strong and week

There was a proud teak tree in the forest. He was tall and strong There was a small herb next to the tree. 

The teak tree said, ''I am very handsome and. No one can defeat me.''Hearing this the herb replied, ''Dear friend too much pride is harmful. Even the strong will fall one day.'' 

The teak igonored the herb's words. He continued to praise himself. 

A strong wind blew. The teak stood firmly. even when it rained, the teak stood strong by spreading its leaves. 

During these times the herb bowed low. The teak made fun of the herb 

The strom kept growing stromger. The teak could no lingerbear it He felot his giving way. 

he tried his best to stand upright, but in the end he fell down. that was the end of the froud tree. 

When everything was calm again, the herb stood straight. He looked around He saw that the teak had fallen. 

Moral:  pride goes before a fall.

Greedy boy

Sam and Tom sere identical twins. they were so identical that even theie mother found it difficult to distinguish one from the other, at least during their initial days on earth 

However they were very different from each other when it came to everything other than their apprarance. Sam had no friends, while Tom was a great friendship maker. Sam loved swets but Tom loved spicy food and detested sweets. Sam was mommy's pet and Tom was daddy's pet While sam was generous and selfless, Tom was grees and selfish!

As Sam and Tpm grew up, their father wanted to his fortune equally amongst them However, tom did not agree and he argued that whover proved to intelligent and strong would have to get a bigger share of the wealth.

Sam agreed. their father decided to organize a competition between the two he asked the two sons to walk as ling as they could and return home before sunset. The wealth woulde be divided in proportion to the distance covered. As a rule of the competition they were not permitted to cary a watch to keep track of the time

The following day , Sam and Tom set out to walk It was a rather sunny day Sam walked slowely and steadily, while  Tom broke into a sprit as he was bent on winning the race and also winnig a greater portion of his father's wealth. 

Sam new that it would be ideal to walk as far as possible till noon and start for home at noon as it would take the same amount of time to walk back hime. Knowing this Sam decided to turn back for hime at noon so as reach home on time. 

However, Tom with his greed to earn more wealth, did not attempt to return home even after mid noon he walked twic eas ling as Sam and thought he would still be able to return home before sunset. He hurried back when home before sunset he hirried back when he saw the turnj orange. Unfortunaterly he could not even make it half way home as the stared to set Slowly darkeness engulfed his path and he to drag his tired feet back hime.

He had lost tyhe race Only because of his grees greed leads to loss.

Unhelpful friends

Bunny rabbit lived in the forest. He had many  friends. He was proud of his friends. One day bunny rabbit heard the laud barking of wild dogs. He was very scared. He  decided to ask for help He quickly went to his friend deer. He said, dear friend, some wild dogs are chasing me. Can you chase them away with your sharp anters.

The deer said, that is right I can. but now I am busy. Why don't you ask bear for help/ 

Bunny rabbit ran to the bear. My dear friend, you are veery strong. Please help me Some eild dogs are after me. Please chase them aeay, he requested to the bear. 

The bear replied, "I am sorry. I am hungry and . I need to find some food. please ask the monkey for help.| 

Poor Bunny felt sad all his other friends. Bunny felt sad thar nobody was ready to help him. 

He undersood that he had to think of a way out by himself. He hid under a bush He lay very still. the wild dogs did not find the bunny. They went chasing other animals. 

Bunny rabbit learnt that he had to learn to surveve by himself, not depending on his unhelpful friends. 

Moral: It is better to rely on yourself than depend on others. 

Change yourself and not The world

Long ago, people lived happily under the rule of a king. The people of the kingdom were very happy as they led a very prosperous life with an abundance of wealth and no misfortunes. 

Once, the king decided to go visiting places of historical importance and polgrim centres at distant places. He decided to travel by foot to interact with his people. People of distant places wetre very happy to a conversation with thir king. they werte proud theat their king had a kind heart. 

After several weeks of travel, the king returned to the palace. He was quote happy that he had visited many pilgrim centres and witnessed his people leading a prosperous life. However, he had one regret. He had intolerable pain in his feet as it was his first trip by foot covering a long distance. He complained to his ministers that the roads weren't comfortable and that they wete very stony.

A merchant and his donkey

One beautiful spring morning, a merchant loaded his donkey with bags of salt to go to the market, in order to sell the salt. The merchant  and his donkey were walking along together. They had not walked far when they reached a river on the way. 

Unfortunately, the donkey slipped and fell into the river. As it scrambled up the bank of the river, it noticed that the bags of salt loaded on his back had become lighter. 

There was nothing the merchant could do except return home where he loaded his donkey with more bags of salt. As they reached the slippery riverbank again, the donkey fell into the river, this time deliberately. Thus the salt was wasted again. 

By now the merchant knew the donkeys trick. He wanted to teach the animal a lesson. As he returned home the second time woth the domkey, the merchant loaded bags of sponges on its back. 

The duo set out on their trip to the market a third time. On reaching the river, the domkey very cleverly fell into the water againBut now instead of the load becoming lighter, it became heavir. 

the merchant laughed at the donkey and said, You foolish donkey, your trick has been discovered.You should know that you cannot fool anyone too many times.