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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

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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,

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Birbal-and-His-Guest

Birbal and His Guest

Birbal and His Guest Birbal was said to be the wisest man alive in his time. He sometimes tricked people into getting his work done. One day, Birbal went to the market to buy some groceries his wife had asked for. ‘Women are troublesome, sometimes!’ thought Birbal as he walked on. ‘I have so many things to do, but my wife won’t listen to me!’ Suddenly, a milkman called out to Birbal, “Sire, please can you help me? I am not well. Every morning I wake up feeling drunk!” Birbal asked, “What do you drink before sleeping?” The milkman replied, “Milk, Sir. I don’t enjoy it, but my wife insists I drink one large glassful.” Birbal guessed, “Aha! That is causing you problems! You drink milk; then you lie in bed and toss in your sleep. The milk gets churned into butter. The butter turns into fat and soon, there

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Birbal-and-His-Animal-Friends

Birbal and His Animal Friends

Birbal and His Animal Friends Emperor Akbar was very proud of his courtier, Birbal. He believed him to be almost perfect, except for one of Birbal’s vices. Birbal had a bad habit of chewing tobacco. Akbar had warned Birbal of the bad effects of chewing tobacco, but Birbal was addicted to it. Birbal knew that Akbar did not like this habit of his. So, he always hid and ate tobacco. However, Akbar knew about it and disliked it. One day, Emperor Akbar and Birbal decided to go for a walk. They left the palace gardens and were soon passing a green field. Next to this field was a tobacco field. Akbar and Birbal’s attention was drawn to a donkey approaching the tobacco field. The donkey was looking for some foliage to eat. But as soon as the donkey sniffed the tobacco plants, it turned away disgustingly. Akbar noticed this and

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Birbal-Teaches-Akbar

Birbal Teaches Akbar | Akbar Birbal

Birbal Teaches Akbar | Akbar Birbal Every year on his birthday, Emperor Akbar would sit on one side of the scale. On the other hand, food equal to a hundred times his weight would be distributed to fakirs and sages. Birbal believed these people to be false. One year, Akbar asked him, “Birbal, do you think the miracles these learned men perform are due to their power, or is it the faith of the devotees?” Birbal replied, “I think our faith makes these men powerful.” Akbar said, “All right, I’ll give you a month to prove it!” Birbal hired workers to build a monument. His servants spread the word that it was Yakin Shah’s monument. Yakin means belief in Urdu. Stories spread about the miracles that were performed there. Emperor Akbar and his courtiers also visited the monument. Akbar bowed in reverence, as did all the courtiers except Birbal. Akbar

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Birbal-and-His-Limitations

Birbal and His Limitations | Akbar Birbal

Birbal and His Limitations | Akbar Birbal Abdul Karim was a courtier in Emperor Akbar’s court. He was blind in one eye. Since Birbal was Akbar’s favorite courtier, Karim was jealous of him. He was always looking for ways to make Birbal appear inadequate before the Emperor. One day, Karim saw Birbal chewing tobacco and spitting on the palace wall. ‘Ah! Now I can teach him a lesson,’ he cheerfully thought. So, he went to Akbar and complained about Birbal. Akbar was annoyed when he came to know that Birbal had dirtied the wall. He scolded Birbal and told him that next time he should spit in a place that is of no use and is empty. Birbal apologized and agreed to do as he was told. The next day, while chewing tobacco in court, Birbal spat into Karim’s blind eye! Karim cried out and ran to Akbar. Akbar asked

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Art-of-Fortune-Telling

Art of Fortune Telling | Akbar Birbal

Art of Fortune Telling | Akbar Birbal Once, Birbal cracked a joke about Emperor Akbar. However, that day, Akbar was in a foul mood and ordered Birbal to leave the capital city. Birbal was hurt and left the city without telling anyone. Akbar soon started missing Birbal. One day, a wise saint visited the palace with his two disciples. The saint had sparkling eyes, a thick white beard and long hair. The disciples believed that the saint was the wisest person on earth. Akbar wanted to test the saint. He asked all his courtiers to ask him questions. The saint answered all the questions wisely. Impressed with the saint’s wisdom, Akbar asked him to perform a miracle. The saint replied, “I can bring anyone you want to meet to the court.” Akbar wished to meet Birbal. At once, the saint took off his beard. It was Birbal! Akbar told all

