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- 2. One day, a crowsaw a piece of cake on the wall. He pick-ed it up with his beak and flew away. He sat on the He was ready to branch of a eat the cake. tree.
- 3. Just then, afox came upto the tree. He saw the cake and want- ed to eat it. He said to the crow – You are He had an very pretty. idea.
- 4. He said tothe crow – You are very pretty. Your voice also must be The crow was very sweet. fool-ish. Please sing a He began to song for me. sing.
- 5. The cake fell fromhis 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 littlewater in it. The crow saw pebbles lying near the tree. The crow picked The crow had up the pebbles an idea. with his beak.
- 9. He put them intothe pot, one by one. The water in the pot rose. The crow drank the water and flew away happily.
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- 11. The Lion andthe Mouse
- 12. One day, alion 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 fewdays, 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 wasfree. He thanked the mouse and went away happily into the forest.
- 15. THE END
- 16. The Hare andthe Tortoise
- 17. Once upon atime, 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 tortoise said The hare said” I will “ We shall see.” win.”
- 18. So, the racebegan. After some time, The hare ran very the hare felt tired. fast and went off far ahead. He went to sleep The tortoise walk-ed slowly.
- 19. He slept fora The tortoise reached long time. The the winning post tortoise kept on before the hare and walk-ing. won the race.
- 20. Slow and steady Wins the race
- 21. The Capseller and the Monkeys
- 22. It was ahot summer day. A cap seller sat under a tree. He felt tired. He ate his food There were many and slept for some monkeys on the time. tree.
- 23. The monkeys saw thecap seller’s bag. They came down the tree and open- ed the bag.
- 24. They took allthe 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 atthem 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 sellerpick-ed up all the caps. He put them all in his bag and went away happily.
- 28. THE END
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- 30. Once upon atime, 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, therat, the crow and the tortoise came to play, but the deer did not come. They wait-ed for some time.
- 32. Then, the crow wentto look for the deer. He found the deer caught in a hunter’s net. The deer cried for help.
- 33. The crow flewback to his friends. He told them that they must help the deer. The crow took the The rat said that he rat on his back could help the deer. and flew to the deer.
- 34. The rat cutthe net with his sharp teeth. The deer was free. At that time, the tortoise also came there.
- 35. Just then, thehunter 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, thedeer had an idea. He ran slowly in front of the hunter. The hunter saw the deer and ran after him.
- 37. Once again, therat 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 lostthe 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