Long ago, there lived a lion named Kharanakhara. He had been trying to hunt for a prey for the last two days, but could not succeed due to his old age and physical infirmity. He was no longer strong to hunt for his food. He was quite dejected and disappointed. He thought that he would […]
There lived a white louse named Mandarisarpini in the spacious bedroom of a mighty king. It used to live in the corner of the bedsheet spread over the King’s beautiful bedstead. Everyday, when the king was fast asleep, the louse sucked his blood and crept back again into a corner of the bed-cover to hide
Once upon a time, there lived a dhobi in a village. He had a donkey and a dog as his pets. The dog guarded his master’s house and accompanied him wherever he went. The donkey used to carry the load of clothes. The dhobi loved his dog very much. And the dog, whenever, he saw
There lived a big falcon on a high mountain rock. Down in the plain, there lived a black crow on a huge tree. One day, the falcon swooped down upon a rabbit darting on the ground. The falcon caught hold of the rabbit in its talons and flew back to its nest on the mountain
There lived a frog king by the name of Gangadatta, in a deep well. His subjects and other relatives too lived in the same well. The relatives had an evil eye on his throne and often created problems for the king frog. In order to disrupt the smooth working of the kingdom, and with a
There in a deep jungle, lived a lion by the name of Madotkata. He had three selfish friends—a jackal, a crow and a wolf. They had become friendly with the lion, because he was the king of the forest. They were always at the service of the lion and obeyed him to meet their selfish
Once upon a time, in a jungle there lived a jackal by the name of Gomaya. One day, he was very hungry and was wandering in search of food. While wandering, he came across a battle field. There he saw a big drum lying under a tree. When the wind blew, a tender branch grown
LONG, long ago, there lived a big elephant in a small town. The elephant was of a religious nature and used to perform puja in front of a temple. Despite his enormous physique, he was a very loving creature. People loved him and offered him delicious fruits to eat.While going to temple, the elephant had
THERE lived a famous sage in a dense forest. Everyday, the animals of the forest came to him to listen to his spiritual preachings. They would gather around the meditating sage and the sage would tell them the good things of life. There was also a little mouse living in the same forest. He too
ONCE upon a time, two geese by the names of Sankata and Vikata and a tortoise by the name of Kambugriva lived near a river. They were good friends. Once, due to drought in the region, all the rivers, lakes and ponds went dry. There was not a drop of water to drink for the
There stood a big banyan tree on the outskirts of a small town. Thousands of crows lived on that tree. Not far from the banyan tree, there was a mountain cave. Thousands of owls lived in it.The king of the owls accompanied by its soldiers used to hunt crows during the night. Soon thousands of
Once upon a time, there lived a herd of elephants in a deep jungle. Their king was a big elephant named Chaturdanta. In the middle of this jungle, there was a big lake where all the animals went to drink water. Once it so happened, that it didn’t rain for the whole year and the
Once upon a time, there lived a washerman in a village. He had a donkey by the name of Udhata. He used to carry loads of clothes to the river bank and back home everyday.The donkey was not satisfied with the food, that was given to him by his master to eat. So he wandered
Once in a town there lived a cart-maker whose name was Ujjwalaka. He was not doing well in his business. Day by day, he was becoming poorer. Seeing no way out, the cart-maker decided to settle in some other town and try his luck there.While the cart-maker and his family were travelling through a jungle,
One day, Akbar and Birbal were taking a stroll in the garden. Birbal was narrating a funny story and Akbar was enjoying it. All of a sudden Akbar found a piece of bamboo lying on the ground. He got an idea to tease Birbal. Showing the piece of bamboo to Birbal he aksed, “Can you