Kids’ favourite Hitopadesha Tales are here! Sawan’s 151 Hitopadesha Tales include famous stories of moral Hitopadesha tales from Indian culture. Read and enjoy with your children.📚🙏😊
“So you see,” said the Mouse King. Wise-Eye, the Crow, however, told Nibbles that he would sit on his doorstep till he became a friend of his. Gradually, Nibbles became sure of Wise-Eye being a good creature and they became friends. They discussed life in the forest and various other things. One day, Wise-Eye told […]
The crow was sensible and a good friend too. He quickly understood what must have happened. The wicked jackal must be waiting somewhere to eat his share, he knew. But he also knew that he must save his friend somehow. The crow saw the farmer coming towards the deer with a stout stick. He said,
The deer agreed with the jackal and accepted him as a friend, trusting him. Then they would go out together, but the crow watched anxiously. One day, the jackal told the deer that there was a field of delicious green corn at the far end of the woods. The deer happily went with him, not
Every day the cat would visit the blind vulture and eat a few nestlings. Then he would leave their bones and feathers in the vulture’s hollow. He would sneak away before the birds returned. When they came home, they found some of their babies missing. So, they began to look around and soon found the
“How can you be so unfair?” asked the cat, “You are deciding that I am unfit merely because I happen to be a cat! You must know a person’s qualities.” “I guard the little nestlings here on this tree,” said the vulture, “You are a cat and a natural enemy of these birds. If you
On the banks of the Bhagirathi there was a fig tree. In the hollow of the tree lived an old and feeble vulture. He was blind and had lost his talons too, so he couldn’t hunt. The birds that nested on the tree usually gave him some food. One day when the birds had gone
The deer and the crow were great friends. The deer was a friendly fellow who roamed around freely in the woods. One day, a jackal saw him and his mouth watered at the thought of eating the deer. He called out to the deer and told him that he was happy to make a friend
Wise-Eye, the crow, had followed the pigeons from the old tree and saw this whole episode. He was very impressed seeing the way the Mouse King had helped the pigeons. “Mouse King!” he called, “Will you be my friend too, please?” “And who are you?” asked the cautious Mouse King. “I am Wise-Eye, the Crow,”
“Where should we go, O King?” asked the pigeons. “To a forest near the Gandaki river,” said the King, “There, I have a friend, Nibbles, the Mouse King, who will cut through this net.” The pigeons came down outside the house of the Mouse King. When the Pigeon King called out to him, the King
“Don’t blame him,” said the Pigeon King, “If you have a friend, then sticking to him even in a calamity will cause you to fall into the disaster too. We must find a way out of this trouble now. When small things combine, they can have great strength.” He thought for a while. Then he
The King Pigeon’s words were wise, “Never allow your greed to overcome your common sense, my friends.” But one of the pigeons was rebellious. He wanted to eat the grains, so he told them that wisdom does not mean they should go hungry. “We should not follow only the advice of old people,” he said
“So what are you here for?” asked the traveller again. “A wise and holy person asked me to do good deeds to repent for my sins. So here I am, old, toothless and weak. I am waiting to give this bangle to someone as a gift, but no one believes that I am harmless now,
A tiger was sitting on the bank of a pool in a dense forest in the Deccan. He had bathed and was wearing a flower garland, looking very saintly. He kept calling out to passers-by offering them a gold bangle. Most people went by without heeding him, but one greedy traveller stopped. For a moment
It was the King of Pigeons flying along with his entourage. He was a beautiful bird with a speckled neck. They noticed the grains of rice on the ground below. The Pigeon King was a very wise bird. So when he saw that his flock wanted to eat the rice, he said, “Yes, we’ll have
Vishnu Sharma began with a story to teach the King’s sons how wise friends can find a way to overcome difficulties, even if they are not rich or powerful. Once upon a time, a shalmali tree stood on the banks of the Godavari river. Hundreds of birds roosted on that tree every night. A hunter
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