The king used to give food and money every day to two beggars. On receiving the alms one of them, used to say, “God provides.” The other beggar, would say, “Our king provides.” This annoyed the king who thought, ‘It is I who am feeding him and he keeps saying,–God provides, God provides.’ The next […]
Donna, Eddy and Cally, the three brown bears, went fishing one day. “I am going to catch the biggest fish today,” Eddy boasted. Donna bragged, “No, I am going to catch the biggest fish!” Eddy growled and dangled his hooked worm into the water. Cally smiled, “I am going to swim around and catch a
Once king asked Tenali to bring four fools. Tenali said, “OK”, and asked some time to find them. He saw a man carrying a gift packet. Tenali asked him, “to whom you are carrying this gift?” The man replied, “My wife has remarried. Now they have a child, so I am taking this gift for
One day, one man wanted to punish a man named Krishna. He accused him of stealing his necklace. The case was brought in the Judge’s court. The man said, “Your Honour, I have seen him stealing the necklace.” Krishna said, “I am innocent, Your Honour.” The man then said, “Let him prove his innocence. Let
It was a hot summer afternoon in the forest of Amazonia. All the animals were complaining about the heat and cursing the Sun. The Sun felt very hurt. That day, the Sun decided that it would never come out again and as a result the Earth became cold and dark. Many animals died due to
A weaver was busy making a blanket outside his hut. A Jogi with long, matted hair came and stood to watch. “What can I do for you, Babaji?” asked the weaver. “I want to see how a blanket is made.” When weaver was not looking, the Jogi pulled out several tufts of his long hair
One day, Tenali happened to pass a harmless comment on Krishnadeva’s sense of humour. But Krishnadeva was no fool. He got very angry and ordered him leave not only the court, but also his capital. Tenali was terribly hurt but could not do anything about it. So Tenali left. But the king could not do
nce there was a mouse in the Red Forest. He was scared of a sly fox. The fox always made different plans to catch him and tried to kill him. But the mouse was smart enough to escape every time. One day, the sly fox managed to encounter the mouse. The mouse got very scared
One day, Krishnadeva stumbled on a rock in his garden while taking a stroll. He was not in a good mood already, and then he had this fall. He got very angry and ordered for the gardener’s arrest and execution. The next day, at the time of execution, the gardener was asked what his last
Once upon a time, there was a fierce young lion in the Daintree forest. All the animals of the Daintree were afraid of him. One day, the lion decided to look for a suitable match for himself. Within a few days, he found a beautiful lioness. After consulting the priest, an auspicious date was set.
A businessman had two sons. While he showered the younger son with affection and gifts, he neglected the elder son shamelessly. When the boys grew up, they were asked to manage the father’s business. From morning till late in the evening the elder son was trying to figure out how the business ran. While the
One day, when Krishnadeva saw Raman coming on foot, he promised him to give a horse. Accordingly, he instructed his stable man to give a horse to Raman. Now, it so happened that the stable man selected a very weak and sick horse from the stable and sent it to Raman’s house. The horse was
Chapter-4 Scrooge lay in this state until the chime had gone three quarters more, when he remembered, on a sudden, that the Ghost had warned him of a visitation when the bell tolled one. He resolved to lie awake until the hour was passed; and, conidering that he could no more go to sleep than
One day the king asked Tenali, “Tenali, is it possible to be both ‘noblest’ and ‘lowest’ together?” Tenali said, “Yes, Sir” “Then bring me such a person.” Tenali went and returned next day with a beggar. Presenting him to the king he said, “This is the lowest among all of your subjects, Sir.” Krishnadeva asked,
One day, it so happened that Tenali Raman displeased king Krishnadeva Raya, so the king asked one of his men to slay him and bring him his head. Tenali was very upset with this. He went to his wife and asked him how to save himself. His wife said, “It is a difficult situation but