The Liar Cowboy and the Tiger
Once, there was a cowboy. He kept a flock of cows near a forest. He used to tell lies and often befooled others by telling lies. One day, he wanted to have fun with the villagers. So he began to cry, uttering “Tiger” and “Tiger” just to make fun. The farmers working in the field came to save him. When they came, the cowboy laughed. The villagers felt peeved and came back with an air of anger. They decided not to be fooled by him anymore. The farmers went back to their work.
In this way, he made fun of and befooled the people working around him almost every day. Unfortunately, one day, the tiger really came there. Now the boy shouted and cried, ‘Tiger’; as loud as he could. But nobody came to help him out. The farmers heard his cry but nobody came to rescue him. They thought that the boy was just making fun. However, the tiger killed the cowboy. The tiger attacked the boy. The boy struggled hard to save himself, but within a few minutes, the beast killed him.
So, the moral of the story is, ‘Nobody believes a liar’.
The Lion and the Lamb
A lion was drinking water from a brook. It was a hot summer day. At the same time, a lamb was also taking water from the downstream of the same brook. The lion saw the lamb and wanted to devour him. As a result, he was about how to accomplish his evil design.
At last, he hit upon a plan. The lion accused that the lamb was disturbing him by mudding water. But the lamb tried to refute the accusation that he was taking wafer from downstream. So the question of mudding water on his part did not arise.
On the contrary, the lamb replied that it was the lion who was mudding water for him (lamb) as he was drinking water from upstream. Then the lion retorted that perhaps his father was mudding water for him in the last year. Saying this, the lion attacked the lamb and killed him.
The above story reminds us of the proverb that – Any excuse is good enough for a wicked for a wicked person.’
The Lion and the Mouse
One day a lion was sleeping in its cave. A mouse was playing nearby. While playing, by chance, it ran over the lion ‘s bock At this, the lion woke up and became very angry With a terrible roar he caught the mouse and said, “You are tiny creature. How dare you tease me? I will kill you.” The mouse began to tremble in fear and begged for its life. It also said, “Please let me go, sooner or later, I may help you.” Hearing this, the lion burst into laughter. However, he set the mouse free.
After sometime, the lion fell into a hunter’s trap. The lion tried his best to be free from the net but could not. He began to roar. Listening this, the mouse came swiftly and found the lion in a trap. The mouse cut the net inter pieces and the lion became free; Being free, the lion said. “You are small in size but you have saved my life and many thanks to you.” In fact, the strong or mighty someone is also dependent on the weak one. From then, the lion was kind hearten to the tiny creatures.
From the story we learn that we should have fellow-feelings among us and the rich should show kindness to the poor.
Truthfulness of Hazrat Abdul Quader Jilani (R)
Hazrat Abdul Quader was a famous religious figure in Islam. He was born in Jilan, Iraq. His father died even before his birth. His mother decided to send him to Baghdad with a view to educating him there. She was very pious and taught him many important and religious things. At that time, the roads were unsafe, and often gangs of robbers fell upon the travelers and plundered their belongings and money. At the time of sending, his mother sewed forty gold coins in his shirt and advised him never to tell a lie. The boy left for Baghdad with a caravan of merchants, but on their way, a gang of robbers fell upon them and looted their money. One of the robbers said that the small boy might have something with him. The gang leader said that perhaps the boy had nothing with him.
Boy Abdul Quader spoke out, “No, no, I have forty gold coins sewn in my shirt.” The leader felt surprised and said, “You might not have disclosed the fact.” The boy said, “Mother has advised me never to tell a lie even in danger.” The robbers felt ashamed of their deeds and gave up the robbery.
Unity is Strength
Once upon a time, there was a flock of doves that flew in search of food led by their king. One day, they had flown a long distance and were very tired. The dove king encouraged them to fly a little further. The smallest dove picked up speed and found some rice scattered beneath a banyan tree. So all the doves landed and began to eat.
Suddenly, a net fell over them and they were all trapped. They saw a hunter approaching carrying a huge club. The doves desperately fluttered their wings, trying to get out, but to no avail. The king had an idea. He advised all the doves to fly up together, carrying the net with them. He said that there was strength in unity.
Each dove picked up a portion of the net and together they flew off carrying the net with them. The hunter looked up in astonishment. He tried to follow them, but they were flying high over hills and valleys. They flew to a hill near a city of temples where there lived a mouse who could help them. He was a faithful friend of the dove king.
When the mouse heard the loud noise of their approach, he went into hiding. The dove king gently called out to him and then the mouse was happy to see him. The dove king explained that they had been caught in a trap and needed the mouse’s help to gnaw at the net with his teeth and set them free.
The mouse agreed to say that he would set the king free first. The king insisted that he first free his subjects and then the king himself. The mouse understood the king’s feelings and complied with his wishes. He began to cut the net and one by one, all the doves were freed, including the dove king.
They all thanked the mouse and flew away together, united in their strength. The above story teaches us a moral lesson that ‘Unity is Strength.’
King Midas and His Golden Touch
Once upon a time there was a king called Midas. He was extremely fond of gold. Although he had a lot of it, he wanted more. He thought if he had the golden touch, he would be the happiest man in the world. Then and there the wish god granted his wish. One day while he was sitting in the garden, an apple fell from the tree, lie touched it and instantly the apple turned-into gold. He became so glad and went to the palace. He embraced his daughter in joy but instant the girl turned into gold. Whatever he touched turned into gold. The King hated his golden touch so much that he sprinkled even the chairs and the tables and everything else that the fairy’s gift had turned to gold.
Then he again prayed to the wish god to take away the golden touch. Kind wish god granted the king’s prayer and lifted from him the golden touch. King Midas took the princess again into his lap. She became normal. Then Midas gave up his greed. He realize always think very deeply before making choices, each choice you make has its own consequence so, make wise choices.
From this story, we learn that People who want to get everything all at once usually end up getting nothing in life.
King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
Many many days ago there was a wise king among the Jews. His name was Solomon. He was famous for his wisdom and judgement. His fame spread everywhere. The Queen of Sheba came to know about his wisdom.
