Return from the Door of Death
The door of death The Door of Death-It was a fine sunny day. Almost all the workers were busy with their daily activities in a factory. Suddenly there was a crashing sound. I noticed my colleagues running back and forth, screaming. It took me a moment or two to realize that something ominous was going to happen. As soon as ...
Grasp All, Lose All/A Greedy Farmer
There lived a farmer in a village. He had a wonderful goose. The goose laid an egg of gold everyday. The farmer was very greedy. He thought that it was difficult for him to keep patience. He grew impatient to have all the eggs at a time. If he got all the eggs in a day, he would be very ...
Money Cannot Buy Happiness
Once there lived a happy cobbler who passed his days in working and singing from morning till night. A rich man of his neighbor asked him one day "How much a year do you earn?" The cobbler laughed and said, "I never reckon my money in that way. It goes as fast as it comes, but I am glad to ...
Responsibility of a Young Boy
Once a boy named Arif was coming home from his school on foot. Suddenly he noticed a moneybag lying beside the road. He thought for a while. He was confused to take up the bag as somebody might treat him as a thief. Again he was not such irresponsible as to overlook the matter. So, he shook off hesitation and ...
Dress Does Not Make a Man Great
Sheikh Saadi was a great poet of Iran. He led a very simple life. Once the king of the country invited him to the court. Walking all day long on foot, he became tired and took shelter in a rich man's house at night. Saadi had a very simple dress as usual. The rich man considered him an ordinary traveler ...
Too Much Greed, Too Much Sufferings
Once a dog stole a piece of meat from a butcher's shop. He ran away with it and at last went to a stream. There was a plank across the stream. The dog was running over the plank. He looked down into the stream at the time of running over the plank across stream and saw clearly a dog's shadow ...
Fun Is Not Always Good
Fun It was late at night. I was taking preparation for my ensuing examination. All the members of my family were sleeping. All on a sudden, my phone rang and it was an unknown number. I got frightened when he introduced himself as a robber. This voice was soft at first but it was very ferocious later. He demanded at ...
The Dove And the Ant
An ant lived on the bank of a river. The level of water in the river was increasing gradually. One day a wave stroke at the shore. At that moment the ant was walking. It slipped into water and could not reach the shore. A dove observed the matter. He felt for the ant and became very sympathetic .He took ...
Misfortune of Rafiq
Rafiq got into the train. He found out his seat and sat down. A few minutes later, another passenger claimed the seat and to his utter surprise, Rafiq discovered that he had got into the wrong train. But it was too late. The train had already left the station. There was no way to get down. Rafiq left the seat ...
A Small Creature Saves the Life of a Lion
Once there was a lion 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 . It roared with anger. The mouse got frightened and started ...
Unity Is Strength
A farmer had three sons. His sons were not in good terms with one another. They often quarrelled among themselves. So, the old farmer was unhappy with them. The old farmer wanted to teach them a good lesson. So, he hit upon a plan. He called all his sons and asked them to bring some sticks. According to their father's ...
Who Is to Bell the Cat?
Once some mice were having a good time in a rich man's house. There was the availability of rich and tasty foods. They ate cereal and made holes in the house. The mice also cut the clothes and bit the sleeping children. They were always shrieking in the house. So, the owner brought a cat to get relief from that ...
Honesty Is the Best Policy
Once there lived a poor farmer who worked very hard to maintain his big family. But he could hardly manage two square meals a day. One day while working in the field, he found a basket. He picked it up and carried it home. He showed it to his wife. She opened it. Oh! It was full of huge amount ...
Devotion to Mother
Bayazid was a small boy. His mother was ill. One day he was studying by the side of the bed of his ailing mother. All on a sudden his mother woke up, raised her head and told her son to give her a glass of water. The boy Bayazid took the glass to pour water from the pitcher. But the ...
Slow And Steady Wins the Race/A Race between the Hare And the Tortoise
A hare is a very speedy animal. It can run very fast. But a tortoise moves very slowly. Once upon a time a hare was very proud of his speed and cut a joke to a tortoise. Once the tortoise challenged the hare and invited him to run a race with him. They both went to a fox and asked ...
Where There Is a Will, There
It was a summer day and a crow became very thirsty. It began to move here and there in search of drinking water but in vain. The crow did not lose hope. It, at last, noticed a jar at a little distance. It at once flew to it but there was a little water at the bottom of the jar ...
Reward for Honesty
Reward- A beautiful fairy appeared before the woodcutter. The fairy asked the woodcutter what had happened to him. The woodcutter informed the fairy about the incident. He informed her that he was a poor woodcutter and he earned his living by cutting wood. Now he would not be able to work anymore as he had lost his axe in the ...
Reward for Honesty
There lived a woodcutter in a village. One day he was cutting wood near a river. Suddenly his axe fell into the river. The river 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 the ...
A brave boy
One day a boy was going to school. Suddenly he saw smoke coming out of a house. He went there and saw a house on fire. Only a few women were running to and fro. They were crying "help, help."The boy thought there might be somebody in the house. He/she could not come out. The boy was very brave. He ...
Punishment of a Liar
There lived a shepherd boy in a pastoral area. He kept a flock of sheep near a forest. In the forest, there lived a wolf. At times, the wolf would come out and kill lambs and farmers. The shepherd boy had a bad habit of telling lies. He used to make a fun with villagers shouting "Wolf! Wolf! help!" The ...
Determination Brings Success
Rahim was a meritorious boy. He read in a village school. His father’s economic condition was not good. But he dreamt to be doctor so that he could remove all the miseries of his family. But there is always a gap between imagination and reality. When he was a student of class X, his father died.After his father’s death he ...
The Fox And the Crow
There was a crow on a tree with a piece of meat in its beak. A hungry fox sat under the tree. He saw the crow with the piece of meat in her beak. He wished to eat the piece of meat. So, he made a plan. In an attempt to materialise his plan he thought of several devices and ...
Friend Is for Friend
It was a bright sunny morning. I was going to college with some of my friends. We were in a hilarious mood as we were talking about our plan to go on a picnic. Suddenly we were in a fix what to do. I, along with two others, lifted him up from the ground. I took a rickshaw. The rickshaw ...
