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Cat and mouse
Once upon a time there lived a cat that loved to read. At night, when everybody was asleep, she would put on the spectacles and read the BIG BOOK FOR CATS. One day, she read in the book: If you want a mouse for dinner, repeat the following rhyme: In this house there is a […]
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Lazy Donkey
There lived a washerrnan who had a lazy donkey. Whenever Ramu called the donkey he pretended to be sick. Ramu was fed up of his donkey. One day Ramu had to take a heap of clothes to the river to wash. The donkey knew that Ramu would load the clothes, so he escaped from the […]
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The Cow’s Bell
Henry, the young peasant-boy, was guarding the herd of cows in the woods. Each cow had a bell around his neck and the most beautiful cow had the best bell. One day a stranger passed through the woods and looked the herd of cows. He went to Henry and asked to give him a bell […]
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The Gardener and the Donkey
A gardener used to go to the market every week in the neighbouring town along with his donkey. He was so cruel that he loaded the donkey with a lot of load that only his head could be seen. The road that led home ran through a wood. The gardener saw some branches which he […]
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The Giraffe Who Couldn’t Reach
There lived a giraffe. He was the tallest giraffe that anyone had ever seen. He was proud of his height. The monkeys were very annoyed with giraffe’s behaviour. One young monkey thought to teach the giraffe a lesson. One day he said to the giraffe, “There’s some lovely juicy fruit growing on that tree, but […]
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Two Tribes
There lived two tribes on the banks of a river The tribe that lived upstream caught fish by stretching their nets across the river. They beat the water with long sticks to make the fish swim into their nets. This made the water muddy. Due to this, the tribe that lived downstream became angry. They […]
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The Shepherd’s Mistake
Once upon a time, there lived a shepherd. Every morning, he used to take out his sheep to graze in the field. While his sheep would graze, he would sit and watch them grazing. One day, he was sitting in the field and his sheeps were grazing the field. Suddenly, he saw a wolf behind […]
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The Musical Donkey
Once upon a time, there lived a washerman who had a thin donkey. His donkey used to carry loads of clothes to the river bank every day. The donkey was not satisfied with the food that the washer man gave to him, so he wandered in the fields nearby and ate the crops. One night, […]
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The Greedy Hippo
Once upon a time there lived a greedy hippo. Hippo always used to eat a lot. I-lippo also ate the food of other animals. One day, after a hearty breakfast, the hippo went to have a bath in a pool. He took his swimming tube. But he was so fat that it got stuck in […]
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The Ant and the Grasshopper
One summer’s day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing merrily. An Ant passed by, carrying an ear of corn to the nest. The grasshopper said, “Why not come and chat with me” The ant refused and said, “l am helping to lay up food for the winter and you should also do the […]