Category: Children’s

Once there lived a poor Brahmin named Swabhavakripna, in a small village. He lived alone as he had no friends or relatives. He used to beg for alms in the village for his living. He was also a miser and he always kept whatever little food he received as alms in a pot. He put the pot beside his bed. He kept a watch on the pot and he ate only when he was very hungry and cannot bear his hunger. He lived his life in this way.

One day, he received a large quantity of rice gruel in alms. As he reached home he filled the pot with rice gruel first and then ate the remaining. He was very happy to have his pot full of rice. He kept a watch continuously on the pot while he was lay awake in his bed.

After a long time, he fell asleep. As he slept he started dreaming about his pot full of rice gruel. He dreamt that there was a badly famine in the village and he sold out his pot full of rice gruel for hundred silver coins. As he got such high money he bought a pair of goats and within few months his goat gave birth to kids. And then he sold all his goats for some buffaloes and cows.

Soon, the buffaloes and cows gave birth to kids and they also gave a lot of milk. He used to do business of milk and milk products like butter and curd. In this way he a very rich and popular person. Everyone know him and want to meet him.

He kept dreaming that then he bought some horses and a big house which have four buildings. He became so popular that other Brahmins who were very wealthy, was so impressed with him that they want to marry their daughter with him. Within few months he got married with a beautiful girl in a grand ceremony.

After some time his wife gave birth to a son. He named his son as Soma Sharma. His son was very naughty. He did not listen to them and would play and make noise all time.

One day the Brahmin scolded him and asked to stop but he would not listen. When he said to her wife for this, she could not hear him as she was busy in her household activities. Swabhavakripna became very angry and he kicked his wife. As the Brahmin was in dream, he kicked in air and suddenly his leg hit his pot. The pot broke immediately and all the rice gruel spilled down. This all woke him up.

Then he realised that he had been dreaming. He also realized that all the rice gruel he had collected and was happily dreaming about was lost now. He became very disappointed.

 

 The wise indeed say:

One should not build castles in the air

Once there lived four young Brahmins in a certain town. There were very good friends and always worked together. Although all four were young but one of them was a complete ignorant in matters of knowledge and learning but he had a good common sense. All the other three were very learned and educated persons in matters of Holy Scriptures, but they lacked common sense as the first one had.

One day when they all were assembled, they decided, “Dears, the knowledge that we have about the holy scriptures worth nothing, until we cannot impress the king or otherwise to earn money. We have to prove our knowledge.” Thus they decided to earn money by using their learning in Holy Scriptures. As the fourth one was not learned so the other three decided to leave him behind. The three agreed to this point and one of them said, “What good is common sense. What one does with his common sense? His talents would not help us in earning money, let us leave him behind and we all three move ahead.”

The fourth one was very disappointed at this decision and even after much insistent by him, they all decided to take him with us. They agreed, “It will not be right to behave like such a manner to a dear friend. So we have to take him with us. Even if he will not able to earn money we should share a part of our earning with him.” they all agreed and as decided they all started travelling.

While they were travelling through the jungle, one of them noticed the bones of a dead lion, lying on their way. As he saw, he immediately said to the others, “Let us start using our learning. It is the time to test our learning. We have dead lion in front of us, we test our learning to bring life into it.”

While all the three Brahmins agreed but the fourth Brahmin did not agree with them. He tried hard to left this idea but no one even listened him and they all started holy rituals to breathe life into the lion. One of the Brahmins started collecting the bones of the lion and by using his learning created a skeleton of the lion.

Then the other Brahmin came forward and started using his learning and within few moments the lion was covered with flesh and skin. Now the lifeless lion stood in front of them and then the third Brahmin came ahead and initiated rituals to put life into the lion.

At this the fourth Brahmin worried and said them, “O My Friends, what are you doing all this. If the lion comes to life then he will kill all of us. Please stop doing all this and immediately leave this place.”

The other Brahmins laughed at him, “Dear, after reaching so close to our aim, are we going to waste our knowledge? You say so, because you have not such knowledge and jealous of our learning. But we would not stop now.”

