The Dog and the Donkey Once there lived a washerman in the town. He had two pets- a dog and a donkey. The dog used to keep watch. The donkey used to carry the washerman's clothes or load. One night a thief broke into the house. The washerman was sleeping soundly. The dog too was fast asleep. So, he did not bark at the thief. The donkey saw the thief and wanted to awaken his master h6 began to bray loudly. The thief took to his heels (ran away). The washerman could not sleep. He came out. Washerman could not understand why the donkey brayed so loudly. Therefore he beat the stupid ... read more

The Hen That Laid Golden Eggs In olden days there was a farmer. He owned a wonderful hen that laid a golden egg every day. He was extremely happy. But after some time only one egg could not satisfy his greed. It was a slow process to get only one egg after every twenty four hours. So he said to himself, "'One egg a day. It will take long to be rich." He grew so impatient that he wanted to get all the egg at once. He made up his mind to put the hen to death and become rich in an over­night. He killed the hen at once and cut open its belly. He began to look for the eggs but there wa ... read more

The Blind Man with a Lamp Once there lived a blind man in a small town. He always carried a lighted lamp in his hand whenever he went out at night. On one dark night he was going with his lighted lamp in his hand. A group of men were passing that way. They saw the blind man and made fun of him. They said," O Blind man why do you carry the lighted lamp. You are blind and cannot see anything? The blind man politely said, "This lamp is not for me, but for you people who have eyes. You may not see a blind man coming and push him. They felt ashamed and begged pardon. Moral: Think ... read more

The Light on the Hills "I WANT to work at my picture," he said, and went into the field. The little sister went too, and stood by him watching while he painted. "The trees are not quite straight," she said, presently, "and oh, dear brother, the sky is not blue enough." "It- will all come right soon," he answered. "Will it be of any good?" "Oh yes," she said, wondering that he should even ask, "it will make people happy to look at it. They will feel as if they were in the field." "If I do it badly, will it make them unhappy?" "Not if you do your very best," she answered; "for ... read more

MOST PEOPLE GAUGE THINGS BY THEIR UTILITY Once there was a farmer who owned a large garden with variety of fruit-trees. But one mango tree got barren. Though, it no longer had any fruits, it provided shelter to many birds. Finding the mango tree useless, farmer decided to fell it. The moment, he was about to cut the tree with his axe, the birds living on the tree begged him, "Spare this tree, sir! If you fell it, we will become homeless and have to go elsewhere. Moreover, it will deprive you of our merry notes when you are here at work." But the farmer turned a deaf-ear to the plea of ... read more