Story List:
1. Grasp all lose all
2. Slow and steady always wins the race
3. An ant and the dove
4. Unity is strength
5. Who will bell the cat?
6. A friend in need is a friend indeed
7. Where there is a will there is a way
8. The Judgement of the Cunning Monkey
9. Honesty is the best policy
10. Devotion to mother
11. The King and the Spider
12. Money Can Never Bring Happiness
13. The Foolish Crow and the Clever Fox
14. Grasp All, Lose All
15. A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing
16. The Lion and the Mouse
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1. Grasp all lose
all
Once upon a time there was a farmer who had a wonderful goose. Every
morning she laid a golden egg. He used to sell the golden egg to the market. He
became rich. But by this time the man became very greedy and impatient to have
all the eggs at a time. He wanted to become more and richer. He
expressed his desire to his wife. His wife forbade him to do so. But the greedy
soul did not pay any heed to his wife. One morning, he killed the goose. He cut
the belly open with a sharp knife. But there were no eggs inside. Then the
farmer went mad with grief. He hit his forehead with his hand and said, "What
have I .done! What have I done! The goose was dead and there would be no more
gold eggs. He thought to himself that he would be poor again and learnt a
lesson that grasp all lose all.
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2. Slow and steady always wins the race
The hare
is a swift-footed animal while a tortoise is a slow-going creature. Once the
hare laughed at it’s slowly movement. It challenged the tortoise. The tortoise
took the challenge. One day a race between them began. The hare ran more quickly and lagged the tortoise far
behind. The tortoise ran slowly as it normally did. At the mid-point, the hare
stopped and decided to take a rest. Later, it fell asleep. The tortoise
continued running and crossed the sleepy bare. Then the hare woke up and looked
behind to have a view of the tortoise. Not seeing the tortoise, the hare
started running as fast as it could. Meanwhile, the tortoise reached the
destination and won the race. The hare's pride went in vain.
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3. An ant and the
dove
Once upon a time, an ant lived on the bank of a river. One day it
suddenly slipped into water. All its efforts to come up failed: Now a dove
lived in a tree on the bank not far from the spot. The dove saw the ant struggling in a helpless
condition. She was touched with pity. So in order to save it from being
drowned, she at once dropped a leaf into the water. The ant got on the leaf and
saved itself. A few days later a hunter came there. The ant saw and watched
him. He aimed and went to shoot the dove in the tree. As soon as the ant saw
this, it bit his foot. The pain caused by the bite disturbed the hunter. He
missed his aim and the dove flew off at once. Thus the ant saved the dove that
had once saved its life.
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4. Unity is
strength
Long ago, a farmer lived in a village. He had four sons. They were all
grown up. They always quarreled with one another. This made the farmer very
unhappy. The farmer forbade them again and again, but they did not listen to him. They did not stop
quarrelling. The farmer grew old. He wanted his sons to live in peace. He made
a plan. One day he called his sons. They came to him. He told them to bring a
bundle of sticks. The old man ordered his oldest son to break it. The eldest
son tried but could not break the bundle of sticks. The sons brought a bundle.
Then he called his other sons to do so. All of them tried one after another.
But they could not break it. Then the old farmer asked them to untie the
bundle. He gave his sons one stick each. He ordered each of his sons to break
the stick one by one. This time the sons easily broke them all. The old man
smiled and said, "You can break the sticks one by one. But you can not
break a bundle, learn a lesson from this. If you quarrel with one another, your
enemies will defeat you easily. But if you live in peace and remain united, no
one will be able to do any harm to you. So you should not quarrel with one
another." Then his sons understood the lesson. They promised not to
quarrel again. Since then, they were living in peace.
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5. Who will bell
the cat?
Once some mice were having a good time in a house. The owner of the
house was very annoyed at this. So, he brought a cat. The mice were very afraid
of the cat. They could not move about freely. At last, they hit upon a plan to get rid of the cat. They
sat together in a conference to find out a way to be free from this danger.
Several proposals were made but none of the proposals was good enough to
accept. At last a young mouse rose to speak before the meeting. He said,
"I have a good plan for your consideration. Let us tie a bell round the
cat's neck. Then we will hear him coming and be able to hide ourselves in time.
Thus we will be free from the cat's threat." All the mice thanked the
young mouse for his unique plan. But an old mouse stood up and said, "No
doubt, the idea is good. But who will bell the cat?" At this all remain
silent because they could realize the danger of implementing the unique plan.
