Once, there were two brothers. They were always up to some mischief. Everyone was fed up of them. Their parents wanted to mend their ways. One day, the mother decided to call a priest who would instil the fear of God into them. The priest came to their house. The mother sent the younger brother […]
An illiterate man once had the power to grow ripe mangoes at will. So, he grew ripe mangoes on trees whenever he wanted. He used to eat some and distribute the rest. Once, a man came to the illiterate man to teach him how to perform this miracle. The illiterate man said, “All right; I
Once, there was a man who loved gold. Gold was his life. He dreamed of gold all the time. He used to get excited when he used to see gold. One day, he was passing a jewellery shop when he saw a jeweller with a big bar of gold. The man could not resist himself.
Once, a beautiful girl’s mother decided to get her married. She found a very rich husband for her. But the girl was so beautiful that another man killed her husband to have her. The dead husband’s loyal slave, in turn, killed that rival. When the girl heard about these killings, she was very upset. She
Once, many frogs lived together. But they were unhappy as they did not have a leader. And they could not select a leader from themselves as all of them were equal. They decided to approach God to provide them with a leader. God was amused by their demand. To humour them, He threw a huge
Once, a man found something irritating his throat. He coughed loudly and a bird’s feather came out of his mouth. The man was surprised. He told his wife about this and warned her not to tell anyone about it. His wife told him that she would not tell anybody. But she could not control herself
A wife felt her husband had changed after he had come back from the war. She went to a hermit for a remedy. The hermit said, “There is a potion that will restore your husband to his earlier self, but you must bring me a live tiger’s whisker for it.” So, the woman took a
Once, a man named Gundoba liked to feed poor people after his prayers. His wife did not like this. One day, Gundoba invited a poor man to a meal. He said, “Please go ahead. I will come after some time.” The wife got angry and thought, ‘I must get rid of this unwanted guest by
Once, two hunters were looking around to hunt an animal. Suddenly, they saw a wild goose sitting on a tree. Both the hunters were excited to see the wild goose. Their mouths started watering looking at the plump goose. One hunter said, “We will make stew of the goose and enjoy it.” The other hunter
Once, a farmer grew a huge watermelon and decided to present it to the king. Now, the king had a habit of disguising himself and taking a walk through his kingdom. He saw the huge watermelon and asked the farmer for it. But the farmer refused. “What are you going to do with it?” asked
A young girl took her flock of sheep to graze near a grove of birches. In her pocket there was a spindle for spinning flax into thread. One day, a beautiful woman suddenly appeared before her. She wore a long white dress. “Come, dance with me! I will teach you some steps!” she said to
Once, a boy lived near a forest. He looked at the forest from his rooftop. He had heard many stories about the jungle. He wanted to fight against an animal too. One day, the boy saw a wolf near his house. From the rooftop, the wolf did not look dangerous. The boy decided to scare
Once, a hunter was waiting for an animal to hunt. Suddenly, he saw a bear. He was ready to shoot the bear when he noticed that the bear was walking on a very narrow ridge. The hunter thought that it would fall into the gorge if he would shoot the bear. So, he decided to
Once, there was a poor orphan boy. He was very fond of painting. Though he did not have a paintbrush yet he used to paint scenery with twigs. One day, it was his birthday. A fairy gifted him a magical brush. Whatever the boy painted with the brush became real. So, whenever the boy felt
Once, a king had two queens. The elder was cunning and ugly while the younger was kind and beautiful. The elder queen was jealous of the younger queen. One day, she decided to get rid of the younger queen. So, she brought a golden pin and put a spell on it. Then she went to