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.”