THE  LION AND THE MOUSE

A lion was once sleeping in the jungle. A little mouse came there and started running up and down on lion’s body. The lion woke up from his sleep and became angry. He was about to kill the mouse. The mouse prayed for his life from lion and promised to help lion someday. The lion laughed at mouse’s confidence and set him free.

After some days, a few hunters came into the forest and caught the lion in the net . The lion began to roar. The little mouse heard his roar and came there. He saw the lion in the net. The mouse cut the strings of the net with his sharp teeth. The lion was free and he thanked the mouse for his help.

Moral: Do good have good.


                       THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE

Once upon a time a there was a hare and a tortoise. They were good friends. They used to play every day in the evening. One day the hare challenged the tortoise for a running race. The tortoise agreed for the race. They selected starting point and ending point. When the race began, the hare ran very fast and the tortoise was left far behind. So the proudy hare decided to take rest under a tree. He lay down and fall asleep. The tortoise walked very slowly but steadily. He saw the hare sleeping but did not wake him up and reached the winning point. When the hare woke up he ran fast towards the winning post. The hare had lost the race and the tortoise was winner.

Moral: Slow and steady wins the race.


               THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER

On one summer day, a grasshopper hopped lazily on grass. He used to eat food and sang and danced whole day. While he was hopping on the grass he saw an ant who was carrying its food to her nest. On seeing hardworking ant, the grass hopper laughed at the ant and told her to enjoy the life. The ant replied that she was busy in collecting food for monsoon and suggested the grasshopper to do the same. The grasshopper was carefree about the monsoon and continued singing and dancing. When the monsoon came the ant was safe in her nest with sufficient food. The grasshopper was dying of hunger and when he saw the ant happily enjoying her food he realised the value of hardwork and labour.

Moral: Work today so that you can reap tomorrow.


                             THE GREEDY DOG

Once there was a dog he was carrying a chapatti in his mouth. He was passing through a jungle. When he was crossing the bridge he saw his own shadow in the river water. He thought it was another dog carrying a chapatti. He was greedy, so he decided to fight and snatch (take away) the chapatti from other dog. He barked and his chapatti fell into the river.

Moral: Don’t be greedy. Don’t try to snatch things from others or else you have to loose things belonging to you.


                 THE MONGOOSE AND THE WOMAN

There was a women. She had a pet mongoose. One day she was going to the market.  She left her little son with the mongoose. When she came back she saw the mongoose at the door. Its mouth was full of blood. The women thought that mongoose killed her little son. She took the stick and then she killed the mongoose at once. When she entered the room, she saw a poisonous snake which was killed by the mongoose near her son’s cradle. Her son was sleeping peacefully. The woman understood that mongoose saved the life of her son. She cried for killing the loyal mongoose. But nothing can

Moral : Haste makes waste. Don’t act in haste.