The queen wanted to test his wisdom. So, she decided to pay a visit to King Solomon’s court with a scheme in her mind. When she reached the King’s court, she paid the respect worthy of a queen to a king. The king also greeted her with royal grandeur. However, the queen respectfully told the king that she had brought a little gift for the king. The king asked what it was. And the queen asked her attendants to bring two garlands of flowers. The King was surprised to see such a gift. The queen told him that one of the garlands was not real, and she hoped that the king would be able to say which one.
The king understood the matter, but he didn’t get angry. He accepted the challenge. But it was very difficult to say which was the real one and which was not. They looked so alike! They even had the same fragrance! It was spring season and the king noticed that some bees were humming around flowers outside the garden.
The king then ordered the attendants to open the windows and let the bees enter the court. The bees along with the breeze of spring hummed inside the courtroom. They at once went for the garland made up of real flowers and settled there. The king pointed at the garland of real flowers. The queen was very much pleased to witness the wisdom of the king. She paid her tribute to the wise king and returned to Sheba.
King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
Long long ago, there lived a king. Solomon was his name. He was a wise man. Many people came to him every day and asked him many questions. King Solomon answered all the questions. So people called him, “wise Solomon”. In another country’ there ruled a queen. The name of the country was Sheba. One day the Queen of Sheba said to her courtiers “people call King Solomon ‘wise Solomon.’ But is he really wise? I will go to his kingdom and test his wisdom.
So one day, the Queen of Sheba went to him and said, “Oh, King! People call you ‘Wise Solomon.’ You answer many questions every day. Now I will ask you a question. Please answer it.” King Solomon looked at her and she was warmly received and said, “Ask your question.” ” The Queen of Sheba then placed two garlands on a table before the king. Both the garlands looked alike, The Queen turned to King Solomon and asked him, “Oh king look at these two garlands roses. They look alike. But one garland is a garland of real roses; the other garland is a garland of paper-roses. Which of the two garlands is the garland of real roses? Tell me this, and I’ll say that you are really wise.
King Solomon looked at the two garlands for a time. He could not say anything. Then he got up, went to the window near the table and opened the window. Outside, there was the king’s garden. Soon a few bees flew into the room. They came near the garlands and sat on one of them. The king pointed to the garland with the bees on it and said to the Queen of Sheba, “This garland, Oh Queen, is the garland of real roses.” The Queen of Sheba clapped her hand and cried out, “May God give you a long life, Oh king: Rightly do they call you, “Wise Solomon?
Robert Bruce and the Spider
Once, there lived a good king in Scotland. His name was Robert Bruce. He loved his country and his subjects very dearly. His subjects also had a deep love and respect for him. But the English King Edward-I was extremely against the freedom of Scotland. As a result, a battle took place between Robert the Bruce and the English Army. Unfortunately, he was defeated and driven away from his kingdom.
He took shelter in a cave. To regain his kingdom, he fought several times against his enemies. But, all his efforts were in vain. He lost many of his trusted and brave soldiers.
A wave of bloodshed, the execution of Scottish armies, and a series of failures made Robert Bruce too disheartened and unhappy. He was about to lose hope.
One day, Bruce, the king of Scotland, was lying in his cave thinking of his misfortunes. Suddenly, he found a spider spinning a web and trying to reach the roof of the cave. The spider failed its first attempt but did not give up. It tried again and again with new vigor after falling once. At last, after the seventh effort, it found success.
The perseverance of the tiny spider inspired Robert Bruce to shake off the darkness of his desperation. He started gathering the army with new hope. He attacked the English garrison with his full forces and achieved victory.
Learning from a tiny creature, Robert Bruce was able to drive out his enemies and restored the Scottish monarchy.
The above story of Robert Bruce teaches us a moral lesson that ‘Failure is the Pillar of Success.’
Sheikh Saadi and the Robbers
Once upon a time, Sheikh Saadi was traveling to Bagdad with some merchants. The merchants’ group were rich. Sheikh Saadi took a lot of money and some books along with him. Together they were traveling happily for twelve ways. A group of robbers attacked the group of merchants and Sheikh Saadi on the fifteen-day.
The robbers snatched all the valuable Wealth and money of the merchants. The leader of the Robber commanded Sheikh Saadi “bring out all the things you have. Sheikh Saadi handed all the books he had and said, “I hope you make good use of these books.” Hearing these words, the leader of the robbers surprised and asked back how would he make good use of the books?
Sheikh Saadi suggested to the Leader to appoint a good teacher for his children to read these books. By reading these books your children will explain you, how painful is snatch away others money and valuable Wealth. Hearing of that, the leader and his all the co-workers became regretful. They returned all the money and Wealth of Merchants and Sheikh Saadi. Hearing of that, the leader and his all the co-workers became regretful. They returned all the money and Wealth of Merchants and Sheikh Saadi even they gave up robbery.
The Ant and the Dove
Once there lived an ant and a dove in a forest. They were passing their days very cheerfully. But they did not know each other. One day the ant became very thirsty and started looking for water to drink. Beside the forest, there was a small river. The ant went to the bank of the river and try to drink water. All on a sudden, a strong flow swift it away. It falls into real trouble and was about to die.
At that time a dove was singing sitting on the branch of a tree. It noticed the helpless condition of the ant. It felt pity for the ant and left a leaf on the water.
The ant climbed onto the leaf. The dove flew down and took the leaf over water and drop it on the ground. At last, the ant became safe. After that, the ant and the dove became a good friend.
A few days later, a hunter came to the forest and found the dove on the same tree. He aimed his bow to the dove. At that time the ant noticed everything. It spotted there as soon as possible and bit severely on the foot of the hunter.
Being bitten by the ant the hunter could not shoot the arrow right target. As a result, the dove could fly away. Thus the ant repaid its owe to the dove.
From this story, we learn that we should be kind to all of the creatures and come forward to the helpless at the time of distress or trouble.
