TWO FRIENDS AND THE BEAR

 

 

 

 

 

Vijay and Raju were friends. On a holiday they went into a forest. They were enjoying the beauty of nature. Suddenly, they saw a bear coming at them. They were frightened.

Raju, who knew climbing trees, ran up to a tree and climbed up quickly. He did not think of Vijay. Vijay did not know tree climbing.

 

Vijay thought for a second. He had heard animals do not prefer dead bodies. He fell to the ground and held his breath. The bear sniffed him and thought he was dead. So he went away.

 

Raju asked Vijay, “What did the bear whisper into your ears?”.

 
Vijay replied, “The bear asked me to keep away from friends like you”, and went on his way.

 

MORAL: A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED

 

 

THE COWS AND THE LION

 

 

 

 

 

There was a village near a jungle. The village cows used to go up to the jungle in search of food.

 

In the forest there lived a wicked lion. He used to kill a cow now and then and eat her. This was happening for quite some time. The cows were frightened.

 
One day, all the cows held a meeting. An old cow said, “Listen everybody, the lion eats one of us only because we go into the jungle separately. From now on we will all be together”.

 

From then on, all the cows went into the jungle in a herd. When they heard or saw the lion, all of them unitedly moo and chased him away.

 

MORAL: DIVIDED WE FALL, UNITED WE STAND

 

THE GREEDY LION

 

 

 

It was a hot summer day. A lion was feeling very hungry. He came out of his den and searched here and there. He could find only a small hare. He caught the hare with some hesitation. “This hare cannot fill my tummy” thought the lion.

 

As the lion was about to kill the hare, a deer ran that way. The lion became greedy. He thought, “Instead of eating this small hare let me eat the big deer”. He let the hare go and went behind the deer. But, the deer had vanished into the forest. The lion now felt sorry for letting the hare off.

 

MORAL: A BIRD IN HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH

 

THE DOG AND THE COWS

 

 

 

 

The cows used to eat hay from the manager. One day a herd of cows came to the manager to eat hay. They saw a dog lying on the hay in the manager.

 

One of the cows pleaded, “Please, will you get up! We are hungry. We have to eat our hay”. The dog did not take heed of it.

 

Once again another cow pleaded, “Please, let us have our hay”. The dog snarled and the cow stepped back.

 

A wise cow ran up to the bull and told him the matter. The bull came and requested, “Get out, please! Let them have their food”. There was no reply. The bull became angry. He bellowed loudly and stamped his legs. The dog got frightened and ran for his life.

 

MORAL: IT IS NO GOOD TO BE A DOG IN A MANAGER