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Master-of-Many-Arts

The Master of Many Arts | Akbar Birbal

The Master of Many Arts | Akbar Birbal Akbar was a great lover of art and music. So, one day, he decided to hold a music competition in his court. He invited the best musicians from all over the country to participate. On the day of the competition, all the musicians had gathered in the court. Emperor Akbar announced the criteria for winning the competition. He said, “Dear participants, before you all commence your performance, I would like to mention the criteria for winning the performance.” Akbar paused and continued, “In this competition, you should try and impress the bull instead of pleasing me. Whosoever can play the music that the bull shows interest in will be declared as the winner.” All the competitors were shocked to hear the criteria and wondered at each other. However, all of them played the best tunes they could, but none successfully attracted the

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Magical-Rabbit

The Magical Rabbit | Moral Story

The Magical Rabbit | Moral Story A boy named Anuj used to live in a village with his grandfather. Anuj was a very ruthless boy. He often captured small animals and imprisoned them in cages. One day, when Anuj went to his house, he saw a beautiful sparrow. Wow! How beautiful is this sparrow? Let me capture her. After saying this, Anuj moved toward the sparrow to catch her, but she ran away. Sparrow laughed and said, “Regardless of how skilful you are at catching animals, you can never catch me.” Anuj responded, “You don’t know me; that’s why you are saying this,” and started roaming behind that sparrow all over the village, finally succeeding in catching it. You were speaking a lot earlier. What happens now? I agree that you are very clever and intelligent and can catch birds and animals easily, but please let me go. My family

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Foolish-Monkey

Foolish Monkey | English Moral Story

Foolish Monkey | English Moral Story A long time ago, there lived two monkeys named Golu and Bholu in a faraway place. Both considered themselves very intelligent and were very proud of their intelligence. One day, they were going somewhere when they saw a well away. They peeped inside it and saw a crocodile fall into the well. Golu said, “He must be in trouble; we must save him.” Bholu also said, “An innocent creature has fallen into the well; we must help him immediately.” But I don’t understand how he fell into the well. Golu responded, “He must have fallen by mistake.” Now we should think of some way to save him. Like this, Golu and Bholu started thinking of a way out to save him. Just then, Golu came up with the idea that they should throw a piece of wood into the well so that the crocodile

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The-Two-Cats-and-a-Monkey

The Two Cats and a Monkey | Short Story

The Two Cats and a Monkey | Short Story  Once upon a time, there were two cats. They were good friends. They got while sharing.  They made big and small peace. So, they began to fight for the bigger piece at the same time, A monkey saw them fighting the monkey said I will share it equally. He bit the bigger piece to make it equal. Again, it bits the other bigger piece to make it equal.  Bit by bit, he ate the whole bridge and went away happily, the poor cats lost the bread more.  Moral Of the Story:  We must learn to share what we have. The Two Cats and a Monkey Hey kids, how much did you like The Two Cats and a Monkey | Short Story? Please share your view in the comment box. Also, please share this story with your friends on social media so they can also

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Birbal’s Honesty | Akbar Birbal

Birbal’s Honesty | Akbar Birbal Emperor Akbar enjoyed the frequent witty question and answer sessions with Birbal. He would ask Birbal questions on any subject. Or he would give him the trickiest task to do. These sessions gave Akbar the chance to test Birbal’s wisdom. One day, Emperor Akbar asked Birbal, “If you had to choose between a gold coin and justice, what would you choose?” Birbal paused for a moment before responding, “Greetings, Your Majesty! I will choose a gold coin.” Akbar was upset to hear Birbal’s answer. He said to Birbal, “I did not expect this answer from you. Do you want to reconsider your answer?” Birbal, however, insisted that he would still choose a gold coin. Akbar said, “Birbal, I like to be just to my subjects. Even then, you chose money over justice! You are my wisest and most favorite courtier. It disappoints me to think

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