The Hare and the Tortoise
Long long ago there lived a hare in a forest. He was very speedy in movement and was always proud of his speed. A tortoise also lived nearby. The hare always teased the tortoise for his slow speed. It has a heavy shell on its back. Its legs are short. So, it cannot move as fast as other animals. The hare always teased the tortoise for his slow speed. One day while the hare cut a joke at the tortoise for its slow speed, the latter challenged the hare and agreed to run a race. At this, the hare was much amused. So he said, “Good”, let’s fix a date for the race. They fixed a date. A fox came to see the race. The tortoise and the hare came to the starting point. The race began.
The hare began to run very fast. He jumped and jumped. He ran a kilometer in a few minutes. Soon he found the tortoise far behind him He became sure of success. Then he stopped. He said to himself. What s the use of going so fast? Perhaps, the tortoise has covered only a few yards by this time. So, I can very well have a good sleep before he comes up.’ So saying, the hare slept on the way. In the meantime, the tortoise moved on and on. He did not stop anywhere. When he came near the hare, he saw the hare lying fast asleep. He smiled and quietly passed by him.
Many hours passed. The hare woke up. He saw that it was already evening. He immediately got on his feet. He began to run very fast. But alas! The tortoise had already gone far. He came in sight of the goal. But the tortoise was already crossing the winning post. So, the tortoise won the rat. It proves that slow and steady wins the race.
The above story teaches us a moral lesson that ‘Slow and Steady Wins the Race.’
The Honest Woodcutter and the Fairy
Once upon a time, there lived a poor woodcutter named Rahim Mia. He lived in a small hut on the outskirts of the village. Rahim Mia would go into the forest every day and chop trees for wood. He sold this wood to a rich merchant and earned his livelihood. Though poor, the woodcutter was sincere and honest.
One day, while chopping a tree near the river, the axe slipped out of his hand and fell into the river. The river was very deep and since that was his only axe, he worried. How would he cut wood and earn his livelihood now?
He prayed to God for his axe. He prayed so sincerely that a Goddess actually appeared! When She asked Rahim Mia what the problem was, he told her the whole episode. The Goddess then put her hand into the river and took out a silver axe. The woodcutter said it wasn’t his. The Goddess continued looking and then found a golden axe.
The woodcutter refused to accept it either! What good is a golden axe to a poor woodcutter? He needed his iron axe. The Goddess finally smiled and pulled out his iron axe. The woodcutter was extremely happy and thanked The Goddess for finding his axe. The Goddess was very happy with his honesty. So, She rewarded Rahim Mia by giving him the silver and the golden axes too! The woodcutter was overwhelmed and jumped with joy!
The above story teaches us a moral lesson that ‘Honesty is the Best Policy.’
The Honesty of a Rickshaw Puller
Abdul Karim is a rickshaw puller. He is very poor. Every day, he has to work hard to maintain his family. One day, while he was pulling a rickshaw, a gentleman got on his rickshaw. The man reached the destination and paid him the fare. But at the time of putting his wallet into his pocket, it dropped inside the rickshaw. The man went away. Then Karim discovered the wallet in his rickshaw. He at once understood that the wallet might be his previous passenger’s. He thought that the man was, no doubt, going to get into the office.
Abdul Karim ran to the office, keeping his rickshaw in front of a shop, requesting the shopkeeper to watch it. He was looking for the man. Then he saw the man inside the office. He stretched his hand with the purse towards the man. The man put his hand into his pocket but found nothing. He realized the accident and became pleased with Abdul Karim. The man wanted to give him some money, but Abdul Karim refused. He said, “If I have done any benefit to you, God will reward me.” The above story teaches us a moral lesson that ‘Honesty is the Best Policy.’
The Liar Cowboy and the Tiger
Once, there was a cowboy. He kept a flock of cows near a forest. He used to tell lies and often befooled others by telling lies. One day, he wanted to have fun with the villagers. So he began to cry, uttering “Tiger” and “Tiger” just to make fun. The farmers working in the field came to save him. When they came, the cowboy laughed. The villagers felt peeved and came back with an air of anger. They decided not to be fooled by him anymore. The farmers went back to their work.
In this way, he made fun of and befooled the people working around him almost every day. Unfortunately, one day, the tiger really came there. Now the boy shouted and cried, ‘Tiger’; as loud as he could. But nobody came to help him out. The farmers heard his cry but nobody came to rescue him. They thought that the boy was just making fun. However, the tiger killed the cowboy. The tiger attacked the boy. The boy struggled hard to save himself, but within a few minutes, the beast killed him.
So, the moral of the story is, ‘Nobody believes a liar’.
The Lion and the Lamb
A lion was drinking water from a brook. It was a hot summer day. At the same time, a lamb was also taking water from the downstream of the same brook. The lion saw the lamb and wanted to devour him. As a result, he was about how to accomplish his evil design.
At last, he hit upon a plan. The lion accused that the lamb was disturbing him by mudding water. But the lamb tried to refute the accusation that he was taking wafer from downstream. So the question of mudding water on his part did not arise.
On the contrary, the lamb replied that it was the lion who was mudding water for him (lamb) as he was drinking water from upstream. Then the lion retorted that perhaps his father was mudding water for him in the last year. Saying this, the lion attacked the lamb and killed him.
The above story reminds us of the proverb that – Any excuse is good enough for a wicked for a wicked person.’
The Lion and the Mouse
One day a lion was sleeping in its cave. A mouse was playing nearby. While playing, by chance, it ran over the lion ‘s bock At this, the lion woke up and became very angry With a terrible roar he caught the mouse and said, “You are tiny creature. How dare you tease me? I will kill you.” The mouse began to tremble in fear and begged for its life. It also said, “Please let me go, sooner or later, I may help you.” Hearing this, the lion burst into laughter. However, he set the mouse free.
After sometime, the lion fell into a hunter’s trap. The lion tried his best to be free from the net but could not. He began to roar. Listening this, the mouse came swiftly and found the lion in a trap. The mouse cut the net inter pieces and the lion became free; Being free, the lion said. “You are small in size but you have saved my life and many thanks to you.” In fact, the strong or mighty someone is also dependent on the weak one. From then, the lion was kind hearten to the tiny creatures.
