One day, a bear was sleeping in the forest. A farmer saw the bear sleeping and sneaked into him and cut off one of his paws with an axe. The farmer brought the paw home. He said to his wife, “Boil some soup from the flesh, and knit some warm gloves from the wool.” Her wife took off the skin, threw the flesh into the pot to boil, and sat down to spin the wool. When the bear woke up, he found out that one of his paws was not there. There was no one to help him so, he cut a bit of wood and tied it instead of his leg. After that, we went into the village. On his way, he sang: Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! I am stumbling with the tree wood on my leg,The water’s asleep, and the earth’s asleep, the whole village is asleep,only one woman is awake, and she is boiling my flesh,sitting on my skin and spinning my wool!” The farmer’s wife got scared by hearing the bear’s voice. She saw him coming and she quickly hid in the cellar under the floor. The bear went into the house and there was no one. He then took the bit of his skin, took the flesh out of the pot and left the place. Moral:Attacking someone when they are not aware is easy. The strength is when both the parties are equally aware and armed.

This is a story of bear and farmer.Moral(s) of the story: cheating and strength

The bear’s paw

Yesha Desai

Chim loved dancing. It was not just a hobby for her or a way to spend her time, but even at her young age, she was sure that dance was her one true love.At her dance academy, she was one of the most talented students but she still could not perfect her techniques.One day, at her dance class, a new teacher appeared. He was just as talented as her other teachers, but the difference was that while the other teachers were young, he was 65.Chim watched her teacher dance while pouring his heart into it, performing with grace that many younger students could not perfect.She was enchanted by his hard work and decided to have a talk with him. She learned that her teacher’s last professional dance competition was well over twenty years ago and yet he had stuck to his gruelling training.When she asked him what drove him to work so hard, he said, “I love dancing. But the discipline is all in my mind.”She stopped and thought for a moment if discipline can drive a 65 year old man to train so hard and enjoy it, then how powerfully discipline could serve every single human being on the face of this planet?She realised that to reach where she wanted, she needed more than just passion. She needed discipline, control and a very strong work ethic. Moral:Being disciplined in your work can set you free of limitations that surround you in achieving your goals.

This is a story of dancing, educator and student.Moral(s) of the story: discipline

The dance teacher

Once upon a time there was a very rich and corrupt noble. He was the King’s most trusted man and thus had many responsibilities. He also had his own businesses due to which he was very rich and had multiple servants at his disposal.Often, while taking his breakfast in the lawns of his estate, he would witness the gardener and his son at work.He had known that the gardener’s son was a very intelligent young man and thus wanted to give him a job in his business.He approached the young man multiple times but he refused. One day he asked, “Son, why do you keep refusing to work at my company. We could use your skills over there and we could pay you better too”The boy smiled, “No, kind sir. Thank you, but I have everything I need.”The nobleman was truly confused and a little angry too. How could a poor boy like him have everything in this world. He was young and poor. The nobleman was already very stressed due to work and arrogantly asked, “Oh really? And what do you have exactly. Money? A big house? A wife?”The gardener’s son calmly replied, “I don’t have any of that, sir. But I have something that you do not have. Peace of mind.”The nobleman understood, and confessed to his crimes in front of the King, the very same day. Moral:Peace of mind is more important than any materialistic gain.

This is a story of gardener and king.Moral(s) of the story: peace

The nobleman’s lesson

Sam’s mother takes him to get his first haircut. He is seven month old and already has a mop of long, curly hair.He is too tiny to fit in the chair at the shop so they place him on a pillow.Sam’s clothes are covered by a white coverall. The barber is very kind and thinks that Sam is a very happy baby.The barber sprays a little water on Sam’s hair and he giggles. The barber begins cutting with a few different types of scissors. It takes a lot of time.But then the barber is done and Sam looks cleaner with shorter hair. His clothes itch and he wants to play with the water spray.Sam goes home and takes a bath. His first haircut looks really pretty.

First visit to the barber’s shop.

