Once, Akbar, Birbal and all the courtiers went hunting. After a while, they were tired and decided to relax in the shade. They dismounted from their horses and tied them near by. While everyone rested, the soldiers fed peas to the horses. A monkey was sitting on a tree near by, watching the horses. Suddenly, […]
A farmer had some cats to sell. He was hanging a board for advertisement. There came a little boy to buy a cat but was avoided by saying that the cost of cats was too exorbitant to afford for him. The boy delved hard into his pocket to take out the money and gave it
A cute son was desperately waiting for his dad, who got late from office and was exasperated due to some problem. No sooner had he opened the door for his dad than he started showering questions about his income. It infuriated father much more and he replied it was none of his business but again,
Once a guru went to a forest in search of remedy. A hunter had also gone there for hunting animals and a solider also arrived there. All of three felt thirsty. They saw a hut in the forest in which a blind man was sitting. The hunter went there and said, “O blind man, make
One day, two brothers stormed into Emperor Akbar’s court. Their father had left them his property and they were fighting over it. While the younger brother wanted his share of the property, the elder brother wanted it all for himself. As they continued to quarrel, Birbal intervened. He told Akbar, “Your Majesty, long ago, after
Once upon a time, it rained heavily for several days resulting in floods. Many houses collapsed and household articles got carried away with the flood-water. As a matter of chance, two pitchers were also carried away by the flowing tide. One of them was made of brass while the other of baked clay. The brass
Once in a forest, a washerman was going with his donkey hanging a stone in his neck. A jeweller on his way got his eyes on the stone. He recognized the stone as a diamond but the washerman, not acquainted with this fact, got surprised to know that the jeweller wanted to buy the stone.
Once upon a time in Arabian city an atrocious dacoit lived with his enormous soldiers. A deplorable atmosphere pervaded with his presence when he used to pass any village of Arabian city because he brutally snatched all the valuable things along with money from villagers. He committed such crimes daily but at the end of
One day, Akbar said to his courtiers, “I grant you all a day’s holiday to visit the annual fair.” Everyone thanked Akbar and left for the fair. Birbal went to the fair along with his family. There, Birbal saw a learned man. The man was actually a thief. He befriended Birbal. Soon, he was awestruck
In a green and fresh pasture, there lived three cows, a white, a black and a brown cow. They were kind to one another and always grazed together. One day, a ravenous lion came to devour them all but couldn’t, because of their company. But the lion made a policy of divide and rule and
Once a saint predicted that it would not rain for seven years. When a simple farmer heard this news, he took his plough and kept in home and thought if it would not rain for seven years, then it’s not necessary to irrigate the field. He sat three days at home with no work but
One day, while walking down the road, father said to his son, “Look, a horseshoe is lying in the mud. Pick it up.” The son said, “I hate to pick up things from mud.” The father picked up the horseshoe and kept it in his pocket. On reaching the village, he sold the horseshoe and
Once there lived a rich man with his loyal servant. The man was always rejoiced because of the loyal and meticulous attitude of his servant. One evening, the man was shocked to see the broken watch of his room. He called his servant and angrily asked the reason for that. The servant replied that in
One morning, Akbar and Birbal were strolling in the royal garden. Many fruit trees, flowering plants and shrubs grew in the garden. The fragrance of the flowers pervaded the air. Akbar and Birbal were talking to each other and walked into the part of the garden where the gardener was at work. They watched him
Long, long ago, in Africa cats were ruled by roosters where cats had to collect food for the king roosters for the sake of their life. If someone dared to disobey the king, he would have given an iron comb’s burn as a punishment. So all cats were petrified of the hot comb. All cats