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  • The Thief and the Brahmins

    The Thief and the Brahmins

     

    Once there lived a Brahmin in certain town. He was a thief. It was believed that he became thief due to some reason. He had done some bad things in his previous life. After some days four Brahmins came into this town from a far- away place. They came here to sell some goods. Days after days they made his business very successful. They earned sufficient money. Days passed away the thief kept watch on them making money. Thief got jealous from them and wants to steal their money from them. So he made a plan.
    The thief approached the Brahmins as a good fellow. He won their confidence very soon by reciting the holy books by his expressing style. He done his job as effectively that the Brahmins did not understand his plan. The thief requested them to allow him to work with them. The Brahmins were agreed for this. Days passed away and the thief won their confidence. 
    One day the Brahmins sold all of their goods and earned a lot of money. They thought it would not be safe to take away all the money. It might be stolen during the journey. So they decided to purchase the jewels with all the money. They kept the jewels inside their thighs after making a cut in it. They hide all the money inside it and pasted their thigh with a special type of ointment to heal it. They did all this work at the time when the thief was with them. So he knew all about hiding the jewels. He thought, “I did not get a chance to steal the money till now. If they went away then how can I able to steal the jewels. So he decided to travel with them to get a chance to steal them on their way. I can give them poison on the way and steal the precious jewels.”
    After some time when they all started to leave towards their home, the thief started to pretend to weep. He said to them, “Friends, you are leaving now. Our leaving makes me very sad. We were together from many days and it shared a bond of love between you and me. After your departure I will be left alone here. How I will live without you all. Please take me along with you.” After listening this Brahmins get emotional and decided to take the thief with them. Then they all together started their journey.
    On their way, they were going through the jungle and after that they were crossing a village where a wild tribe lived. The chief of the tribe had a magical crow. Crow was his pet and he remains always with the chief. The crow has the power to foresee many things. As they all came near their place, the crow screamed loudly, these men have treasure with them! Kill them! Take away the treasure. Do fast!

     When the tribesmen heard this, they captured all the five friends. They start searching them and their belongings. They even removed their clothes. They searched all the things but found nothing. 
    The chief said to them, “You definitely have something precious with you. The crow has magical power. He has never been wrong prediction before. Gave us all your treasure or we kill you all. Tell us the truth where you hide all the treasure. You may be eaten up the treasure, we can open up your stomach to recover the treasure. I warning you tell us the truth.”
    The thief who also a Brahmin thought, “If they kill anyone of them and searched their bodies, they will get the jewels. They will not believe me, and kill me too to recover the treasure. Although they will not recover any jewels from my body, but I will die anyway.” He made a plan to get rid from all this and said to the chief, “My Highness, you think that we have hide the treasure in our bodies. But it will be your mistake to sacrifice all of us only to pay for the crow’s wrong prediction! I offer you myself. You can sacrifice me and open my body to recover the treasure if any.”
    The chief get agreed from the thief sacrificed himself. The tribesmen killed the thief and looked every part of his body, but they found nothing. The chief was confused and thought for a while that it may be the crow misunderstanding. He humbly said to the remaining four Brahmins, “O Brahmins, it was the mistake of the crow to misunderstood you. We made a mistake to kill one of your friend, for he did not hiding the treasure. I will not want to do further mistake by killing any of you without any reason. I release you all and allow you all to continue your journey.” 
    In this way the four Brahmins were saved with all their jewels and continued their journey.

    The wise indeed say:

    Better an intelligent enemy than a foolish friend.
     

  •  How a Sparrow came to Grief

     How a Sparrow came to Grief

     

    Once there lived a pair of sparrows on a huge banyan tree in a jungle. They made a beautiful nest by their hard work. Nest was so beautiful and comfortable that kept protected them in all different seasons. They lived happily there.

    One day during the winter season they were in their nest and enjoying the comforts of their nest, suddenly it started raining outside. After sometime there came a monkey on the same tree. He wants to take shelter of the tree as he feel much cold. He wet thoroughly in the rain and he got shivering due to cold. His teeth start chattering in the cold.

    When the sparrows were in there nest the female sparrow saw the monkey, she felt pity on the monkey and said to him, “Dear, you have hands and feet as human then why don’t you make a protected home yourself? Why don’t you used his hand to made a shelter for himself?”

    As the monkey was already suffering from the cold and the rain he was not in the mood to take any advice from anyone. He got angry after listening the female sparrow and shouted on her, “You stupid sparrow; Why are you advising me? Why can’t you make shut your mouth?”

         But the female sparrow continued her advice. She explained how they made their home and enjoy all the comforts of their home. They did not suffer from any problems either heat, or cold, or rain. This made the monkey very angry and aggressive. The monkey thought, “What a female sparrow! What she think about itself as she the master of all the sciences and philosophies. Why giving my advices without asking to give the same. She made me so angry that i might kill her now. I am already suffering from cold and rain i do not want to hear any advice anymore.” But the female sparrow did not stop herself and continued advising him. At one moment the monkey got as angry as he climbed up the tree and reached the nest of the sparrow. The monkey destroyed her nest completely and the sparrow could not do anything.

    The wise indeed say:
     

    Give your advice only to those who deserve it, else you will come to grief.

