Once there lived a rich man with his loyal servant. The man was always rejoiced because of the loyal and meticulous attitude of his servant. One evening, the man was shocked to see the broken watch of his room. He called his servant and angrily asked the reason for that. The servant replied that in […]
One morning, Akbar and Birbal were strolling in the royal garden. Many fruit trees, flowering plants and shrubs grew in the garden. The fragrance of the flowers pervaded the air. Akbar and Birbal were talking to each other and walked into the part of the garden where the gardener was at work. They watched him
Long, long ago, in Africa cats were ruled by roosters where cats had to collect food for the king roosters for the sake of their life. If someone dared to disobey the king, he would have given an iron comb’s burn as a punishment. So all cats were petrified of the hot comb. All cats
In village Rampur, a decrepit lady lamented his dead husband. In the beginning, her two sons showed compassion for her but soon got disenchanted with their mother. Now the pathetic condition of her life made her to go to her friend Sheela, whom she related all her problems of not even getting proper diet in
“Who did it,” a teacher was asking the class again and again. But she couldn’t get the answer. The teacher again asked, “Who did it?” Covering some steps again she got nothing. After sometime the head boy, collecting courage raised his hand and confessed his fault. Hesitatingly he said, “Yes ma’m; I have broken the
One beautiful spring morning, a merchant loaded his donkey with the bags of salt to go to the market in order to sell them. The merchant and his donkey were walking along together. They had not walked far when they reached a river on the road. Unfortunately, the donkey slipped and fell into the river
There was a temple on a hill. The priest of the temple was very old. One day, he passed away. When Akbar heard the news, he sent Birbal to choose the next priest. Birbal stood at the foot of the hill and told the candidates, “Climb up the hill and meet me in the temple
Once a man saw a small opening appeared on the cocoon of a butterfly. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had made as far as it could and
A father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarreling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion. For this purpose he one day told them to bring a bundle of sticks. When they had done so,
A king, once presented his daughter an engagingly beautiful diamond necklace. She loved the gift and kept it in her room. But somehow it went missing that made the king and the princess perplexed. The king then announced to reward of 50,000 to the one who would return it. All people along with the courtiers
Birbal had a troublesome neighbour. He was jealous of Birbal and always tried to create problems for him. One day, the neighbour let his bull loose in the same pasture where Birbal’s cattle were grazing. The bull killed one of Birbal’s oxen. Birbal’s servant came running to him and gave him the news. Birbal took
One cold morning, a poor shepherd was grazing his cattle in a pasture. He had neither enough clothes to wear nor even a pair of shoes. Suddenly, a man came there on a horse, a notorious dacoit. He dismounted, went to the shepherd and said, “Come and work with me. I will give you clothes
Once, a boy was playing near some hedges laden with berries that appeared ripe and juicy. His mouth watered and he licked his chops. Immediately, he started gathering the berries. Just then, he got stung sharply by a nettle. He started feeling pain and soon, a rash appeared on his hand. Leaving the collection of
A saint was once preaching to his disciples. One of the disciples asked how they could be endowed with the brilliance of creativity. The disciple meant to say–could any task performed by them make sure of their creative sense? Thereupon the saint provided a sieve to his disciples and said to fill water in the
One day, Akbar asked, “Birbal! What is friendship?” Birbal said, “There were two friends named Ali and Sikander. They had a fight and Sikander slapped Ali. Ali felt bad. He wrote in the sand, ‘Today my friend slapped me.’” “What happened next?” asked the emperor. “They walked on and reached a lake. They were bathing