From the story we learn that we should have fellow-feelings among us and the rich should show kindness to the poor.
Truthfulness of Hazrat Abdul Quader Jilani (R)
Hazrat Abdul Quader was a famous religious figure in Islam. He was born in Jilan, Iraq. His father died even before his birth. His mother decided to send him to Baghdad with a view to educating him there. She was very pious and taught him many important and religious things. At that time, the roads were unsafe, and often gangs of robbers fell upon the travelers and plundered their belongings and money. At the time of sending, his mother sewed forty gold coins in his shirt and advised him never to tell a lie. The boy left for Baghdad with a caravan of merchants, but on their way, a gang of robbers fell upon them and looted their money. One of the robbers said that the small boy might have something with him. The gang leader said that perhaps the boy had nothing with him.
Boy Abdul Quader spoke out, “No, no, I have forty gold coins sewn in my shirt.” The leader felt surprised and said, “You might not have disclosed the fact.” The boy said, “Mother has advised me never to tell a lie even in danger.” The robbers felt ashamed of their deeds and gave up the robbery.
Unity is Strength
Once upon a time, there was a flock of doves that flew in search of food led by their king. One day, they had flown a long distance and were very tired. The dove king encouraged them to fly a little further. The smallest dove picked up speed and found some rice scattered beneath a banyan tree. So all the doves landed and began to eat.
Suddenly, a net fell over them and they were all trapped. They saw a hunter approaching carrying a huge club. The doves desperately fluttered their wings, trying to get out, but to no avail. The king had an idea. He advised all the doves to fly up together, carrying the net with them. He said that there was strength in unity.
Each dove picked up a portion of the net and together they flew off carrying the net with them. The hunter looked up in astonishment. He tried to follow them, but they were flying high over hills and valleys. They flew to a hill near a city of temples where there lived a mouse who could help them. He was a faithful friend of the dove king.
When the mouse heard the loud noise of their approach, he went into hiding. The dove king gently called out to him and then the mouse was happy to see him. The dove king explained that they had been caught in a trap and needed the mouse’s help to gnaw at the net with his teeth and set them free.
The mouse agreed to say that he would set the king free first. The king insisted that he first free his subjects and then the king himself. The mouse understood the king’s feelings and complied with his wishes. He began to cut the net and one by one, all the doves were freed, including the dove king.
They all thanked the mouse and flew away together, united in their strength. The above story teaches us a moral lesson that ‘Unity is Strength.’
A Brave Boy Who Saved a Train from an Accident
There lived a cowherd in a village. One day, early in the morning, he went out with his herd of cows. He took the cows to a field near a railway bridge. Suddenly he saw some problems in the track. He found that somebody had removed a rail from that line.
He became alarmed at this. He took it as a sabotage effort of the miscreants. He also could picture the devastating caused by such sabotage. He once thought of going to the railway station nearby and inform the station master but he rejected the idea because the railway station was ten miles away from the spot. In the meantime, he saw the train coming towards him at full speed.
He then stood between the rails. He took off his shirt and began to wave it. At first the driver of the engine saw him from a distance. The engine whistled and whistled, but the boy did not move. So the driver stopped the train.
Later, he realized what was going to happen. He praised the boy’s wits highly and thanked him for saving their
lives.
A Devastating Fire Accident in a Garment Factory
Rahima works in a big garment factory. There are more than five hundred workers in the factory. One day, as usual, she was busy at her work. Suddenly, a sound came to her ear that there was a break out of fire from the short circuit. As ill news runs fast, the news spread very fast among the workers.
But no one noticed whether there was actually any fire or not. In no time there started a terrible hue and cry. All the workers were so terrified that they were just trying their best to go out of the factory. None seemed to be conscious of finding out the source of the fire. Unfortunately, the main gate was locked. On the other hand, the emergency escape was too narrow to bear such a huge load of about five hundred workers. As a result, two workers died and some others received serious injuries being transplanted underfoot. The irony of fate was that there was no serious fire incident that day.
An electric switch sparked and created a little smoke. To prevent such accidents in garment factories, the workers should be trained so that they may face fire accidents. Enough precautionary measures should be taken so that fire accidents do not occur. Besides, emergency escapes should be made wider
The Greedy Farmer and His Wonderful Goose/Grasp All, Lose All
Once there lived a poor man in a village. He had a peculiar goose which laid a golden egg everyday. The poor man earned his livelihood by selling the egg every day in the market. With this money the farmer did not become a very rich man but was solvent enough to run his family in a respectable way. Now he was living a happy life with his family. But the farmer was not satisfied with the money and solvency he got. He became more ambitious and wanted to be a rich man soon.
The farmer became Greedier. He wanted to be a rich man all on a sudden. So he wanted to get all the golden eggs at a time. With all the golden eggs he wanted to be a rich man whose name and fame would spread far and wide. He thought if he killed the goose, he would get all the golden eggs at a time and would become a rich man overnight. He made a decision to kill the goose in order to execute his planning.
The farmer talked to his wife regarding this, His wife got angry hearing about the destructive planning of the farmer. His wife warned the farmer that he would lose everything by killing the goose. But the farmer was adamant and he would go on with the plan. As a result, he was worried whether he should kill the goose. At last, he yielded to temptation.
But he could not resist his temptation. He took a knife one morning. His wife tried heart and soul to prevent him from killing the goose. But he did not listen to her and opened the stomach of the goose. But he found nothing in the stomach. Then he was deeply shocked. He cried- aloud, “Alas!
What have I done; I have destroyed my fortune. My greed has destroyed my life. Now the sorrows and frustration of the greedy farmer knew no bounds. His greed again made him å poor, hopeless and hapless man.
The above story reminds us of the proverb that – ‘Greed destroys good fortune.’
A Silly Fox and a Foolish Crow
Once there was a crow on a tree with a piece of meat in its beak. A hungry fox sat under the tree. The crow was foolish. He saw the crow sitting on the branch with a piece of meat. The clever fox wanted to have a piece of meat. He hit upon a plan to accomplish his evil design. He wanted to flatter the crow. He said, “Hello friend! How are you?” But the crow did not say anything.
