children books

Some men went to the forest for a picnic in the afternoon. But the walk to the forest was very tiring. So, they hurriedly ate up everything they had brought. After that, they all went off to sleep. It was dusk when they got up. All of them started feeling hungry again. One of them

A woman had a pet cat but she was very lean as the woman was poor and gave little food to the cat. One day, the lean cat saw a healthy stray cat passing by. She was surprised to see such a healthy cat. She asked her, “How it so happened are so well fed?”

Once, a sage and his disciple were going through the forest. They chanced to see a tigress. She was going to kill her own cubs out of hunger. The sage was saddened to see this. He decided to sacrifice himself. He sent his disciple to get some food lest he should object to the sage’s

Once, there were two friends – a lion and a tiger. They lived happily together. Not far from where they lived, dwelt a hermit. One day, the two friends got into a silly argument. The tiger said, “It becomes cold when the moon decreases from full to new.” The lion replied, “No. It becomes cold

A rich man had a bird house in which there lived a pigeon. The pigeon never entered the rich man’s kitchen, for the cook was very cruel. One day, a crow smelled the delicious food being cooked in the rich man’s kitchen. He decided to befriend the pigeon, and thereby, enter the rich man’s kitchen.

Long ago, Lord Buddha used to give sermons to his disciples in a monastery. One day, one of his disciples, who was coming to the monastery to hear his sermons, got late. On the way, he had to cross a river. But due to being late, he missed the boat. The disciple was so engrossed

In a forest, there lived some quails. One day, one of the quails laid some eggs. The quails came to know that an elephant was on a rampage in that area. Soon, the elephant came to the place where the quails lived. The mother quail begged the elephant, “Please spare my young ones!” But the

Once, a rich man’s wife was reborn as a mouse. She was so attached to her riches that even after becoming a mouse, she kept all the treasure near her. Now, there was a stone-cutter. The mouse became his friend. The mouse gave him some money to buy food. From then on, the stone-cutter bought

Have you ever noticed the full moon? Well, we can see a mark on the moon which looks like a hare. Here is an interesting story about it. Once, a hare had three friends – a monkey, an otter and a jackal. One day, the hare said to his friends, “Let us do some charity.

Once, there was a goose with golden feathers. She lived in a pond. Near this pond lived a poor woman with her two daughters. The goose thought, ‘If I give them my golden feathers, they will live happily.’ The goose went there and told the poor woman about this. After this, the goose started shedding

Once, there was a rich man. But despite being rich he always believed that happiness could be obtained by leading a good life; money was not everything. He had a son. He wanted to teach his son the same thing. One day, his son, while playing, broke his toy. The son started crying. His father

A king had an orchard. Many monkeys used to live there. One day, the royal priest was passing through the orchard. A naughty monkey made fun of him. The priest got angry and vowed to take revenge on all the monkeys. The monkey king got worried. He told the monkeys to leave the orchard as

Once there was a Brahmin. He was a great miser. He had a son whom he loved very much. When the son turned sixteen, he got very sick. The father being a miser did not send for a physician. He treated the boy himself. But the boy’s condition got worse. Now, the miser feared that