STORY 1

The Lion and the Mouse

Once when a lion, the king of the jungle, was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down
on him. This soon awakened the lion, who placed his huge paw on the mouse, and opened his big
jaws to swallow him.

“Pardon, O King!” cried the little Mouse, “Forgive me this time. I shall never repeat it and I shall
never forget your kindness. And who knows, I may be able to do you a good turn one of these
days!”

The Lion was so tickled by the idea of the mouse being able to help him that he lifted his paw
and let him go.

Sometime later, a few hunters captured the lion, and tied him to a tree. After that they went in
search of a wagon, to take him to the zoo.

Just then the little mouse happened to pass by. On seeing the lion’s plight, he ran up to him and
gnawed away the ropes that bound him, the king of the jungle.

“Was I not right?” said the little mouse, very happy to help the lion.
STORY 2

The Monkey and the Crocodile

It was a beautiful lake surrounded by lush green grasses, beautiful trees, mountains and sweetest,
tastiest jamun trees. There lived a monkey on one of the jamun trees located near the lake.

The lake also had a few crocodiles. There was one crocodile that used to collect the jamun fruits
from the lake that fall from the tree.

As the crocodile visits the jamun trees every day, it became friends with Monkey. Crocodile and
monkey met every day. The monkey helped crocodile by providing more and fresh jamun fruits
from the tree. Their relationship continued and they became close pals.
One day, the monkey asked the crocodile to give some jamun fruits to his wife and family as the
fruits were more delicious. The crocodile agreed and took a lot of jamun fruits to his wife.
His wife was so happy and surprised that she never ate so delicious fruits, so far. She inquired
her husband, where he got those fruits. The crocodile told her, his friend, monkey who lives in a
Jamun tree gave these for him.

The wife crocodile made a plan in her mind. She asked her husband, ‘Does your friend eat these
fruits every day?’ The crocodile replied yes. She added, ‘Oh my goodness. These are the
sweetest fruits we ever ate. Imagine how delicious the monkey’s heart would be if he eat these
fruits daily! I need the heart of your friend. Can you please bring it for me?’
The crocodile was shocked to hear it from his wife. He replied, ‘But he is my close friend. I can’t
do this to him.’
The wife crocodile told him, ‘don’t worry. You bring him here. I will then take care! Or else, you
may try to push him down into the water if he doesn’t know swimming!’
After a long time, the crocodile agreed to bring monkey to his wife.
The very next day, crocodile invited monkey to join them for lunch and asked for his favorite
foods. Monkey happily agreed to be the guest and but worried that the monkey did not know
how to swim in the lake.
Crocodile on thinking about monkey’s sorrow, pleased monkey and told him, ‘Don’t worry. I
will carry you on my back and will take you back safely too!’
The monkey accepted and crocodile rode him to his home on his back on the water. As they
reached half way, the crocodile tried to push monkey down into the water. However, monkey
held the crocodile tightly and did not fall. Monkey got suspicious about crocodile’s act and asked
him to tell the truth.
Since crocodile believed him as his good friend, he told about the conversation and the fight his
wife had with him and he was taking monkey to eat his heart!
The intelligent monkey said, ‘Oh my dear friend, you should have told me this earlier. I left my
heart on one of the branches of the tree as I won’t carry it if I travel long. If you take me back, I
can give you my heart.’
Crocodile accepted and rode the monkey back to the lake. As they reached the tree where the
monkey lived, the monkey climbed quickly and escaped from the crocodile.
He shouted at crocodile, ‘I thought you as a good friend, but you cheated me. I will never come
back and never be your friend.’
The crocodile understood his mistake and returned back home empty handed, losing a good
friend indeed.
STORY 3

The Eagle Who Lived Like a Hen

In a forest an eagle lived on a tree. It had built a nest wherein to lay its eggs. There the eagle
would hatch its eggs all through the day.

Under the same tree there lived a hen. The hen had also laid eggs during the same period when
the eagle had laid its eggs.

One day, while the eagle had gone for hunting, a bear climbed up the tree to eat the eagle’s eggs.
The bear had finished three of the eggs when the fourth one slipped off its hands and fell into the
hen’s nest. On returning, the eagle could not find her eggs. Feeling terribly upset, she decided to
leave the place.

The hen which lived under the tree saw the eagle’s egg by the side of her eggs. She felt eggs pity
on the eagle’s egg, and decided to hatch it too. After a few days, the hen’s chicks hatched. The
eagle’s chick hatched, too.

The hen would feed all the chicks, including the eagle’s chick, as if it were her own. Soon the
chicks began to grow.

The young chicks would listen to their mother’s sounds and try to imitate her. The eagle’s chick
also picked up the hen’s sounds. The chicks would all play together and make lots of noise.

Within no time the hen’s chicks as well as the eagle’s chick grew up to their full size. The
eagle’s chick never realized that it was an eagle and not a hen. Considering itself a hen, the eagle
would. eat hen’s food, would walk and run like other hens and would make sounds like hens.
The eagle never learnt to fly like other eagles and lived its whole life like a hen only.
STORY 4

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 sometime. 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.

STORY 5

The Crow and The Eagle.

There lived a crow on a tree top. Everyday he used to watch with utter wonder the acts of an
eagle.

The eagle had a nest high up on a mountain. He used to swoop down from there to get hold of a
lamb and fly up again and all in one go.

The crow was amazed by the feat of the eagle.

One day he was so excited that he wanted to imitate the eagle. So up he flew as high as he could.
From there he began to swoop down. He came down and down. But alas, he could not control
himself. He crashed on the ground and broke his beak.
STORY 6

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 about to answer. But, she found a flock of hounds fast approach. She said, “I am
going to do it now. Because the hounds are coming”.

Saying these words, the cat ran up a nearby tree safe from the hounds. The fox tried all his tricks
but the hounds out beat him. “My one trick is better than all his tricks”, said the cat to herself.

STORY 7

The Dog and The Cows

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

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.
STORY 8

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.

STORY 9

The Dove and The Ant

Once, a dove saw an ant struggling in the water.

He took pity on the ant and threw down a leaf.

The ant climbed on to the leaf and reached the shore safely.

After some days, the ant saw the hunter aiming an arrow at the dove flying above.

He wanted to save the dove. So, he bit the hunter’s leg.

The hunter missed his aim and the dove flew safely.
STORY 10

The Foolish Donkey

A salt seller used to carry the salt bag on his donkey to the market every day. On the way they
had to cross a stream. One day the donkey suddenly tumbled down the stream and the salt bag
also fell into the water. The salt dissolved in the water and hence the bag became very light to
carry. The donkey was happy.

Then the donkey started to play the same trick every day. The salt seller came to understand the
trick and decided to teach a lesson to it. The next day he loaded a cotton bag on the donkey.
Again it played the same trick hoping that the cotton bag would be still become lighter.

But the dampened cotton became very heavy to carry and it suffered much. It learnt a lesson.
Afterwards it did not play the trick and the seller was happy.