Once, a businessman had a lazy son. One day, the businessman said, “I want you to earn something.” The son complained to his mother. She gave him a gold coin. The son showed his father the gold coin. He asked him to throw it into a well. The son did so. The wise father guessed […]
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a compassionate man. He had a servant whom he treated like the member of his family. One day, when Vidyasagar was descending the stairs of his house, he saw his servant sleeping on the staircase with a letter in his hand and tears on his face. Vidyasagar took the letter and
Once, a rich landowner while dying told his three sons to dig under his bed. Some days later, the sons dug there and unearthed three pots. The topmost pot contained mud, the middle pot contained the dried dung of a cow and the lowest pot contained straw. Below this pot was a silver coin. “What
Once, Morris and Jason were two farmers. Morris was hard-working and was well-off while Jason was lazy and not that well-off. Once, Morris produced a huge pumpkin of a rare variety. It had four legs, a trunk and a tail just like an elephant’s. Joyfully, Morris gifted the pumpkin to the king. In return, the
A rich man had four sons. As he grew old, he decided to give his property to the son who would value the wealth he had earned. He called his sons and gave them each five grains of rice. He said, “I will ask for these grains at the end of five years and I
King Akbar was very fond of Birbal. But a courtier was very jealous of Birbal. One day, Akbar praised Birbal in front of the courtier. This made the courtier very angry and he said to the king, “If Birbal answers two of my questions I will accept the fact that Birbal is intelligent.” King Akbar,
Once, there was a kind-hearted man. He always helped people. One day, he saw an empty purse and picked it. At that moment, a woman came there with a policeman. She shouted, “This is my purse!” The man handed over the purse to her. The woman asked, “Where is the money? I had kept it
Once upon a time, a wolf saw a lamb. His mouth watered and he decided to eat him up. So, he moved very quietly towards the lamb. But the lamb was alert. He saw the approaching wolf and ran for his life. The wolf chased him but the lamb was faster. The wolf couldn’t catch
A furious King Vikramaditya followed Baital to the peepal tree. He pulled down the corpse from there. He lifted the corpse and put it on his shoulder. Then he started walking. On the way, Baital said to him, “Vikram, listen to the story I am going to tell you.” Saying so, Baital began to tell
Baital continued, “Let me remind you that all the three princes made almost the same contribution towards the release of Chandralekha from the hands of the giant. And as always, if you do not answer my question correctly, I will break your head into pieces.” King Vikramaditya was silent for a few moments and then
Chandralekha and the three princes returned to the kingdom. The queen was very happy to see Chandralekha alive and well. She thanked all the three princes. Now all was well. Everybody was happy. But something new was happening. The three princes were arguing amongst themselves as to who should get the princess. Prince Virendra said,
Once, a girl named Jenny needed a study table. As they were poor, her parents decided to buy an old one. In the furniture store, Jenny looked around and casually opened a drawer of an old table. To her surprise, she found a bag with some notes in it. She thought, ‘Wow! With this money
Then he made some calculations on a piece of paper and said, “A giant in the hope of marrying the princess has kidnapped her.” The panicked queen went to her room. She summoned all the three princes in her room. Then she made a request to them saying, “Please save my daughter Chandralekha.” The three
Prince Udaivir replied that he possessed a chariot which could run on land and fly in the sky as well. He too was asked to stay as a guest by Chandralekha. Next day, a prince named Dhananjay proposed to Chandralekha. Princess Chandralekha put up the same question to him as she had put up to
Once, a teacher had two disciples. One day, the teacher showed a mango tree to them. The teacher asked the first disciple, “What do you think of this mango tree?” The disciple answered, “In spite of people hitting this tree with stones, it gives us sweet and juicy mangoes. I wish all human beings would