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The Cat and The Fox Let us enjoy reading this story of The Cat and The Fox. A cat and a fox were once discussing about hounds. The cat said, "I hate hounds. They are very nasty animals. They hunt and kill us". The fox said, "I hate hounds more than you". . The cat asked, "How do you save yourself from hounds?" The fox replied, "There are many tricks to get away from hounds". The cat asked "Can you say what your tricks are?" "They are very simple", said the fox. He added, "I can hide behind thick bushes. I can run along thorny hedges. I can hide in burrows. There are many more such tricks". Now it was the turn of the fox to ask the cat about her tricks. The fox asked, "How many tricks do you know?" The cat replied, "I know just one trick". The Fox sneered, "Oh! How sad! You know only one trick? What is your trick?" The cat was ab...

The Camel and The Jackal A camel and a jackal were friends. One day the jackal took his friend to a big sugar-cane farm. It was on the opposite side of a river. After a sumptuous meal the jackal began to howl loudly. The frightened camel pleaded with the jackal not to do so. The jackal said, “Friend, I have this habit after every meal. I cannot help it." Soon the farmers arrived and gave a sound thrashing to the camel. When the camel crossed the river the jackal joined him on his back. In the midstream the camel took a deliberate dip in the water. When the jackal cried out in terror, the camel said casually: "I have the habit of rolling in the water after every meal." The poor jackal was drowned. MORAL : Every action has an opposite reaction. The Cap-Seller and The Monkeys Once, there was a cap-seller in a town. On one fine day, he was selling caps. “Caps, caps, caps….Five rupees caps, ten rupees caps…." After he made few sales...

Silly Little Mariam There lived a little girl Mariam who was very silly and lazy. Often she used to wander hither and thither with no purpose. Once, as she went wandering she felt very thirsty. She went to a pond nearby and quenched her thirst. She felt very tired and drowsy. She slept right there on the banks of the pond. When she woke up it was night already. She peeped into the pond but could not see her reflection. She got a big doubt, “Am I really here or not? Well! Let me ask at my home". She went home and found the door closed. She called out "Is Mariam in there?" A sleepy voice replied, “Oh! She must be in bed". Mariam thought, “If Mariam is at home, I am not Mariam". Saying this, she went away. MORAL :  Shadows are not realities.

Sheba and The Monkey Sheba, the queen of jungle, was very fond of babies. Once, she announced, "I order all animals to come to my palace with their babies. The animal who has the most beautiful baby will be awarded a prize". All animals came to Sheba's palace with their babies. Sheba started inspecting the babies one by one. She came to a monkey and said "What an ugly baby! You will not get the prize". The baby monkey started to cry. The monkey said, "What a foolish queen she is! Who wants her prize! You are my jewel, my dear child. You are more precious than anything 

Selfish Friendship Once a cat was caught in a hunter's net. A mouse used to live in a nearby hole. The mouse seeing the cat in the net started playing around the cat. Soon a mongoose came there. He wanted to kill the mouse. As he lifted his head, he saw an owl sitting on a tree trying to catch him. The mongoose went very near the cat's net to save himself. The mouse thought "When the hunter takes away the cat, the mongoose will not spare me and the owl is there to enjoy both of us." The Mouse went to the cat and said, "I can cut the net if you promise to save my life from the mongoose and the owl." The cat agreed. The mouse started cutting the net slowly and freed the cat only when the hunter was just near the cat. The cat took to heels and so ran the mongoose too. The owl was very much disappointed to see even the mouse running away to safety. A few days later, the cat being hungry, went to the hole of the mouse and...

Pride has A Fall. Gorelal was a famous sculptor. His sculptures looked real ones. One day he saw a dream that after fifteen days, the demon of Death would come to take him. Gorelal prepared nine statues of himself and when on the 15th day he heard the Demon of Death coming, he took his place between the statues. The Demon could not recognise him and was astonished to see ten Gorelals instead of one. He rushed back to the God of death and told the matter. The God of death got annoyed and set out to take Gorelal himself. Gorelal was alert and stood motionless. The God of Death initially got perplexed. But he thought for a moment. He said, “Gorelal, these sculptures would have been perfect but for one mistake." Gorelal was unable to suffer the least blemish in his work. He came out and asked, "Where is the fault?" God of Death caught him and said, “HERE". The statues were faultless but Gorelal was caught because of his pride.  Satan in Disguise Th...

One Nut and Two Boys Two little boys were playing together. One little boy saw a nut on the ground. Before he could pick it the other boy took it. The first boy demanded, "Give me the nut. It's mine. I only saw it first". The other boy replied, "It's mine. I only took it". This lead to a quarrel between these two little boys. Just then a tall boy came that way. Upon seeing the quarrel between the boys, he said, "Give me the nut and I'll settle your quarrel". He split the nut into two parts. He took out the fruit-seed. He gave one half-shell to one boy and the other half-shell to the other. He put the fruit seed into his mouth and said, "This is for settling your quarrel". MORAL : When two people quarrel some one else gains.

Night Watchman The manager of a firm advertised for a night watchman. All the applicants were present. But the manager was not satisfied. He found something wrong with each man. There was Raju, an applicant. He was sitting in a corner waiting for his turn of interview. Manager found nothing wrong in his appearance. He questioned about his health. He got the reply that he was suffering from sleeplessness. Manager was happy and appointed him. Moral : Be real.

Look before You leap. Once, a fox was very thirsty. He saw a big well nearby and peeped into it. The fox slipped and fell into the well. He tried to come out. But he could not do so. After some time, there came a goat who was also thirsty. He too peeped into the well. The fox saw the goat and said from inside the well, “The water is very sweet. Come and Come to enjoy." The foolish goat also jumped into the well. The clever fox climbed on the back of the goat and jumped out of the well. 

Honesty is The Best Policy. A milkman became very wealthy through dishonest means. He had to cross a river daily to reach the city where his customers lived. He mixed the water of the river generously with the milk that he sold for a good profit. One day he went around collecting the dues in order to celebrate the wedding of his son. With the large amount thus collected he purchased plenty of rich clothes and glittering gold ornaments. But while crossing the river the boat capsized and all his costly purchases were swallowed by the river. The milk vendor was speechless with grief. At that time he heard a voice that came from the river, “Do not weep. What you have lost is only the illicit gains you earned through cheating your customers. MORAL : Honest dealings are alway Hunting With The Lion Let us enjoy reading this story of Hunting With The Lion. It was a dry summer. The animals in the forest were beginning to find it difficult to get food. ...

Faithful Jose In a big beautiful palace there lived an old king who fell very sick one day. He had many servants and among them was a good servant Jose who had won the king s heart. The king thought that he was lying on his death-bed…so he said, "Let faithful Jose come to me." Faithful Jose was his affectionate servant and was called so because he had been true to him all his lifetime. As soon as Jose came to the bedside, the king said, "My faithful Jose. I feel that my end approaches and I am worried about my son who is still so young that he cannot always guide himself aright. If you do not promise to instruct him in everything he ought to know and be his guardian, I cannot close my eyes in peace." Then Jose answered, "I will never leave him. I will always serve him truly, even if it costs my own life." So the king was very happy and said, "Now I can die in peace. After my death, you must show him all the chambers, halls and vault...