The Goatherd And The Wild Goats

A goatherd, driving his animals from their pasture to sunset, found that some wild goats had mingled with them. He shut up together with his own goats for the night. In the morning it snowed very hard. He could not take the herd from the fold to their usual feeding-place. He gave his goats just enough food to keep them alive but fed the strangers handsomely, in the hope of enticing them to stay with his flock. 

When the thaw set in he led them all out to feed and the wild goats scampered away as fast as they could to the mountains. The goatherd accused them of being very ungrateful for leaving him, when during the blizzard he had taken more care of them than he had of his own goats. One of the wild goats turned out and called back: "That is the very reason why we are leaving you. As you treated us better than the goats you have hand so long, it is clear that if others came after us, you would prefer them to ourselves."

This story teaches you that
 “It is foolish to give up old friends in the hope of winning new ones.” 

The Fox and The Kid

A kid sneaked off the herd to graze in the forest. He walked on and on until he was very far away from the herd. When it was evening, he started to walk back. On the way he met a fox. The kid was frightened and tried to run away. But the fox was faster and blocked his way. “Don’t try to run away. It is hopeless,” growled the fox. The kid stood still and thought of how to save himself. 

Suddenly, he came up with a trick and spoke to the fox, “I have heard that you have a very beautiful voice.”  “Now that I will be your food, let me have a chance to hear your voice.”  When the fox heard the nice words, he began to howl. His howl was so loud that it reached the dogs that looked after the goats. The dog quickly ran towards the howl. When the dogs arrived, they tried to chase the fox away. The fox could not fight the dogs. He had to leave the kid behind and quickly ran away.

This story teaches you that
 “A bad situation can be solved by wise thinking.”

The Man who stared at the stars

Once upon a time, there was a man who loved to watch the star. Every night he would look up in the sky that was full of twinkling stars. Then he would wonder how the stars were born and how they were up in the sky. 

He lost himself in the watching and did not pay attention to the direction he was going. His friends laughed at him when they saw what he was doing. “I think you should watch the stars on a tower instead of walking all around,” one of his friends warned him. “That’s right! You will miss your steps some day,” another friend said

The man did not care about his friends’ warnings. He continued to look up in the sky and watched the stars. Finally one night he stepped into a hole. The hole was very deep, and he could not climb up. So the man shouted very loud for help 

Luckily, his friends who were walking by heard his voice. They shouted back, “Who is that?” “It’s me. The star watcher,” the man replied gladly. His friends laughed at him, “I have told you and see what you have got!” After that, the man never walked absent-minded again.

This story teaches you that
 “The clever never ignores any warning.”

The Cock and the Fox

There were villagers who had a cock. They wanted it to wake them up at dawn.  The cock was kept at the far end of the village. Not far away, there was a fox that was waiting for a chance to catch the cock. 

One day, when there was no one around; the fox went to the cock. The fox said, “Handsome cock, do you know that your father and I are friends?” “I remember that your father’s crowing was beautiful; so, your crowing must be great too. Can you crow for me?” the fox asked. 

Proudly, the cock agreed to crow for the fox. When the cock began to crow, the fox jumped up, held the cock in its mouth, and ran away. The cock was frightened and crowed louder for help. The villagers heard the voice. “Look, a fox is stealing our cock,” they yelled, took sticks and followed them

The cock saw the villagers coming to help, it said to the fox, “Do you hear what they said? They won’t let you take me” “Tell them that I am yours and they will stop following you,” the cock played tricks to the fox

Without thinking, the fox opened its mouth to shout At the moment, the cock flew away to the top of a tree. “What a fool you are. I’ll never be yours.” By then, the villagers caught up with the fox. They beat up the fox and brought the cock back. “Because of my silliness, I got hurt and lost my food,” the fox said sadly.

This story teaches you that
“Think carefully before act.”

The Birds and The Rhinoceros

Once upon a time, there was a forest where plenty of birds lived and built their nests on the trees. There lived many kinds of birds who always quarrelled with one another. 

One day there was a rhinoceros walking into this forest and saw that there were a lot of birds on the trees. The rhinoceros who was hungry, banged a tree with his horn until a nest of the green bird fell down.  

Then the rhinoceros ate the nestlings in that nest. The mother bird was very angry but she could do nothing. After the rhinoceros had ate all the nestlings, he walked away. 

All the birds gathered and discussed their opinions. " The rhinoceros will surely come back again," said the red bird. "We must get together to drive him away." 

"No, that rhinoceros is very big and strong," said the green bird. "I agree with you, we cannot drive him away," said a yellow bird. 

