November 2021

Once there was a hen who used to peck herself with her beak to grow more beautiful each day. With every pecking, a loose feather fell from her body. One day, two hens were talking about this habit of the bird when an owl family heard it all. They went to the dove family and […]

Once a rich man and a poor man owned a common field. They sowed it at the same time. The poor man’s labour prospered and his seeds grew, but the rich man’s seed did not grow. Out of jealousy, the rich man claimed that part of the field where the grain had sprung up. The

One day a man with his faithful dog went to the mountains to hunt. He saw a deer. He threw his spear and pierced the deer’s body but he did not fall. Instead, he ran and plunged into a hole in the ground. The man and his dog followed. They entered into a large spacious

The ant has always had many enemies like birds, anteaters, centipedes, hunting-spiders, lizards and many more. Frightened with all of them, all the ants of the world once held a meeting or conference to find out the place of safety. But they could come to no decision because the discussion was a true babel of

Once Bhupendra Prasad asked his daughter-in-law, “Can you guess how much I spent on your wedding?” “About the cost of a sack of rice,” she replied. He thought she was a nitwit. He asked her to explain it. “What you spent on the essentials of the marriage amounted to a few hundred rupees only,” answered

A king was told that a man who had made a career of flattery was coming to his palace. “Be on your guard,” warned his advisers, “This fellow wins the favour of everyone through his flattery and then gets them to part with costly gifts.” “I am too hard-headed to fall for such tricks,” said

There was an old hermit in Korea. One day, a woman pleaded with the hermit to help her regain her husband’s affection. The hermit said that he could make a potion that could kindle love in the person who consume it but he lacked a tiger’s whisker that was one of the ingredients to go

Mr. Kitchom loved to listen to stories, but at the end of each tale, he always exclaimed, “That cannot be true.” One day, he asked his teacher to tell him a story. He agreed on a condition that Mr. Kitchom should not say ‘That cannot be true’ at the end otherwise he would have to

In a school, there was a teacher who loved to have a snack and a nap afterwards. Every time, before the lessons, he ate and after the beginning of the lessons, he slept until the bell for the end of the lessons sounded. One day, a student named Lee asked the teacher why he slept

Once a stranger went to a blacksmith and gave him a gold bar to make a horseshoe from it. He promised to pay a great amount but the blacksmith must promise not to tell anyone. The blacksmith agreed. When the horseshoe was made, the stranger took him to a cave. Inside, an army of knights

Once upon a time, the dogs arranged a party. Everything had been arranged with the utmost care. All the good things to eat were spread. The sun was shining brightly and a soft gentle little breeze was blowing. There was a cross fussy old dog who came to the party. Nothing ever suited him. Whenever

Once a weaver was busy making a blanket. A saint came and told the weaver that he wanted to stay there in order to see how he made a blanket. The weaver allowed and turned back to his work. The saint, secretly, pulled out several tufts of his long hair and mixed them with the

Once there was a king of Granada. He decided to get married. The news spread throughout the kingdom. The king had a magic mirror into which if any woman, not being thoroughly good, would look, the blemishes on her character would appear in the form of many spots on its surface. So, it was decided

Once there was a girl who went in the forest and lost her way. She arrived at a hill and saw a door and went in. There was a table covered with tasty food. There was a bed in which lay a great snake. The snake said to the girl, “Sit down, if you choose.