Aesop Fables

The Daydreaming Milkmaid | Aesop Fables

The Daydreaming Milkmaid | Aesop Fables A lovely milkmaid lived in a remote village all by herself. She would take excellent care of her cow, which in return would provide her with milk that was always deliciously fresh and thick. She put in a lot of effort at work but also spent a lot of time daydreaming. I completely forgot about getting milk. Permit me to dash to the market and have the milk sold before you return. The young milkmaid didn’t waste any time and dashed off to the market in order to make a quick profit off of the fresh milk. Eggs are going to be my next purchase with the money I get from selling this milk. Oh, it would be wonderful to witness the eggs bursting through their shells. In a short amount of time, a newborn chick will emerge from the egg. I will take

The Cart Driver and God | Aesop Fables

The Cart Driver and God | Aesop Fables Long ago, a man named Henry used to drive a laundry cart. He used to carry people’s goods from one place to another by filling them in his car. One day, as usual, he left with a heavy load in his car. It had rained that day, and the road was also bad, due to which he could not see the pothole on the road, and the wheel of his car got stuck in the mud. The man did not try to get the car’s wheel and sat there. He stared at the wheel stuck in the mud for a long time and then started crying loudly. After a while, he started remembering God and calling him for help. Hearing his compassionate call, God came to his aid. But seeing the condition of that man, he got very angry. He asked the

The Clever Fox | Aesop Fables

The Clever Fox | Aesop Fables Once upon a time, in a forest, a lion and a bear were hungry and wandering in search of prey. Then suddenly, they see a deer, and the lion and the bear jump on the deer together. After catching the deer, the eyes of the lion and the bear fall on their opponent. The lion tells the bear, “This is my prey; I have caught it; you go somewhere else and hunt.” After listening to him for a while, the bear gets angry and says, “If I have caught this deer, I will eat it.” The lion also gets angry with the bear’s words and jumps on the bear in anger; the bear also starts fighting with the lion. One, they were already hungry, and both of them got tired soon and fell while fighting. A fox watched the fight between the two silently

The Bundle of Sticks | Aesop Fables

The Bundle of Sticks | Aesop Fables Once upon a time, a farmer had four sons. All four of them did not get along, and they always used to fight. After a few years, the farmer became very old, and when he started feeling that he would not survive, he started worrying about his four boys; he started thinking about what would happen to them after his death and how they would live as a family. The next day, the farmer thought of teaching his four boys a lesson. He called his four boys and said, “Now, I will not survive for long; all of you should come with some wood from the forest.” After some time, all four boys carry wood. The farmer gives a piece of wood to his eldest boy and tells him to break this wood. The elder boy breaks the wood easily. The farmer now

The Donkey in the Lion’s Skin | Aesop Fables

The Donkey in the Lion’s Skin | Aesop Fables Once upon a time, there lived a donkey in a village. That poor donkey used to work all day, yet he did not get enough food to eat, and other animals also used to make fun of that donkey. In whichever field that donkey went to graze, the owner of that field would beat him and drive him away, and thus that donkey would always remain with an empty stomach. One day, the donkey passed through the forest when he saw a dead lion carcass in the woods. At first, the donkey ignored the lion’s corpse, but suddenly an idea came to him. He goes back to the lion’s corpse and takes off its skin, and now he starts walking in the forest wearing the lion’s skin. After this, whichever animal saw the donkey, mistaking it for a lion, ran away

The Old Dog Story | Aesop Fables

The Old Dog Story | Aesop Fables A man used to have a powerful dog. That dog was fierce and used to fight with every animal. But the dog got old and weak over time, and he stopped fighting with the animals. It’s only a matter of time before the dog was drinking water from the river, and a wild boar was also drinking water from the same river. He saw the dog drinking water and angrily attacked him. The dog also fought with the wild boar to save his life; the dog fought bravely but eventually lost to the boar. The pig started laughing at the dog with pride. The dog looked at the boar sadly and said, “Every dog has its day.” When I was young, I fought with all the animals and never lost my fight. But now, I am old enough to do this. Because of

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse | Aesop Fables

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse | Aesop Fables Once upon a time, two rats were very good friends. But one mouse lived in the city and the other in the village. One day, the city mouse went to visit his country mouse friend. The village mouse was delighted to see his urban friend. The native mouse took his friend for a field walk and then bathed in the river. In this way, the village mouse made the urban mouse roam his whole village, and at night he plucked fresh vegetables and grains from the fields and served them as dinner to a friend. But despite all this, the city mouse was not happy and started boasting, “What are you feeding me all this?” Come to my house sometime. I will give you a treat. The village mouse did not like what he said, but he smiled and said,

The Useless Jewel | Aesop Fables

The Useless Jewel | Aesop Fables Once upon a time, there lived a rooster in a field. The rooster used to collect grain every day, not only for himself but also for his hens and chicks. One day, when a hungry rooster was looking for grain in the fields, he found a jewel lying there. Seeing the jewel, the rooster said excitedly. Oh my God! Such a precious jewel! But after a while, the enthusiasm for the rooster subsided. He thought, “What is the use of this jewel for me?” Had the farmer gotten this jewel in my place, he might have bought a huge field. But it is useless to me; it cannot feed my stomach. Nor can I sell it and buy grain. My grain is the most precious of all the jewels in the world, which feeds my family. The rooster threw the jewel on the ground

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 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 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