Once king Babar called Tenali to visit Delhi. When Tenali came, the king announced in the court that no one should smile or laugh at his jokes so that his wittiness could be judged. Once in the court, Tenali cracked many jokes but none smiled for 15 days. On the 16th day Tenali disguised himself […]
Once there was a very hungry wolf. It looked for food here and there, but could not get any. The wolf started getting very restless. At last, it found a big loaf of bread, a large piece of meat and a few smoked fishes in the hole of a tree. The hungry wolf became very
One day, an elephant wandered into the forest in search of friends. He saw a monkey on a tree and asked, “Will you be my friend?” The monkey replied, “No, you are too big and cannot swing on trees.” Next, the elephant met a rabbit. But the rabbit also refused and said, “No, you cannot
The royal barber’s only task was to make the king’s daily shave. One day when he came, the king was still sleeping, so he shaved the king’s beard while he was sleeping. When the king woke up, he was very happy and asked the barber to wish for anything. The barber asked to be a
A town mouse and a country mouse were friends. One day, the country mouse invited his friend to his home for dinner. The town mouse did not like the roots and vegetables that he was offered and said, “Dear friend, you should come with me. I promise you that you will enjoy the food we
One day, the other courtiers decided to avenge Tenali for his closeness to the king. So they bribed the entrance guards to insult him asking them to say “Kunjara Yudhambu Doma Kuthuka Jochen” that meant an elephant’s fleet is stuck in a mosquito’s throat. Following orders, the guards did the same when Tenali saying he
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One day the king asked romantic poet Rama Raja Bhushana to frame a stanza on beauty of women. He immediately composed a beautiful verse, impressing the king who gave him 1,000 coins. On seeing this Tenali said that the poem was bought from Nandi Thimmana for 1,000 coins, so he asked the king to pay
One day a beautiful woman came to the court and said that she had a group of weavers who wove celestial fabric that couldn’t be seen with the naked eye. The king was impressed and gave her a year to get the fabric woven, giving her the money. For one year, the woman and her
There lived a proud, rich, pretty and intellectual lady Vidyullatha in Vijaya Nagar. One day, she put up a hoarding stating she would give 1,000 gold coins if any man won her heart. Many intellectuals tried their fate but to not avail. One day, a firewood vendor was shouting outside her house. Getting irritated she
The king’s mother once asked him to get fruit for charity and, hence, he immediately got mangoes from Ratnagiri. But on the pious day of charity she died. During the religious rites connected with her death the king told the Brahmins about his mother’s last wish of charity but wanted to know how, she would
One day the king gave a bag of gold coins to all courtiers asking them to give an account of how it was spent after a week. He kept one condition, that every time each courtier spent a gold coin, he had to see his face. So every courtier went to the market but was
Once upon a time, four travellers came to an old women’s hut and asked her if she could keep their little bundle with her. They asked her to return it only if all four of them came together. However, one among them came later and tricked the woman into acquiring the bundle. Later when the
On a hot sunny day, a thirsty fox was searching for water. He saw a big well near by and peeped into it. Suddenly, he slipped and fell into the well. He tried his best to come out, but could not. Just then, a thirsty goat also came to the well. He looked down and
Tenali Raman was a minister in the court of king Krishnadeva Raya. Once, the entire city started having problems with rats that ate everything. But there were fewer cats in the city. So, the king asked everyone to have a cat in the house. Now the cats needed milk. Because every house did not have
One day, a sage told Tenali to chant a mantra 1,000 times in front of Maa Kali. So, when everybody slept at night, Tenali crept out and went to the temple to pray with devotion. When he finished he saw the goddess standing in front with her 1,000 heads. This made Tenali laugh, and the