Ravina Sewani

Once, a huge flock of crows became a great nuisance to a farmer. The crows would swoop down on his cornfield and destroy the crop. The angry farmer decided to get rid of them.One day he spread a net in his field. Then he scattered some grain on it. The crows saw the grain. They came down to eat the grain. They were caught in the net. The farmer was glad to see the trapped crows. He said, "You robbers, now you will meet the end you deserve." Just then he was surprised to hear a pitiful sound of cooing. So he looked carefully and found a pigeon among the crows.The farmer said to the pigeon, "How come you are in this gang? Anyhow, I am not going to spare you. You have chosen bad company and so you must suffer."Saying so, the farmer whistled to call his hounds. The hounds came and killed all the birds one by one. Moral:Better be alone than falling in bad company.

This is a classic story from Vikas books.This is a story of farmer, crow and pigeon.

THE CROWS AND THE PIGEON

In a kingdom long lost, there lived a very old wizard in the woods located on the edge of the kingdom. In the small hut that was heavily guarded by magic spells, she created her own potions and spells.This wise wizard was known throughout the lands and was always present to help people. But the wizard was now growing old and she was worried about who will help the ordinary people after she is dead. So she decided to take on a student to whom she could teach and pass her knowledge.Soon, the wizard began searching for people who showed the potential to take on such a massive responsibility. For months and months she searched the kingdom and further but to no avail.Everyone would have one or the other flaws. Either someone was too stupid to cope up with her knowledge, or people were too greedy to work with her and would compromise their morals.At this rate, the wizard thought that she would never find someone.So the wizard came up with a plan. She spread the news in the kingdom that she lost her book of magic spells. She went to the town square and yelled with distress, “I have lost my book of magic spells. Oh, what am I going to do now. The book contained all of my spells— powerful and weak. It had all of my knowledge what should I do now?”The people surrounding her looked at her with worry. They all tried to comfort the wizard since she always helped them but they all also wondered what would happen now that the wizard had lost such an important book.The news of this lost book spread across the kingdom very quickly. In fact, it spread across the world and lots of people came to the wizard. Many young men and women came to the wizard and said that they will find the book for her.There were many other people who tried their best to find the book for their own gains. Lots of people wanted to find the book of magic spells to become powerful.Days passed and turned into weeks. Still no one had successfully found the book. Lot of people had already given up by now and others had turned even more aggressive. To get the people to search more she went to the town square and said, “I still haven't found my book! What am I going to do now? The last I remember is taking the book to the woods. It must be there. I need your help my friends. If anyone finds that book for me, I will take them as my student.”This got the people to search for the book even more actively.One day when the wizard was eating in a diner, she met a teenage girl. She asked the girl, “Child, are you not trying to find the book of magic spells? Have you already given up?”The girl smiled and replied, “I have not given up Ma’am, I did not even begin.”The wizard was confused and asked, “Why so? Do you not want to help this old feeble woman? Or are you not interested in being my student?”The young girl smiled again, “That is not so. I definitely want to help you. But there is just nothing to help with.”The wizard was even more confused now. She asked, “What do you mean?”“You have lost no book, have you? A clever and responsible person like you wouldn’t lose something so important. And even if you did you can find the location of the book by the magic spell you created yourself.”Now the wizard was very shocked. This young girl was very clever. And that is how the wizard found her student. The wizard taught the clever girl all that she had learned in her life and soon the young girl grew up to be a very wise and talented young woman.

