151 Jungle Tales

Once upon a time, there lived an arrogant squirrel in the forest of Redwood. No one in the forest liked her. In the same forest, there lived a wolf. One day, the wolf hid behind the bushes. His first catch was a mole. The mole was shivering with fear. He called out to his friends, […]

One morning, a lion was sleeping peacefully, in the jungle. Suddenly, he felt a sting on his nose. As he was in a deep sleep, he ignored it. But this tiny bee didn’t stop. It, again, stung the lion’s nose. This time, the lion roared loudly and tried to crush the bee with his paws.

In a jungle, there lived a pair of pigeons in an acacia tree. One evening, Mrs. Pigeon came back early from work. She was waiting for Mr. Pigeon. Suddenly, it started raining and she happened to see a bird- catcher coming her way. Mrs. Pigeon saw Mr. Pigeon trapped in the hunter’s cage. “Oh no,

In a big dense jungle, there lived many small worms. Dudo, the youngest worm, never smiled. He was always frowning. One sunny morning, all the worms were enjoying the nice weather. Dudo looked at the beautiful flowers, but did not smile. All his friends were concerned about him, so they decided to make him happy.

Once, a boar lost his way and entered a dense forest. He was scared as any big animal could attack him. But he was a clever boar. Soon he spotted a cave near by and decided to settle in it. Many days passed. The boar became quite healthy, hunting and eating small animals in the

In a thick, dense jungle, there lived many lions. There were two huge baobab trees in the middle of this jungle. The lions used to kill other animals. The carcasses of the dead animals used to stink and spoil the air. One day, the baobab trees started talking. They said, “These lions are polluting our

Once, a rabbit built a fantastic warren. He designed it so well that even a flood that destroyed the entire forest, could not harm his warren. Soon, one after another, the homeless animals came to his door, asking if they could spend the winter with him, in his warren. He provided shelter to all the

During the rainy season, the savanna is covered with green grass. Faraji, the frog, croaked and leapt from rock to rock. Just then, the ground began to shake. ‘What could it be?’ Faraji wondered. Jelani, an elephant, stepped into the rushing waters and plopped down on his bottom. The impact blew Faraji away. “What was

Once upon a time, there lived a parrot in a forest with his brother. Both lived happily together, hunting and singing. One day, king lion’s minister, Mr. Wolf, caught these parrots and took them to the lion’s court. He said to the king, “O king, I have brought this beautiful pair of parrots, especially for

Once, there lived a hare in the jungle. She thought that she was very famous among all the animals. One day, the hare heard that the dogs were out hunting for her. But, she was confident that her friends would save her. So, she went to the horse, and asked him to carry her away

It was a nice rainy season. A group of frogs was playing together. Suddenly, two of them fell into a deep pit. The other frogs saw that the pit was too deep, so they started encouraging those two frogs to give up instead of trying to jump up. But, both of them ignored the comments

Donna, Eddy and Cally, the three brown bears, went fishing one day. “I am going to catch the biggest fish today,” Eddy boasted. Donna bragged, “No, I am going to catch the biggest fish!” Eddy growled and dangled his hooked worm into the water. Cally smiled, “I am going to swim around and catch a

It was a hot summer afternoon in the forest of Amazonia. All the animals were complaining about the heat and cursing the Sun. The Sun felt very hurt. That day, the Sun decided that it would never come out again and as a result the Earth became cold and dark. Many animals died due to

nce there was a mouse in the Red Forest. He was scared of a sly fox. The fox always made different plans to catch him and tried to kill him. But the mouse was smart enough to escape every time. One day, the sly fox managed to encounter the mouse. The mouse got very scared

Once upon a time, there was a fierce young lion in the Daintree forest. All the animals of the Daintree were afraid of him. One day, the lion decided to look for a suitable match for himself. Within a few days, he found a beautiful lioness. After consulting the priest, an auspicious date was set.