Because these birds were used to quarrel among themselves, they did not agree to the red bird's idea. So no one prepared to fight against the rhinoceros. 

With nobody agreed to the plan, the red bird and his mate discussed between them, "there is no other way but to help ourselves."

So, they moved their nest to a tree which was on a cliff where the rhinoceros would never reach.

The next day, the rhinoceros came to the forest and again used it's horn to bang a tree where the yellow bird lived. As a result, the yellow bird's nest fell down. 

After that, the rhinoceros banged many other trees. Thus, a lot of nestlings and eggs became his food. All the bird regrets that they did not prepare to cope with the rhinoceros. On the other hand, the red bird's family remained safe as they were prepared for the expected danger.

This story teaches you that
“A careful person will be safe from any danger.”

The Lion and The Deer

A little deer was nibbling tender grass happily until he accidentally wandered into the lion’s region. The little deer saw the footprints of lions and felt scared. Because he had heard that lions were mean and would surely kill him. A lion walked past and saw the little deer trembling on the ground. The lion just walked past without paying attention the little deer but also wondering why the lion did not harm him. After a while another lion walked past the little deer slowly looked up. The lion also walked past him like the other lion without turning his face to see the deer. The little deer told his parents about his adventure.

This story teaches you that
 “Foolishness make us scared”

The Stag at the River

A Stag, very thirsty because of the heat, came to a river in a forest to drink some water

He saw his shadow reflected in the water, and greatly admired the size of his horns, but felt ashamed of his weak and thin legs. “I wish my legs were as beautiful as my horns,” he sobbed. 
While he was lost in these thoughts, a Lion appeared at the river. 

The Stag fled from the river in an instant, but his horns soon became entangled with the branches and he found himself stuck. The Lion quickly caught up with him and captured him. “How wrong I was to despise my legs which could have saved me now, had it not been for my horns which I so admired!” he cried.

This story teaches you that
“The most valuable things are often disregarded.”

The Sick Stage

A sick stage rested on his pasture. When his friends came to see him, they ate up all the grass in his pasture. Later, the stage recovered from his illness, but he ended up starving to death because there was no more grass to eat. 

This story teaches you that
“Evil companions bring more hurt than profit”

The Monkey and The Dolphin

One day long ago, some sailors set out to sea in their sailing ship. One of them brought his pet monkey along for the long journey. When they were far out at sea, a terrible storm overturned their ship. Everyone fell into the sea, and the monkey was sure that he would drown. Suddenly a dolphin appeared and picked him up.

They soon reached and island and the monkey came down from the dolphin's back. The dolphin asked the monkey, "Do you know this place?"The monkey replied, "Yes, I do. In fact, the king of the island is my best friend. Do you know that I am actually a prince?" 

Knowing that no one lived on the island, the dolphin said, "Well, well, so you are a prince! Now you can be a king!" The monkey asked, "How can I be a king?" As the dolphin started swimming away, he answered, "That is easy. As you are the only creature on this island, you will naturally be the king!".

This story teaches you that
“Those who lie and boast may end up in trouble.”

The Hares and the Frogs

The Hares, persecuted by the other beasts and afraid even of their own shadows, had a council to decide what to do. 

The conclusion they came to was to die rather than live on with this shame. So, they went to a pond, determined to drown themselves

But when they were just about to jump, some Frogs who had been sitting on a water lily, startled by the noise they made, rushed to the deep water for safety.  “Look,” cried a Hare, “there are creatures who are even afraid of us, so things are not so bad, after all. We don’t need to die any more.” 

This story teaches you that
“However unfortunate we may think we are, there is always someone worse off than ourselves.”

The Dog in the Manger

A Dog looking out for its afternoon nap jumped into the manger of an ox and lay there cozily up on the straw. But soon the ox, returning from its afternoon work, came up to the manger and wanted to eat some of the straw.

The dog in a rage, being awakened from its slumber, stood up and barked at the ox, and whenever it came near attempted to bite it. At last the ox had to give up the hope of getting at the straw and went away.  

This story teaches you that

“ people often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves”

The Nurse and the Wolf

"Be quiet now," said an old Nurse to a child sitting on her lap. "If you make that noise again I will throw you to the Wolf."  Now it chanced that a Wolf was passing close under the window as this was said. So he crouched down by the side of the house and waited. "I am in good luck to-day," thought he. "It is sure to cry soon, and a daintier morsel I haven't had for many a long day."

