Once upon a time, there was a cheese seller. He used to buy cheese from the city and sell it in the village. He used to travel from one place to another in his cart. One day, as the man was travelling, he failed to see a puddle on the road. All of a sudden, […]
Once, a farmer owned a dog. He loved the dog a lot. He would often pat him, hug him and give him little bits of food from his own plate. The farmer’s donkey used to watch this every day. One day, he thought, ‘I work so hard in the field but this dog only wags
Once upon a time, there lived a jackal who was very proud of her tail. One day, as she was loitering about in the jungle, she was caught in a trap. Now, though she managed to get away, to her horror, her beautiful tail had been cut off. She was alarmed and thought, ‘I will
Once, a hungry porcupine saw a big sugar cane field. As he was about to eat the sugar cane, a dog growled at him. The field belonged to a judge. The porcupine begged, “Let me eat as I am starving.” The kind dog said, “All right; but spare the roots so the plants can grow
Once, there was a beautiful corn field. It was so lovely that a lark decided to make her nest there. A few months later, she laid eggs. Soon after, small babies hatched out of the eggs. Time passed by. One day, the farmer of the field said, “I will call my neighbours to reap this
A woodcutter lived near a forest with his beautiful daughter. One day, he took his daughter with him to help him chop some wood. Suddenly, a lion came there. He saw the daughter and fell in love with her. He wished to marry her. So, the next day, the lion went to the woodcutter’s house
Once, there was a sweet little lamb. He used to go to the meadow with his flock to eat the lovely soft grass. But unknown to him, danger lurked out there. A big bad wolf kept a watch on him. One day, the wolf attacked the lamb and carried him away. But the lamb was
Once, it did not rain for a long time. All the rivers and the ponds dried up. But there was some water in a small pond in the jungle. One day, a thirsty lion came to drink water at that pond. At the same time, a boar also came there. Both wished to drink the
Millions of years ago, the lion was the only animal who had a tail! One day, he thought, ‘Why am I the only one with a tail? All the animals should have tails too!’ So, he got tails made for all the animals. The excited animals went to get their tails. But someone did not
Once, there lived a lion who was the king of the jungle. His favourite pastime was to sit by the sea. One day, he saw a beautiful dolphin playing in the water. The excited lion called out, “Oh Dolphin! Will you be my friend?” The dolphin replied, “Of course! It will be my pleasure.” From
Once upon a time, there was a man who sometimes used to give his donkey on rent. One day, a man asked him, “Can I hire your donkey for a day?” The owner said, “Sure! But you will have to pay me two dollars!” The man immediately paid him two dollars. Now, it was a
A mouse and a frog were good friends. Every morning, the frog would hop out of his pond and visit the mouse. One day, the frog said to the mouse, “Why don’t you come to my pond? I will wait for you.” Days passed by but the mouse did not come. This made the frog
Once, there was a big farm with many animals. Among them were two bulls. They loved eating grass in the forest. One day, as they were grazing, one of them left his patch of grass and came to where the other one was grazing. He started grazing there. Now, the first bull did not like
In a forest far away, lived a lovely pair of a stag and a doe. The stag was the king of his herd. One day, the stag’s foot got stuck in a trap set by a hunter. The poor doe shouted, “Help! Help my husband!” But no one came to rescue the stag. The stag
Long ago, there was a small village. It had a beautiful stream that flowed by a meadow. One day, two women came there to fill their pots with water. While filling the pots, they started talking. They became so engrossed in talking that they went home without their pots. One pot was made of brass