151 Jungle Tales

One day, a mother crab and a baby crab were walking on the beach. Watching him walk sideways, the mother crab asked her son, “Why do you walk sideways like that? You should always walk straight ahead with your toes turned out.” “Please teach me how to walk in a straightforward manner with toes turned […]

Three fishes lived together in a lake. The first fish was very lazy. The second was a little wise and tended to make some good decisions. The third one was an intelligent fish. It usually thought a lot and made decisions wisely. One day, the third fish heard two fishermen talk about fishing in their

Once upon a time, there was a baby lizard, who lived in between the rocks in a jungle with his family. The baby lizard loved to lie down under the sun for hours. One day, when the baby lizard was relaxing under the sun, he noticed that he had lost his tail! He started crying.

Once there was a bat who lived in a jungle. One day, a big fight was about to take place between the birds and the beasts of the jungle. The bat was not willing to join any of the groups. When the birds asked him to join them, he said, “I cannot join you because

Once, there was a deer who lived with his family. But he was not happy living with them. One day, he decided to move to another place where he could be away from his family and feel happy. And he left his home. After a long walk, the deer met a goat on the way.

Deep in the jungle, where no man went, there lived many wild animals. One day, they came across a strange object. It was a man’s boot. They had never seen such a thing before. All the animals started discussing about the strange object. “I am sure it’s the shell of a fruit,” said the bear.

Once, there was a fox who lived in the deepest part of the forest. One fine morning, when the fox was roaming around the forest, he saw a huge, thick and long snake enjoying the sun. His long body stretched from one corner of the path to the other. The fox was very impressed by

One day, a lame frog left the pond of a village and hopped away to a lake in a nearby forest. He wanted to make a new home. But, when the frog reached the forest, he did not see anyone around. Now, how would he get to meet the animals and make friends? Suddenly, he

Many years ago, elephants had small trunks. One day, an elephant saw a crocodile lying down on a river-bank. The elephant said, “Hey, you crawling creature! I wonder why you are not small like the other creatures! You are too long for your own comfort.” The crocodile lost his temper and said, “Wait, I will

A gannet and a sea duck were arguing over whether mermaids exist or not. They decided to search the bottom of the sea. They dived deep down under the sea. First, they saw colourful fish, then medium-sized fish and then large fish. Soon, they dived so deep in the sea that they could not see

Once, a watchdog was lying in the sun in front of a farmyard gate. A wolf, who was passing by stealthily, pounced upon the watchdog. The scared dog begged for his life and said, “Sir! Please leave me as I have just recovered from a long illness. I am very thin and weak. Let me

A cock was once strutting up and down in a farmyard. Suddenly, he saw something shining on the ground. “Oh!” said the cock, “What is this shiny little thing?” The shining thing was a pearl. The cock stared at the pearl, closely. He pecked at it and scratched it a couple of times. The pearl

Once there lived a squirrel, under a big green tree. It was beginning to turn cold, so she started burying nuts under the tree. When all the nuts were buried under the big green tree, the squirrel decided to take a vacation. After two weeks, when she returned, the squirrel could not find her big

Once a wild horse was grazing on a grassland and enjoying its food. After some time, it saw a stag come and nibble in the same grassland. There was enough grass for both of them but the horse did not want to share it and thought of a plan to get rid of the stag.

Once upon a time, there lived a little frog, near a pond, in a beautiful garden. She used to croak every day until midday, and then she would go out looking for food. One morning, as she was clearing her throat to sing her song as she always did, a big storm came, and the