The fourth Brahmin understood that there was no point in arguing with them. So he decided to climb up the tree. He requested them, “Dears, Please give me a moment. I wish to climb up a tree before you make use of our learnings.”

As they agreed with him, the fourth Brahmin immediately climbed up the tree and saw the third Brahmin use his learning to put life into the lion. Within few moments the lion became live and he noticed that the three Brahmins were celebrating their successful functioning of their learning.

The lion immediately attacked on them and killed them at the spot. The fourth Brahmin saw all from above the tree but he could do nothing but wait kill the lion had gone. As the lion went away he climbed down the tree and returned home alone.

 
The wise indeed say:

Common sense is preferable to knowledge.

Once there lived a washerman. He had a donkey named Uddhata. Throughout the day, the donkey would help the washerman and carried the clothes but during the night, he was set free by the washerman to eat the green grass in a nearby farm. The donkey grazed in the nearby field for few days but after sometime he reached into the nearby farm where a number of vegetables grew. The donkey ate the vegetables of his choice there and then he returned to the washerman’s house.

One night when the donkey was grazing in the nearby farm, he met a jackal there. First he got feared with the jackal but after sometime they became good friends and then they started meeting every night.

As the donkey was very fat, he was able to break the boundary marker of the farms and then the jackal easily entered the farm. While the donkey ate on the vegetables the jackal ate the poultry on the farm. But before the sunrise, they both return to their homes to meet again next night. This all continued for many days and days passed away in this way.

One night when they both were at the farm, the donkey said to the jackal, “Dear, I want to sing tonight, as the moon is full and beautiful tonight. What do you want to listen.” The jackal got feared and suggests him, “Uncle, we are here to steal and he should keep quiet as possible. And your voice is not pleasant as you think and not so smooth, can be heard from a long distance. It will wake up the farmers who are sleeping at some distance and we will caught by them. Please don’t do this.

The jackal continued, “Please uncle, eat as much you like but forget about singing. It may get us into trouble. When the donkey heard this he became very angry and he said, “My Dear, I know you are a wild animal so you don’t know about the music. Thus you don’t appreciate the music. I want to sing a melodious so. Wait till you hear it then you understand who melodiously I would sing.”

When the jackal understood that the donkey was firmed to sing, he did not want to take any risk. He said, “Dear, if you really want to sing, then please wait till I go outside the boundary to keep a watch on the farmers.” Then the jackal immediately went away outside the boundary and hid himself. On the other hand the donkey started singing at the top of his voice.

As he started, the farmers heard the donkey braying, they could see easily in the full moon light that the donkey was in their farm. This all made the farmers very angry and they chased the donkey with sticks. As they approached near to the donkey, they beat him so hard that the donkey got hurt very much and he fell on the ground. Then they tied a wooden mortar around his neck and let him go.

 

When the donkey returned through the broken boundary, the jackal saw him and he began to laugh at him. He said, “Uncle, that was such a musical Raaga! I enjoyed it very much and I saw the farmers were also enjoyed your song and thus they rewarded you with this necklace.”

The wise indeed say:

There is always a proper place and time for doing anything.

Once there lived two fishes named, Sahasrabuddhi and Satabuddhi in a big pond. They both had their common friend, a frog named Ekabuddhi. They were close friends and loved each other company very much. They spent their time together on the bank of the pond. They shared many stories most of the time.

One day when they were at the bank of the pond and played together, they saw a few fishermen approaching there. They had nets and big baskets with them, which had a number of fishes that had caught few moments ago.

While they approached the ponds, they noticed that the pond was full of big fishes. They became very happy on seeing this and one of them said to the others, “Dears, we will come here tomorrow, as we have a number of fishes at this time and it’s all the evening time. This pond is not very deep and is full of fishes. We have never caught fishes from this pond, so we catch fishes from here tomorrow.”They all agreed to came the pond the next morning, and then they went away to their home.

