Once, Rajguru of the court declared that poor people were poor because they were dishonest. Wanting to prove this wrong, Tenali asked the king to give him two bags of coins. He dropped one on the street and hid behind the tree. He saw a rich merchant pass by who picked up the bag of […]
Chapter-I Plumfield school housed several children. It was run by Josephine ‘Jo’ Bhaer and her husband Friedrich ‘Fritz’ Bhaer. Jo Bhaer was the owner of the school and ‘mother’ to all of the children residing in the school. There were boys as well as girls among the children. Let’s take a look at each boy
A cock was once strutting up and down in a farmyard. Suddenly, he saw something shining on the ground. “Oh!” said the cock, “What is this shiny little thing?” The shining thing was a pearl. The cock stared at the pearl, closely. He pecked at it and scratched it a couple of times. The pearl
Once there lived a squirrel, under a big green tree. It was beginning to turn cold, so she started burying nuts under the tree. When all the nuts were buried under the big green tree, the squirrel decided to take a vacation. After two weeks, when she returned, the squirrel could not find her big
Once a wild horse was grazing on a grassland and enjoying its food. After some time, it saw a stag come and nibble in the same grassland. There was enough grass for both of them but the horse did not want to share it and thought of a plan to get rid of the stag.
Once upon a time, there lived a little frog, near a pond, in a beautiful garden. She used to croak every day until midday, and then she would go out looking for food. One morning, as she was clearing her throat to sing her song as she always did, a big storm came, and the
Once upon a time, there was a lamb. She never went out of her house because she was always scared that her wool would be sheared. Her parents were forever cheering her up, saying that she should not be so scared. One day when her parents insisted, she went out for some time to the
One day, a crow was sitting on a tree in a grassland. A flock of sheep was grazing in that grassland. After a while, the crow saw an eagle flying high in the sky. He noticed that the eagle dived down from the sky and grabbed a lamb with his claws. The eagle took the
Tenali knew that Thathacharya, the royal family teacher and priest, was angry with him. So he thought of encountering him with intelligence and wit. So he started learning about his weaknesses and, hence, bribed the night watchman to know the priest’s schedule after dusk. The watchman told him there was no schedule but he went
Thathacharya, the royal teacher, used to cover his head and face with his cloak to avoid seeing Smarthas in the town making people call it a ‘stupid rituality’. The learned category of Smarthas was thus finding ways to teach him a lesson. So they went to Tenali for help who promised to do so. Next
Once Tenali went to his landlord’s house for collecting money but he stepped on cow dung by mistake. To wash it he went to the nearest pond. Seeing this the landlord shouted that he could not wash his dirty feet in the landlord’s pond. He hence; had to cut off the leg before he entered
Once king Babar called Tenali to visit Delhi. When Tenali came, the king announced in the court that no one should smile or laugh at his jokes so that his wittiness could be judged. Once in the court, Tenali cracked many jokes but none smiled for 15 days. On the 16th day Tenali disguised himself
Once there was a very hungry wolf. It looked for food here and there, but could not get any. The wolf started getting very restless. At last, it found a big loaf of bread, a large piece of meat and a few smoked fishes in the hole of a tree. The hungry wolf became very
One day, an elephant wandered into the forest in search of friends. He saw a monkey on a tree and asked, “Will you be my friend?” The monkey replied, “No, you are too big and cannot swing on trees.” Next, the elephant met a rabbit. But the rabbit also refused and said, “No, you cannot
The royal barber’s only task was to make the king’s daily shave. One day when he came, the king was still sleeping, so he shaved the king’s beard while he was sleeping. When the king woke up, he was very happy and asked the barber to wish for anything. The barber asked to be a