A king used to hunt deer. Many deer died due to this. One day, the deer king came to the king and said, “Sir! Many of my deer are dying every day. To stop this, we will send you one deer every day.” The king agreed. He was also very impressed by the deer king […]
A king had a loyal servant. His job was to set a price for anything the king wanted to buy or sell. But this man would buy things at very low prices and sell them at high prices. Once, a merchant sold 500 horses. The price the servant gave was only a cup of rice
King Pratap was the ruler of a big kingdom. He had a wife and a son. One day, his kingdom was attacked by King Brij. He killed King Pratap and forcefully made the queen his own wife. Luckily, the son (prince) escaped. When the prince grew up, he raised a large army to attack King
Once upon a time, there were two brothers, one of whom became very rich but was wicked and cruel. The other one remained so poor that sometimes he and his family had to go to bed hungry. One winter night, the poor brother’s family had nothing to eat, so he begged his rich brother to
Once, there was a prince. He was very brave. One day, while going through the forest, he came face to face with a monster. The monster growled, “I am going to eat you up!” The prince said, “I will kill you with my weapons.” The prince fought very hard. The monster was surprised. He found
When an old merchant was dying, he gave his house to the two elder sons and their wives and he gave each son three hundred gold coins. The two elder sons said they would travel and trade, improving their fortunes. “You stay home and look after your sisters-in-law,” they told the youngest, who was thoroughly
Once there was an ascetic. He lived on the Himalayas near a lake. One day, he was bathing in the lake. Suddenly, a water nymph came out of the lake and saw him. She immediately fell in love with him. She thought, ‘Why is such a handsome man leading such a hard life? He should
A king got a lake made for his children to play in with some fish in it. The excited children rushed off to see the fish. Now, among the fish was a turtle as well. The children not having seen a turtle before thought it to be a monster. They told the king that there
High up in the Black Mountains was a lake near which was a rich pasture to which the shepherd of Myddvai took his sheep. One day, as he lay there watching his sheep graze, three beautiful maidens emerged from the lake. One of them came near him and he offered her some bread. But the
Once there lived a culprit by the name of Poornananda in a village far away. He had two disciples–Nagendra and Krishna. One day while the two were coming to the village from the city, Naga (Nagendra’s nickname) picked a fight with a horse-cart driver. The fight reached a flashpoint and Naga unable to control himself
It was a harvest holiday and Tom Fitzpatrick was out playing in the fields, when he heard a strange little sound of tapping from somewhere close by. He looked stealthily through the hedges and bushes. He saw a little old man with a beard, wearing a leather apron and a green cap, sitting on a
Two gamblers gambled every day. One was honest but the other was a cheat. He played as long as he won. When he began to lose, he would secretly put one of the dice in his mouth and claim that it was lost. Then he would stop the game. The honest gambler saw this happening
Macdonald was the lord of Saddell Castle. He wanted to get a set of trews stitched for himself. Trews were a kind of jumpsuit with the vest and the trousers stitched together and decorated with fringes. And they were very comfortable to wear. He asked the village tailor, who was a bright and cheeky man,
Early morning many people were busy rushing to their office on time. A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, “I am blind please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by the
Conn of Hundred Fights was a famous warrior and dearly loved his son, Connla with the fiery hair. One day, as they stood on Mount Usna, Connla saw a beautiful maiden walking towards him and asked her who she was. She was from among the joyous Hill Folk who lived in the Land of the