On hearing so the frog depressed very much and said, “O My Friends, these fishermen surely come to the very morning, so we have to decide what to do now, whether to run away or hide.” But the fishes did not care much about all this and one of them said, “O dear Frog, It is just a talk of few fishermen. Don’t worry about this, they will not return. And even if they come here, I know a number of tricky water movements, by which I save myself and my family easily. So you don’t worry at all.”

The second fish agreed with the first one and said, “Dear, I am as capable in tricky water movements as you. I will be able to save myself and my family too. I support you for not leave our ancestor’s homes for just some talks of few passing fishermen. We have to face them with all might.”

As the frog heard this, he did not agree with them and said, “My Dear Friends, I am not agree with you and I know just one thing that I can forecast danger. You may stay here, but I cannot see my family in any danger, so I will leave this pond with my family to some other pond before morning.”

As the frog finished his point, he went away with his family but the fishes did not care all about. The very morning, the fishermen came there and cast their nets all over the pond. As their nets were very big, they caught many fishes, frogs, crabs and tortoises in the very first attempt.

Sahasrabuddhi and Satabuddhi tried many tricks to run away but none of their tricks worked. At last they both were caught and when the fishermen dragged their nets on the bank of the pond they were already dead.

 

As they both were largest fishes among all the fishes the fishermen caught, they were very happy and carried Sahasrabuddhi and Satabuddhi separately when they returned to their homewards.

On the other hand the frog, Ekabuddhi, had already found another well for shelter. But he was worried about their friends so he reached the surfaces of the pond. When he reached he saw the fishermen returning with his friends with their nets full of water creatures. He became very sad.

He told his wife, “They both were very talented but they lacked the only talent that was most important at this time and at last were caught. And I may have only one talent, but I got success to protect my family from them.”

The wise indeed say:

At the first hint of danger, act quickly to save yourself.

Once there lived a Brahmin named Dev Sharma in a certain town with his wife. After few days his wife gave birth to a son and they were very happy.

On the same day when his wife gave birth to a son, a female mongoose also gave birth to a baby mongoose near to their house. But after giving birth to a baby the female mongoose died. When Brahmin’s wife observed him she took pity on him and she took out to her home and then started looking after him as his own son. They all lived happily.

Brahmini did not make any difference between them, she bathed them together and put oil on them together, even she served her own milk to both of them. She loved both of them and they mongoose and her son also love each other and always spent together.

Though she was not a fool and she knowing better that the mongoose was an animal in reality so she also kept watch on him. One day she thought, “He is a mongoose in real sense and will soon develop the animal nature that he has inherited from their ancestors. He may harm my son someday, so I should keep a watch on him.”

 After some day, she had to go to take some water from the well. So she put her son on the bed, and when she going outside with the utensil, she said to her husband to look after them. She said, “Dear, I am going outside to take some water from the well. Please look after our son and keep watch on the mongoose so he did not harm him by mistake.”

The Brahmin was a careless person. He got prepared and went outside to beg for alms without informing his wife. The mongoose and their son were alone at home.

 A number of snakes present in that area and they often entered the nearby houses. At the very moment when they both alone at home, a poisonous snake entered the house and he started approaching the Brahmin’s son.

When the mongoose saw him, he immediately attacked on him to protect the child, as the mongooses are natural enemies to the snake. As the mongoose was very small and the snake was strong, but he loved his brother very much, so he did not think even for a moment and fought with him with all might. He broke out the snake into two pieces and killed him eventually. His mouth and claws were filled with snake’s blood.

The little mongoose was very happy by protecting his brother from the snake and he waited outside the house for the Brahmini. He was very excited to tell her mother how brave he was.

When the Brahmini knew about her husband carelessness, she was very tensed and returning home in hurry. When she approached near the house she saw the little mongoose coming near towards her. She noticed that the mongoose’s mouth filled with blood and she without thinking for a while, reached to the conclusion that the little mongoose must attacked on her son.

