1. The donkey and little dog
A man had a little dog, and he was very fond of it. He would pat its head, and take it on his knee,
and talk to it. Then he would give it little bits of food from his own plate.
A donkey looked in at the window and saw the man and the dog.
"Why does he not make a pet of me?" said the donkey.
"It is not fair. I work hard, and the dog only wags its tail, and barks, and
jumps on its master's knee. It is not fair."
Then the donkey said to himself, "If I do what the dog does, he may
make a pet of me."
So the donkey ran into the room. It brayed as loudly as it could. It
wagged its tail so hard that it knocked over a jar on the table. Then it
tried to jump on to its master's knee.
The master thought the donkey was mad, and he shouted, "Help!
Help!" Men came running in with sticks, and they beat the
donkey till it ran out of the house, and they drove it back to the
field.
"I only did what the dog does," said the donkey," and yet they
make a pet of the dog, and they beat me with sticks. It is not fair."

2. Love & time
Once upon a time, in an island there lived all the feelings and emotions: Happiness,
Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to them
that the island would sink! So all constructed boats and left. Except for Love.
Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment. When the island had almost
sunk, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a boat. Love said,
"Richness, can you take me with you?"
Richness answered, "Sorry Love, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat and so there
is no place here for you."
Love next asked to Vanity who was also sailing by. Vanity was also ready with the same answer.
"I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat," Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by so Love asked, "Sadness, take me along with you."
"Oh . . . Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!", sadness said in a sullen voice.
Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so preoccupied with her happiness that she did not
even hear when Love called her.
Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will take you." It was an elder. An overjoyed Love
jumped up into the boat and in the process forgot to ask where they were going. When they
arrived at a dry land, the elder went her own way.
Realizing how much was owed to the elder, Love asked Knowledge another elder, "Who Helped
me?"
"It was Time," Knowledge answered.
"Time?" thought Love. Then, as if reading the face of Love, Knowledge smiled and answered,
"Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is."

3. The Hungry Mouse
A mouse was having a very bad time. She could find no food at all. She looked here and
there, but there was no food, and she grew very thin.
At last the mouse found a basket, full of corn. There was a small hole in the basket, and
she crept in. She could just get through the hole.
Then she began to eat the corn. Being very hungry, she ate a great deal, and went on eating and
eating. She had grown very fat before she felt that she had had enough.
When the mouse tried to climb out of the basket, she could not. She was too fat to pass
through the hole." How shall I climb out?" said the mouse. "oh, how shall I climb out?"
Just then a rat came along, and he heard the mouse."Mouse," said the rat, "if you want to
climb out of the basket, you must wait till you have grown as thin as you were when you went
in."

4. The two goats
Over a river there was a very narrow bridge. One day a goat was crossing this bridge. Just
at the middle of the bridge he met another goat. There was no room for them to pass. "Go back,"
said one goat to the other, "there is no room for both of us".
"Why should I go back?", said the other goat. "Why should not you go back?"
" You must go back", said the first goat, "because I am stronger than you."
"You are not stronger than I", said the second goat.
"We will see about that", said the first goat, and he put down his horns to fight.
"Stop!", said the second goat. " If we fight, we shall both fall into the river and be drowned.
Instead I have a plan- I shall lie down, and you may walk over me."
Then the wise goat lay down on the bridge, and the other goat walked lightly over him.
So they passed each other, and went on their ways.

5. The two frogs
Two frogs had lived in a village all their lives. They thought they would like to go and see the
big city that was about ten miles away.
They talked about it for a long time, and at last they set off to see
the city.
It was a hot day, and they soon began to feel tired. They had only
gone a little way when one said to the other, "We must be nearly
there. Can you see the city?"
"No," said the other frog; "but if I climb on your back I might be
able to see it."
So he climbed up on the back of the other frog to see the city.
Now when the frog put up his head, his eyes could only see what was behind, and not what was
in front. So he saw the village they had just left.
"Can you see the city?” asked the frog who was below.
"Yes," answered the frog that had climbed up. “I can see it. It looks just like our village."
Then the frogs thought that it was not worthwhile going any farther. They went back and told the
frogs round the village that they had seen the city, and it was just like theirs.

6. The dreamy milk-maid
A milk-maid had been to the meadow to milk her cows. Now she was returning home with a pail
of milk on her head.
She thought, "I will make cream and butter out of this milk. Then selling them, I will buy eggs.
and when they hatch, I shall have a good poultry farm."
She further thought, "I shall sell some of my fowls and buy a fine dress. Seeing it on my body at
the fair, all the boys will admire me. But I will turn them away just tossing my head at them."
Lost in day dreams, she forgot about the pail on her head. She tossed her head with a jerk and the
pail of milk came tumbling down. it was broken and all the milk got spilt.
"Dear O dear !" she cried, "I have lost my all."
MORAL: Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

7. A fisherman and A sprat
A fisherman had been fishing for along time but without luck. At last he tugged at his net and
saw a small fish caught in it.
"Please let me go," begged the fish, "I will grow bigger in a few days and then you can catch
me again."
The fisherman said, "Now that I have caught you I won't let you go. If I leave you, I may
never see you again."
MORAL: A bird in hand is worth two in bush.

8. You Cant pleasa everyone
One day a man was going to market with his son and his ass. they met a couple on the way.
"Why walk when you have an ass to ride?" called out the husband, "seat the boy on the ass."
"I would like that," said the boy, "help me up father."
And the father did that willingly.
Soon they met another couple. "How shameful of you!" cried the woman, "let your father ride,
won't he be tired?"
So, the boy got down and the father rode the ass. Again they marched on.
"poor boy", said the next person they met, "why should the lazy father ride while his son is
walking?"
So, the boy got onto the ass too. As they went on, they met some travellers.
"How cruel of them!" They are up to kill the poor ass." cried
one of the travellers.
Hearing this, the father and the son got down. Now they
decided to carry the ass on their shoulders. As they did so, the
travellers broke into laughter.
The laughter frightened the ass. It broke free and galloped away.
MORAL: You can t please everyone

9. The peacock and the crane
One day a peacock met a crane and said, "So sorry for you. You have so dull feathers.
Look at the fine colors of my feathers."
"Well!" replied the crane, "your look are brighter then mine. but whereas I can fly high
up into the sky, all you can do is to strut
about on the ground."
MORAL: Never find fault with others.