This document contains summaries of several folk tales from India, including stories about a crow and cake, a thirsty crow, a lion and mouse, a tortoise beating a hare in a race, monkeys stealing caps from a cap seller, and four animal friends - a deer, crow, rat and tortoise - helping each other escape dangers.

2. One day, a
crow saw a
piece of cake
on the wall.
He pick-ed it up
with his beak
and flew away.
He sat on the
branch of a
tree.
He was ready to
eat the cake.

3. Just then, a fox
came upto the
tree.
He saw the
cake and want-
ed to eat it.
He had an idea.
He said to the
crow – You are
very pretty.

4. He said to the
crow – You
are very
pretty.
Your voice
also must be
very sweet.
Please sing a
song for me.
The crow was
fool-ish.
He began to
sing.

5. The cake fell
from his beak.
The fox pick-ed
it and ate it up.
He went away
happily.

6. The Thirsty
Crow

7. One day in
summer, it was
very hot.
A crow was
very thirsty.
It saw a pot
under a tree.

8. There was very
little water in it.
The crow saw
pebbles lying
near the tree.
The crow had
an idea.
The crow picked
up the pebbles
with his beak.

9. He put them
into the pot,
one by one.
The water in
the pot rose.
The crow
drank the
water and
flew away
happily.

10. THE
END

11. The Lion
and the
Mouse

12. One day, a lion
caught a mouse. He
got ready to eat him.
The mouse said
“Please do not eat
me. Some day, I will
help you”.
The lion took pity on
the mouse and let him
go.

13. After a few days, the
lion got caught in a
hunter’s net.
He cried for help.
The mouse heard
him.
He came to the lion
and cut the net with
his sharp teeth.

14. The lion was free.
He thanked the
mouse and went
away happily into
the forest.

15. THE
END

16. The Hare
and the
Tortoise

17. Once upon a time,
there lived a hare and
a tortoise.
They were very good
friends.
One day, the tortoise
told the hare “ Let us
run a race.”
The hare said” I will
win.”
The tortoise said
“ We shall see.”

18. So, the race began.
The hare ran very
fast and went off far
ahead.
The tortoise walk-ed
slowly.
After some time,
the hare felt tired.
He went to sleep

19. He slept for a
long time. The
tortoise kept on
walk-ing.
The tortoise reached
the winning post
before the hare and
won the race.

20. Slow and
steady
Wins the race

21. The Capseller
and
the Monkeys

22. It was a hot
summer day.
A cap seller sat
under a tree. He
felt tired.
He ate his food
and slept for some
time.
There were many
monkeys on the
tree.

23. The monkeys saw
the cap seller’s
bag.
They came down
the tree and open-
ed the bag.

24. They took all the
caps with them
and went up the
tree.
When the capseller
woke up, he saw
the monkeys
wear-ing the caps.

25. He shout-ed at them
but the monkeys did
not return the caps.
Then, he had an idea.
He took the cap from
his head and threw
it down.

26. The monkeys saw
him. They also
took the caps from
their heads and
threw them down.

27. The cap seller pick-ed
up all the caps.
He put them all in his
bag and went away
happily.

28. THE
END

29. Four Friends

30. Once upon a time,
there were four
friends – the deer,
the crow, the rat
and the tortoise.
They met every
day in the forest to
play.

31. One day, the rat,
the crow and the
tortoise came to
play, but the deer
did not come.
They wait-ed for
some time.

32. Then, the crow
went to look for
the deer.
He found the deer
caught in a
hunter’s net.
The deer cried for
help.

33. The crow flew back
to his friends.
He told them that
they must help the
deer.
The rat said that he
could help the deer.
The crow took the
rat on his back
and flew to the
deer.

34. The rat cut the net
with his sharp
teeth.
The deer was free.
At that time, the
tortoise also came
there.

35. Just then, the hunter
came there.
The deer and the rat
ran away.
The crow flew away.
The hunter caught
the tortoise and put it
in a bag.

36. This time, the deer had
an idea.
He ran slowly in front
of the hunter.
The hunter saw the
deer and ran after
him.

37. Once again, the rat cut
the bag and the tortoise
was free.
The four friends ran
away into the forest.
The hunter came back
and found the bag cut
open.

38. The hunter lost the
deer and the tortoise
because he was greedy.
He went home feeling
sad.
The four friends play
-ed in the forest
happily again.

39. THE
END