So he waited, and he waited, and he waited, till at last the child began to cry, and the Wolf came forward before the window, and looked up to the Nurse, wagging his tail. But all the Nurse did was to shut down the window and call for help, and the dogs of the house came rushing out. "Ah," said the Wolf as he galloped away,

This story teaches you that
"Enemies promises were made to be broken"

THE TWO POTS

Two Pots had been left on the bank of a river, one of brass, and one of earthenware. When the tide rose they both floated off down the stream. Now the earthenware pot tried its best to keep aloof from the brass one, which cried out: "Fear nothing, friend, I will not strike you."  "But I may come in contact with you," said the other, "if I come too close; and whether I hit you, or you hit me, I shall suffer for it." 

This story teaches you that
“The strong and the weak cannot keep company.”

The Milkmaid and Her Pail

Patty the Milkmaid was going to market carrying her milk in a pail on her head. 

As she went along, she began calculating what she would do with the money she would get for the milk. I'll buy some fowls from Farmer Brown," said she, "and they will lay eggs each morning, which I will sell to the parson's wife. 

With the money that I get from the sale of these eggs, I'll buy myself a new dimity frock and a chip hat; and when I go to market, won't all the young men come up and speak to me! 

Polly Shaw will be so jealous; but I don't care. I shall just look at her and toss my head like this." As she spoke that, she tossed her head back and the pail fell off it, and all the milk was spilt! So she had to go home and tell her mother what had occurred. "Ah, my child," said the mother: “Do not count your chickens before they are hatched”

This story teaches you that
 “Building castles in air will not stand.”

The Ass and The Grasshopper

An Ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted;and,desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. They replied,"The dew". The Ass resolved that he would live only upon dew,and in a short time died of hunger. 

This story teaches you that
"Even a fool is wise-when it is too late!" 

The Ant and the Chrysalis

An Ant nimbly running about in the sunshine in search of food came across a Chrysalis that was very near its time of change.

The Chrysalis moved its tail, and thus attracted the attention of the Ant,who then saw for the first time that it was alive. "Poor, pitiable animal!" cried the Ant disdainfully. "What a sad fate is yours! While I can run hither and thither, at my pleasure, and, if I wish, ascend the tallest tree, you lie imprisoned here in your shell, with power only to move a joint or two of your scaly tail." 

The Chrysalis heard all this, but did not try to make any reply. A few days after, when the Ant passed that way again, nothing but the shell remained.Wondering what had become of its contents, he felt himself suddenly shaded and fanned by the gorgeous wings of a beautiful Butterfly.  "Behold in me," said the Butterfly, "your much-pitied friend! Boast now of your powers to run and climb as long as you can get me to listen." So saying, the Butterfly rose in the air, and, borne along and aloft on the summer breeze, was soon lost to the sight of the Ant forever.  

This story teaches you that
"Appearances are deceptive." 

The Wolf and the Crane

When a Wolf was eating an animal, a small bone from the meat got stuck in his throat. He could not swallow it, so he felt a terrible pain. He ran up and down, and tried to find something to relieve the pain. He tried to convince anyone to remove the bone. “I would give anything,” said he, “if you would take it out.”  At last the Crane agreed to try. It told the Wolf to open his mouth, and then put its long neck down the Wolf’s throat. The Crane loosened the bone with its beak, and finally got it out. 
          “Will you kindly give me the reward?” asked the Crane. The Wolf showed his teeth, and said: “Be content. You have put your head into a Wolf’s mouth and taken it out again in safety. That is a great reward for you.”

This story teaches you that
“Gratitude and greed go not together.”

The Bundle of sticks

An old man on the point of death summoned his sons around his sons around him to give them some advice. He ordered his servants to bring in a faggot of sticks, and said to his eldest son:"Break it." The son strained and strained,but with all his efforts was unable to break the Bundle. 

The other sons also tried,but none of them was successful. "Untie the faggot" said the father, "and each of you take a stick." When they had done so,he called out to them: "Now,break," and each stick was easily broken. "You see my meaning," said their father.

This story teaches you that
 "Union gives strength."

The Boys and The Frogs

Some boys were playing near a pond. They saw a number of frogs in the water. 

So they began to throw stones at them with great joy. Many frogs were killed. Finally, one of the frogs cried. “Please, stop! What you are doing for fun is killing us.”

This story teaches you that
“What we do for fun often causes great trouble for others”

The Wolf and the Sheep

A wolf had been badly wounded by dogs. He lay sick and maimed in his lair. He felt very hungry and thirsty. When a Sheep passed by, he asked him to fetch some water from the stream. 
"If you will bring me the water,” he said, “I will find means to get some food." 
"Yes," said the Sheep, "if I should bring you the water, you would undoubtedly make me your food." 

This story teaches you that
“Hypocritical speeches are easily seen through.”