Farmer and hen

 Once a farmer lived in a village. He was very greedy. He had a unique hen. It laid one golden egg every day. He wished to be a rich man soon. So he tried to get all the golden eggs at a time. He cut open the hen’s stomach. He found no eggs there. The hen died. The farmer was very sad.

Moral : Greed is a curse.

Farmer and his sons

 An old farmer lived in a village. He had four sons. They always quarrelled with one another. The farmer was very sad to see this. He thought of a plan. He made a bundle of sticks. He called all his sons there. He asked them to break the bundle one by one. None could succeed. Then the farmer untied the bundle. He asked his sons to break the sticks one by one. Each broke them easily. In this way the farmer taught them a lesson, “Unity is Strength”.

Moral : Unity is strength.

Hare and Tortoise

 Once a hare and a tortoise lived in a forest. The hare was proud of its fast speed. It always laughed at the tortoise’s slow speed. One day the tortoise challenged the hare to run a race. The race started. The hare ran fast in the beginning. Then it took rest on the way and fell asleep. The tortoise was far behind But it continued running. It reached the goal. Then the hare got up and ran fast again. But, it lost the race. Now the hare was ashamed.

Moral : Slow and steady wins the race.

Bee and Dove

 Once a bee and a dove were fast friends. They lived in a tree along the pond. One day the bee fell into the water. Its wings became wet. The dove saw the bee in danger. It dropped a leaf in the water. The bee climbed on it and flew away. After some days, a hunter came into the forest. He aimed at the dove. The bee saw the danger. It soon stung the hunter’s arm. The hunter missed his aim. The dove flew away. ।

Moral : A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Greedy Dog

 There was a dog. It was very greedy. One day it got a piece of meat. It went on its way. Then it passed over a bridge. It saw its reflection in the river water. The dog thought that there was another dog with a piece of meat. The greedy dog wanted to take the piece of meat of the other dog also. It began to bark. In doing so its own piece of meat fell into the water. The dog couldn’t do anything. So it was very sad.

Moral : Don’t be greedy.

Fox and Grapes

 There was a fox. One day it felt very hungry. It went in search of food. It reached a garden. It saw a bunch of grapes there. It wanted to eat them. So it jumped again and again. It could not catch the bunch of grapes because it was very high. At last the fox got tired. It said to itself, “The grapes are sour. I do not like them.” Saying so it went away.

Moral: Grapes out of reach are said to be sour.

Elephant and Tailor

 There was an elephant. It used to go to the river to drink water. On the way it passed by a tailor’s shop. The tailor used to give it a loaf of bread. One day the tailor was not at the shop. His son was sitting at the shop. He did not give anything to the elephant. He pricked a needle in its trunk. The elephant became angry. It went to the river bank. It filled its trunk with dirty water. It came to the tailor’s shop. It sprayed dirty water in the shop. It spoiled all the clothes in the shop.

Moral : Tit for tat.

The lion and the mouse

Once upon a time there was a lion. One day it was sleeping under a tree. 

A mouse came and began to jump on his body. The lion woke up. 

He became angry. He wanted to kill it. The mouse said to the lion, “Do not kill me. I shall help you some day.”

The lion laughed and said,'A mouse will help a lion? ha!ha!ha!' then he felt pity and freed it.

The mouse thanked him and promised to help in future.

 After some days the lion was caught in a net. He began to roar. The mouse heard his roar. He came there and quickly cut the net with his sharp teeth and freed lion away. 

The Lion thanked the mouse and apologize for joking.

Moral: Do good, have good.

Thirsty Crow

Once upon a time. There was a crow. one day it was very thirsty. 

It went here and there in search of water. It saw no water any where.

After sometime it saw a pot. There was a little water at its bottom.

It could not reach the water.

It saw a few pebbles lying near about. It dropped pebbles into the pot. 

The water came up. The crow drank the water. It flew away.

Moral : Where there is a will, there is a way.

The Clever Fox and Foolish Crow

Once upon a time. There was a crow. One day it was sitting on a branch of a tree. It had a piece of bread in its beak.

A fox saw it. It was very clever. It was hungry. It said to the crow, “Brother, your voice is very sweet. Please sing a song for me.”

The foolish crow was very much pleased. It began to sing a song. As soon as it opened its beak, the piece fell to the ground. The fox took it. It ran away.

Moral : Beware of flatterers.