“Crows are such lovely birds. And you are very charming too,” said the fox, flattering the crow. Then the fox said, “I have heard that besides being beautiful you also have a sweet voice. Please sing a song for me.”
The sweet words of the fox pleased the crow very much and it became overwhelmed with joy. But again the fox said that the crow was dumb. This is unfortunate. At this, the crow became a bit angry and in order to prove the futility of his words, the crow opened its mouth to caw. Then and there the piece of meat fell down from its mouth and the clever fox went away with the piece of meat. The crow had paid a heavy price for his foolishness. The above story teaches us a moral lesson ‘Only fools are flattered.’
A Fox without a Tail
One day, a fox in a jungle fell into a trap. He tried hard to be free and managed somehow, but he lost his tail. Without the tail, the fox looked strange and ugly. He felt sad and ashamed. So he hit upon a plan. He invited all the foxes living in the jungle to a meeting. Since the fox was a good speaker, all the foxes came to the meeting to listen to him. The lox was pleased that it was a good gathering. He rose to speak. He told them that he had made a great discovery.
All the foxes became very eager to listen to him. He told them that their tail was of no use, rather it looked ugly and dirty. He told them that if they cut off their tails, they would look more beautiful and more attractive. He also told them that he himself had cut off his tail to prove it. He brought out a knife and gave it to them to follow him. The foxes were convinced and they were about to do that. But among them, there was an old and wise fox. He realized the trick of the clever fox. He told the other foxes that the clever fox had not cut off his tail, but he had lost his tail by falling into a trap. As he did not have a tail, he wanted the other foxes to cut off their tails.
It was, in fact, an evil trick of the clever fox. All other foxes then understood the evil design of the clever fox. Finding no other way the clever fox ran away- from that place.
The above story teaches us a moral lesson that ‘Dirty tricks seldom work.’
An Old Farmer and his Three Sons
An old farmer worked hard all his life. He became weak owing to his age. He wanted that his three sons live together happily after his death. But his sons were not in good terms with one another.
They had always been quarrelling so he thought they would not live together in future. And the enemies would destroy them, one by one, taking advantage of their weakness.
So the farmer wanted to teach them a lesson of unity by demonstrating an example. He called all his sons. Then he gave a single stick to his youngest son, and asked him to break it. The boy broke it easily.
Then the farmer gave the bundle of sticks to his eldest and strongest son, and asked him to break it. He failed to do so, even with great effort.
Then the old man said to his sons, “My sons, you have seen that a single stick can be easily broken, but a bundle of sticks cannot be so easily broken. So you understand that if you live separately after my death, your enemies will easily destroy you, one by one. But if all of you live jointly, your enemies will not be able to do any harm to you.” The three sons of the old farmer promised to live together in future.
The above story teaches us a moral lesson that ‘Unity is strength.’
Androcles and a Lion
It happened in ancient times that a slave named Androcles escaped from his master and fled into the forest, and he wandered there for a long time until he was weary. Just then he heard a lion near him moaning and groaning and at times roaring terribly. And when he tried to get up, there he saw the lion coming towards him.
Instead of attacking him it kept on moaning and groaning and looking at Androcles, who saw that the lion was holding out his right paw, which was covered with blood and very much swollen. Looking more closely at it, Androcles saw a great big thorn pressed into the paw, which was the cause of all the lion’s trouble.
Plucking up courage, he seized hold of the thorn and drew it out of the lion’s paw, who roared with pain when the thorn came out, but soon after found such relief from it that he rubbed up against Androcles, and showed that he knew, that he was truly thankful for being relieved from such pain.
One day, a number of soldiers came marching through the forest and found Androcles. They took him prisoner and brought him back to the town, and he was condemned to death because he had fled from his master. Now it used to be the custom to throw murderers and other criminals to the lions, and on the appointed day he was led forth into the arena.
The Emperor of Rome was in the royal box that day and gave the signal for the lion to come out and attack Androcles. But when it came out of its cage and got near Androcles, what do you think it did? Instead of jumping upon him, it rubbed up against him, and stroked him with its paw.
It was of course the lion which Androcles had met in the forest. The Emperor summoned Androcles to him. So Androcles told the Emperor all that had happened to him and how the lion was showing gratitude for his having relieved it of the thorn. Thereupon, the emperor pardoned Androcles and ordered his master to set him free, while the lion was taken back into the forest and let loose to enjoy freedom once more.
Bayezid’s Devotion to His Mother
Bayazid Bostami was a small boy. His mother was ill. One night, the entire village was in deep sleep. He was studying by the side of the bed of his ailing mother. But all of a sudden, his mother woke up, upraised her head, and told her son to give her a glass of water. Bayazid went to the kitchen to get water, but he found no water there. He looked for water everywhere in the house. He was so devoted to his mother and loved her very dearly. He felt great pity for his thirsty mother. As a result, he went to a distant fountain to fetch water. But the nearby water hole was far away from the home. He took the pitcher and started walking to the water hole. Reaching the hole, he filled the pitcher and returned home as early as possible. He came back with water and found his mother asleep. He did not wake her. He thought awakening his mother might sour her illness. Holding a glass of water in his hand, he is still beside his mother’s bed. He was waiting for his mother’s waking. But she was sound asleep.
When it was dawn, Bayazid’s mother woke up and instantly discovered her son standing beside her bed with a glass of water in hand. At first, she could not understand anything. She wondered for a moment. Then she could realize the fact. She could not control her tears. She embraced her son with deep love and blessed him from the core of her heart. The mother was impressed with her son’s devotion to her and blessed him from the core of her heart. Then she remembered and embraced her son with deep love. She earnestly prayed to Allah to bless her son with the highest honor in spiritual life. Allah granted her prayer, and Bayazid became a great saint in his later life.
Dividing the Bread between Two Rats
Once upon a time, two rats used to live in a village. They were good friends and both used to live very lovingly with each other. One day both the rats became very hungry while playing. They saw a piece of bread at some distance. They started fighting over that bread. One rat said,” I found it first so it is mine.” The other rat was saying the same thing.
