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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The Dove and The Wicked Boy

Once there was a bee lived in a tree. It fell into a stream. He was struggling to get out of the water. His wings got wet and he could not fly.

A dove was perched on a nearby tree. She saw the struggling bee. She plucked a leaf. She held the leaf in her beak and flew up to the bee. She scoped the bee with the leaf and dropped him out on the shore. After sometime the bee flew away.

A few days later, the dove was perched on the same tree and sleeping. A boy was aiming his sling at her. The bee saw the boy. And when the boy was about to shoot, he bit the boy’s hand. The boy cried with pain. The dove woke up and flew away.

Moral: If you help someone God will help you always.

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The Lion and The Bull

 It was a hot day. A bull was sound asleep under a shady tree. The bull was snoring loudly. This loud noise evoked the curiosity of a small mouse passing that away.

The mouse climbed up to the nose of the bull. As the bull snored, the mouse bit his nose madly for fun’s snake. But the bull woke up and snorted “Who bit me and woke me up?” The little mouse replied “Sorry Mr.Bull! I bit you playfully, but I did not expect to wake you up”.

The bull got wild. He started to chase the small mouse. The mouse began to run for his life. At last he found a small hole in a stone wall. He ran into the hole and waited to see what the bull is going to do.

The bull came dashing up to the wall. He was not able to catch the mouse. He roared “You silly creature! I’II teach you a lesson” and dashed against the wall. The wall was too strong for the bull.

The bull heard the mouse saying “Why are you breaking your heard for so small a thing?” He left the place immediately.

Moral: Anger is not the right behavior.

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Grasshopper and an Ant Short Story

Once there lived a grasshopper in a field. On a bright sunny day, when an ant was working hard to collect food, the grasshopper was singing the songs. He would look at the ant and say, ”Why do you work so hard? Summers are for fun and games. Come, listen to my song”. But the ant would ignore him and continue working.

As the days of winter came by, the grasshopper had nothing to eat. He begged the ant for food, but she said, ”When I worked hard, you sang. Go away, there is no food for you”. The grasshopper learned his lesson the hard way.

Moral: Work hard so you can reap the benefits tomorrow.

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