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
Once, a fox named Sanu felt very hungry, so he was wandering in search of food. Then he saw the lion roaming in the jungle. The lion roared and called Sanu loudly. The fox went to him; then the lion said, “What use is your cleverness if it cannot get me my prey easily?” Then
Once, Sinku the chipmunk used to live in the tree. She was so mischievous and always played tricks on the others. One day Sinku stole eggs from other animals’ nests and went to Mitu. Mitu the mouse told him not to destroy other animals’ nests and steal their eggs as it would get her into
Once, there were three mice who lived in a hole on the ground floor of a house. They were idle and didn’t want to work hard. They always stole their food from the owners’ house, Mr. and Mrs. Chandra. Mr. and Mrs. Chandra kept the jars full of jellybeans and sourballs on the kitchen counter.
Once, Bill, the mouse and Ducky, the cat were playing the game of hide and seek. But Ducky was very clever; he had made a plan in his mind that after catching Bill he would devour Bill, the mouse. When Bill came to know about his plan he started escaping. Ducky also started chasing him.
Segab was eleven years old when his mother died. His father married another woman named Bizunesh. Segab did not like her. On the other hand, she loved Segab very much and tried to be a good mother to him. She made good food for him at every meal. But he never ate it. She bought
Chapter 3 They entered the fort-like railway station, black in the end of night; the electrics sizzling over the goods-yard where they handle the heavy Northern grain-traffic. ‘This is the work of devils!’ said the lama, recoiling from the hollow echoing darkness, the glimmer of rails between the masonry platforms, and the maze of girders
Once upon a time, there was an old man who lived alone. He ate and slept alone. One day, at the time of the dinner, a strange young man came to his house. The old man was disappointed as he did not want to share his food with the young man. The old man thought
Once, in a sweltering hot day, Homi, the otter was relaxing in the sea. After some time he came out to dry his wet fur. Some young birds flocked around Homi and started laughing. “Look at his fur; they look like thorns!” “You look messy,” joked another bird. Homi was very angry with the birds
There was a strong young cat, which caught many mice. All the mice were afraid of him. With the passage of time, he grew old and could no longer catch mice. One day, he decided to play a trick on the mice. He lay on his back, unmoved. A mouse saw him and thought he
Once, there was a monkey trainer who used to teach his two monkeys how they should react. The trainer gave them each stomachful of meal every day, so the monkeys were very happy. Once a famine followed a severe drought in the country they lived in. There was no food anywhere, except for a chestnut