Aesop Fables

The Thief and His Mother

The Thief and His Mother Once upon a time, a boy stole a book from another child in his class. When he got home, his mother saw the book and asked her son about it. The boy fearfully told the whole thing to his mother; after knowing the whole thing, his mother encouraged him more instead of scolding him. The boy’s courage increased significantly after getting encouragement from his mother. After a few days, the boy stole some expensive clothes from a shop. He gave those clothes to his mother, and his mother praised those clothes and his work a lot. After a few years, that boy turned into a young man. But his habit of stealing was not gone; now, he was stealing things of more value than before. But one day, he was caught red-handed while stealing. The police officer caught him and presented him to court, where

The Woodcutter and the Trees | Aesop Fables

The Woodcutter and the Trees | Aesop Fables A long time ago, there was a very dense and beautiful forest. There were many beautiful trees of different types of delicious fruits and fragrant flowers in that forest. One day, a woodcutter enters the forest with an axe in hand. He goes to those tall and massive trees and says, “I am a poor woodcutter; please help me. I need some wood.” After hearing him, the trees replied, “You seem to be a good and good man; we will definitely help you. You can take some wood from all of the trees!” The man broke a trunk from a tree and tied the trunk to the head of his axe. That stem became the handle of his axe. Then the man started cutting down all the trees present there with the help of that axe. The trees got a big shock

The Frog and the Ox | Aesop Fables

The Frog and the Ox | Aesop Fables Once upon a time, a frog lived with his family in a pond. That frog always told his children that there was no giant animal in the world bigger than him because the children of the frog had never gone far from the pond. They had never seen any giant creatures, so they always believed his words to be true and used to say that there were no more giant creatures in this world than my father. Once upon a time, tadpoles were playing in the pond when they saw a vast bull drinking water from the pond. The children had never seen such a big animal, so they got very scared when they saw the bull. They immediately rush to their father’s side and gasp, “Father, we saw a giant with horns that also had a long tail!” The father is

The Dog and the Sick Wolf | Aesop Fables

The Dog and the Sick Wolf | Aesop Fables Once, a dog was walking through the forest when he saw a wolf. The wolf looked very weak and sick. Seeing the ill wolf, the dog asked the wolf, “Oh wolf, why do you look so sick and weak?” Hearing the dog, the sick wolf replied, “I have not had anything to eat for a long time, and I have become very sick because of hunger.” Hearing him, the kind dog said, “I want to help you, seeing your pathetic condition.” If you want, I can help you a little. Hearing that, the wolf becomes happy and says, “Thank you, friend,” but how can you help me? The dog says, “I live with my master and take care of his house; in return for my work, my master gives me good food every day.” You can come with me if you

The Deer with the Golden Horns | Aesop Fables

The Deer with the Golden Horns | Aesop Fables Once upon a time, a deer lived in a forest; its horns were made of gold; he used to flaunt a lot of his golden horns and did not talk directly to any animal in that forest because he thought he was beautiful. The animal is not in that whole forest; because of the golden horns, he becomes very proud. Still, despite having such beautiful horns, he was not happy because he thought his legs were very thin, weak, and ugly, and he always thought I wished his feet would become as beautiful and golden as his horns. One day, the deer was drinking water in the river flowing through the forest and was gazing at the reflection of its horns forming in the water. It was happy to see its horns. Suddenly, he heard some noise; on looking here and

The Boy and the Scorpion | Aesop Fables

The Boy and the Scorpion | Aesop Fables Once upon a time, a boy named Shyam; had a very strange poor hobby. He was fond of catching and collecting various insects, especially grasshoppers. All his time after coming from school was spent collecting insects. Shyam would keep the insects after catching them in a bag, and after going home, he would put them in a box. One day, Shyam caught the locusts and filled them in the bag. After many hours of hard work, he caught a lot of grasshoppers. When Shyam is about to go home, he suddenly sees a scorpion. Shyam picked up the scorpion, considering it to be a locust. Showing its sting to Shyam, the scorpion said, “Be careful! Shyam, I am a scorpion; if you try to harm me, I will kill you immediately with my poisonous sting. Shyam immediately realized his mistake and left

The Overconfident Doe | Aesop Fables

The Overconfident Doe | Aesop Fables Once upon a time, a doe in the forest got injured while escaping safely from a hunter, suffering a severe injury to one of his eyes, due to which she lost sight of that eye. Now the doe used to graze on the rocks near the sea to stay safe from the poachers because she thought the sea was more secure and the hunter would not attack him through the sea. The eye with which doe could see always kept it on the side of the hill, and the eye with which she could not see always kept it towards the sea. One day, two fishermen sailing in the sea saw a doe grazing on the rock. One of them said, “My mouth waters seeing that, doe. Let’s hunt it and enjoy its delicious meat tonight. The person took out his bow and arrow,

The Man and The Serpent Tail | Aesop Fables

The Man and The Serpent Tail | Aesop Fables One day, a boy was playing on the field, and while playing, the boy accidentally stepped on a serpent’s tail. The serpent angrily bit the boy on his feet, due to which the poor boy died there. Hearing the boy’s scream, his father ran away and saw that the serpent had bitten his boy’s leg, due to which he died. Then the father angrily attacked the serpent with an axe; in his attack, the serpent survived, but her tail was cut off. The serpent got furious and took his revenge by biting the cows and sheep of that man to take revenge. All the cows and sheep of that man died. Seeing this, the man was very sad. He thought this vendetta had to stop. I will try to befriend the serpent.’ Thinking this, the man presented honey, milk, and food

The Donkey and the Dew Drops | Aesop Fables

The Donkey and the Dew Drops | Aesop Fables Once upon a time, a donkey was being driven down the road. Suddenly, he heard a sweet and melodious voice in his ears while walking. The donkey gets mesmerized by that sound and starts following that voice. Following the sound, he reaches a grasshopper who is singing a song while sitting on the leaf of a tree. Hearing the grasshopper’s song, the donkey says to the grasshopper, “Is that sweet and melodious voice yours?” The grasshopper shakes his head in a yes posture. The donkey says again, “I always wanted to make my hoarse voice sweet and sweet like yours; what do you eat and drink that makes your voice so melodious?” That grasshopper was very naughty. He joked, “Brother, I drink dew drops.” Maybe that’s why my voice is so sweet. If you also drink a drop of dew, your

The Greedy Man and the Axe | Aesop Fables

The Greedy Man and the Axe | Aesop Fables Once upon a time, two unknown men were travelling together. While walking, they started talking to each other and soon became good friends. Suddenly, one of them found an axe lying on the road. He shouted happily, “Oh wow! What a nice day today. I got an axe for free and will get some money by selling it. Then the other man said, “No friend, don’t say we both have the axe; we will split the money in half.” But, the first man did not agree and shouted angrily, “No! This axe is all I got. Why should I distribute my axe? On hearing this, the other man becomes silent. Suddenly, they saw a man running fast towards them, shouting angrily, “Thief, thief… You two thieves stole my axe.” Wait, you two, I’m calling the police.” After listening to that person,