Once, a rabbit built a fantastic warren. He designed it so well that even a flood that destroyed the entire forest, could not harm his warren. Soon, one after another, the homeless animals came to his door, asking if they could spend the winter with him, in his warren. He provided shelter to all the […]
Tenali Raman was trying to raise a fire by blowing at the glowing embers of coal in the fireplace. All he succeeded in doing was to produce a thick cloud of smoke that stung his eyes. He put on his wife’s cap to prevent the smoke from getting into his eyes and started blowing again.
One day, king Krishnadeva Raya stepped out of the gates of his palace and found a man standing there. The man had a rabbit in his hands. On seeing the king he bowed respectfully and said, “I gambled in your name and won this rabbit. It belongs to you. Please accept it.” “Give it to
“Where is God?” asked Tenali. “Everywhere, in everyone and everything,” said his Guru. Later, as Tenali was going home, he saw an elephant charging towards him. “Get out of the way, Tenali; get out of the way,” shouted the elephant driver, “He has gone mad!” But Tenali thought, ‘God is everywhere. He is in the
Seth was one of the richest men in town, but you could easily mistake him for a beggar. One day, he bought a huge lump of gold with all the money he had amassed. He dug a hole in the ground near an unused well and buried the gold there. He was sure that no
There was an old apple tree in Tenali’s garden. One day, Tenali decided to cut the tree down. So, taking a sharp axe in his hand, Tenali struck at the roots of the tree. The grasshoppers, the sparrows and the squirrels came out of their dwelling places and hovered around Tenali, “Please sir, spare this
Once Tenali’s old friend Mangal and his family were on their way to attend some function at Tenali’s house. On the way to Tenali’s village they came upon a huge banyan tree and decided to rest under it for a while. Mangal did not want to stay idle so he decided to make a rope.
During the rainy season, the savanna is covered with green grass. Faraji, the frog, croaked and leapt from rock to rock. Just then, the ground began to shake. ‘What could it be?’ Faraji wondered. Jelani, an elephant, stepped into the rushing waters and plopped down on his bottom. The impact blew Faraji away. “What was
One day, when Tenali was going to the forest to cut wood, he met a blind tiger. The tiger initially missed Tenali. But he soon smelt a human presence in the air around him. “Who’s that,” he growled. “Just because I’ve grown old, you think you can come here as and when you please. I’m
One day, the king and his entire royal family were enjoying a grand dance recital taking place in their palace. They had instructed the two guards at the gate not to let anyone enter. When Raman came and wanted to go inside, he was pushed away rudely by the guards. They accused him saying he
Once upon a time, there lived a parrot in a forest with his brother. Both lived happily together, hunting and singing. One day, king lion’s minister, Mr. Wolf, caught these parrots and took them to the lion’s court. He said to the king, “O king, I have brought this beautiful pair of parrots, especially for
Even though Raman was the king’s favourite court jester yet, one day, he was annoyed with Raman and told him to get out of his sight as he didn’t want to see his face. This certainly shocked all the others present in the court and those who were jealous of Raman were overjoyed. On his
Once the king got very annoyed with a bandit and warned his police chief to catch him at the earliest. Later when Raman was passing by, the police caught him taking him for the bandit and buried him in sand neck-deep. From here the real bandit passed by at night and was instantly recognized by
Once, there lived a hare in the jungle. She thought that she was very famous among all the animals. One day, the hare heard that the dogs were out hunting for her. But, she was confident that her friends would save her. So, she went to the horse, and asked him to carry her away
One day, king Krishnadeva Raya displayed a portrait of his in the court, made by some artist. Everyone appreciated both the artist and the portrait; only Raman remained silent. On this the king asked him if he had anything to say. Raman replied that the artist didn’t deserve credit since he painted only one side