The Lion and the Mouse
A mouse wakes up a sleeping lion by running on him. The lion is angry and tries to eat the mouse, but the mouse begs for mercy, promising to help the lion someday. Later, hunters capture the lion and the mouse happens upon him and gnaws the ropes to free the lion. Little friends may prove great friends.
The Lion and the Mouse
A mouse wakes up a sleeping lion by running on him. The lion is angry and tries to eat the mouse, but the mouse begs for mercy, promising to help the lion someday. Later, hunters capture the lion and the mouse happens upon him and gnaws the ropes to free the lion. Little friends may prove great friends.
The Lion and the Mouse
A mouse wakes up a sleeping lion by running on him. The lion is angry and tries to eat the mouse, but the mouse begs for mercy, promising to help the lion someday. Later, hunters capture the lion and the mouse happens upon him and gnaws the ropes to free the lion. Little friends may prove great friends.
asleep, a little Mouse began running up and down upon him. This soon wakened the Lion, who placed his huge paw upon him and opened his big jaws to swallow him. "Pardon, O King!" cried the little Mouse, "Forgive me this time. I shall never repeat it and I shall never forget your kindness. And who knows, but I may be able to do you a good turn one of these days?" The Lion was so tickled at the idea of the Mouse being able to help him, that he lifted up his paw and let him go Sometime later a few hunters captured the King and tied him to a tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him on. Just then the little Mouse happened to pass by, and seeing the sad plight in which the Lion was, ran up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bound the King of the Beasts. "Was I not right?" said the little Mouse, very happy to help the Lion. MORAL: Little friends may prove great friends. The Goose with the Golden Eggs
Once when a Lion was asleep, a
little Once upon a time, a man and his wife had the good fortune to have a goose which laid a golden egg every day. Lucky though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough. They imagined that if the bird must be able to lay golden eggs, its insides must be made of gold. And they thought that if they could get all that precious metal at once, they would get mighty rich very soon. So the man and his wife decided to kill the bird. However, upon cutting the goose open, they were shocked to find that its innards were like that of any other goose! MORAL: THINK BEFORE YOU ACT The Fox and the Stork
A selfish fox once invited a stork
to dinner at his home and for a joke put nothing before her but some soup in a very shallow dish. The fox could easily lap this up, but the Stork could only wet the end of her long bill in it, and stayed hungry. I am sorry that the soup is not to your liking," said the fox with a sly smile. "Oh, please do not apologise," said the Stork. "I hope you will return this visit, and come and dine with me too sometime." So a day was appointed when the Fox should visit the Stork. Finally, when they were seated at the table, the Stork served them both some soup in a very long-necked jar with a narrow mouth. The stork drank the soup easily but the fox could not insert his snout into the tall jar. This time it was the Foxs turn to go hungry. MORAL: ONE BAD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER. The Hare and the Tortoise
There once was a speedy Hare
who bragged about how fast he could run. Tired of hearing him boast, the Tortoise challenged him to a race. All the animals in the forest gathered to watch. The Hare ran down the road for a while and then and paused to rest. He looked back at the tortoise and cried out, "How do you expect to win this race when you are walking along at your slow, slow pace?"
The Hare stretched himself out alongside the road and fell asleep, thinking, "There is plenty of time to relax." The Tortoise walked and walked; never ever stopping until he came to the finish line.
The animals who were watching
cheered so loudly for Tortoise, that they woke up Hare. The Hare stretched and yawned and began to run again, but it was too late. Tortoise was already over the line.
MORAL: SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE
The Wolf and the Lamb A lamb was grazing with a flock of sheep one day. She soon found some sweet grass at the edge of the field. Farther and farther she went, away from the others. She was enjoying herself so much that she did not notice a wolf coming nearer to her. However, when it pounced on her, she was quick to start pleading, Please, please dont eat me yet. My stomach is full of grass. If you wait a while, I will taste much better. The wolf thought that was a good idea, so he sat down and waited. After a while, the lamb said, If you allow me to dance, the grass in my stomach will be digested faster. Again the wolf agreed. While the lamb was dancing, she had a new idea. She said, Please take the bell from around my neck. If you ring it as hard as you can, I will be able to dance even faster. The wolf took the bell and rang it as hard as he could. The shepherd heard the bell ringing nd quickly sent his dogs to find the missing lamb. The barking dogs frightened the wolf away and saved the lambs life. The gentle and weak can sometimes be cleverer than fierce and strong. The Monkey and the Dolphin
One day long ago, some sailors set out
to sea in their sailing ship. One of them brought his pet monkey along for the long journey. When they were far out at sea, a terrible storm overturned their ship. Everyone fell into the sea, and the monkey was sure that he would drown. Suddenly a dolphin appeared and picked him up. They soon reached the island and the monkey came down from the dolphins back. The dolphin asked the monkey, Do you know this place? The monkey replied, Yes, I do. In fact, the king of the island is my best friend. Do you know that I am actually a prince? Knowing that no one lived on the island, the dolphin said, Well, well, so you are a prince! Now you can be a king! The monkey asked, How can I be a king? As the dolphin started swimming away, he answered, That is easy. As you are the only creature on this island, you will naturally be the king! Those who lie and boast may end up in trouble.