THE BULL AND THE FROGS
 

It was a damp rainy day. The pond was full of water. Some small frogs were hopping and playing happily.
 

A bull came up to the pond to drink some water. After drinking water, the bull bellowed loudly. On hearing the bellowing sound the little frogs got frightened.

They hopped away in a hurry to their Grandpa at home.

 

On seeing his grandchildren’s hurry, the grandpa asked, “Well children! What is the matter?”

One of the little frogs croaked in a feeble voice, “Grandpa, we saw a very big animal at the pond. He had a terrible loud voice. We were all frightened”.

The grandpa frog spread his legs and puffed his cheeks and asked “Was the animal as big as this?” The answer came “He was much bigger”.
 

The grandpa puffed still more and asked “Was he still bigger?” The answer was “Much bigger, Much bigger”.
 

The grandpa puffed, puffed and puffed until his lungs burst he fell down.
 

MORAL: VANITY IS FOOLISHNESS

THE FOX AND THE STORK

 

A fox wanted to tease a stork. He invited the stork to dinner. The stork accepted. The fox prepared a soup and served the soup in a flat plate. He said, “Let’s start our dinner, and began lapping. He looked at the stork and asked, “Isn’t the soup delicious? You like it, don’t you?”
 

The stork could only smell the flavor. She was not able to drink the soup with her long beak from the flat plate. She understood that the fox was teasing her. She looked helplessly while the fox was just enjoying himself.
 

After they had finished, the stork invited the fox. The fox said, he would come”. So a few days later, the stork prepared soup and, now, she served in a long jug with a narrow mouth.

 

Now, the fox could not drink from the jug. But the stork drank comfortability and said, “What a nice soup! I prepared this specially for you, Please don’t feel shy. Have as much as you want”.
 

The fox now felt he was paying for his mischief.

 

MORAL:  TIT FOR TAT

THE WOLF AND THE LAMB

A lamb was drinking water of a stream. He was so plumpy and fleshy.
 

A wolf was spying him. He was so eager to attack the lamb and eat him.
 

The wolf accused the lamb, “You are making the stream dirty”. But the lamb replied “I am sorry, drinking out a stream does not make the stream dirty”.
 

The wolf again accused “you are the lamb who teased my brother last year” The poor lamb replied “But, I was not at all born then”.
 

The wolf grew wild and snarled “I am not going to miss a chance of eating you because you are good at reasoning”.

 

MORAL: EVIL CAN CREATE ITS OWN EXCUSES