Grandpa Tales

A village headman had a daughter-in-law. One day, he asked his daughter-in-law, “How much do you think I spent on your wedding?” The daughter-in-law replied, “Well, you spent equal to the cost of one bag of rice.” The headman was annoyed at this answer but did not say anything. One day, they were going somewhere, […]

A village was terrified of a tiger. The tiger used to come to the village every day and pick a prey. On the outskirts of the village there stood a tree. On this tree, a young boy sat guarding. Whenever he used to see the tiger coming, he used to beat the drums to warn

A weaver used to weave blankets and earn his living. One day, as he was weaving a blanket, a man stood and watched him. Suddenly, when the weaver was not looking, the man cut a few strands of his hair and mixed them with the wool the weaver was weaving. After a few days, the

Once, a farmer was selling pears. Soon, an old monk begged him for a pear but the farmer did not give him any. By then a large crowd had gathered there. Finally, a man bought a pear and handed it to the monk. The monk thanked the man and said, “I invite all of you

Once, there was a severe drought in a certain village. People started leaving their houses to places where there was water. Now, some thieves saw this and took the opportunity. They started robbing their houses. One day, they came to a man’s house who was the king’s minister. He was very intelligent. He saw the

Once, there was a blind lion. A woodcutter healed the blind lion with some herbs. Both became very good friends. The lion hunted every day and gave a major share to the woodcutter. The woodcutter was very happy. He did not have to work anymore and enjoyed life. Time passed by. One day, the lion

Once, a woman had three sons. She loved the eldest the most though he was her stepson. The boy was hardworking and the family prospered under him. But their neighbours did not like this. They poisoned the younger sons’ ears against the elder son. Under her sons’ insistence, she told her eldest son that there

Once, there was a merchant. He had many donkeys. But these donkeys were very lazy and did not like to work. One day, the merchant loaded a donkey with the sacks of salt. While crossing a river, the donkey slipped. All the salt got dissolved in the water. The donkey was happy as he had

Once, two boys went to pick some cherries. They climbed up the cherry tree, looking for the best ones. One of the boys was stronger and was able to reach the ripest cherries. Suddenly, he noticed that the cherries his friend was eating were not quite ripe. He said to his friend, “I will bend

One day, a man was tilling his patch of land when a hunter came riding up. He asked the man, “Did you see a boar run past?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes!” Then he went on doing his work. The hunter got impatient and asked, “Which way did it go?” The

A villager was going to the city. He was travelling with his wife and son. On the way, they decided to take a rest. They saw a banyan tree and took shelter under it. The wife started preparing food. The villager started making rope to while away his time. Now, a giant lived on that

Once, a man wanted to cross a river. He was a scholar. He saw a boatman and asked him, “Can you take me across the river?” The boatman agreed to do so immediately. Soon, they were sailing away. On the way, to make a small conversation, the scholar asked the boatman, “Have you gone to

Once, a young pig was drinking water from a lake. Suddenly, a lion also came there to drink water. The young pig saw the lion and grunted. The lion growled and stepped back. Thinking that the lion was afraid of him, the pig challenged the lion to a fight. The lion went away saying he