151 Jungle Tales

Once upon a time, there lived an old, kind sow in a jungle. She was looking after a lost tiger cub along with her piglet. One day, the wild, old sow died. By then, the cub had grown up into a tiger and the piglet into a pig. By nature, the tiger wanted to hunt […]

Many years ago, bluebirds were white in colour. One day, a bluebird and his grandfather saw a beautiful blue lake. He stopped and asked, “Grandfather, can I be as blue as that lake?” His grandfather gave him a song to sing and said, “If you dive in this lake for five mornings while singing this

One day, a dog went to the woods. After some time, he met a wolf. The dog said to the wolf, “Brother Wolf, you look so thin! You should live with me and my master. He gives me good food.” The wolf thought for a moment and replied, “Yes, you are right. Why should I

In a far-away forest, there was a river. This river was home to many golden swans. The swans spent most of their time on the banks of the river. Every six months, the swans would leave a golden feather, as a fee for using the river. One day, a homeless crane saw the river. ‘The

Once upon a time, there lived a fox who wanted to make friends with the lion. But he was very frightened of the lion. His friends tried to warn him about the danger in befriending such a ferocious animal but he didn’t listen to them. “I will surely be friends with the king of the

Once there was a wild crow, for whom, having to go out and hunt insects was just a great deal of effort. He was very fond of his comforts. One day, he saw that a lioness had kept a parrot in a cage, as her pet. He saw that the parrot was well fed. He

A flock of geese flew down to a beach where a crow was hopping around. The crow watched them with disgust. “How gracelessly you fly!” he said to the geese, “All you know is how to flap your wings. Let us have a flying competition.” One of the geese took up the challenge. The crow

Once, an elephant and a lamb were good friends. The elephant played the flute in king lion’s court. One day, a wolf caught the lamb. The lamb saw that the wolf was carrying a flute with him. So, he said, “I know you are going to eat me, but before you eat me I would

In the jungle of Maluba, there lived a fly called Mozzie. Mozzie could roar like a lion. He discovered this special ability, while still very young. When Mozzie grew up, he enjoyed frightening the other animals with his roar. Expecting to see a terrifying lion, no one noticed the little fly, who repeated his tricks

Once upon a time, there was a hippo who lived in a river, next to a mangrove forest. One day, a nightingale nested on the tree. The hippo loved her voice, but slowly, he became jealous. He, too, wanted to sing like her. The hippo made up his mind that he would come out of

One day the king of the jungle, the lion, called an important meeting at his den. He called the monkey, the zebra, the elephant and the fox. The lion was very dirty and so was his den. The monkey did not dare enter the den due to the bad smell. So he left, without saying

Once, there lived an elephant in a forest. The elephant was very scared of everything–water, wind, rain, other animals, and even smaller creatures like mice and worms. He thought water might drown him, wind might blow him away, rain might make him fall ill and other animals might kill him. His friends and relatives were

Mia, the camel, loved eating sweets and candies. She told her mother, “I do not want boring food. Fruits and vegetables do not taste good. Ugh!” She snorted in disgust. “Try eating them, Mia. They taste really good and are good for health, too,” said her mother. But after tasting sweet dates, Mia had no

Once, there were three kittens. All the three kittens were getting bored in their house. So, they decided to meet at the riverside. The first kitten wanted to roll in the mud; the second kitten wanted to roll in some coal, and the third kitten wanted to chase birds. Finally, they decided to go for

One fine morning, Sally, the cow, was grazing on the mountainside. She saw a little squirrel run past her very fast. Sally followed the squirrel and saw that it had rushed towards the redberry tree. Sally saw the squirrel take a bite from the redberry tree, and toss it away. The squirrel kept picking up