A couple of tittibha birds arrived on the shore of an ocean. The wife was not happy to build her nest there. “At high tide the sea will sweep away our eggs,” she told her husband. The husband, however, insisted that it would be safe. So, they built their nest and the wife laid her […]
Jacques Cartier was born on 31st December 1491 in the Duchy of Brittany and he died on 1st September 1557 (aged 66 years) in Saint Malo, France. The first European to travel inland in North America and to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and shores of the Saint Lawrence River which he
Damanaka went and bowed low to the Lion King. He spoke very sweetly to him and said he had come to give him some news but he was afraid to speak. “It is something that will cause you much pain, but you must know about it,” said Damanaka, posing as a humble servant. The king
“I’ve heard the story. But what’s your plan?” enquired Mrs Crow. “The king’s son comes every day to bathe at the ghat. He keeps his clothes and ornaments on the bank while he bathes. You must pick the golden anklet up and fly back with it,” advised Mr Crow. “What use is the Prince’s anklet
John Cabot was born 1450 in Genoa, Italy and he died around 1498-1501. Sailing to Canada thinking it was Asia John Cabot claimed it for Henry VII of England. Also claimed for England the east coast of North America somewhere near Labrador or New foundland in the modern day Canada. The plan had been to
The remark of the old hare was enough to drive the lion into such a fury that he would have killed the hare right away. But he had to find the other lion first! “Harm me! What nonsense!” roared the lion, “You just take me to him and I’ll show him what I can do
The old hare played around in the forest and reached the lion very late. The hungry lion was in a very bad temper at having been kept waiting for so long. And all that he would get after such a long wait was one small hare! He roared, “Why are you so late?” “Your Majesty,
Once, there was a washerman, who had a dog and a donkey. The washerman loved them both. But every evening, he would play with his dog. Seeing this, the donkey wondered why he was not his master’s favourite even though he carried huge loads on his back. One day, the donkey observed the dog. When
Mrs Crow was very unhappy because all her babies were killed and eaten by the snake. One day, Mr Crow told her that he would find a way to destroy their enemy. “But how?” asked Mrs Crow. “Like the little hare destroyed a mighty lion!” replied Mr Crow. In a forest on Mandara mountain lived
Damanaka’s stories showed how people often paid for their own folly. He told Karataka that now they were starving because they had brought the bull to the lion king. So, they planned to break the friendship between the lion and the bull. “We have to do some trickery like the crow who killed the serpent,”
The cowherd went back to sleep after punishing the woman he thought was his wife. His own wife later returned and set the barber’s wife free. In the morning, the cowherd came to see his wife. He was stunned to see that her nose was intact! ‘She must be a saint!’ he thought, ‘I should
Captain James Cook was born on 7 November 1728 in Marton, England, and he was killed by Hawaiin natives on 14th February 1779 (aged 50-51 years). A British navigator and cartographer who mapped much of South Pacific, New Zealand and Australia, James Cook set off on his first voyage on 26th August 1768 to observe
One day, Kandarpaketu stayed in a cowherd’s house. He heard his wife talking to the barber’s wife who was not a good woman. The cowherd had told his wife to keep away from the barber’s wife. So when he heard her talking to the barber’s wife, he was very angry. He scolded his wife and
Francisco Pizarro was born around 1471 in Spain and was assassinated on 26th June 1541 (aged 70 years) in Lima, Peru. Francisco Pizarro was a colonist who conquered the Inca Empire for the Spanish Empire by taking the Inca King Atahualpa prisoner, holding him for a ransom but killing him despite getting it. Hearing of
Once, a group of rats lived in a grocery shop. They would eat whatever they saw. The grocer was unhappy that the rats were creating havoc in the store every day. One day, he brought a cat to his shop. The cat began to kill the rats one by one. The rats were scared of