Once, a scorpion lived near a hillside and followed the same schedule daily. So the scorpion felt bored with his life and wanted some change in it. So the scorpion decided to go to his cousin’s house which was across the river. The scorpion proceeded to go there but soon he got anxious to see […]
Once, a gardener had a donkey who lived in his big farm. He was very much in the habit of beautiful flowers, so he visited every week to the market to bring different types of flowers and manure. He also took his donkey to carry his load. Once he went to the market and got
There lived a little bear named Pomi, with his mother, who was very fond of birthday because he liked the cake very much. Pomi always kept waiting for his birthday because his mother made a palatable cake using ten dozen eggs, fifty pounds of flour, milk, vanilla and sugar. She stood on a chair and
Once, it was a sweltering hot day in the forest. All the animals of the jungle had got baffled with the scorching heat. They wanted to get rid of this but all the rivers had dried up. So, all the animals gathered around the little puddle that was left of the river. But the lions
Once, a man was travelling. On his way, he met a family. The traveller said, “I have to travel a long way. Can I stay with you for the night?” The family not only welcomed him but also gave him some food to eat. In the evening, they gave the traveller meat and some milk.
Once, a bear, Romi lived alone in his home in a dense forest. It was a bitterly cold night. Romi was sleeping alone in his home. He tucked himself snugly in his quilt. Romi was in sound sleep; just then he heard a scratching sound outside his window. This made him wake up from his
Once upon a time, there was a man named Ina Hagadare who had many sheep. His animals began to die every day. He wondered why his sheep were dying. He decided to separate the animals into two equal parts by a fence. One part would be for Allah and the other for him. He spoke
Long ago, there lived a chief who had a beautiful daughter. There were many suitors who wanted to marry her. But the chief thought that they were not good for his daughter. Among the other suitors were Fire and Rain. They, too, wished to marry the chief’s daughter. Rain went up to her and proposed
Once, there was a pig named Jumbo near a pond. He used to go to the jungle school. One day, Jumbo’s English teacher asked all students what they wanted to become. All students expressed their different goals but Jumbo told he wanted to become a pirate. Hearing this the teacher and the students laughed at
Once, a town rat named Tolu had some holidays off school, so he decided to go to his cousin’s house. Tolu visited his cousin named Dolu. Dolu’s house was in the countryside. They enjoyed a wonderful time in the farms. Then the town rat also invited Dolu to the town. Dolu arrived in the town
In the town of Nebri lived a man who once carved a beautiful gebeta board for his son. He used the wood from an olive tree to make the board. Then, he taught his son how to play games upon it. The son was delighted to have the beautiful board. In the morning, when he
Once, there lived two slothful black bears named Pily and Poly in the forest. During the chilly winter, they used to stay inside their cave. Both of them slept throughout winter. One day, Pily woke up and was overjoyed to see that spring had arrived. Pily woke Poly up and showed him that every nook
Once upon a time, there were three brothers who loved the same girl. The girl could not decide who was the best. One day, the father of the three brothers asked each one of them to buy the most useful thing and bring it back home. The three brothers travelled a lot. After many days,
Long ago, there was a man named Igal Shidal. Once, at night, he was travelling in the countryside. He was scared to see a ‘lion’ sitting in the middle of the road. He was a coward. He thought, ‘Oh, this is a lion,’ and stood where he was. He quickly took his shield and spear,
Abu Nowas was a favourite of the country’s Sultan. One day, he went to the Sultan and told him that his wife had died and he had no money to bury her. The Sultan gave him the money. At the same time, Nowas’ wife went to the Sultana and told her that her husband was