 Angered and frustrated, she immediately threw the heavy pitcher – full of water, that she was carrying on the little mongoose. The little mongoose was severely wounded. Then she immediately ran inside, and she amazed to see her son on the bed. He was sleeping at that time. She then observed the snake near the bed that had been torn into pieces.

 She immediately understood the whole matter that what had happened. She was very disappointed with the thought of having hurt the little mongoose that was like a son to her. She did not understand whom she blame for it. When her husband returned home, she explained all the matter to him and they both were felt very regret for the suffering of their second son.
 
 
The wise indeed say:

Think hard and do not do anything in haste.

Once there lived a great bird named Bharunda, on the bank of a lake. He was a great and strange bird because he had two necks with two heads but shared the common body. He was wandered about the lake and lived his life. 
One day when he was wandering, he found a delicious looking red golden fruits. As he approached near the fruits one of the heads said, “Oh, what a delicious fruit it looks like. It’s such an amazing fruit and I am sure this fruit is sent from heaven only for me.” As he finished it started eating the fruit with extreme pleasure. While eating it, he kept on praising the fruit how it was the most delicious fruit he had ever eaten.
On hearing and seeing all this, the other head said, “Oh my dear, as this fruit is so delicious, please allow me to taste this fruit, so that I will also taste it. This fruit must be delicious that you are praising it with all your heart.”
 But the other head did not want to share it with him so he laughed at him at said, “O Dear, as we share the same stomach, then whoever amongst us eats the fruit, it ultimately goes to the same stomach. It makes no difference on who eats the fruit. And as I the one who found this fruit so I have the right to taste it myself.”
This attitude and selfishness of the first head made the other head very disappointed and he went silent on hearing such reply.
After few days while they were wandering the second head found some fruits. But the fruits were belonged to the poisonous tree. He immediately plucked the fruits and said to the other head, “You are a dishonest person. The day when you insulted me and not shared the delicious food, I got very angry. Now I am going to eat this fruit alone and take revenge of my insult.”
The first head pleaded the second one, “Dear, please don’t eat this fruit, as this fruit is a poisonous one. We share the same stomach and if you eat this fruit, we will both suffer for this. Please I request you not to eat this poisonous fruit.” But the other head did not believe the first one and he mocked him and said, “Idiot, shut your mouth! I know you are lying because I am the one who found this fruit first. Now I am going to eat it.”
The first head understood that what would happen, he began to cry. But the second head did not pay attention towards him and ate the poisonous fruit. As he ate the fruit, within few moments when the fruit reach the stomach, the bird severely suffered.

The wise indeed say:

 Union is strength.

