Long ago, there was a young boy named Han Xin. He was very poor and went to people’s houses to beg for food. But soon the people were annoyed with him. So, he tried his luck at fishing. But he could never catch anything. One day, an old woman who was washing clothes at the […]
Once there was a kind youth. He was always keen on helping others. One day, he was strolling near a lonely hut. He saw an old man in front of the hut. The youth thought that the old man must be some learned sage. He asked the old man, “Sir, I want to be good
Once there was a great battle amongst animals. After the war had ended, a porcupine and a fox were returning back together from the battlefield to their respective dwelling places. The fox had an evil thought of killing the porcupine. But the fox was worried about the coat of sharp spines on the porcupine’s body
Once a samurai warrior killed his master. He knew that he would be put to death if he was caught. So he fled and reached a remote village that was separated from the rest of the world by a mountain. The path across the mountain was narrow and treacherous. The warrior decided to cut a
Once there lived a man named Jamal with his wife Fatima. One day, Fatima asked her husband to dig the patch of land outside their hut to plant some vegetables. Jamal agreed. He took a spade and started digging. The spade suddenly struck a metal. Jamal excitedly scraped away the mud and saw a big
Byun Soon, Dael Soon and Hae Soon were three sisters. One day, a tiger came to their house. The girls were frightened to see the tiger. They ran out of the back door and climbed up a tree. When the tiger began to climb up the tree, the sisters prayed to the god to save
Once there was an old fox with nine tails, who thought that his wife was not faithful to him. In order to check, he stretched himself out under the bench and behaved as if he was dead. Mrs. Fox locked herself inside her room. Just then, someone knocked at the door. The maid, Miss Cat,
Once Essiya was the king of Calabar town. He used to call upon the animals and the birds to help his people with their work. One day, he decided to appoint head chiefs of different species. The elephant became the king of land animals and the hippopotamus became the king of water animals. But Essiya
Once there lived Dough with his wife Butter, son Ant and daughter Cotton. One morning, Butter asked Ant to bring dried resin from the mepche tree. “Stay away from fresh resin to avoid getting stuck,” she cautioned. Ant paid no attention. He saw a big blob of resin emerging from a crack in the tree
Once there was an old fisherman. He would go fishing in the morning and return back in the evening. One day while fishing, he saw a large heavenly bird Kaha sitting on a rock. The bird said, “You need not do such work. From now onwards, I will bring you a big fish every evening.”
Once a Chinese emperor organized a race for animals. The first twelve animals to finish were to be given a place in the Chinese Zodiac. The cat and the rat, both lazy creatures, asked the ox to wake them on the day of the race. The day arrived. The ox tried to wake them up,
One day, the residents of the Jewish town of Chelm thought that there was no point in all of them separately worrying about the various problems of their lives. The mayor told that he would appoint a worry man who would be given the duty to worry for all the residents of Chelm. Everybody hailed
One day, some monkeys decided to go on a fast. They thought that before starting the fast they should keep the food ready with which they would break the fast. So, they gathered some delicious bananas. Then they thought of sharing bananas amongst them before beginning the fast. One of them suggested that they should
One day a woman went to the beach and began singing songs in the praise of lord Neptune. The lord was very much pleased with her. He appeared before her and asked what she wanted. The woman was happy to see the lord and asked him for a cow. The next moment there was a
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