August 16th, 2011
It was summer time and sun was very hot. A bull was sitting in the cool shade of a tree and chewing cud with his eyes half shut. All of a sudden a goat came there and looked out for a place to sit under the shade. Silently, it sat on oneof the horns of [...]
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April 13th, 2011
The king of Caba jungle was Javin the Lion. He was very wicked and so was his two close friends Linci the Monkey and Doul the Bear. No animals in the jungle liked them. Javin Lion one day called up his friends and told them, ” I would like to eat some elephant meat.” “We’ll [...]
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July 1st, 2011
A young man wanted to learn the art of sword fighting. He went to the greatest instructor in the land and said, ” Please give me an admission and teach me sword fighting.” The instructor gladly accepted him a student and said, ” Young man you can stay with me and learn the art.” In [...]
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January 29th, 2009
Once upon a time a foolish brahmin came to visit Birbal with a strange request. He wanted to be addressed as ‘pandit’. Now, the term ‘pandit’ refers to a man of learning. But unfortunately this poor brahmin was uneducated. Birbal tried to explain the difference to him saying that it was not correct to call [...]
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August 17th, 2011
Once all the hares held a meeting to express their grief over the ever-present danger of being killed and eaten up by men, birds dogs etc. So they decided to commit suicide by drowning themselves and went to a pool to carry out their plan. That pool was abounded by frogs. At that time, they [...]
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August 12th, 2011
Once upon a time the people in the Japanese city of Kyoto were terribly afraid; they shook with fear. A fierce witch had taken posession of the tower over the city gate which opened and closed whenever she felt like it. she was capable of locking the gate in the face of the travellers bring [...]
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June 3rd, 2009
Once upon a time, King Matthias wandered around his kingdom with several lords. The king greeted his subjects. Once they met an old man, and the king recognized him as a soldier who had once served in his army. “Do you live in respectability?” asked the king. “Thanks to my wife, yes,” replied the old man. “How many [...]
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May 30th, 2011
Birbal was a true friend and the minister of Emperor Akbar. Akbar always asked for his opinion before taking any decision. Birbal had the last word in all the matters of the state. Hence, many courtiers were jelous of Birbal. They wanted to remove Birbal from the post of the minister. So they conspired against [...]
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June 13th, 2011
Roney was an old man who once thought of going on a pilgrimage to the holy places. But his biggest worry was where to keep his money that was also his lifetime savings. Atlast, he decided to entrust the money to his neighbour Gilroy. Roney kept all his savings in a jar and gave it [...]
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August 2nd, 2009
A crow was sitting on a tree, eating a ripe guava. A fox, wandering underneath the tree, decided to play a trick on the crow to make it drop the guava. “Oh, my sweet crow,” the fox said, “please sing a song for me. You sing so beautifully.” The crow turned a bit, and placed [...]
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