Once upon a time there was a very hard-working farmer. He had a field which gave a rich crop of grapes every year. He had three sons but none of them bothered to help their father in his work. They were very easy-going kind of people. So, the farmer was very worried about their future. […]
Once Mahatma Gandhi was wandering villages and cities to collect funds for Charkha Sangh. He was addressing a meeting in Orissa (now Odisha). During one of his tours, a doddering and ailing poor old woman in tattered clothing, proceeded to touch Gandhi’s feet on the stage. But she was forcely stopped by volunteers. But she
A young man was about to jump into a well. Birbal said, “Stop! What’s the matter?” The man said, “I wanted to be a farmer but it didn’t rain. The crops died. I tried to be a shepherd, but a wolf killed my sheep. I am fed up!” Birbal said, “Come with me!” He took
Once, a saint with his two disciples went to a village. The disciples asked the saint who would provide food in the village. Just then, a carpenter named, Kalo, came and invited them in his home. Kalo thought, ‘Let them take rest till he earns money for their food.’ Kalo went to a rich merchant’s
Once a great saint with his seven disciples visited a village. The denizens of that village gave a warm welcome with profound respect and the villagers took great care of them. After a few days when the saint was departing he said, “I wish your village would destroy soon and all villagers would be separated.”
Once there broke a war between the birds and the beasts. Many battles were fought one after the other. Sometimes the birds got the upper hand; the next time the beasts were successful. The bats played a very treacherous role in this war. They sided with the side which got the better of the other.
There lived a good engineer who was so proud of his work. Once he went to a village for some work, passing many villages and fields. On his way he saw a creeper of pumpkin carried with many pumpkins. After going ahead he saw a big banyan tree, on which many small fruits were there.
One day, Akbar and Birbal were strolling along the banks of the Yamuna. Suddenly, they heard people shouting. When they went near, they saw some people standing around a man. The man bowed and said, “Your Majesty, my wife left home in the morning to bring water from the river. She has not returned. I
Once, two cockroaches, which were young and ful l of energy, lived in a house and played with each other. Both were energetic and strong but there was a difference between them. One cockroach was optimistic and always lived in hope, while the other was pessimistic and lived in despair. One day, they fell into
Once there lived an astronomer in a town. As we know that astronomers are sky-watchers, he used to go out at night in the open and watch the stars. One night, he was gazing at the sky closely and the same time moving ahead. He got so much involved in sky-watching that he stumbled against
Once a cat was relaxing in a garden when it saw a dog, playing freely. It thought, ‘It must be so nice to be play freely.’ This feeling of envy made it so bad-tempered, that it didn’t even wag its tail at its master, who came to give it some milk. Then it saw a
Once, Emperor Akbar gave Birbal five elephants. Birbal thanked the emperor and took them home. After some days, Birbal went to the marketplace to sell the elephants. One of Akbar’s guards saw this and complained to Akbar. Akbar was angry. He said, “How can he sell the gifts that I have given him?” He took
Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player, was dying of AIDS. From the world over, he received letters from his fans. One of them dolefully asked, “Why does God have chosen you for such a dire or egregious disease?” To this Arthur Ashe replied, “The world over 5 crore children start playing tennis, 50 lakh learn
Once a wife and her husband were going to their village sitting on a horse. On the way, many people looked at them and said, “Both of them are sitting on a weak horse.” To hear this the wife jumped off the horse. As they moved, they met many people who said, “Look at the
In a hot summer day, a lion was sitting under the shade of a big tree. After some time he fell asleep. Near by, there was a hole, in which there lived a mouse. When the lion was sleeping, the mouse came out of its hole. Unaware of the lion’s strength it thought of waking