘Aha, sister. I will have the blanket during the night, and you will have the blanket during the day… aha!’ ‘Hmmm, very well, sister.’ Boka Buri only had the blanket during the day when the sun blazed down. But at night when it was cold she had to give the b ... read more

A long time ago, a terrible famine hit an ancient animal kingdom. It had not rained for two whole years and all of the crops were dying. The animals hoped and prayed for an end to the terrible drought, but the sky was no longer able to gather enough clouds, and the rains did not come. Ijapa, the cunning tortoise, lived on the outskirts of the village with his wife and two sons. The famine was very bad and was already having a devastating effect on all the animals, so Ijapa could no longer trick them into parting with what little rations of food they possessed. One morning, very tired ... read more

TWO BURDENED ASSES Once upon a time, two asses were walking along laboriously, very tired under their burdens. One was carrying salt and the other; cotton. When they were crossing a river, the ass laden with salt stumbled and fell into the water. When it got up, it started walking more smoothly than earlier. Seeing this, the ass carrying the cotton sat down in the river and then got up, hoping that its burden would be lighter. The salt got dissolved in the water but the cotton soaked up the water, and became heavier. The poor as nearly drowned under the added weight.

Once, there was a merchant, not a rich merchant. And he had a camel, not a beautiful camel. But he loved that camel. And one day, he came to look for the camel but the camel was not there. The camel was gone. ‘Oh, where is my camel? My camel, where is he? And he looked all around in every direction; he searched high and low, but could he find his camel? Finally, he saw coming along the path towards him, three strangers. Along the tree-lined path they walked towards him, and when they reached him he stopped the first: ‘Have you seen my camel?’ ‘Your camel is blind in one eye.’ ‘That is ... read more

THE ART OF DRAWING Ronnie, a small boy was very fond of drawing but his father didn't allow him to do so. One day he was sitting on a windowsill when he saw a red car parked outside his house. He made a sketch of it. Next day, the police came to his house to enquire about a red car that belonged to a gangster. Ronnie showed them his sketch from which the police got the information about the model of the car and its number too. After few days, the police came and said that because of Ronnie's sketch, the gangster was caught. Ronnie's father praised him and then never stopped him from d ... read more