This is a story of notebook, teacher and wizard.Moral(s) of the story: wisdom

The book of magic spells

Once upon a time a king gave a holiday to all the royal workers in his kingdom. The king’s gardener also wanted to avail a day’s holiday but he had to water the plants at the royal garden. It was summer time, and he could not leave the plants without water. He knew that if the plants died, he would have to face the king’s wrath. So, he thought of assigning the task of watering the plants to someone else.Just then he saw some monkeys having fun and frolic in the king’s garden and got a strange idea. He approached the chief of the monkeys and said, “You must consider yourselves lucky to be living in the royal garden. You get to play on the lush green trees and eat the fresh fruits from the garden. You must do something to show your gratitude towards the king.” All the monkeys were listening carefully to the gardener. The gardener further added, “The king has given a day’s holiday to all the royal workers. But, I cannot go anywhere as I have to water the plants. If you agree to water the plants for one day, the king would be very happy with you and I would also be able to go out with my friends.”The chief of the monkeys readily agreed to do the job and said, “We shall be glad to do that for our generous king.” The gardener gave the watering pots to the monkeys and went away. When the monkeys began to water the young trees, a query popped in their mind. They asked their chief, “How shall we know when each tree has been given enough water?” The chief of the monkeys scratched his head for a while and said, “Pull up each young tree and look at the length of its roots. Give more water to the trees with long roots, and only a little to the ones that have short roots.”Then the stupid monkeys uprooted all the trees of the garden to see which trees had long roots and which had short roots. When the gardener came back the next day, he was taken aback to see the deplorable condition of the royal garden. He could do nothing but repent over his act of foolishness. Moral:Foolishness always has bad consequences.

This is a classic story from Jataka tales.This is a story of gardener and monkey.

The stupid monkeys

Shina Utavani

In a beautiful forest once, there lived two trees. The trees’ names were Chintu and Pintu. They were brothers. On the trees, there lived a troop of monkeys, a family of bird, the Bunky bear, and the wise wolf. They all lived like a big family. Everyone enjoyed each other’s company.One morning, when everyone was busy talking, Pintu saw a woodcutter coming towards the forest. Chintu advised all of them to run away. But no one left the place. Pintu again requested them to go away but none of them agreed. They all said, “You give us food to eat, shelter to live and fresh air to breathe. We cannot leave you in danger.” Chintu and Pintu were overwhelmed and their eyes rolled the tears of happiness. They all made a quick plan to protect everyone from the woodcutter. Both the trees advised all the animals and birds to hide behind the leaves.There were many trees in the forest so the woodcutter could not decide which tree to cut. He saw Chintu and Pintu, the big trees. He decided to cut them. The wise wolf already told the plan to all of them. So, when the woodcutter came near to cut the tress, all of them started jumping around him. The monkeys started jumping on him and the birds started flying above him. When all were busy around the woodcutter, the wise wolf ran to the king Lion and told him everything. The Lion King roared and reached there quickly. Hearing Lion’s roar, the woodcutter was scared. So, he ran away from there. All were happy that they could save Chintu and Pintu. All birds and animals were grateful to the king as well as the Wolf for his cleverness.Later, the woodcutter realized the importance of trees. He thought trees are important for us as well as animals and birds. They give food, shelter, shade, and flowers to us. He realized his mistake and promised to never cut trees again in his life. He opened a nursery and planted many new plants in his village. Moral:Save trees, plant more trees and save our nature.

This is a story of forest, lion, monkey, tree, wolf and woodcutter.

The Trees and The Woodcutter

Nishita Sanghvi

There were three brothers Sohan, Mohan and Rohan. Every day they would go to the park to play, and then visit the vegetable market where they would buy vegetables and other groceries, as instructed by their mother and also some goodies for themselves.However, it turned out today that the market which they visited was closed. So they kept playing in the park not realizing that it had gotten dark and it was time to go home. They were very tired as they had played so long and were feeling hungry.Sohan wanted to have something juicy. Mohan wanted something sweet while Rohan felt they needed to eat something healthy as mom always insisted.As they were walking down the road, they noticed a fruit vendor, who immediately understood that the kids were hungry. Sohan said, “I want something juicy as I am thirsty”. Mohan said, “I want something sweet so I can feel energized”, and Rohan insisted on having something healthy. But they had only a few rupees with them which the fruit vendor could figure out from their discussion.He took out the grapes and gave it to them by saying, “This is not only juicy and sweet but healthy as well.”This brought a big smile on the children’s faces and they thanked the vendor for helping them.

This is a story of 3 brothers and greengrocer.Moral(s) of the story: smartness

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