THE MONKEY’S JUSTICE

 

It was the aftermath of big festival. Two cats were prowling together. One of the cats saw a big cake and mieued. The other jumped up and picked it.

 

The first cat said, “Give me the cake. It is I who saw it first”.

 

The other cat said “Keep away from it. It is I who picked it up”.

 

They were fighting and fighting. But there was no solution. Just then, a monkey passed by. He thought “What foolish cats they must me! Let me make use of this chance”.

 

 

 

He came to the cats and said in a loud voice. “Don’t fight. Let me share the cake among you both”. The cake was handed over the monkey. 

 

The monkey split the cake into two parts. He shook his head and said, “Oho! One is bigger. One is smaller”. He had a bit of the bigger and now said “Oho! This has become smaller now”. He ate from the other. And thus, he went on eating from part to part and finally finished the whole cake. 

 

The poor cats were disappointed.

 

MORAL: WHEN YOU QUARREL SOMEONE ELSE GAINS

THE DONKEY AND THE DOG

In a small town there lived a potter. He had a dog to guard his house and pottery, and a donkey to carry his load.

 

Whenever the master came, the dog used to bark a little to welcome him. He ran upto the master and raised his front legs and puts them on the master. The master pets the dog and gives him nice food to eat.

 

The donkey used to watch this daily routine from a distance. He began to feel jealous of the dog. He thought with jealous, “What an easy life for the dog! He just roams around. He barks at strangers. That’s all this work. Yet, he is being cared with love and affection. But look at me! I carry all the loads. Yet all I get is hard blows and left-over’s for eating”.

 

 

 

So the donkey decided to behave in the same way as the dog, in order to get nice treatment from his master. He roamed here and there and neighed at strangers. When the master returned he neighed a little, ran to him and wagging his tail he started to lift his front legs. 

 

The master got annoyed. He took a long stick and landed heavy blows. Poor donkey!

 

 

MORAL: JEALOUSY WILL NOT SERVE GOOD



THE MOUSE AND THE BULL

 It was a hot day. A bull was sound asleep under a shady tree. The bull was snoring loudly. This loud noise evoked the curiosity of a small mouse passing that away.

The mouse climbed up to the nose of the bull. As the bull snored, the mouse bit his nose madly for fun’s snake. But the bull woke up and snorted “Who bit me and woke me up?” The little mouse replied “Sorry Mr.Bull! I bit you playfully, but I did not expect to wake you up”.

The bull got wild. He started to chase the small mouse. The mouse began to run for his life. At last he found a small hole in a stone wall. He ran into the hole and waited to see what the bull is going to do.

The bull came dashing upto the wall. He was not able to catch the mouse. He roared “You silly creature! I’II teach you a lesson” and dashed against the wall. The wall was too strong for the bull.

The bull heard the mouse saying “Why are you breaking your heard for so small a thing?” He left the place immediately.

MORAL: MIGHT IS NOT ALWAYS RIGHT

THE FARMER AND THE MAGIC GOOSE

Once there was a poor farmer. His family lived in poverty. He was very sad.

One day, he got a magic goose as a born. The goose laid one golden egg every day. The farmer sold the golden egg and bought things for his family. Soon they became very rich.

Suddenly, a very wicked idea came to the farmer’s mind. “If the magic goose lays one golden egg every day, how many golden eggs will be inside the goose? If I cut open the goose, I will become still rich in a single day.”

He killed the goose and cut open. But, he found no egg inside. Because of his greed, he lost his magic goose and the golden egg.

MORAL: GREED IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF MISERIES

THE DONKEY’S BRAIN

In the forest lived a lion. He had a jackal as his partner. They both always went together for hunting. The lion used to kill the animals and the jackal got his share for helping the lion then and there.

Oneday, the lion fell sick. He could not go out. But he was very hungry. He called the jackal and said, “Dear friend, I am hungry. But, I am too sick to hunt. You have to help me get some food”.

The jackal went off in search of prey. He found a donkey at last. He said to the donkey. “Hello, Donkey Sir! The king of the forest wants to make you his minister”. The foolish donkey was too happy to think of the plot. He followed the jackal.

The lion killed the donkey. But, before eating, he felt so thirsty. He said to the jackal, “Take care of the donkey. I will return in no time”.

As soon as the lion left, the jackal started eating the brain of the donkey. When the lion returned he found the donkey’s brain missing.

He asked the jackal, “Where is the donkey’s brain?” The jackal answered timidly, “If he had a brain would he have come here?”

MORAL: A SMALL THOUGHT SAVES A LOT

THE DREAMING ASTRONOMER

 

 

 

 

There lived an astronomer who was very much involved in his observations. He often used to look up at the sky at night and start observing the stars.

 

 

Once, as he walked looking up at the stars, his leg slipped and he fell into a ditch. He started shouting.

 

 

A passerby, who heard his shouts, helped him out of the ditch and asked, “How did you fall into this ditch?” The astronomer replied, “I was so engrossed in my observations that I did not notice the ditch”.

 

 

The passerby asked “How do you expect to discover things when you fail to take note of things under your nose?” The astronomer walked away with a sad face.

 

 

 

MORAL: REALITIES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN DREAMS