Once there was a cart maker named Ujjwalaka. He was very poor because of lack of persons who ordered for such carts. He fed up with his poor condition and days by days his condition detoritated. He was not have enough many to serve his family.
One day when he was alone, he began to thought, “I fade away totally in this poverty. While all others persons have other work to do which provide them enough payment to survive, I don’t have a proper work to do. I don’t have even a good home, or proper clothes or proper food, the basics things of life. So there is no point in staying here anymore, I should go somewhere else to seek success in life.”
As decided the cart maker told his plan to his family and then they left away the town. While they were passing through the jungle they saw a female camel that was in pain. As they approached near to her, he noticed that the female camel was left behind by a caravan due to her labour pains. As he was in pain she could not walk properly. He immediately gave her water and some food to eat. After sometime the female camel recovered and she also gave birth to a baby camel.
After few days, when he found a new home to live, he took the female camel and her baby to his home. He provided them support to live their life with them. And in this way this home became the new home for the camels. The camels were very happy. In due course, the baby camel grew taller and then the cart maker tied a bell in his neck.
The cart maker started selling the milk of the female camel, due to which he able to earn enough money to support his family and live a proper life. After some time he realized that his business was running well and there was much profit in this business. So he needed not to seek another job for his livelihood. And days passed away in this way.
One day the cart maker said to his wife, “Dear, I can support the family by selling the milk of one camel. This job is too easy and profitable also. I decided to borrow some money to a wealthy merchant to buy another camel. For this I have to went away for few days out of home, please take proper care of the camels during that time.”
His wife agreed with him, and within few days he started his journey. After few days as decided he purchased another camel and returned home with the new young camel. He was a lucky person and within few years he has many camels and his business run very well. He even employed a servant to look after the camels and to provide proper assistance to them. He was very happy with his work so he awarded his servant with one baby camel at the end of every year.
In this way within few years the cart maker became a rich person and led a happy life with his family. He took the proper care of the camels and their young ones also, but his favourite camel was the baby camel that he bore the bell around his neck. He loved that baby camel very much and the sound produced by the bell made the cart maker very happy.
Every day, the camels would graze in the nearby jungle and ate the grass there. They drink water from the big lake nearby there and also played there for many hours. And they all returned before sun set.
The young camel that had a bell around his neck always left behind the others. Doe to this the other camels also advised him to keep up with them and if he not to do so he might wander away and lost his way. Despite many advices and warning the young camel did not pay any attention towards them and remained arrogant. He wandered about on his own way as he was their master’s favourite, he had proud on himself very much.
One day while the camels were grazing in the jungle a lion approached there. He was attracted by the sound made by the bell from distance and then he approached there. He carefully observed the group of camels to found out the reason of this sound. As he waited for that moment, he noticed the young camel with a bell around his neck trailing behind and wandered away from the group.
Immediately the lion followed him and approached him. Before the camel could raise a voice to alert the other camels, to protect him the lion jumped on him and killed him at once.

The wise indeed say:

A foolish person who refuses to follow a good advice surely comes to grief.
 

Once there lived a potter named Yudhisthira in a certain kingdom. He was very poor and earned his livelihood by selling pots made by him.

One night when he was returned after drinking more than he could bear, he slipped and then fell over some of the pots. When he got up in the morning he saw blood was oozing out from his forehead and he had pain also. There was a deep cut due to a broken piece of pot. But as he was poor, he did not have money to go to a doctor for medicine. Thus his wound would not heal for a long time. Days passed away and after many days the wound finally healed by itself, but it left a bid mark on his forehead.

After some time there was a famine in the country and most of the people left the place. So he decided to leave the place and travel to a distant place. As he left he joined a group of people on his way who served to the royal household. In this way he also started serving to the royal household along with them.

After some days, the king noticed the big mark on his forehead and he began to thought, “This man must be a great fighter and this mark is a proof that he has received such wound in some battle. He is a brave person.”

Thus the king promoted him as a warrior besides this he was honoured with a top place amongst the best warriors of the kingdom. But the other household workers knew that he was not a warrior but a potter, so they became very jealous from the potter as the king favoured him although he did not deserve it truly.

After few days a battle was approaching so the king called upon all his warriors. He wanted to meet all of his warriors personally to give them some precious items as an encouragement. The king addressed the warriors with encouraging words and then gifts them. He personally inspected the equipments and all weapons and even horses and elephants also.

At the same moment the potter who was no real warrior, feared for going into the battle. He was very scared from all this and the preparations for the battle increased his tension. But he was decided to prove himself as a warrior in the battle ground.

During the inspection, as the king noticed the potter he took him aside and said, “O great warrior, during which battle you get this scar? I know you a great warrior.”

Then the potter thought for a while and decided to tell him the truth. He replied, “O king, this mark was not caused during any battle. As I am a potter by profession my home was full of pots. One night when I approached home after drinking too much I slipped over them that caused the wound on my fore head. And due to improper attention the wound left a big mark there.”

When the king heard the truth he felt very ashamed for his earlier decision. He immediately asked his soldiers, “O warriors, he is a potter by profession and he deceived me by pretending to be a warrior. He should be punish for this. Drive him away from the army now.”

The potter immediately fell on his knees and pleaded to the king, "O King, please forgive me and don’t do this with me. Please have mercy on me and I promise you I prove my bravery in the battlefield. Please give me a chance to prove my strength.”