There was none to tie the bell round the cat's neck. The mice eventually
migrated.
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6. A friend in
need is a friend indeed
Once there two friends started together
through a forest. As they came half of the way through the forest, a bear was
seen approaching. Both of them became afraid. They were in a fix what to do.
One of them knew how to climb up a tree and so he leaving his friend alone, at
once climbed up a tree. The
other did not know how to climb a tree. At once he lay down on the ground .He
held his breath and lay on the ground like a dead man. He knew that a bear
never attack a dead man. The bear came to him and smelt him and took him to be
a dead man. Then the bear went away. The friend on the tree came down and asked
him what the bear said to him. He said to his friend that the bear advised him
to be aware of false friend and not to believe a friend who leaves his friend
in danger.
7. Where there is a will
there is a way
It was a hot summer day and a crow became very thirsty. It went here
and there in search of drinking water but failed. It was about to die but the
crow did not lose hope. At
last it found a jar and flew down to it with a hope to get water. But it found
that the jar had only a little water at the bottom. The crow tried to get at
the water with its bill but it failed. It discovered that the water was too low
for it to get. So it tried to overturn the jar but the jar was very heavy. He was
then about to give up hope but, all on a sudden, it noticed some stones lying
near the jar. It took the stones and threw them into the jar one after another.
As a result, the water in the jar rose up and at last the crow was able to
drink it. Thus the crow succeeded at last.
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8. The Judgement of the
Cunning Monkey
Once there two rats stole a piece of bread. They tried to divide it
into two equal parts but failed. They fought for that. Lastly, they agreed to
put up their problem to the monkey. All the animals of the forest knew him as
the wiser animal. They went to the monkey and asked him to divide the bread
into two equal parts. The monkey told them that it would cost much. The rats agreed to pay the
cost. The monkey divided the bread into two unequal parts and put them on the
scale. He found that one part was heavier than the other. So he took a bite of
the bigger part of the bread and put it back on the scale. Then it grew smaller
and the other part was heavier. He again took a bite of the heavier part In
this way he went on eating the bread. At last both the parts of the bread
became very disappointed. They untidily demanded the rest part from the monkey.
The monkey put the rest part of the bread into its mouth and told the rats that
his work cost much.
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9. Honesty is the best
policy
Once lived a woodcutter in a village. One day he was cutting wood near
a river. Suddenly, his axe fell into the river. The rived was very deep. The woodcutter did not know how to swim or dive. So, he was sitting there sadly. Then a wonderful thing
happened. A beautiful fairy appeared before the woodcutter. The fairy
asked him why he was crying. He told her everything. The fairy took pity on
him. She dived into the river and came back with a golden axe. She asked the
wood cutter if it was his axe. The woodcutter replied in the negative. She then
again went into the water and returned with a silver one. This time also the
woodcutter refused to take it. Finally she brought the axe of the woodcutter
from the water. The woodcutter was delighted to get back his iron axe. The
fairy became pleased with the woodcutter at his honesty and gave him the other
two valuable axes as reward. Honesty is thus always rewarded.
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10. Devotion to mother
Once there was a small boy named Bayazid. His mother was ill. One night
he was studying by the side of the bed of his mother. All on a sudden, his
mother woke up, raised her head and told her son to give her a glass of water. But there was no water at home. Taking a
pitcher Bayazid went to a distant fountain to fetch water. He came back with
water and found his mother asleep. He did not awake her. Keeping a glass of
water in a hand, he remained standing still beside his mother's bed. He was
waiting for his mother's awakening. But she was in sound sleep. When it was
dawn Bayazid's mother awoke and instantly discovered her son standing beside
her bed with a glass of water in hand. She wondered for a moment. Then she
could realize the fact. She could not control her son with deep love and
blessed her from the core of her heart.
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11. The King and the
Spider
There was a good king in Scotland named Robert
Bruce. He loved very dearly his country and his subjects. His subjects had a
great love and respect for him too. Once his enemies fought against him and
drove him away from his kingdom. The king with some of his faithful soldiers and subjects went to a
forest and took shelter in an old fort. The king did not sit idle there. He
formed an army and attacked his enemies again and again. He attacked his
enemies for about seven times. But all the times he was defeated. Being
defeated so many times, he became hopeless and decided not to fight any more.
