During the rainy season, the savanna is covered with green grass. Faraji, the frog, croaked and leapt from rock to rock. Just then, the ground began to shake. ‘What could it be?’ Faraji wondered. Jelani, an elephant, stepped into the rushing waters and plopped down on his bottom. The impact blew Faraji away. “What was […]
Once upon a time, there lived a parrot in a forest with his brother. Both lived happily together, hunting and singing. One day, king lion’s minister, Mr. Wolf, caught these parrots and took them to the lion’s court. He said to the king, “O king, I have brought this beautiful pair of parrots, especially for
Once, there lived a hare in the jungle. She thought that she was very famous among all the animals. One day, the hare heard that the dogs were out hunting for her. But, she was confident that her friends would save her. So, she went to the horse, and asked him to carry her away
It was a nice rainy season. A group of frogs was playing together. Suddenly, two of them fell into a deep pit. The other frogs saw that the pit was too deep, so they started encouraging those two frogs to give up instead of trying to jump up. But, both of them ignored the comments
Donna, Eddy and Cally, the three brown bears, went fishing one day. “I am going to catch the biggest fish today,” Eddy boasted. Donna bragged, “No, I am going to catch the biggest fish!” Eddy growled and dangled his hooked worm into the water. Cally smiled, “I am going to swim around and catch a
It was a hot summer afternoon in the forest of Amazonia. All the animals were complaining about the heat and cursing the Sun. The Sun felt very hurt. That day, the Sun decided that it would never come out again and as a result the Earth became cold and dark. Many animals died due to
nce there was a mouse in the Red Forest. He was scared of a sly fox. The fox always made different plans to catch him and tried to kill him. But the mouse was smart enough to escape every time. One day, the sly fox managed to encounter the mouse. The mouse got very scared
Once upon a time, there was a fierce young lion in the Daintree forest. All the animals of the Daintree were afraid of him. One day, the lion decided to look for a suitable match for himself. Within a few days, he found a beautiful lioness. After consulting the priest, an auspicious date was set.
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
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,
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
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
There were two oxen, Jack and Mack. They worked for Mr. Giant, the wolf. Mr. Giant had other animals working for him too. Once, it was Mr. Giant’s daughter’s wedding. For that occasion, Mr. Giant asked his wife, “We need a fat pig for the wedding dinner. So, start feeding good, delicious food to Chunky,
Once upon a time, there lived a family of goats in a jungle. There were three members in the family: Windy, the little goat, Mr. Tony, the father goat, and Mrs. Mushy, the mother goat. Windy was a nice obedient goat, but he had no friends. He used to remain very silent and sad. One