151 Jungle Tales

Several years ago, cockatoos were all white. All the other birds used to tease them that they had no colour. But if you look at a cockatoo today, you will notice that its crest is yellow. One day, a cockatoo was wandering in the jungle. It was searching for food. Suddenly, it saw something strange […]

A mean crow and a kind sparrow lived on the same tree. One night, the sparrow ran short of water and sent her children to borrow some water from the crow. The crow said, “I cannot give you water just because I am your neighbour.” The kind sparrow told her children, “It’s all right! We

Once, there lived a king cobra in a small hole, in the jungle. When he was small, he ate little creatures. As he grew older and bigger, he began to eat eggs, lizards, frogs and rabbits. And when he grew up further, he even started eating other smaller snakes. His pride grew with him. All

Once upon a time in a jungle, a baby mouse and a mother mouse lived in a small hole in king lion’s cave. The hole was warm and had lots of food to eat. One day, the mother mouse was about to take the baby mouse out for a walk. Just outside the cave, they

One day, an elephant was very happy. He invited all the animals and the birds of the jungle to a party. Everyone wanted to dress well. The pigeon, who delivered the invitation to the party on behalf of the elephant, had no time to dress. All the other animals were nicely dressed up. When the

A forest was located near a sea-shore. All the animals in the forest used to make fun of the mouse’s tiny size. One day, the mouse thought of challenging the shark and the elephant, to a game of tug-of-war. He called the shark and asked her to remain near the sea-shore. The mouse told her

On a winter night, all the animals of the jungle were shivering with cold. By midnight, the temperature dipped below 0°C and many animals fell seriously ill. Dr. Dove was watching all these animals. The next morning, a dog complained, “I could hear the sound of my teeth chattering, as I shivered in the night!”

There lived a piglet in a jungle. His name was Pigui and he had two siblings. He loved playing in the mud. Pigui used to dance crazily in the mud whenever his neighbour, Aunt Sophie, played music. At lunch time, mom and dad used to ask all the piglets to wash themselves up and remove

Once, a dog was wandering about in a forest. Suddenly, he came upon a grassy patch and saw a rabbit busy eating the grass. The dog decided to chase the rabbit. The rabbit noticed the dog coming towards him. He ran as fast as he could, to save himself from being killed. As the dog

The Quail and the Tom-CatIn a jungle, there lived a quail. In her neighbourhood, there lived a tom-cat. The quail was the mother of four chicks. She was always scared of the tom-cat. But the tom-cat was very loving towards the chicks. One day, in spite of her fear, mother quail went out with her

A monkey lived on the bank of river Nile. She liked to try on new costumes. A raccoon was her best friend. One day, the monkey gave the raccoon a surprise visit. The raccoon was taking a bath and did not hear the monkey get into her house. The monkey saw a pink tutu skirt

Once, the king of the jungle, the lion, announced an Animal Marathon. All the animals were excited about this ‘Animal Marathon’. But, the lion observed that two of the animals, the cheetah and the tortoise, were not looking so happy. He asked both of them, individually, why they were not looking happy about the Animal

Once, there lived a raccoon in a jungle. He liked hunting frogs, rabbits, rats and other small animals. One day, he caught a frog. He thought of making the frog his pet. When he was going to put the frog in a jar, the frog said, “I will become a prince, if you kiss me.”

Once upon a time, there was a very mischievous tom-cat named Bob. He never obeyed his mother. His mother always told him, “Bob, do not ever go into the forest.” One day, Bob climbed up to the window of his house. From there, he could see many big trees far away. He decided to go

A bear, named Browny, lived in the middle of a mountain range, full of green fields. It was the best place in the world for Browny, as it was close to Nature and was very safe. A group of dogs had discovered this secret place, though. Browny tried to scare them away by roaring and