53 Inspiring Stories

A horse was crunching his fodder and oats at his manger in a stable. The stable was outside a house near a forest. The horse was quite healthy and strong.A wild horse used to pass by that way. He was jealous to see the pet horse who was served tasty fodder. One day, the wild […]

Once, a man was coming with an egg. The egg was closed in his fist.Sheikhchilli happened to be coming from the other side. Naturally he asked the man, “What are you carrying in your fist?”The man thought it was a good chance to rake up the silly brain of Sheikhchilli. So, he said, “Sheikhchilli, you

Once, there was a large garden with many fruit trees. The gardener used to water the plants and trees regularly.One day, the gardener saw that one tree was dying. Its leaves had fallen. It was a barren tree now. He planned to cut down the tree.When the gardener went to the tree, he saw that

There was a crow who lived on a tree. He was fond of eating the eggs of other birds. Whenever he saw eggs in other nests, he would fly there, destroy them and eat the eggs.The birds who suffered for his greed for eating eggs became his enemies. They stopped talking to him. The crow

Once, a cunning fox saw a crow sitting on the high branch of a tree with a piece of cake in its beak. He went and sat under the tree and began thinking of some possible way to make the crow drop the piece of cake to the ground.The fox thought of a ruse and

Sheikhchilli’s mother sent him to buy milk worth one anna. Those were the days when an anna bought things what today ten rupees can buy. It was Sheikhchilli’s first visit to the halwai shop where milk, tea and sweets were sold. When he arrived, the halwai was preparing to serve hot milk to a customer.He

When a lion became old and haggard, and was unable to hunt, he realised that he would have to resort to more cunning and less to physical power. So, he declared himself sick and retired to his den. Whenever anyone of his subjects came to pay a visit to him, he would grab and eat

Once a wolf, while devouring his prey, got a large piece of bone stuck in his throat. He began whining in pain. The pain became unbearable and it became almost impossible for him to breathe. He was almost on the verge of death when he fortunately saw a crane passing by. This created a ray

Once a hunter went to a jungle to hunt animals. While passing through the deep forest, he heard the sound of the cracking of dried leaves. He saw a leopard that was trying to hide itself. But when the leopard saw the hunter advancing, it ran fast and covered a long distance. On his way,

Lately, Sheikhchilli had become quite mixed-up. He could not get anything straight. Maybe, it was because of the thrashing he had received at the hands of the burly man sometime ago. The thoughts of poor Sheikhchilli were getting wobbled.One night, Sheikhchilli’s mother cooked sweet rice and fed her son. The hearty meal made him doze.

A fisherman, after spending a day at the river, caught a basketful of fish. While he was returning home in his cart, a fox saw him and thought of a trick to have a delicious dinner. She lay in the middle of the road and pretended to be dead.The fisherman saw the fox lying still

There lived a clever fox in a jungle. One night, she was wandering around in search of food. She was hungry. Suddenly, her foot hit a stone. She lost her balance and fell into a well.She tried her level best to come out but could not succeed. Next morning, a billy goat passed that way.

There were many mice living in a godown. They lived happily and ate grains. But for the fear of a cat who was a regular visitor to the godown, they were passing their days in danger of getting eaten. Whenever the cat came, the mice ran helter and skelter in panic to hide. But still,

A donkey dressed himself up as a lion and went around terrorising other animals of the forest. Most of the animals were afraid of him and paid him obeisance.Sometime later, the donkey met a fox. He roared in a most terrifying manner but it had no effect upon the fox. Instead, the fox laughed heartily

One day Sheikhchilli’s mother had just washed clothes and put them out to dry. Then, she got busy in cooking food while Sheikhchilli lay on his cot and indulged in day-dreaming.Outside, a storm was building up quietly. Suddenly, it unleashed its fury. With a great speed it swept the village. Dust had made seeing impossible.