One day, when Krishnadeva saw Raman coming on foot, he promised him to give a horse. Accordingly, he instructed his stable man to give a horse to Raman. Now, it so happened that the stable man selected a very weak and sick horse from the stable and sent it to Raman’s house. The horse was […]
Chapter-4 Scrooge lay in this state until the chime had gone three quarters more, when he remembered, on a sudden, that the Ghost had warned him of a visitation when the bell tolled one. He resolved to lie awake until the hour was passed; and, conidering that he could no more go to sleep than
One day the king asked Tenali, “Tenali, is it possible to be both ‘noblest’ and ‘lowest’ together?” Tenali said, “Yes, Sir” “Then bring me such a person.” Tenali went and returned next day with a beggar. Presenting him to the king he said, “This is the lowest among all of your subjects, Sir.” Krishnadeva asked,
One day, it so happened that Tenali Raman displeased king Krishnadeva Raya, so the king asked one of his men to slay him and bring him his head. Tenali was very upset with this. He went to his wife and asked him how to save himself. His wife said, “It is a difficult situation but
One day, Tenali Raman was going back after having an audience with the king. His one coin fell down from his pocket. It was the only money he had at that time, so he started immediately looking for it. Rajguru, who was one of his bitter enemies at the court, said, “See, Your Majesty, how
One day, king Krishnadeva saw a woman hugging and kissing a very dark, ugly and unattractive child. He was very surprised to see that. He thought and thought but could not reasion it. He asked Tenali why she was doing that to such an unattractive child. Tenali replied innocently, “Your Highness, he must have been
There lived a selfish hippo, near a lake. He used to eat loads of food, and never left anything for other animals. Once, all the animals decided to have a picnic near the lake. Everyone was playing, but the hippo was eating. After having a good meal, the hippo dived into the lake. But he
One day, Tenali’s five-year old daughter accompanied him to the Royal Court. When Krishnadeva saw her, it just came to his mind that he should test her wits whether she had the same type of wits as her father had. He started talking to her, “Do you know Persian, O little girl?” “A little lesser
Once Tenali was invited to dinner by a rich man. When Tenali reached there, he found himself in a large crowd. The host greeted him warmly and took him inside. Tenali said, “I did not know that there would be so many guests in this gathering.” The host replied politely, “They are not guests, Sir.
Once there was a smart old tiger. He could no longer hunt as he had grown old. One day, when he was terribly hungry, he thought of a plan. He stood in a pond and held a blade of holy grass in one paw and a gold bracelet in the other. Then, he started shouting,
Chapter-3 Scrooge was not much in the habit of cracking jokes, nor did he feel, in his heart, by any means waggish then. The truth is, that he tried to be smart, as a means of distracting his own attention, and keeping down his terror; for the spectre’s voice disturbed the very marrow in his
Many years ago, the peacock was an ordinary bird, with a small bunch of feathers. It used to fly high in the sky, although it always wanted to be the most beautiful bird on Earth. One day, the peacock visited the Wish Goddess. It expressed its wish in front of her. The Wish Goddess smiled
Chapter-2 At length the hour of shutting up the counting-house arrived. With an ill-will Scrooge dismounted from his stool, and tacitly admitted the fact to the expectant clerk in the Tank, who instantly snuffed his candle out, and put on his hat. ‘You’ll want all day tomorrow, I suppose?’ said Scrooge.‘If quite convenient, sir.’ ‘It’s
Once, a flock of wild geese lived on a tree in a dense forest. Among the geese was a wise old pelican. But no one liked the pelican, as he used to narrate stories with good lessons. One day, when the geese had gone out in search of food, a hunter laid his net there.
Two mice lived in a cave. There also lived a lion in that cave. Every day, the mice used to feed on the leftovers of the lion’s food. One day, they found no leftover food, as a jackal had come and had finished it off. This got the mice worried. But the younger one was