Two Goats and a Narrow Bridge

There was a green meadow. Across this meadow ran a Brooke. There was a bridge to connect the two parts of the meadow. Animals used to cross this bridge to graze on both the parts of the meadow.

Once, two goats who were grazing on either sides of the river wanted to cross the bridge at a time. But, the bridge was narrow to hold only one goat. Both the goats were so adamant to cross at the same time. This led to a quarrel among them. At the end both fell into the Brooke and got drowned.

There were two other goats who wanted to cross the bridge. They were both understanding in nature. They were willing to adjust. One goat squatted on the bridge while the other crossed over this goat. After that goat had crosses, the goat which had squatted got up and walked across the bridge. Thus, both the goats crossed the bridge.

Moral: Pride leads to fall and patience always pays. 

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Story of the Greedy Lion

Once there lived a king lion in the forest. It was a hot summer day. A lion was feeling very hungry. He came out of his den and searched here and there. He could find only a small hare. He caught the hare with some hesitation. “This hare cannot fill my tummy” thought the lion.

As the lion was about to kill the hare, a deer ran that way. The lion became greedy. He thought, “Instead of eating this small hare let me eat the big deer”. He let the hare go and went behind the deer. But, the deer had vanished into the forest. The lion now felt sorry for letting the hare off.

Moral: Greedy is always curse.

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The Dog and the Cows In the Manger

Once there lived a group of cows with a herd. The cows used to eat hay from the manger. One day a herd of cows came to the manger to eat hay. They saw a dog lying on the hay in the manger.

One of the cow pleaded, “Please, will you get up! We are hungry. We have to eat our hay”. The dog did not take heed of it. Once again another cow pleaded, “Please, let us have our hay”. The dog snarled and the cow stepped back.

A wise cow ran up to the bull and told him the matter. The bull came and requested, “Get out, please! Let them have their food”. There was no reply. The bull became angry. He bellowed loudly and stamped his legs. The dog got frightened and ran for his life.

MORAL: IT IS NO GOOD TO BE A DOG IN A MANGER

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Mind Your Own Business : Short Story of the Donkey and The Dog

Once upon a time there lived a dog and a donkey in a house of a washer man. The dog guarded his house and the donkey carried clothes to his back to the town.

It was a hot afternoon. The dog was sleeping under the shady veranda. There was some noise outside. The dog just lifted up his head and went back to sleep.

The donkey asked, “Why don’t you bark. It could be thieves”. The dog replied, “Mind your own business”. But the donkey would not listen. He wanted to save his master from thieves. He started to bray.

The master who was sound asleep got wild with the donkey and came running out with a stick and gave hard beatings to the donkey.

Moral: It is always better to mind your own business. 

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The Fox and The Stork

Once there lived a fox in a jungle. He met a stork nearby the seashore.  They became friends. One day fox wanted to tease the 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 comfort ability 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.

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