Once, the king gave the prime minister a lot of money to build wells around the kingdom. After some time, the king went to inspect and was satisfied with the work the minister showed him. One day, some people came to Tenali to complain about the minister as he had used the money for his […]
Once, there was a deer who lived with his family. But he was not happy living with them. One day, he decided to move to another place where he could be away from his family and feel happy. And he left his home. After a long walk, the deer met a goat on the way.
Once, the king imported some horses from Persia and gave them to his cavalry men to train along with enough money for their upkeep. Tenali also asked the king for one horse and was granted. He created a barn that was closed on all sides and made a little hole from which he passed hay
Once, a spy from other kingdom with an intention to kill the king came to Tenali’s house and asked to stay saying he was Tenali’s far relative. While Tenali couldn’t recognize him, he let the stranger stay at his place. One day, Tenali had to go out of town for a few days, so the
Deep in the jungle, where no man went, there lived many wild animals. One day, they came across a strange object. It was a man’s boot. They had never seen such a thing before. All the animals started discussing about the strange object. “I am sure it’s the shell of a fruit,” said the bear.
Once a scholar came to the court and challenged all the courtiers to debate with him on any subject since he had read all the books in the world. Since nobody volunteered, the king asked Tenali to compete with the scholar. On the appointed day Tenali came dressed as a great priest with a bundle
Once, a hunter gifted a beautiful parrot to the king which he and his queen kept in their private chamber. They fed him best sweets and nuts, and taught him some holy chants as well. Once when Tenali came to visit them, the queen boasted of the parrot’s holy chants to which Tenali said that
It was the king’s birthday and hence everyone was showering him with expensive gifts. One of the jealous courtiers noticed that Tenali was missing and complained of the same saying Tenali was a miser. It made the king angry. After a few hours Tenali came to the court and wished the king giving him a
Every year, a Ramlila troupe from Varanasi performed in Vijaynagar but one particular year, they denied since the troupe members were sick. There was no time to call some other troupe and, hence, Tenali said he would call another troupe from a nearby village. When the troupe performed, everyone praised their skills extensively as most
Once, there was a fox who lived in the deepest part of the forest. One fine morning, when the fox was roaming around the forest, he saw a huge, thick and long snake enjoying the sun. His long body stretched from one corner of the path to the other. The fox was very impressed by
Tenali got to learn about a dishonest money lender who charged ten times the interest for his loans, so he decided to teach the lender a lesson. He asked to borrow two large vessels and paid three gold coins as rent. Next day, Tenali returned them with two smaller vessels saying the large vessels were
Once, everyone who owned horses in the kingdom started selling them at low costs owing to the spread of a dangerous disease that could affect humans too. When the king found out, he got to know that the horses in royal stables were absolutely all right, so he asked Tenali to investigate the matter. In
One day, a lame frog left the pond of a village and hopped away to a lake in a nearby forest. He wanted to make a new home. But, when the frog reached the forest, he did not see anyone around. Now, how would he get to meet the animals and make friends? Suddenly, he
Once the king decided he would make his kingdom as beautiful as heaven. So, he employed many labourers, craftsmen and other workes for the same. Soon there were beautiful buildings and gardens that attracted many visitors to the kingdom and brought great fame. When the king was discussing this in the kingdom, one of the
Once, a shepherd came to the court demanding compensation from his neighbour for the death of his sheep due to the wall collapse. When the king was about to call the neighbour and punish him, Tenali spoke up that the neighbour was not at fault. The king asked him to prove who the real culprit