Once, a dove named Silky, was very much fond of wandering in the forest and seeing the wild flowers there. Sometimes her penchant for the wild flowers drove her to a dense jungle. One day while wandering she went to a most dense forest. Then some wicked hunters spotted the dove seeing the flowers in […]
Once, there was a wolf in the jungle. He was very boastful. He had a jackal friend. Both always helped each other. One day while wandering in the jungle they saw a dead ox and started fighting for taking more flesh. The wolf bragged to the jackal, “You are not even half educated as I.”
Once, there lived a goat named Angus. He stayed with his owners, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas. They pampered Angus like a baby. However, Angus loved chewing woollen clothes and his master and mistress scolded him for doing so. One morning, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas had to go to the market. Before leaving, they put Mr.
Long ago in ancient Egypt, there lived a beautiful girl named Rhapdosis. She was a slave. The other slaves who lived in the grand house hardly spoke to her. The slave girls were jealous of her beauty and the slave boys thought she was proud and arrogant. But she was kind and shy. She did
Once upon a time, there was a very poor man who had only husks for himself and his wife to eat. One day, a rich man came to his farm. The poor man said to his wife to mix some husks with water and give it to the rich man to drink. After drinking it,
Once, a couple had a son named Hantisho meaning ‘sneeze’. One day, when they were going out, they asked Hantisho to stay at home and sleep. Hantisho slept without closing the door. A hyena was passing and saw the open door. He went in and saw the sleeping boy. The hyena carried the boy to
Once upon a time, there were two brothers. One was wealthy and the other was poor. The poor brother was kind and good. Though he did not have much to offer to the guests, he shared with them whatever he had. On the other hand, the rich brother didn’t want anyone to come to his
Etege Mennen, the wife of Emperor Haile Selassie, was believed to be living in paradise. At the same time, Abba Hanna, who was in charge of all the financial affairs of the Emperor was a greedy person and was living in purgatory. One day, Abba Hanna wished to go and meet Etege. He was granted
Long ago, in Nigeria, there was a very fat woman who was made of oil. She was very beautiful, and many young men came to her parents and asked her hand in marriage. They even offered dowry. But her mother always refused. She said that it was not possible for her daughter to work on
Once upon a time, a kite’s son was very ill. The kite’s sister came up to her and said that she knew a good doctor for her son. “The spider is the best doctor here. I can ask him to come and see your son.” The mother kite asked her to send him to her
Long ago, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and President Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya were watching a football match. The match was being played between their national teams. Neither of the team was able to score the goal, so the match was over. Finally, the referee decided that the two men would act as goalkeepers. First
Long ago, there was a man named Aleke Gebre Hanna. One day, he decided to leave Addis Ababa and go to Gojjam. So, he collected all his money. As it was a huge amount, he put it in a sack and left. As soon as he arrived at the Blue Nile Bridge, he was scared
Once upon a time, there lived a trader named Nazoomi. He inherited his father’s business and set out for another city with his camel loaded with goods. All of a sudden, sand storms started and Nazoomi had to take shelter in an inn. He off-loaded goods and tied the camel outside. Tired, he quickly fell
One day, a hare was coming from the market with some grocery. He met a tortoise who was going to his house. Seeing the tortoise the hare started laughing at him and said mockingly, “How slow you move! See me; there is no comparison between you and me.” Then the tortoise said, “Let’s have a
Once, a fox and his wife lived in their cave. One day, the wife of the fox desired to eat the hen (of red feather) who lived in their neighbourhood. The fox went to catch the hen after ordering his wife to boil the water. He hid behind a tree and waited for her to