Then the king replied, “O Potter, you may have brilliant qualities, and you may be brave. But you do know how to fight at the battle field. When the other warriors will come to know that you are only a potter, they will laugh at you. You may get yourself killed on the battlefield. So it’s better for you if you leave, and return to your home.”

The potter understood the king’s advice, and immediately left the place.

 

The wise indeed say:

Continue being what you are, else you pay for it.

Once there was a Black-berry (Jamun) tree on the bank of a river. This Jamun tree full of sweet Jamun fruits all over the year. A monkey named Raktamukha was lived there on the tree as his home. He lived there happily by eating sweet Jamun fruits and passed his days by playing and jumping on the tree.
One day while the monkey playing, a crocodile named Karalamukha approached near the tree from the river to take some rest under the Jamun tree. As Raktamukha saw the crocodile from the tree he reached near to him and said, “O dear crocodile, you came under this tree to take some rest. As this tree is my home thus you are my guest now. Please take rest here and accept some fruits to eat.”
The crocodile became happy by monkey’s words. He agreed with him. Immediately Raktamukha plucked some fruits from the tree and threw them into the crocodile’s mouth. Karalamukha loved the sweet Jamun fruits very much and then he became friendly with the monkey. In the evening the crocodile left the tree after thanking monkey for his love and generosity towards him.
In this way the crocodile started coming to the Jamun tree every day, and within few days they both became good friends. Everyday monkey gave some fruits to crocodile to eat and they talked about for a long time and enjoyed each other company. They became good friends.
One day Karalamukha said to the monkey that he wanted to take some of the fruits for her wife to let her enjoy the sweetness of these Jamun fruits. Monkey agreed with him and he happily plucked some more fruits for the crocodile and her wife. Karalamukha collected those fruits and reached home. As he approached home he offered them to his wife to eat those fruits and then he narrated the whole story to her of his friendship with the monkey, who lives on the Jamun tree. The crocodile’s wife enjoyed the fruits very much on eating them.
She said to her husband, “O my dear husband, these Jamun fruits are as sweet as nectar. Think if the monkey eats these fruits every day, then he would be even tastier than these fruits. I want the monkey’s heart to eat, please bring it for me.
As crocodile heard this he surprised and said to her, “O Dear, what are you telling? It’s impossible, I cannot kill or deceive my friend for his heart. Even I cannot think about such a thing.” But his wife was not agreed with him and pleaded for the monkey’s heart. Even after her continuous efforts she could not convince the crocodile for doing so. Thus she stopped eating food and insisted that if he did not bring the money’s heart for her, she would die.
Crocodile became very disappointed. Although he did not want to do so, he was left with no other choices. So he made a plan to deceive his friend and to catch him. Then, he went to the monkey. As he approached him he said, “O my friend, my wife love the Jamun fruits very much. I told my wife about our friendship and as I told her about our friendship she became angry with me for not introducing you with her. Now she is very excited to meet you and she has invited you to our home for dinner. You are my friend, so please accept our invitation.”
The monkey agreed with him at once but the problem was that how could he go to the crocodile’s home? He could not swim. So they decided that he sat on the crocodile’s back and then he carried him to his home.
As decided the monkey sat on the crocodile’s back and then they entered into the river. Crocodile carried him to deeper into the water so that he killed him as he planned. At the very moment the monkey got much feared with so much water all around him. So he said to his friend to move slowly. Crocodile understood that he had to succeed in his plan and now the monkey was totally under his control and it’s impossible for him to escape from him. He thought for a while and decided to reveal his plan to the monkey. He said, “O my friend, the truth is that I want to kill you here for my wife as he wishes to eat your heart. She thinks that your heart’s taste should be even better than the Jamun fruits as you eat all the time.”
On hearing this the monkey thought for a while but he did not show any fear to the crocodile. Instead it he knowingly said to him, “O friend, that’s the matter. Why did not you tell me that before? It would be lucky for me if I could serve myself to your wife. You are my best friend, you have to tell me earlier. But I would not have my heart with me as I keep my heart in burrow of the Jamun tree. So we have to go back to bring my heart. Let us go back.”
The foolish crocodile did not understand anything and he believed him. He turned back and then they reached the Jamun tree. As they reached the monkey jumped down the crocodile’s back and immediately climbed up the tree and sat on the top branch. Thus he finally saved himself from the evil plans of the crocodile.
At the same moment the crocodile waited for the monkey and wanted to know the cause for this delay as his wife waited for him. He asked the monkey for the delay. The monkey answered him, “O my foolish friend, how can one take out his own heart and keep it in the burrow of tree. You are so stupid. You deceived me to kill me for his wife and in return I cheat you to save myself. This is a lesson for you for being so unfaithful with a friend. Now just go away and never return back.”
 The crocodile understood that he had been tricked by the monkey, and he felt very guilty for his actions. He went away to never back again.

