Once, a sage and his disciple were going through the forest. They chanced to see a tigress. She was going to kill her own cubs out of hunger. The sage was saddened to see this. He decided to sacrifice himself. He sent his disciple to get some food lest he should object to the sage’s […]
Once, there were two friends – a lion and a tiger. They lived happily together. Not far from where they lived, dwelt a hermit. One day, the two friends got into a silly argument. The tiger said, “It becomes cold when the moon decreases from full to new.” The lion replied, “No. It becomes cold
A rich man had a bird house in which there lived a pigeon. The pigeon never entered the rich man’s kitchen, for the cook was very cruel. One day, a crow smelled the delicious food being cooked in the rich man’s kitchen. He decided to befriend the pigeon, and thereby, enter the rich man’s kitchen.
Long ago, Lord Buddha used to give sermons to his disciples in a monastery. One day, one of his disciples, who was coming to the monastery to hear his sermons, got late. On the way, he had to cross a river. But due to being late, he missed the boat. The disciple was so engrossed
In a forest, there lived some quails. One day, one of the quails laid some eggs. The quails came to know that an elephant was on a rampage in that area. Soon, the elephant came to the place where the quails lived. The mother quail begged the elephant, “Please spare my young ones!” But the
Once, a rich man’s wife was reborn as a mouse. She was so attached to her riches that even after becoming a mouse, she kept all the treasure near her. Now, there was a stone-cutter. The mouse became his friend. The mouse gave him some money to buy food. From then on, the stone-cutter bought
Have you ever noticed the full moon? Well, we can see a mark on the moon which looks like a hare. Here is an interesting story about it. Once, a hare had three friends – a monkey, an otter and a jackal. One day, the hare said to his friends, “Let us do some charity.
Once, there was a goose with golden feathers. She lived in a pond. Near this pond lived a poor woman with her two daughters. The goose thought, ‘If I give them my golden feathers, they will live happily.’ The goose went there and told the poor woman about this. After this, the goose started shedding
Once, there was a rich man. But despite being rich he always believed that happiness could be obtained by leading a good life; money was not everything. He had a son. He wanted to teach his son the same thing. One day, his son, while playing, broke his toy. The son started crying. His father
A king had an orchard. Many monkeys used to live there. One day, the royal priest was passing through the orchard. A naughty monkey made fun of him. The priest got angry and vowed to take revenge on all the monkeys. The monkey king got worried. He told the monkeys to leave the orchard as
Once there was a Brahmin. He was a great miser. He had a son whom he loved very much. When the son turned sixteen, he got very sick. The father being a miser did not send for a physician. He treated the boy himself. But the boy’s condition got worse. Now, the miser feared that
Once, a snake charmer lived in a small village. He owned a few snakes and a monkey. He travelled across the villages and made these animals perform various tricks to earn his living. But, the snake charmer was very cruel to his pets. He would never give them enough to eat and often beat them.
Once, it did not rain for a long time. A pond, where many fish and a crab lived, had very little water left. All the fish became worried. They held a meeting. One wise fish said, “We need to move to another place where there is plenty of water.” A crane, who was hearing all
Once, a beetle saw a pot of beer. Droplets of beer were scattered everywhere. The beetle enjoyed licking the drops. He was completely drunk by then. Then he crawled to the river-bank. By mistake, he fell on a dung heap. At that very moment, an elephant came to the river to drink water. Seeing the
Once, a crow and his wife were sitting near the sea. Suddenly, a big wave came and swept the crow’s wife away. The crow cried and cried over the loss of his wife. Soon, many crows gathered near him after hearing his cries. They asked him why he was crying. The crow told them everything.