The girl and the crocodile

The girl and the crocodile

Once there was a girl named Anju lived in a house near the river. Her father is a fisherman and he caught fishes from the river and sold them in the near by village. Anju used to play near the banks of the river with her Teddy Bear. One day, when she was playing near, she saw some little crocodile stranded near a small rock. She was afraid to go near the crocodile. But, at the same time,she wanted to help  the crocodile. She called in a soft voice to wake him up. The crocodile could barely open his eyes. The crocodile said in a murmuring voice, "I am hungry!". She asked, "Do you eat fish?". The crocodile replied, "Yes!". So, she went inside her home, and brought some fish for the crocodile and threw it near the rock. The crocodile ate the fish she gave and gained some energy to get up. He thanked her and swam in the river. Days passed by, one day while playing, Anju's Teddy Bear fell into the river and was swept away from her. She wept to lost her friend whom she used to playwith. The  crocodile in the river saw the Teddy Bear floating in the river, he grabbed it and thought he would present this to Anju. He swam near Anju's house and kept the Teddy Bear near the bank. Anju came out of her house and became happy to see her friend Teddy Bear back again. She looked at the river and saw the crocodile waving at her. Anju realized that the crocodile has brought her Teddy bear back and thanked him.


Moral : A good deed is always repaid with a good deed.

Beauty and Songy

Beauty and Songy

Once in an old oak tree, there lived two birds, a blue jay bird named Beauty and a yellow canary bird named Songy. On a breezy evening, songy started to sing. Beauty wanted to retire for bed after her dinner. But due to the continuous singing of Songy, she could not fall sleep. So, she asked Songy to stop her singing. But Songy did not listen to her words and kept singing. Beauty put on her earmuffs and tried to sleep. After some time, Songy's throat started aching, her voice changed. He could not sing anymore. Beauty realized that Songy has got a sore throat to continuous singing. Beauty said, "I asked you to slow down your singing, you affected your throat!". Songy could not speak now. She signed in action, "Beauty, please help me!". Beauty agreed to help her and responded," I have no pepper at home, so I will make a warm corn soup for your throat. Have it and rest well!" Songy had the soup and went to sleep. Next morning, Songy was able to speak and sing and she woke Beauty with a melodious song. Songy thanked Beauty for her help and understood that she should not be doing something to disturb their neighbours.

Moral: Keep the volume down on your television, never disturb your neighbours. Loud noise can cause damage to your own ears also. Too much of anything is good for anything.

Do not play!

 Do Not Play!

Cheenu was playing by turning and stopping the switches of the mixer grinder kept in the kitchen. His sister Ammu said to him, "Cheenu, do not play in the switches of the electrical appliances, you cannot predict the power supply in the electrical circuit, it is more likely to cause the danger of electrical shock. She also advised Seenu that the mixer grinder would be ruined, and electricity would be wasted. Cheenu replied, "Ok Ammu, I will not play in the switches." Ammu said, "That's a good boy," she smiled and gave a pat on the cheek. They went to the hall and started playing with their toys. After some time, Cheenu went to the kitchen to drink water.  He saw the mixer grinder, his hands tempted playfully, and he turned on the switches of the mixer. Knowing his mischievous pranks, his mother has removed the plug from the socket, so the mixer did not start. So, he drank water and went away. Then, their grandmother wanted to make tomato juice and put the tomato in a mixed jar and connected the plug and tried to turn on the switch. Since the mixer switch has been already turned on by Cheenu, the mixer started to run in its speed and threw the jar lid away and splashed tomato juice all over. "Gosh!" Hearing the grandmother's voice, Ammu and Cheenu ran to the kitchen. Ammu asked, "What happened grandmother?" Their grandmother replied that the mixer switch was turned on earlier, and she had noticed it.  Hearing this, Ammu looked at Cheenu. She said, "See Cheenu, I told you not to play with the switches. Tomato juice has splashed and spilled out, think what would have happened if Grandma tried to grind masala? The spicy masala could irritate grandma’s eyes and skin!" Cheenu realized his mistake and apologised to his grandmother, "I learnt a lesson, I would never play with the electrical appliances for the safety of me as well as all in our home!". Ammu and their grandmother smiled and nodded to appreciate his act of change.

Little Drops make the mighty ocean

Little Drops make the mighty ocean

There was a farmer named Rangan who lived in a small village. He is a hard worker. His land was very fertile and he had dug a deep water well in his land. He made pipe arrangements to collect the rain water in the well. He made piping to direct the water falling over the roof of the house to the well. For the piping work, he spent a little money.

He told the people to do similarly like him to save the rain water. Fearing the money, they did not respond to his advice. Later in the summer, his village was hit by a drought. So all the people in the village suffered of water scarcity. After few days, the people in the village decided to ask their king for help.

The king welcomed them in his court. He asked , "People, I want to know from you one thing first, Did it rain during the monsoon season in your village?"

People replied, "Dear King, Yes, it rained heavily in the season!".

Then the king asked "Why you have water scarcity then? You must have water wells in your village, were not they filled? . The village people replied ,"Oh our mighty king,the wells have gone dry once the Summer started!"

The king asked "Did you saved the water in the well?". People replied that they have not stored rain water so far. The king said to them, "The rain water is our lifesaver." If you had saved your water on your wells today, your village would not have been depleted today.  Now, realize the need for water. Rangan, a farmer in your town, has saved enough of rain water in the well. He has agreed to help you this summer. Do not forget to save the rain again.!"