One day the king was lying in a cave in a gloomy mood. Suddenly a spider
attracted his eyes. It was trying to climb the roof. But jt fell dawn every
time. Yet it did not give up its
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12. Money Can Never Bring
Happiness
Once there lived a happy cobbler who
passed his days in working and singing. A rich neighbour of his was a banker
who one day said to him, "How much a year do you earn?" The cobbler answered, "I never count
in this way but what I can tell you now are that I can somehow maintain my
family." The banker said, "I am going to end your poverty. Take these
gold coins and remove your poverty." The cobbler took the bag full of coin
and went to his house. He had never seen so much as a gold coin. He told his
wife about the gold coin. His wife was very wise and she kept it as
confidential. After a few days, the cobbler sold those gold coins and started
to build a palace. Then he left his hut and lived in that palace with his wife.
He left his former job and spent his days in leisure. He appointed some
servants to take care of his daily chores. But it was a matter of regret that
both he and his wife were in trouble. Their happiness faded somehow. They were
not mentally happy as they always remained idle. They did not have a sound
sleep. They often thought about their wealth and were very tensed to save their
wealth. At last the cobbler went to the banker and told him about their present
condition. The banker understood him well and advised him to take his former
profession. The cobbler decided to do his former job and started doing that.
Then he was able to regain his happiness. He could understand that money can never bring
happiness.
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13. The Foolish Crow and
the Clever Fox
There was a crow on a tree with a piece of meat in its beak. A hungry
fox sat under the tree. As
soon as he saw the crow with the meat in her beak, he felt tempted to have it.
The fox was very clever. He hit upon a plan to have it. He said to the crow,
"Oh beautiful Crow! Your complexion is so fair. I think you can sing
nicely. Would you please sing a song for me?" At first the crow did not
want to sing. But as the fox carried on praising her, she felt proud of her
tongue. Finally she started to sing a song. But no sooner had she opened her
beak than the piece of meat fell off from her beak. The sly fox then and there
took it and ran awav. So, we should not believe a flatterer.
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14. Grasp All, Lose All
Once a dog stole a piece of meat from a shop. Holding it in his mouth,
he was running beside a stream. When the dog was crossing a bridge over the
stream, it discovered an image in the water. He saw another dog carrying a piece of meat in its mouth.
The dog stopped on the bridge and looked down very carefully. He became greedy
to get the other piece of meat. In fact, he saw his own image in the clear
water of the stream and he took it for another dog. So, he howled at the image.
Instantly the piece of meat fell into the water. The dog jumped after the piece
of meat. Alas! He failed to get it. He somehow swam to the other bank of the
stream and remained unfed. So should be satisfied what we have.
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15.
A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing
There lived a man in a village. He had a great attraction to English
and so 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 to understand the rules
of grammar. However, the teacher released him. The man grasped only three
English words. He learned 'yes', 'no' and Very good'. But the man did not know
their meaning. He came to his own village and told the villagers that he was
well versed in English. He used the three words while speaking with any man. If
anybody asked him any question or discussed a thing with him, he would say
either 'yes' or 'no' or Very good'. One nigh a theft took place in a house of
the village and the police was informed of it. A police officer went to that
place for investigation. He asked everybody if he knew anything about the
theft. But the villagers told him that they did not know who did it and how. At
last the police officer said to the man, "Do you know anything about the
theft? I think you have done it." The man then and there said,
"Yes." The police officer again inquired, "Have you any
objection. We take you under the custody of the police?" He answered,
"No." Then the police officer said to him, "We arrest you now."
Then the man proudly said, "Very good." Thus he was arrested and put
to jail. From the story, noted above we learn the moral that the man with a
little learning in English brought ruin on himself. He courts his own disaster.
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16.
The Lion and the Mouse
Once there a lion was sleeping in a
forest. Suddenly a mouse came there. It did not notice the sleeping lion. It
was running about and playing happily. By chance it ran over the face of the
lion. It awoke the lion. At this the lion grew very angry. The lion caught hold the mouse. The mouse
was trembling with fear. The lion said, "How did you dare to play on the
face?" The mouse begged pardon from the lion. It said, "O my loved, I
am quality. Please, set .me free. One day I will do good to you." The lion
burst into laughter. It said," O little mouse, how will you do good to me?
