Once upon a time there was a small Iceland in the nether land. One day some sailors set out to sea in their sailing ship. One of them brought his pet monkey along for the long journey. When they were far out at sea, a terrible storm overturned their ship. Everyone fell into the sea, and the monkey was sure that he would drown.

Suddenly a dolphin appeared and picked him up. They soon reached the island and the monkey came down from the dolphin’s back. The dolphin asked the monkey, “Do you know this place?”

The monkey replied, “Yes, I do. In fact, the king of the island is my best friend. Do you know that I am actually a prince?” Knowing that no one lived on the island, the dolphin said, “Well, well, so you are a prince! Now you can be a king!” The monkey asked, “How can I be a king?” As the dolphin started swimming away, he answered, “That is easy. As you are the only creature on this island, you will naturally be the king!”

Moral: Those who lie and boast may end up in trouble.

Once there lived a wolf in the dense forest. One fine morning it was thirsty. The wolf went to a stream to quench his thirst. While he was drinking water, he saw a cute lamb that was also drinking water over there. When he saw the lamb his mouth began to water. He turned to the lamb and said, "How dare you make the water muddy? Can't you see that I am drinking water from the same stream?"

The lamb got so much frightened that it could not speak for a while. Then it replied, "Sir, I beg your pardon. The water is running down from you to me. How can I make it muddy?"

The wolf said, "But you bleated me and called me with my names last year" The lamb replied, "Oh Majesty, I was not even born then. How could I abuse you last year?"

The wolf, who was determined to eat the poor lamb, said to it, "Then it must have been your father or mother or brother. You must suffer for your race." Saying so, the wolf caught him, tore him to pieces and ate him up.

Moral: Any excuse is good enough to serve an evil-doer.

There lived a tailor in a small village. There was an elephant near by the jungle. While going to river to take a bath regularly he passed the tailor's shop. Tailor always gave him something to eat. They were became friends.

As usual one day he put his trunk inside the shop. The tailor was not in a good mood as he had a quarrel with a customer. So he didn't gave anything to the elephant.

The tailor instead of giving him something to eat pricked a needle into his trunk. The elephant silently went away.

The elephant reached the river and took his bath. After that he filled muddy water in his trunk. On his way back he stopped at the tailor's shop and threw all the muddy water on the clothes in the shop. All the clothes were destroyed. Tailor had to bear heavy loss.

Moral: As you sow, so shall you reap?

Once upon a time there lived a merchant in a small village. He was a salt merchant. He had a donkey to carry the salt load to the market. He sell his salt in the market. He had to cross a stream in the usual way to the market.

Once his donkey fell into the stream and much of the salt was dissolved in water. The donkey easily crossed the stream due to the light weight of salt on his back. The donkey was so happy happy.

The donkey on his next trip knowingly fell into the stream. The merchant suspected the animal's intention. His master was now sure about the animal's evil intention.

The merchant next day loaded the donkey with a lot of cotton. The donkey once again repeated the same trick. He fell into the stream. This time his load became very heavy.

The donkey carried the heavy load. It was very tiring for him to move on. The donkey now realized his mistake. He stopped falling down into the stream any more. He thought that it was not good to play tricks. The merchant had taught the donkey a good lesson.

Moral: You can be fool a person a few times but not always.

The moral of the story of the donkey and the dog is “Don’t try to be what you are not”. Once a man had a little dog. He was very fond of it. He would often take it into his lap and pat his back. 

The man had a donkey. It wanted to be a pet of his master. One day the man was sitting on his chair. He had the dog on his knees. He was giving it bits of food to eat. The donkey said to himself, ‘If I do as the dog, then my master will make a pet of me. The dog wags its tail and barks. It also jumps on his knees. Let me wag my tail and bray. I’ll then jump on his knees.'

Thus thinking, the donkey began to bray. It also wagged its tail. It then tried to jump on his master’s knees.

The master got afraid. He cried aloud. His servant came out of the house. He began to beat the donkey with a stick. The donkey ran away into the field.

Moral: Don’t try to be what you are not.

Once upon a time there lived a cat in a small village. One day it drank some milk from a house. So the house owner beat her mercilessly. So that day inwards she didn’t enter in that village. One day she was very hungry. She kept searching for something good to eat. She has to take some food because her stomach is making noises.

She enters the village carefully.  Suddenly the cat saw a rooster passing by the road. The rooster was eating some grains. The cat thought, “Ah! That is a good rooster. I wish I could eat his flesh. She thought how can I eat him and feed my stomach?  After thinking for some time, the cat got an idea. He went to the rooster and accused him, “You are an irritation bird to the mankind. You start boast in the night time. You don’t let them sleep.”

The rooster was a little surprised. He defended himself by saying, “I boast only to help peoples. I do it for the benefit of mankind. I boast so that they might rise in time for their work. What is your problem?” But the Cat was very hungry. So she replied in anger, “You have given me enough apologies. But I will kill you and eat your flesh.”

The Rooster started to fly but the cat pounced on the rooster and eats his flesh.

Moral: Unnecessary talk with the enemy does not help.

Once upon a time there was a hunter lived in a village. Who was hunting in a forest. He saw a deer in little distance. He killed the deer. He carried it with his shoulder and going towards his home. After sometime, he saw a wild boar coming towards him. He shot an arrow at the boar. The arrow pierced the boar's neck and protruded at its back. The boar got angry killed the hunter with his pointed tusks and died. Soon the hunter and the boar both were lying dead at the same spot.

At the same time, a jackal passing through that that place. He saw a man, deer and boar dies. I could eat all of them withing few days, thought the jackal to himself.  He decided to eat some now and keep some for tomorrow. 

The jackal decided first to lick the arrow and eat that little flesh stuck on the boar. But, as soon as he licks the arrow it stuck inside his mouth. He tried but he didn't get rid of it. At last the jackal died on the spot.