The Fisherman and His Pipe

 Many years ago there lived a foolish fisherman. 
He loved playing his pipe. He thought he was so good that everyone must enjoy his music.
 One day, he took is net and pipe and went to the river to catch fish. 
Ge sat down by the river and began to play his pipe. 
The foolish fisherman expected the fish to jump out of the water to listen to gim play.
Not came out of the water. The fisherman bacame angry and frustrated.
After  a little while the fisherman cast gis net into the water. And when he pulledd it 
out he had caught many fishes. He was delighted. 
He began to play his pipe again.
The fish who were actually struggling to stay alive 
out of the water began to jump. The fisherman thought they were without casting the net 
you did not come up to listen. "When I have cuaght you, you dance to my tune.
Yor are really ungrateful."


MORAL:Do not assume things.

The Jackal and The Tiger

 Long ago, a jackal and a tiger decided to hunt together.
The jackal would spot the prey and then the tiger would go and hunt down the animal.
 Each time, the tiger would take a bigger share of the food and leave a smaller portion
for the jackal. 
However, the jackal always had enough. He never went hungry. But after a few days, the jackal
began to feel greedy. He thought, "The tiger always gets the bigger share. I deserve better."
So he went up to the tiger and said, "From today I will hunt for myself."  The tiger realizing that
the jackal was getting greedy, wisely agreed.
 The next day, the jackal came across a herd of sheep. He remembered how the tiger hunted,
and boldly ran into the midst of the flock, only to get a sound thrashing from the shepherd.
The jackal ran away limping, thinking,  "I should have realized that I am only a jackal, and not a tiger."
MORAL:Never try to become what you are not.

The Eagle and the tortioise

Long ago, a tortoise near the sea wanted to fly like the birds. When he saw the birds flying in the sky, 
he felt jealous and thought, "I wish I could also fly like them."


 One day, as he was resting on the seashore, an eagel landed beside him. 
The tortoise turned to the eagle and said, "I really wish that I could fiy like you."
 The eagle was a cunning bird. He knew that the tortoise could never fly. But he was 
very hungry and wanted to eat something. He told the tortoise, "I can teach you to fly.
Come with me." The tortoise felt very happy. He thought he was going to fly.


 The eagle carried the tortiose high into the clouds and then dropped him. The tortoise 
fell to the ground with a big thud. The eagle had a good meal of the foolish tortoise.




MORAL:Do not be lead by foolish desires.

The Camel and His Master


Once upon a time, there lived a man. He had a camel. The camel was a faithful animal 
and would do all the chores for him. One day, the man had to travel far to get some goods. 
He sat on the camel and started on his journey. After many days, they reached their destination. 
Many bundles of goods were loaded on to the camel's back.
 The camel felt tired and weak. He looked at his master and said, 
"Master, why don't we rest a shile before we return home." The man wanted to 
return home to sell the goods and had no time to waste. But he was cunning, he said, "My dear camel,
I will take you back by an easy route. How would you like to travel, uphill or downhill?"
The camel felt annoyed because he knew he really had no choice, so he said "Why don't we travel on level ground.
That will be easy." Since there were no level ways, the man kept quiet. He had been outwitted by the camel.


MORAL: Don't try to be too clever.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

A shepherd-boy, who watched a flock of sheep near a village, brought out the villagers three or four times by crying out, 

"Wolf! Wolf!" and when his neighbors came to help him, laughed at them for their pains.

The Wolf, however, did truly come at last. The Shepherd-boy, now really alarmed, shouted in an agony of terror: 

"Pray, do come and help me; the Wolf is killing the sheep"but no one paid any heed to his cries, nor rendered any assistance. 

The Wolf, having no cause of fear, at his leisure lacerated or destroyed the whole flock.

There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth.