One hot summer day a
crow was feeling very thirsty. It flew all over the fields looking for water,
but all was in vain. For a long time it flew here and there, but it could not
find water to quench its thirst. It felt very weak and almost lost all hope to
find water.
Suddenly, it saw a
pitcher below a tree. It flew down to see if it had any water...
The saint and the mouse
Once upon a time, there lived a great saint in a forest. One
day, while he was in deep meditation a small mouse fell on his lap. It had been
dropped by a crow who was carrying it in its beak. “Please save me,” pleaded
the mouse.
The saint felt pity for the poor mouse. He gently lifted the
mouse and started nurturing it.
One day, the mouse...
A little learning is a dangerous thing
There lived a man in a village. He had a great attraction to
English and he went to a teacher. The teacher began to teach him, but the
man was dull-headed. His teacher tried his best to teach him English but
the man could not understand the rules of grammar. However, the teacher
released him. The man grasped only three English words....
Hansel and Gretel
A poor woodcutter and his wife had two children named Hansel
and Gretel. Their mother died when they were young. Hansel and Gretel were very
sad. Soon their father remarried but their stepmother was very cruel. One day,
she took the children deep into the forest and left them there. Clever Hansel
had some breadcrumbs in his pocket and had dropped...
The Frog Prince
Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful princess who had a
golden ball. One day, while playing in the garden, the ball fell into a pond.
She was very upset and did not know what to do. While she sat there crying
helplessly, a frog hopped out of the pond and asked, “Why are you crying,
little princess?” She told him about her golden ball. The ugly...
Unity Is Strength
Once, an old man was very ill and lay dying in his bed. He
had four sons who were always fighting with each other. He always worried
about them and wanted to teach them a lesson and asked his sons to come to him.
When they came, the old man gave them a bundle of sticks and said, “Can you
break these sticks?”
The first son tried to break the bundle...
Rapunzel
Long, long ago in a house that overlooked a beautiful garden
lived a childless couple. They prayed to God every day to bless them with a
child. One day they found that God had answered their prayer. They were at long
last going to have a baby!
Their days passed in happiness but alas! the wife fell ill.
She would eat nothing and the husband was...
Noah’s Ark
There came a time when there was only one good man in all the
world, and his name was Noah. Everybody else was bad. God wanted to start over
fresh. So He told Noah to build an ark. And Noah did.
God told Noah to fill the animals—two of every kind. And Noah
did. Noah and went aboard too.
Then God made the rain come down. It rained and rained,...
Little Red Riding Hood
One day, Little Red Riding Hood’s mother said to her, “Take
this basket of goodies to your grandma’s cottage, but don’t talk to strangers
on the way!” Promising not to, Little Red Riding Hood skipped off. On her way
she met the Big Bad Wolf who asked, “Where are you going, little girl?” “To my
grandma’s, Mr. Wolf!” she answered.
The Big Bad Wolf...
Jack and the Beanstalk
Once upon a time there lived a poor widow and her son Jack.
One day, Jack’s mother told him to sell their only cow. Jack went to the market
and on the way he met a man who wanted to buy his cow. Jack asked, “What will
you give me in return for my cow?” The man answered, “I will give you five
magic beans!” Jack took the magic beans and gave the man...