You are a little creature." However, the lion set the mouse free. Another
day, the mouse found that the lion was caught into a trap and it was roaring.
The mouse went near the lion and told him not to roar. The mouse cut the net
with its sharp teeth and made the lion come out. The lion became ashamed,
begged for give ness from the mouse and thanked it.
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1. Grasp all lose all
Once upon a time there was a farmer who had a wonderful goose. Every
morning she laid a golden egg. He used to sell the golden egg to the market. He
became rich. But by this time the man became very greedy and impatient to have
all the eggs at a time. He wanted to become more and richer. He
expressed his desire to his wife. His wife forbade him to do so. But the greedy
soul did not pay any heed to his wife. One morning, he killed the goose. He cut
the belly open with a sharp knife. But there were no eggs inside. Then the
farmer went mad with grief. He hit his forehead with his hand and said, "What
have I .done! What have I done! The goose was dead and there would be no more
gold eggs. He thought to himself that he would be poor again and learnt a
lesson that grasp all lose all.
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2. Slow and steady always wins the race
The hare
is a swift-footed animal while a tortoise is a slow-going creature. Once the
hare laughed at it’s slowly movement. It challenged the tortoise. The tortoise
took the challenge. One day a race between them began. The hare ran more quickly and lagged the tortoise far
behind. The tortoise ran slowly as it normally did. At the mid-point, the hare
stopped and decided to take a rest. Later, it fell asleep. The tortoise
continued running and crossed the sleepy bare. Then the hare woke up and looked
behind to have a view of the tortoise. Not seeing the tortoise, the hare
started running as fast as it could. Meanwhile, the tortoise reached the
destination and won the race. The hare's pride went in vain.
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3. An ant and the
dove
Once upon a time, an ant lived on the bank of a river. One day it
suddenly slipped into water. All its efforts to come up failed: Now a dove
lived in a tree on the bank not far from the spot. The dove saw the ant struggling in a helpless
condition. She was touched with pity. So in order to save it from being
drowned, she at once dropped a leaf into the water. The ant got on the leaf and
saved itself. A few days later a hunter came there. The ant saw and watched
him. He aimed and went to shoot the dove in the tree. As soon as the ant saw
this, it bit his foot. The pain caused by the bite disturbed the hunter. He
missed his aim and the dove flew off at once. Thus the ant saved the dove that
had once saved its life.
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4. Unity is
strength
Long ago, a farmer lived in a village. He had four sons. They were all
grown up. They always quarreled with one another. This made the farmer very
unhappy. The farmer forbade them again and again, but they did not listen to him. They did not stop
quarrelling. The farmer grew old. He wanted his sons to live in peace. He made
a plan. One day he called his sons. They came to him. He told them to bring a
bundle of sticks. The old man ordered his oldest son to break it. The eldest
son tried but could not break the bundle of sticks. The sons brought a bundle.
Then he called his other sons to do so. All of them tried one after another.
But they could not break it. Then the old farmer asked them to untie the
bundle. He gave his sons one stick each. He ordered each of his sons to break
the stick one by one. This time the sons easily broke them all. The old man
smiled and said, "You can break the sticks one by one. But you can not
break a bundle, learn a lesson from this. If you quarrel with one another, your
enemies will defeat you easily. But if you live in peace and remain united, no
one will be able to do any harm to you. So you should not quarrel with one
another." Then his sons understood the lesson. They promised not to
quarrel again. Since then, they were living in peace.
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5. Who will bell
the cat?
Once some mice were having a good time in a house. The owner of the
house was very annoyed at this. So, he brought a cat. The mice were very afraid
of the cat. They could not move about freely. At last, they hit upon a plan to get rid of the cat. They
sat together in a conference to find out a way to be free from this danger.
Several proposals were made but none of the proposals was good enough to
accept. At last a young mouse rose to speak before the meeting. He said,
"I have a good plan for your consideration. Let us tie a bell round the
cat's neck. Then we will hear him coming and be able to hide ourselves in time.
Thus we will be free from the cat's threat." All the mice thanked the
young mouse for his unique plan. But an old mouse stood up and said, "No
doubt, the idea is good. But who will bell the cat?" At this all remain
silent because they could realize the danger of implementing the unique plan.
There was none to tie the bell round the cat's neck. The mice eventually
migrated.
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6. A friend in
need is a friend indeed
Once there two friends started together
through a forest. As they came half of the way through the forest, a bear was
seen approaching. Both of them became afraid. They were in a fix what to do.
