Once a man saw a small opening appeared on the cocoon of a butterfly. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had made as far as it could and […]

A father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarreling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion. For this purpose he one day told them to bring a bundle of sticks. When they had done so,

A king, once presented his daughter an engagingly beautiful diamond necklace. She loved the gift and kept it in her room. But somehow it went missing that made the king and the princess perplexed. The king then announced to reward of 50,000 to the one who would return it. All people along with the courtiers

One cold morning, a poor shepherd was grazing his cattle in a pasture. He had neither enough clothes to wear nor even a pair of shoes. Suddenly, a man came there on a horse, a notorious dacoit. He dismounted, went to the shepherd and said, “Come and work with me. I will give you clothes

Once, a boy was playing near some hedges laden with berries that appeared ripe and juicy. His mouth watered and he licked his chops. Immediately, he started gathering the berries. Just then, he got stung sharply by a nettle. He started feeling pain and soon, a rash appeared on his hand. Leaving the collection of

A saint was once preaching to his disciples. One of the disciples asked how they could be endowed with the brilliance of creativity. The disciple meant to say–could any task performed by them make sure of their creative sense? Thereupon the saint provided a sieve to his disciples and said to fill water in the

Once a stork was invited to the dinner by a selfish fox at his home. The stork reached the fox’s home and knocked at the door with her long beak. The fox welcomed her with open arms and offered to have dinner together. The fox served soup in shallow bowls for both. As the bowl

Once a farmer constantly advertised to hire hands for his land, along the seacoast. Most people dreaded the awful storms that raged across the ocean and denied to work on farms. After a steady stream of refusals the farmer met a short thin man, during the interview of the applicants. The farmer asked, “Are you

One cold, frosty day in the middle of winter, a colony of ants was busy drying out some, grains of corn, which had grown damp during the wet autumn weather. A half dead grasshopper, with cold and hunger, came up to one of the ants, and begged to give it a piece or two from

Once upon a time, there was a man who had two pots. As one was good, it delivered full water in it but another was cracked. For two years, the long walk from the stream to the master’s house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. The perfect pot flaunted on its accomplishment but the

In a scorching hot day, an ant was walking around in search of water. After sometime she reached a spring where she had to climb up a blade of grass. She slipped and fell into the water while making her way up. She could have been drowned if a dove up a nearby tree had

Once a young boy was going to get a graduation degree. For many months he had been admiring a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom. Knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. He was sure that he would have that car as a gift from his