BEGINNING SHOWS THE END Blind people have a sense of touch that helps them see what they can't see with their eyes. Once there was a blind man who had a super-sense of touch. By and by the fame of his extra-keen sense of touch spread far and wide and one day reached the king's court as well. The king didn't believe it. He said that he would test it personally. So, the blind man was summoned to the court for the test. He was given a seat and on the king's bidding, a wolf-cub was placed on his lap. The blind man caressed every part of the cub's body to know it's reality. The king as ... read more

The Lazy Farmer Sinha, the farmer was a very lazy man. He had fertile lands, but because of his laziness, he cultivated crops only in a part of his land. One night, it rained heavily and the roads turned muddy. Sinha was very happy that it had rained. He was to water the crops the next day. However, because of the heavy rain, he did not have to water them as the crops got sufficient water. However, he wanted to assess the status of his fields after the rain. He also had two loads of hay to be sold at the market. Since the roads were muddy, he stayed at home. He decided to take a visit ... read more

A LION AND A RABBIT Once a lion said to all the animals in the forest that if one of them will come to him as his meal for the day, he would not kill anyone else among them. All the animals agreed to this. One day, it was a rabbit's turn and it took quite long reaching the lion. The lion asked it the reason for being late. It acted wisely and said, "Sir! I was stopped by another lion, who was claiming to be the king of the jungle and he wants to meet you." "So do I", said the furious lion. The rabbit took the lion to a well and showed him his reflection in the water of the well. Th ... read more

ENCOUNTER WITH A GHOST One night Patrick saw a horror movie with his parents. He felt thirsty and went to the kitchen to fetch a glass of water. Too lazy to put on lights, Patrick groped his way to the kitchen. At that very moment, his mother too had got up to quench her thirst. Because of darkness, Patrick walked straight into his mother. His mind was still busy with the horror movie. He thought that he was face to face with a ghost and started screaming. His father came running and switched on the lights. When he saw his mother standing in front of him, he felt relieved and went to ... read more

The Milk Maid A milk maid was carrying a pail of milk on her head and was to market to sell it. As she went along she fell into day dreaming. She thought that she would buy eggs with the money she got by selling milk After the eggs were hatched, she would have a large number of chickens. They would fetch her high price. She would then buy fine silk dress for herself and look more beautiful. Princes would come to marry her, but she would toss her head and refuse them. While thinking so, she did really toss her head in false pride. Down fell the pail on the ground. The whole milk was ... read more