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The Hare And The Tortoise
Once a hare was roaming near a lake in a forest. Suddenly he saw a tortoise and mocked at him saying – “Hurry up, you slow coach! Don’t you find life very dull taking so long to cover a few yards? I could have run to the other side of the lake by now.” The […]
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Count Your Chickens When They Hatch
A Milk-maid had been to the meadow to milk her cows. Now she was returning home with a pail of milk on her head. She thought, “I will make cream and butter out of this milk. Then selling them, I will buy eggs. and when they hatch, I shall have a good poultry farm.” She […]
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The Wind and The Sun
Once the Wind and the Sun came to have a quarrel. Either of them claimed to be a stronger. At last they agreed to have a trial of strength. “Here comes a traveller. Let us see who can strip him of his clock,” said the Sun. The Wind agreed and chose to have the first […]
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The Miser
There was once a miser. He melted all his money into a block of gold and buried it in a pit. Every day he would dig it up and smile to see it. One night the gold-block was stolen. So, the miser was in tears. A friend of his saw him weeping and said, ” […]
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The Wolf And The Goat
Once a wolf saw a goat atop a hill and said, “Come down here, Miss Goat! The grass here is greener and longer.” “Thank You,” answered the goat, “the grass down there may be much better. But, if I come down you will get a good meal. So, I prefer to stay here – where […]
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The Fox Without Tail
A fox was once caught in a trap. It was only after a tough struggle that she could get free. But, to her sorrow, her beautiful tail had been cut off and left in the trap. “How ugly I shall look!” moaned the fox, ” won’t the other foxes laugh at me ?” Thinking hard, […]
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Idle Tortoise
One day the tortoise was roaming in the jungle. The tortoise saw an eagle resting on a tree top.The tortoise went to the eagle and asked him, “Can l also sit like you and do nothing ?” The eagle answered, “Sure , why not.” The tortoise smiled and sat on the ground below the eagle. […]
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The Monkey and Man
There lived a rich, greedy man who never gave alms to the poor. He had a monkey which he wanted to sell at a higher price than what it had cost him. One day the man had gone out to do some business. The monkey was left alone in the house. He came across a […]
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The Cow
Margaret, a hen, lived with her friend the grasshopper. They lived in miserable conditions as they had spent all the earned money. To add to this their friend, cow had died and they did not know what to do. “If only the good Lord would give us another cow!” they sighed, “We shall never be […]
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The Ox and the Frog
One day, an ox was drinking at a pool. Suddenly, hevvalked on a brood of young frogs and crushed one of them to death. The mother frog was coming up. She found one of her sons and inquired of his brothers what had become of him. One of the brothers replied, “Dear mother, he is […]