The first rat took two pieces of bread and extended one piece towards the second rat. Seeing this, the other rat said again, “What is this, you gave me a small piece. That is wrong.
A monkey on the tree was seeing them fighting over the bread and wanted to eat that bread too. He said,’’ Why are you quarreling? I can help you because I have a scale which can divide the bread into equal amounts.” Both rats liked the monkeys’ advice. The monkey climbed the tree and brought the scale. He put both the pieces in a pan. He deliberately divided the bread into unequal amounts and said, “Hey, this piece is big, let’s make both equal and after saying this, he ate a little bit from the big piece and ate it.
In this way, every time the scale became heavy, he broke a little bread from that side and started putting it in his mouth. Both the rats were now terrified. She still quietly waited for the monkey’s decision as they did not want to give each other more amount of bread.
At last small pieces of bread were in pans of the scale. The monkey said, “As you have seen that I have done the hard work of dividing bread with my scale so I must get the wages of my hard work”. He ate the rest of the pieces of bread. The poor rats went on empty stomachs from there. Both the rats had realized their mistake and felt that others could take advantage of their weakness.
This story of two rats and a monkey is indeed an amazing story with a very important lesson to learn. After reading this story, we know that we should always be careful that the third person who is watching the two friends fighting is not helping.
Dress does not Make a Man Great
Sheikh Saadi was a great poet. He used to put on a simple dress. Once, the king of Iran invited him to his place. The palace of the king was too far away from his home. So, he started toward the king’s palace a day ago. On the way, when it was about to get dark, he took shelter in the house of a nobleman. The nobleman could not recognize him and treated him as an ordinary man. At that time, he was simple in his dress. He did not disclose his real identity. The nobleman and his servants did not show much honour and hospitality to him for his ordinary dress. They entertained him with very poor food.
In the morning, the poet left the rich man’s house. He reached the king’s palace. The king showed him much honour him and gifted some beautiful dresses.
A few days later, on his way back home, he took shelter in the same house again. This time he was in a gorgeous dress offered by the king. The nobleman received him very cordially and entertained him with rich and delicious food. Saadi began to put the food in his pocket. The house owner became surprised and asked the poet about his mysterious behaviour. The poet replied that his clothes deserved the food as he had been treated very poorly in this house a few days ago. The nobleman could realize his fault and got ashamed of his mistreatment. He also begged pardon from the poet.
The above story of Sheikh Saadi teaches us a moral lesson ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover.’
King Midas and His Golden Touch
Once upon a time there was a king called Midas. He was extremely fond of gold. Although he had a lot of it, he wanted more. He thought if he had the golden touch, he would be the happiest man in the world. Then and there the wish god granted his wish. One day while he was sitting in the garden, an apple fell from the tree, lie touched it and instantly the apple turned-into gold. He became so glad and went to the palace. He embraced his daughter in joy but instant the girl turned into gold. Whatever he touched turned into gold. The King hated his golden touch so much that he sprinkled even the chairs and the tables and everything else that the fairy’s gift had turned to gold.
Then he again prayed to the wish god to take away the golden touch. Kind wish god granted the king’s prayer and lifted from him the golden touch. King Midas took the princess again into his lap. She became normal. Then Midas gave up his greed. He realize always think very deeply before making choices, each choice you make has its own consequence so, make wise choices.
From this story, we learn that People who want to get everything all at once usually end up getting nothing in life.
King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
Many many days ago there was a wise king among the Jews. His name was Solomon. He was famous for his wisdom and judgement. His fame spread everywhere. The Queen of Sheba came to know about his wisdom.
The queen wanted to test his wisdom. So, she decided to pay a visit to King Solomon’s court with a scheme in her mind. When she reached the King’s court, she paid the respect worthy of a queen to a king. The king also greeted her with royal grandeur. However, the queen respectfully told the king that she had brought a little gift for the king. The king asked what it was. And the queen asked her attendants to bring two garlands of flowers. The King was surprised to see such a gift. The queen told him that one of the garlands was not real, and she hoped that the king would be able to say which one.
The king understood the matter, but he didn’t get angry. He accepted the challenge. But it was very difficult to say which was the real one and which was not. They looked so alike! They even had the same fragrance! It was spring season and the king noticed that some bees were humming around flowers outside the garden.
The king then ordered the attendants to open the windows and let the bees enter the court. The bees along with the breeze of spring hummed inside the courtroom. They at once went for the garland made up of real flowers and settled there. The king pointed at the garland of real flowers. The queen was very much pleased to witness the wisdom of the king. She paid her tribute to the wise king and returned to Sheba.
King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
Long long ago, there lived a king. Solomon was his name. He was a wise man. Many people came to him every day and asked him many questions. King Solomon answered all the questions. So people called him, “wise Solomon”. In another country’ there ruled a queen. The name of the country was Sheba. One day the Queen of Sheba said to her courtiers “people call King Solomon ‘wise Solomon.’ But is he really wise? I will go to his kingdom and test his wisdom.
So one day, the Queen of Sheba went to him and said, “Oh, King! People call you ‘Wise Solomon.’ You answer many questions every day. Now I will ask you a question. Please answer it.” King Solomon looked at her and she was warmly received and said, “Ask your question.” ” The Queen of Sheba then placed two garlands on a table before the king. Both the garlands looked alike, The Queen turned to King Solomon and asked him, “Oh king look at these two garlands roses. They look alike. But one garland is a garland of real roses; the other garland is a garland of paper-roses. Which of the two garlands is the garland of real roses? Tell me this, and I’ll say that you are really wise.
King Solomon looked at the two garlands for a time. He could not say anything. Then he got up, went to the window near the table and opened the window. Outside, there was the king’s garden. Soon a few bees flew into the room. They came near the garlands and sat on one of them. The king pointed to the garland with the bees on it and said to the Queen of Sheba, “This garland, Oh Queen, is the garland of real roses.” The Queen of Sheba clapped her hand and cried out, “May God give you a long life, Oh king: Rightly do they call you, “Wise Solomon?
