AN ASS, A COCK AND A LION Once a cock and an ass were sitting under a tree sharing a meal. Suddenly, a lion came there. Seeing the cock and ass there he said, "I don't need to hunt far and wide. Under the tree sits my next meal." Seeing the lion, the cock flew on to a branch of the tree and crowed in fear. Hearing this strange sound, the lion got scared and ran away. The ass, thinking that the lion was frightened of it, started following him without realizing that it was the cock's crow that had scared the lion. When the lion and the ass went out of hearing of the cock, the lion tu ... read more

The Clever Boys It was a busy high way that connects all major roads in the city. People rush in their vehicles and it leads to chaos in the busy road. Driving the vehicles beyond the speed limit became the major problem in the city. A police officer decided to watch for the vehicles that are driven beyond the speed limit. He found a perfect place to hide himself to watch for the rash driving vehicles. Very surprisingly, one day, the police officer was very surprised that everyone who drove on the road was under the prescribed speed limit. There was none that crossed the speed limit. Out of ... read more

A POOR LITTLE GIRL Once, a rich lady, having no child of her own, decided, to adopt a girl child. For this, she gave advertisements in various newspapers. Many poor women came to sell their daughters to her. The rich lady gave some money to all girls and asked them to go to the market and buy their favourite things. . On returning, all the girls showed the rich lady, the things they had bought. Most of them had bought ribbons, clothes and other things for themselves but one poor girl had bought a prayer book and a needle. The lady got impressed with the poor girl and adapted her sayi ... read more

THE FIRE SPECIALISTS Once there was a big haystack near a village and several small animals had made their homes in it. Among them were a snake, a tortoise and a jackal. One day, all the three creatures were gossiping, when suddenly they heard some people shouting Fire! Fire! the snake said that he knew hundred ways to deal with the fire and the tortoise said that he knew thousand ways. When it was the Jackal's turn, he said, "I know only one way to deal with the fire and that is to run away." Saying this, the Jackal ran away and other fire specialists got burnt in the fire.

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