People realized the need t save rain water and thanked the king and Rangan. From then on they started to save the rain water and lived without water scarcity.

Moral: Little drops make the mighty ocean. Saving rain water helps to avoid water scarcity.

Dimbu the Turtle

Dimbu the Turtle

Once there was a girl named Anju lived in a house near the river. Her father had a beautiful garden where he grew variety of fruits.  His garden had  tasty strawberries. A turtle named Dimbu lived on the rock in other side of the river. He used to see the colorful garden. He was afraid of going there fearing Anju and her father. But the colorful strawberries attracted him. So, he swam across the river and reached the garden.  When he was about to bite a strawberry from the plant, Anju came out of the house. She saw Dimbu and asked, " Little turtle, are not you ashamed of stealing from our garden? It is a great mistake to steal from someone". Dimbu felt guilty and apologized to her. "I am sorry dear girl, these colorful strawberries attracted me,  forgive me for trying to pick them without asking you!". Anju told, " apologies accepted little turtle, I will give you some strawberries to eat!". My name is Anju, What's your name? She asked. "I am Dimbu!", the turtle replied. "Ok Dimbu, here are some strawberries for you to eat now!. Dimbu ate them and they tasted delicious. Anju told, "Dimbu, I will give you some seeds, you can grow strawberries on your own! You plant them, water them and they will yield you wonderful strawberries for you!" . She got the strawberry seeds and gave to the turtle. Dimbu thanked her and swam back to its rock holding the seeds with him. He followed what Anju said and he planted his own strawberry garden and enjoyed eating delicious strawberries.

Moral: Giving a fish to man feeds him a day but teaching him to fish feeds him forever.

Neela the naughty little princess

Neela the naughty little princess

Once in a small kingdom name Mayil, there lived a little naughty princess Neela. She is fond of making pranks and laughing at others. The King loved decorative water fountains and there were lot of beautiful water fountains constructed in the palace and palace garden. Neela used to play splashing water from the fountain. Neela's mother, the queen advised her not to play in the fountain.

One day she was splashing water from the fountain in the hall. Her mother noticed her and said,
"Neela! How many times I have to tell you? Stop doing that!""Why mom? I love splashing water from the fountain, it's so exciting!" Neela replied."If you want to splash, go and play in the water fountains at the palace garden. Not in the hall, the water spills may not be visible on the marble flooring. Some one can trip on it and get injured!""I understand mom! I will play in the garden!The queen said, "Now, go get a washcloth and wipe the spilled water from here! Then you can go play in the garden!" and she walked towards the king's room.

Neela did not clean up the water spill. She sat in the sofa silently to watch if someone will walk on the water spill.There was an elderly woman who worked as a maid in the palace. Accidentally she tripped on the spilled water and fell down on the floor. Hearing the noise, the queen came out, and asked the maid, "What happened?"" I slipped and fell down on the wet floor. I am afraid I need some help to get up, my legs are paining", the maid replied. The queen called the palace doctor. He checked the elderly maid and told the queen that the maid has a severe sprain in her leg due to the fall. The queen became angry at Neela and warned her again not to splash water from the fountain. Neela did not seem to regret her mistake.

Days passed, the kingdom was celebrating the "Dancing Fountain Day". On that day, people will assemble before the palace garden.  The water fountain will be dancing to the music with lights. Everyone in the palace will also go to see the fountain dance. Neela was playing in the water fountain in the hall. The queen yelled, " Stop it Neela, we are leaving for the fountain dance, if you want to come, be ready soon!".Neela rushed to her room, kept her little crown on her head and came back to the hall."Aaaah!" This time, she tripped on the water she herself splashed from the fountain earlier.She could not get up on her own. She felt it painful. She shouted, " Mom!Mom!"
No one was there to answer. The queen left with the king to sit on the balcony to watch the fountain dance.

The same elderly maid heard Neela's voice, she came to find Neela struggling to get up from the floor. She helped Neela to get up and made her sit in the sofa and went to summon the queen and the palace doctor. Neela realized the pain that the maid might have suffered when she fell down. Now, she repented for her mistake.When the maid came back, she asked "Sorry! It was me who splashed water that day. I won't play inside and spill water like this. Please forgive me!" The maid smiled and replied, " It is okay princess, we know that the children are naughty. Whatever we elders say are for your safety and well-being, so listen to us when we tell you!"The naughty princess Neela listened to her mom always and played in the garden fountain happily.

The Proud Peacock

The Proud Peacock

In a deep forest, there lived a peacock with beautiful feathers. The peacock is proud of its colorful feathers. The peacock himself admires his own beauty. He will boast that he is the most beautiful bird among all other birds in this world.

One day, a cuckoo bird came that way. The peacock saw the cuckoo bird. The cuckoo bird had black color feathers.
The peacock said to the cuckoo bird, “Your feathers are black! You look ugly!”
Hearing these hurting words from the peacock, the cuckoo bird was not angry. 

Instead, the cuckoo bird started singing in his sweet voice. The peacock was amazed by the beautiful song of the cuckoo bird. The peacock also started singing and his voice was ugly. Even the peacock was not able to enjoy the song in his own voice.

The cuckoo bird said to the peacock, “Oh dear peacock, you got colorful feathers, but you cannot sing well. I have black feathers, but I can sing well. We each have our talent as our own gift, and we should appreciate it. We should not take pride and insult others!”

The peacock agreed and it stopped boasting about its beauty.

Moral: Do not compare yourself with others, appreciate your own talent

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