One of them knew how to climb up a tree and so he leaving his friend alone, at
once climbed up a tree. The
other did not know how to climb a tree. At once he lay down on the ground .He
held his breath and lay on the ground like a dead man. He knew that a bear
never attack a dead man. The bear came to him and smelt him and took him to be
a dead man. Then the bear went away. The friend on the tree came down and asked
him what the bear said to him. He said to his friend that the bear advised him
to be aware of false friend and not to believe a friend who leaves his friend
in danger.
7. Where there is a will
there is a way
It was a hot summer day and a crow became very thirsty. It went here
and there in search of drinking water but failed. It was about to die but the
crow did not lose hope. At
last it found a jar and flew down to it with a hope to get water. But it found
that the jar had only a little water at the bottom. The crow tried to get at
the water with its bill but it failed. It discovered that the water was too low
for it to get. So it tried to overturn the jar but the jar was very heavy. He was
then about to give up hope but, all on a sudden, it noticed some stones lying
near the jar. It took the stones and threw them into the jar one after another.
As a result, the water in the jar rose up and at last the crow was able to
drink it. Thus the crow succeeded at last.
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8. The Judgement of the
Cunning Monkey
Once there two rats stole a piece of bread. They tried to divide it
into two equal parts but failed. They fought for that. Lastly, they agreed to
put up their problem to the monkey. All the animals of the forest knew him as
the wiser animal. They went to the monkey and asked him to divide the bread
into two equal parts. The monkey told them that it would cost much. The rats agreed to pay the
cost. The monkey divided the bread into two unequal parts and put them on the
scale. He found that one part was heavier than the other. So he took a bite of
the bigger part of the bread and put it back on the scale. Then it grew smaller
and the other part was heavier. He again took a bite of the heavier part In
this way he went on eating the bread. At last both the parts of the bread
became very disappointed. They untidily demanded the rest part from the monkey.
The monkey put the rest part of the bread into its mouth and told the rats that
his work cost much.
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9. Honesty is the best
policy
Once lived a woodcutter in a village. One day he was cutting wood near
a river. Suddenly, his axe fell into the river. The rived was very deep. The woodcutter did not know how to swim or dive. So, he was sitting there sadly. Then a wonderful thing
happened. A beautiful fairy appeared before the woodcutter. The fairy
asked him why he was crying. He told her everything. The fairy took pity on
him. She dived into the river and came back with a golden axe. She asked the
wood cutter if it was his axe. The woodcutter replied in the negative. She then
again went into the water and returned with a silver one. This time also the
woodcutter refused to take it. Finally she brought the axe of the woodcutter
from the water. The woodcutter was delighted to get back his iron axe. The
fairy became pleased with the woodcutter at his honesty and gave him the other
two valuable axes as reward. Honesty is thus always rewarded.
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10. Devotion to mother
Once there was a small boy named Bayazid. His mother was ill. One night
he was studying by the side of the bed of his mother. All on a sudden, his
mother woke up, raised her head and told her son to give her a glass of water. But there was no water at home. Taking a
pitcher Bayazid went to a distant fountain to fetch water. He came back with
water and found his mother asleep. He did not awake her. Keeping a glass of
water in a hand, he remained standing still beside his mother's bed. He was
waiting for his mother's awakening. But she was in sound sleep. When it was
dawn Bayazid's mother awoke and instantly discovered her son standing beside
her bed with a glass of water in hand. She wondered for a moment. Then she
could realize the fact. She could not control her son with deep love and
blessed her from the core of her heart.
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11. The King and the
Spider
There was a good king in Scotland named Robert
Bruce. He loved very dearly his country and his subjects. His subjects had a
great love and respect for him too. Once his enemies fought against him and
drove him away from his kingdom. The king with some of his faithful soldiers and subjects went to a
forest and took shelter in an old fort. The king did not sit idle there. He
formed an army and attacked his enemies again and again. He attacked his
enemies for about seven times. But all the times he was defeated. Being
defeated so many times, he became hopeless and decided not to fight any more.
