The Monkey and the Fishermen

Once there was a monkey was sitting up in a high tree when, seeing two fishermen laying their nets in a river, he watched what they were doing. At midday, the men went off to eat and left their nets on the river-bank, intending to use them again after lunch. The monkey came down from the tree, thinking that he would try his hand at the same sport and catch some fishes. 

But in attempting to lay the nets he got so entangled in them, that being well-nigh choked, he was forced to exclaim; said the monkey, now I have learnt that it is better to leave the task to those who know how to do. In the mean time two fishers came and rescue the monkey. Finally monkey leave that place and never came again. 

The Wolf and His Shadow: Aesop's Fables

Once upon a time there lived a wolf in a forest. One evening he was running in the sun shade.The setting sun cast his shadow far out on the ground, and it looked as if the wolf were a hundred times bigger than he really was.

"Why," exclaimed the Wolf proudly, "see how big I am! Fancy me running away from a puny Lion! I'll show him who is fit to be king. I will be king of this jungle.

He went to the lion and said I am bigger than you and come I will show you how much big I am? The lion replied o show me. Just then an immense shadow blotted him out entirely. He got scared and the next instant a Lion struck him down with a single blow.

Moral: Do not let your fancy make you forget realities.

The Slave and The Lion

In Italy a long time ago there was a slave. His name was Androcles and he was a Negro. His master was very cruel. He was not treating Androcles properly. He was beating him and not giving adequate food to eat. So one day out of anger Androcles freed away from his masters home. 

After flee zing Androcles went inside a forest. He took shelter inside a cave to protect himself from cold, sun and wild animals. One day he heard a unusual roar of a lion. He observed lion from a distance. A sharp thorn had pierced in the front paw of the lion. Due to this the lion was unable to move properly. He was feeling pain by walking. Probably he was not taken food for many days. That is why he was roaring unusually.

After observing all this Androcles went near the lion very casually. The lion roar and try to scare Androcles. Due to the thorn in his paw it was very difficult and painful for him. Androcles carefully came near to the lion and causally remove that thorn from the lions paw. After removal of the thorn the lion able do his activities as earlier. After a few days he became normal. Androcles and the lion became friend.

After a few days Androcles master and his man came to the jungle. They searched Androcles everywhere. Finally they capture him and took away to the city. The master want to punish Androcles for his misbehavior. Initially he put him inside the jail and give him all types of structure.

One day the master declared that he will free Androcles if he can defeat a lion in a game in the arena. He fixed a date for the game show. Androcles was afraid to fight against the lion. He was praying the god to save his life. At last the date arrived. Androcles was pushed inside the game arena. Afterward they brought one hungry lion. They released the lion inside the game arena and closed the door. 

The hungry lion roared and rushed wards Androcles. Androcles prayed his god and did not losses his composer. The lion came very near to Androcles in an attacking mode. But surprisingly the lion changed his behavior. Instead of killing Androcles, he licked his food. The lion was the same lion from whose paw Androcles was removed that thorn.

All the people surprise to see the strange incident. They have not seen a friendship between a hungry lion and a man. They appreciated friendship of the lion and Androcles. So they liberated Androcles from the slavery.

Unity Is Strength

Once upon a time there was an old man staying with his sons. He was very ill and lay dying in his bed. He had four sons who were always fighting with each other. He always worried about them and wanted to teach them a lesson and asked his sons to come to him. When they came, the old man gave them a bundle of sticks and said, “Can you break these sticks?”

The first son tried to break the bundle but nothing happened. He tried very hard and finally gave up. Then it was the turn of the second son to try his luck. He thought it would be an easy task and picked up the sticks easily. He tried his best to break the sticks but nothing happened. Then, the third son tried to break the bundle of sticks, but he couldn't do anything either.

Meanwhile, the youngest son jeered at his brothers and thought they were very incompetent. He thought he was very clever and took one stick at a time and easily broke all of them.

The old father then smiled at his sons and said, “Children, do you understand what happened? It is always easy to break the sticks one by one. But when they are bundled together, none of you could break them. In the same way you four brothers should always be together. No one will be able to hurt you then.” The four brothers realized what their father was trying to teach them and forgot all their enmity and learnt that unity is strength. From that day onward, they never fought with each other and lived together in peace and harmony.