One evening, two friends were walking down a beach at sunset. As they walked, they noticed that an old man was picking up starfish washed up on the beach and throwing them back into the water. They were quite surprised. They approached the man and asked, “Good evening, Uncle. What are you doing?” “I am […]

There was once a farmer who sold a pound of butter to the baker, every day. One day, the baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound or not. He found that the butter weighed less than a pound. This angered him and he took the farmer to the

Gabriel was a famous sculptor. His sculptures looked quite real. One night, he dreamt that after fifteen days, the demon of Death would come to take him. Gabriel prepared nine statues of himself and when, on the 15th day, he heard the demon of Death coming, he took his place among the statues. The demon

Once, a man was passing through a farm. He saw a few elephants and he suddenly stopped. He saw that the large creatures were tied with just a small rope on one of the front legs of each of the elephants. They were not tied by any chain, nor were they caged. He thought these

God has created everything. He wants all His creations to live in harmony. It is believed that the Creator once said to His messenger, the donkey, “Let every creature on Earth know that they should be kind and loving to everyone else, as they are brothers and sisters! They will flourish in harmony!” Halfway to

Ryan was a very strong warrior. He left the king’s army to take care of his old blind mother. Ryan was devoted to his mother. She, too, loved her son a lot. The king wanted Ryan to join back his army. One day, the king sent some of his soldiers to bring Ryan back to

Tom, Jim, Richard and Stephen lived on an island in the Pacific Ocean. They were very good friends since childhood. One day, they realised that their island was sinking into the sea. So, they decided to build boats and leave the island. All of them started collecting wood for making their boats. They collected a

Many years ago, two brothers lived with their father in a small house. The elder brother was very proud and arrogant, as he thought he would inherit what his father owned. One day, when their father was on his deathbed, he said, “Remember, my sons. You will eat what you plant. I leave my land

Once upon a time, a seven-year-old boy was playing near some hedges laden with berries. The berries were ripe and juicy, and the boy wanted to taste one. So the little boy started gathering the berries. He was thinking of enjoying them at leisure. Just then, he was stung sharply by a nettle. He felt

Once, a doctor, a lawyer, a little boy and a priest were travelling together in a small private plane. Suddenly, the plane developed some engine trouble. In spite of the best efforts of the pilot, the plane started to go down. Finally, the pilot grabbed a parachute and yelled to the passengers that they had

A 45-year-old man lived with his 80-year-old father. One day, while they were sitting in their house, a crow perched on their window. The father asked, “What is this?” The son replied, “It is a crow.” After a few minutes, the father asked the same question again. The son said, “Father, I just told you;

Once upon a time, a man was going down a hill track with his donkey. He was following the donkey with a rod in his hand. The donkey jogged down carefully over some distance. But then, suddenly, it left the track and strayed aside. Its owner tried his best to drive it back to the