Robert Bruce and the Spider
Once, there lived a good king in Scotland. His name was Robert Bruce. He loved his country and his subjects very dearly. His subjects also had a deep love and respect for him. But the English King Edward-I was extremely against the freedom of Scotland. As a result, a battle took place between Robert the Bruce and the English Army. Unfortunately, he was defeated and driven away from his kingdom.
He took shelter in a cave. To regain his kingdom, he fought several times against his enemies. But, all his efforts were in vain. He lost many of his trusted and brave soldiers.
A wave of bloodshed, the execution of Scottish armies, and a series of failures made Robert Bruce too disheartened and unhappy. He was about to lose hope.
One day, Bruce, the king of Scotland, was lying in his cave thinking of his misfortunes. Suddenly, he found a spider spinning a web and trying to reach the roof of the cave. The spider failed its first attempt but did not give up. It tried again and again with new vigor after falling once. At last, after the seventh effort, it found success.
The perseverance of the tiny spider inspired Robert Bruce to shake off the darkness of his desperation. He started gathering the army with new hope. He attacked the English garrison with his full forces and achieved victory.
Learning from a tiny creature, Robert Bruce was able to drive out his enemies and restored the Scottish monarchy.
The above story of Robert Bruce teaches us a moral lesson that ‘Failure is the Pillar of Success.’
Sheikh Saadi and the Robbers
Once upon a time, Sheikh Saadi was traveling to Bagdad with some merchants. The merchants’ group were rich. Sheikh Saadi took a lot of money and some books along with him. Together they were traveling happily for twelve ways. A group of robbers attacked the group of merchants and Sheikh Saadi on the fifteen-day.
The robbers snatched all the valuable Wealth and money of the merchants. The leader of the Robber commanded Sheikh Saadi “bring out all the things you have. Sheikh Saadi handed all the books he had and said, “I hope you make good use of these books.” Hearing these words, the leader of the robbers surprised and asked back how would he make good use of the books?
Sheikh Saadi suggested to the Leader to appoint a good teacher for his children to read these books. By reading these books your children will explain you, how painful is snatch away others money and valuable Wealth. Hearing of that, the leader and his all the co-workers became regretful. They returned all the money and Wealth of Merchants and Sheikh Saadi. Hearing of that, the leader and his all the co-workers became regretful. They returned all the money and Wealth of Merchants and Sheikh Saadi even they gave up robbery.
The Ant and the Dove
Once there lived an ant and a dove in a forest. They were passing their days very cheerfully. But they did not know each other. One day the ant became very thirsty and started looking for water to drink. Beside the forest, there was a small river. The ant went to the bank of the river and try to drink water. All on a sudden, a strong flow swift it away. It falls into real trouble and was about to die.
At that time a dove was singing sitting on the branch of a tree. It noticed the helpless condition of the ant. It felt pity for the ant and left a leaf on the water.
The ant climbed onto the leaf. The dove flew down and took the leaf over water and drop it on the ground. At last, the ant became safe. After that, the ant and the dove became a good friend.
A few days later, a hunter came to the forest and found the dove on the same tree. He aimed his bow to the dove. At that time the ant noticed everything. It spotted there as soon as possible and bit severely on the foot of the hunter.
Being bitten by the ant the hunter could not shoot the arrow right target. As a result, the dove could fly away. Thus the ant repaid its owe to the dove.
From this story, we learn that we should be kind to all of the creatures and come forward to the helpless at the time of distress or trouble.
The Hare and the Tortoise
Long long ago there lived a hare in a forest. He was very speedy in movement and was always proud of his speed. A tortoise also lived nearby. The hare always teased the tortoise for his slow speed. It has a heavy shell on its back. Its legs are short. So, it cannot move as fast as other animals. The hare always teased the tortoise for his slow speed. One day while the hare cut a joke at the tortoise for its slow speed, the latter challenged the hare and agreed to run a race. At this, the hare was much amused. So he said, “Good”, let’s fix a date for the race. They fixed a date. A fox came to see the race. The tortoise and the hare came to the starting point. The race began.
The hare began to run very fast. He jumped and jumped. He ran a kilometer in a few minutes. Soon he found the tortoise far behind him He became sure of success. Then he stopped. He said to himself. What s the use of going so fast? Perhaps, the tortoise has covered only a few yards by this time. So, I can very well have a good sleep before he comes up.’ So saying, the hare slept on the way. In the meantime, the tortoise moved on and on. He did not stop anywhere. When he came near the hare, he saw the hare lying fast asleep. He smiled and quietly passed by him.
Many hours passed. The hare woke up. He saw that it was already evening. He immediately got on his feet. He began to run very fast. But alas! The tortoise had already gone far. He came in sight of the goal. But the tortoise was already crossing the winning post. So, the tortoise won the rat. It proves that slow and steady wins the race.
The above story teaches us a moral lesson that ‘Slow and Steady Wins the Race.’
The Honest Woodcutter and the Fairy
Once upon a time, there lived a poor woodcutter named Rahim Mia. He lived in a small hut on the outskirts of the village. Rahim Mia would go into the forest every day and chop trees for wood. He sold this wood to a rich merchant and earned his livelihood. Though poor, the woodcutter was sincere and honest.
One day, while chopping a tree near the river, the axe slipped out of his hand and fell into the river. The river was very deep and since that was his only axe, he worried. How would he cut wood and earn his livelihood now?
He prayed to God for his axe. He prayed so sincerely that a Goddess actually appeared! When She asked Rahim Mia what the problem was, he told her the whole episode. The Goddess then put her hand into the river and took out a silver axe. The woodcutter said it wasn’t his. The Goddess continued looking and then found a golden axe.
The woodcutter refused to accept it either! What good is a golden axe to a poor woodcutter? He needed his iron axe. The Goddess finally smiled and pulled out his iron axe. The woodcutter was extremely happy and thanked The Goddess for finding his axe. The Goddess was very happy with his honesty. So, She rewarded Rahim Mia by giving him the silver and the golden axes too! The woodcutter was overwhelmed and jumped with joy!