The wise indeed say:

Use intelligence to win in difficult situations.
 

Once there lived a huge jackal named Mahachaturaka in a jungle. He wondered into the jungle to get his food and in this way he lived his life.

One day as he wandered in the jungle in search of prey, he saw a dead elephant. As he saw him he became very happy because this dead elephant will provide food to him for many days. As he reached near to him and tried to tear the elephant, he was unable to tear the thick skin of the elephant. His all happiness soon turned into sadness. He tried a lot to tear him but all his efforts went into vain, and he frustrated very much.

Within few moments while he was trying his luck to tear the elephant, a lion approached there. When the jackal saw him he bowed immediately and said to the lion, “O my highness, I found this dead elephant here and then I keeping watching over it so that you can eat it. Please accept my offer and eat this as you want.”

As the lion heard this he refused to the jackal and said, “Dear, I eat only that prey when I hunt it myself. That is my nature, thank you for the offer, but I cannot eat it. Please you can have it for yourself.”

By saying so the lion went away from there. But the problem of the jackal remained same, he wondered how he can tear this elephant’s thick skin alone. It’s impossible for him to do so. At the same time when he was thinking a leopard approaching there. When he saw the leopard he thought, “I got rid of the lion by being humble, but now I have to be cunning in order to get rid from this leopard.

Thus the jackal immediately climbed on the top of the elephant and raised his shoulders humbly and said to him, “O uncle, you have come here to eat this elephant but it’s not possible because this elephant was hunted by the lion. He asked me to guard it till he returned and called him if anybody approached it.”

 As the leopard heard this, he also noticed the lion’s foot print nearby and believed him. He began to shiver in fear. He said to him, “O my Nephew, please forgive me and don’t tell the lion that I come here. I must leave this place and look for food at other places.” By saying so the leopard ran away, after assuring the jackal not to tell the lion that he came here.

But the problem remained same as was. The jackal became very disappointed how he alone teared apart this elephant’s thick skin.

After some time a tiger approached there. When the jackal saw him he thought, “I fool the leopard by saying all rubbish, but the tiger is not a fool. In addition to it he has sharp teeth. If I convince him some way to tear the elephant’s thick skin, I can finally eat it.”

 

 

 

The jackal began to shout at the tiger, “O Tiger, It is a long time since I have seen you. Be my friend. You look very thin and hungry. Be my guest and eat this elephant while I keep a watch for the lion. The lion killed the elephant and ask me to look after it till he returned. I can eat it and don’t worry I will keep watch.”

 

As the tiger heard this he convinced by the jackal and he became very happy to found such food. He immediately jumped on the elephant and tore apart him by his sharp teeth. Just as he started eating the elephant, the jackal began to shouted, “Dear, here comes the lion, run away or hide himself. He about to reach.”

As tiger heard he feared and ran away as fast as he can.

Thus the jackal finally ready to eat the elephant. The tiger had provided him the opened elephant that he needed to eat it. Just as he was about to eat the elephant another jackal arrived there. He fought bravely with the other jackal and chased him away.

 

Thus he was finally able to eat the elephant.

The wise indeed say:

Bow before the mighty, throw something before the low and fight the equally powerful.