One day the king was lying in a cave in a gloomy mood. Suddenly a spider
attracted his eyes. It was trying to climb the roof. But jt fell dawn every
time. Yet it did not give up its
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12. Money Can Never Bring
Happiness
Once there lived a happy cobbler who
passed his days in working and singing. A rich neighbour of his was a banker
who one day said to him, "How much a year do you earn?" The cobbler answered, "I never count
in this way but what I can tell you now are that I can somehow maintain my
family." The banker said, "I am going to end your poverty. Take these
gold coins and remove your poverty." The cobbler took the bag full of coin
and went to his house. He had never seen so much as a gold coin. He told his
wife about the gold coin. His wife was very wise and she kept it as
confidential. After a few days, the cobbler sold those gold coins and started
to build a palace. Then he left his hut and lived in that palace with his wife.
He left his former job and spent his days in leisure. He appointed some
servants to take care of his daily chores. But it was a matter of regret that
both he and his wife were in trouble. Their happiness faded somehow. They were
not mentally happy as they always remained idle. They did not have a sound
sleep. They often thought about their wealth and were very tensed to save their
wealth. At last the cobbler went to the banker and told him about their present
condition. The banker understood him well and advised him to take his former
profession. The cobbler decided to do his former job and started doing that.
Then he was able to regain his happiness. He could understand that money can never bring
happiness.
Study for student life
13. The Foolish Crow and
the Clever Fox
There was a crow on a tree with a piece of meat in its beak. A hungry
fox sat under the tree. As
soon as he saw the crow with the meat in her beak, he felt tempted to have it.
The fox was very clever. He hit upon a plan to have it. He said to the crow,
"Oh beautiful Crow! Your complexion is so fair. I think you can sing
nicely. Would you please sing a song for me?" At first the crow did not
want to sing. But as the fox carried on praising her, she felt proud of her
tongue. Finally she started to sing a song. But no sooner had she opened her
beak than the piece of meat fell off from her beak. The sly fox then and there
took it and ran awav. So, we should not believe a flatterer.
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14. Grasp All, Lose All
Once a dog stole a piece of meat from a shop. Holding it in his mouth,
he was running beside a stream. When the dog was crossing a bridge over the
stream, it discovered an image in the water. He saw another dog carrying a piece of meat in its mouth.
The dog stopped on the bridge and looked down very carefully. He became greedy
to get the other piece of meat. In fact, he saw his own image in the clear
water of the stream and he took it for another dog. So, he howled at the image.
Instantly the piece of meat fell into the water. The dog jumped after the piece
of meat. Alas! He failed to get it. He somehow swam to the other bank of the
stream and remained unfed. So should be satisfied what we have.
Study for student life
15.
A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing
There lived a man in a village. He had a great attraction to English
and so 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 to understand the rules
of grammar. However, the teacher released him. The man grasped only three
English words. He learned 'yes', 'no' and Very good'. But the man did not know
their meaning. He came to his own village and told the villagers that he was
well versed in English. He used the three words while speaking with any man. If
anybody asked him any question or discussed a thing with him, he would say
either 'yes' or 'no' or Very good'. One nigh a theft took place in a house of
the village and the police was informed of it. A police officer went to that
place for investigation. He asked everybody if he knew anything about the
theft. But the villagers told him that they did not know who did it and how. At
last the police officer said to the man, "Do you know anything about the
theft? I think you have done it." The man then and there said,
"Yes." The police officer again inquired, "Have you any
objection. We take you under the custody of the police?" He answered,
"No." Then the police officer said to him, "We arrest you now."
Then the man proudly said, "Very good." Thus he was arrested and put
to jail. From the story, noted above we learn the moral that the man with a
little learning in English brought ruin on himself. He courts his own disaster.
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16.
The Lion and the Mouse
Once there a lion was sleeping in a
forest. Suddenly a mouse came there. It did not notice the sleeping lion. It
was running about and playing happily. By chance it ran over the face of the
lion. It awoke the lion. At this the lion grew very angry. The lion caught hold the mouse. The mouse
was trembling with fear. The lion said, "How did you dare to play on the
face?" The mouse begged pardon from the lion. It said, "O my loved, I
am quality. Please, set .me free. One day I will do good to you." The lion
burst into laughter. It said," O little mouse, how will you do good to me?
You are a little creature." However, the lion set the mouse free. Another
day, the mouse found that the lion was caught into a trap and it was roaring.
The mouse went near the lion and told him not to roar. The mouse cut the net
with its sharp teeth and made the lion come out. The lion became ashamed,
begged for give ness from the mouse and thanked it.
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