The above story teaches us a moral lesson that ‘Honesty is the Best Policy.’
The Honesty of a Rickshaw Puller
Abdul Karim is a rickshaw puller. He is very poor. Every day, he has to work hard to maintain his family. One day, while he was pulling a rickshaw, a gentleman got on his rickshaw. The man reached the destination and paid him the fare. But at the time of putting his wallet into his pocket, it dropped inside the rickshaw. The man went away. Then Karim discovered the wallet in his rickshaw. He at once understood that the wallet might be his previous passenger’s. He thought that the man was, no doubt, going to get into the office.
Abdul Karim ran to the office, keeping his rickshaw in front of a shop, requesting the shopkeeper to watch it. He was looking for the man. Then he saw the man inside the office. He stretched his hand with the purse towards the man. The man put his hand into his pocket but found nothing. He realized the accident and became pleased with Abdul Karim. The man wanted to give him some money, but Abdul Karim refused. He said, “If I have done any benefit to you, God will reward me.” The above story teaches us a moral lesson that ‘Honesty is the Best Policy.’
The Liar Cowboy and the Tiger
Once, there was a cowboy. He kept a flock of cows near a forest. He used to tell lies and often befooled others by telling lies. One day, he wanted to have fun with the villagers. So he began to cry, uttering “Tiger” and “Tiger” just to make fun. The farmers working in the field came to save him. When they came, the cowboy laughed. The villagers felt peeved and came back with an air of anger. They decided not to be fooled by him anymore. The farmers went back to their work.
In this way, he made fun of and befooled the people working around him almost every day. Unfortunately, one day, the tiger really came there. Now the boy shouted and cried, ‘Tiger’; as loud as he could. But nobody came to help him out. The farmers heard his cry but nobody came to rescue him. They thought that the boy was just making fun. However, the tiger killed the cowboy. The tiger attacked the boy. The boy struggled hard to save himself, but within a few minutes, the beast killed him.
So, the moral of the story is, ‘Nobody believes a liar’.
The Lion and the Lamb
A lion was drinking water from a brook. It was a hot summer day. At the same time, a lamb was also taking water from the downstream of the same brook. The lion saw the lamb and wanted to devour him. As a result, he was about how to accomplish his evil design.
At last, he hit upon a plan. The lion accused that the lamb was disturbing him by mudding water. But the lamb tried to refute the accusation that he was taking wafer from downstream. So the question of mudding water on his part did not arise.
On the contrary, the lamb replied that it was the lion who was mudding water for him (lamb) as he was drinking water from upstream. Then the lion retorted that perhaps his father was mudding water for him in the last year. Saying this, the lion attacked the lamb and killed him.
The above story reminds us of the proverb that – Any excuse is good enough for a wicked for a wicked person.’
The Lion and the Mouse
One day a lion was sleeping in its cave. A mouse was playing nearby. While playing, by chance, it ran over the lion ‘s bock At this, the lion woke up and became very angry With a terrible roar he caught the mouse and said, “You are tiny creature. How dare you tease me? I will kill you.” The mouse began to tremble in fear and begged for its life. It also said, “Please let me go, sooner or later, I may help you.” Hearing this, the lion burst into laughter. However, he set the mouse free.
After sometime, the lion fell into a hunter’s trap. The lion tried his best to be free from the net but could not. He began to roar. Listening this, the mouse came swiftly and found the lion in a trap. The mouse cut the net inter pieces and the lion became free; Being free, the lion said. “You are small in size but you have saved my life and many thanks to you.” In fact, the strong or mighty someone is also dependent on the weak one. From then, the lion was kind hearten to the tiny creatures.
From the story we learn that we should have fellow-feelings among us and the rich should show kindness to the poor.
Truthfulness of Hazrat Abdul Quader Jilani (R)
Hazrat Abdul Quader was a famous religious figure in Islam. He was born in Jilan, Iraq. His father died even before his birth. His mother decided to send him to Baghdad with a view to educating him there. She was very pious and taught him many important and religious things. At that time, the roads were unsafe, and often gangs of robbers fell upon the travelers and plundered their belongings and money. At the time of sending, his mother sewed forty gold coins in his shirt and advised him never to tell a lie. The boy left for Baghdad with a caravan of merchants, but on their way, a gang of robbers fell upon them and looted their money. One of the robbers said that the small boy might have something with him. The gang leader said that perhaps the boy had nothing with him.
Boy Abdul Quader spoke out, “No, no, I have forty gold coins sewn in my shirt.” The leader felt surprised and said, “You might not have disclosed the fact.” The boy said, “Mother has advised me never to tell a lie even in danger.” The robbers felt ashamed of their deeds and gave up the robbery.
Unity is Strength
Once upon a time, there was a flock of doves that flew in search of food led by their king. One day, they had flown a long distance and were very tired. The dove king encouraged them to fly a little further. The smallest dove picked up speed and found some rice scattered beneath a banyan tree. So all the doves landed and began to eat.
Suddenly, a net fell over them and they were all trapped. They saw a hunter approaching carrying a huge club. The doves desperately fluttered their wings, trying to get out, but to no avail. The king had an idea. He advised all the doves to fly up together, carrying the net with them. He said that there was strength in unity.
Each dove picked up a portion of the net and together they flew off carrying the net with them. The hunter looked up in astonishment. He tried to follow them, but they were flying high over hills and valleys. They flew to a hill near a city of temples where there lived a mouse who could help them. He was a faithful friend of the dove king.
When the mouse heard the loud noise of their approach, he went into hiding. The dove king gently called out to him and then the mouse was happy to see him. The dove king explained that they had been caught in a trap and needed the mouse’s help to gnaw at the net with his teeth and set them free.
The mouse agreed to say that he would set the king free first. The king insisted that he first free his subjects and then the king himself. The mouse understood the king’s feelings and complied with his wishes. He began to cut the net and one by one, all the doves were freed, including the dove king.
They all thanked the mouse and flew away together, united in their strength. The above story teaches us a moral lesson that ‘Unity is Strength.’
