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

 

THE DOG AND THE DONKEY

 

 

 

 

There lived a dog and a donkey in a house of a rich man. The dog guarded his house and the donkey carried loads for him.

 

It was a hot afternoon. The dog was sleeping under the shady veranda. There was some noise outside. The dog just lifted up his head and went back to sleep.

 

The donkey asked, “Why don’t you bark. It could be thieves”. The dog replied, “Mind your own business”. But the donkey would not listen. He wanted to save his master from thieves. He started to bray.

 

The master who was sound asleep got wild with the donkey and came running out with a stick and gave hard beatings to the donkey.

 

 

MORAL: IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO MIND OUR OWN BUSINESS.

 

THE FOX AND THE STORK

 

 

 

 

 

A fox wanted to tease a stork. He invited the stork to dinner. The stork accepted. The fox prepared a soup and served the soup in a flat plate. He said, “Let’s start our dinner, and began lapping. He looked at the stork and asked, “Isn’t the soup delicious? You like it, don’t you?”

 

The stork could only smell the flavor. She was not able to drink the soup with her long beak from the flat plate. She understood that the fox was teasing her. She looked helplessly while the fox was just enjoying himself.

 
After they had finished, the stork invited the fox. The fox said, he would come”. So a few days later, the stork prepared soup and, now, she served in a long jug with a narrow mouth.
 
 

 

 

Now, the fox could not drink from the jug. But the stork drank comfortability and said, “What a nice soup! I prepared this specially for you, Please don’t feel shy. Have as much as you want”.

 
The fox now felt he was paying for his mischief.

 

MORAL:  TIT FOR TAT

 

 

THE BEE AND THE DOVE

 

 

 

Once, a bee fell into a stream. He was struggling to get out of the water. His wings got wet and he could not fly.


A dove was perched on a nearby tree. She saw the struggling bee. She plucked a leaf. She held the leaf in her beak and flew upto the bee. She scoped the bee with the leaf and dropped him out on the shore. After sometime the bee flew away.


A few days later, the dove was perched on the same tree and sleeping. A boy was aiming his sling at her. The bee saw the boy. And when the boy was about to shoot he bit the boy’s hand. The boy cried with pain. The dove woke up and flew away.



MORAL: ONE GOOD LEADS TO ANOTHER

THE SMART VENDOR

 

 

 

 

There was a smart vendor. He used to act smart with people. Once, a small boy bought some berries from the vendor. The vendor gave him berries less in weight.

 

The boy asked “Why are you giving me less berries?” The vendor replied “lesser the berries, easier will it be for you to carry. Now, give me the money”.

 

The boy dropped some coins into the vendor’s hand and walked off. The vendor counted and found the money to be less.

 

The vendor shouted “Hey boy, you’ve given me less money”. The boy’s reply was “Lesser the money, easier to count, isn’t It!”.


MORAL: SMART PEOPLE ARE OUTSMARTED