  • The Foolish Crane and the Mongoose

    The Foolish Crane and the Mongoose

     

    There lived a number of cranes on a big banyan tree near a beautiful lake. They all made their nest on the banyan tree and lived happily. But their happiness did not remain same always. Because after some time a black snake came to lived there. He lived in the hollow at the foot of the tree. He was very poisonous and whenever the young ones were hatched by the cranes he climbed up the tree and eat them. This made the cranes very sad.

    One day one of the crane, who lost her young ones sat beside the lake and start weeping. Suddenly a crab came there and heard the crane crying. He came near to the crane and asked the reason for her weeping. He asked her, “Why are you crying dear?” The crane kept weeping and said, “I am an unlucky mother, all of my children were killed up by the black snake. He lived in the hollow of the tree where I lived. What can I do except to weep? That’s why I am weeping here. I would have killed the snake if I could.”

    The crab starts thinking after listening all the matter. He made a plan to killed the black snake and the cranes too. The cranes are our natural enemy. So he decided to tell only the half plan to the crane to fulfil his plan. The crab said to the crane, “aunty I made a plan to get rid from the black snake. You have to collect some fishes and some flesh from the nearby tunnel, where a mongoose lives and drop them to the hollow of the snake. When mongoose will come to following the food carried by you and reached the snake’s hollow, he will definitely kill the snake after seeing his food.”

    The crane agreed to do as the crab told her. According to the plan the mongoose reached the snake’s hollow while following his food. The snake came out his home and a fight took place between them. The mongoose killed the snake. After sometime the mongoose came to know that there were many cranes lived on the top of the tree. So he climbed up the tree and reached the nests of the cranes. He killed all the cranes one by one made them his food. All the cranes were killed by the mongoose after he killed the black snake.

    The wise indeed say:

    The solution of the problem should not be worse than the problem itself. While trying to solve the problem, you should not complicate the problem further. First think about the solution.

  • The Foolish Monkey and the King

    The Foolish Monkey and the King

     

    Once there lived a king. He had a monkey. The king loved the monkey very much. Although the monkey was a fool, but he was treated as king favourite pet animal. Monkey moved here and there in the palace without any restriction. He also allowed moving freely in the king’s room also. He was treated royally and even moved that places which were not allowed even for other personal servants.

    Days passed away. One day when the king slept in his room the monkey kept watch on him so that no one can disturb the king. Suddenly a fly came in the king room and moving here and there in the room. Then fly sat on the chest of the king. The monkey shouted on the fly to go away but the fly would go only for a while and again sat on the king’s chest. This happen again and again, the monkey moved the fly and the fly sat again on the king’s chest. Monkey got very angry and excited, and wants to kill the fly. He starts chasing the fly with a sword. As the fly sat on the king’s chest, the monkey attacked on the fly with his full force. The fly flew away without any injury but the king got severely harm on his chest. King wounded very heavily and due to it he died after sometime.

     

    The wise indeed say:

    Beware of a foolish friend. He can cause you more harm than your enemy.

  • Learn to Appreciate

    Learn to Appreciate

          This is story about a man who known for his kind, loving, generous and helping nature. He helps to others because he loves to do so. He does not want anything in returns for his deed.      

                 One day when he was moving out of a dusty street he found a purse lying down on the earth and as he lift off the purse he found it empty. There was not a single penny in the purse. Suddenly a woman came there with a policeman as the purse belongs to that lady and she thought the man stole her money. The policeman arrested him without knowing the truth. The lady asked him again and again for the money but he denied. But when she told him that this money is for her son’s school fees the man’s heart got melts and he wanted to help the lady.  So he gave all his money to the lady. The lady left the after getting money and the policeman held the person for further queries.

         When the lady moves towards her home she counted the money and got shocked as the money got doubled. After few days the woman was going to school to pay her son’s school fees she found a man chasing her. As she got afraid she reached a policeman for complaining the man. He was the same policeman whom she met last time when her purse got stolen. The man was very ill so suddenly he got collapsing.  As they come closer to him they noticed that he was the same man whom they arrested the last time. The policeman narrated the whole story to the woman that how the man helped her after hearing about her son’s school fees. The man said to the woman that he chasing her because he want to be sure that nobody steal your son’s school fees .after knowing the truth the woman have nothing to speak. She apologised for her mistake.

     

     

  • The Crane and the Crab

    The Crane and the Crab

     

    Once there lived a heron near a big lake which was full of fishes and other water creatures. He lived his life by eating fishes from the lake. Days passed away and the heron grown old. He was unable to caught fishes from the lake anymore. Day by day he became very lean and weak due to lack of food.

     After few days he made a plan he sat on the edge of the lake and began to crying. After some time a crab saw him and asked him the reason of his crying. He asked, "Uncle, Why are you crying?  What is the matter?   What happened to you?’’ The heron continue his pretending and replied, "Son, I have decided that I would not catch any fish anymore. I have decided to give up all the things of the world and want to serve my rest life for God. So I undergo a fast until my death". 

    The crab asked him if you decided it then why are you crying now. The heron explained, "My child, I lived in this lake from my birth. And now I have grown old. I hear that this lake now will dry up because there will be no rains for the next twelve years". The crab was shocked to hear this and asked the heron, "Uncle, please tell me if it is true from where you have heard such thing." The heron continued to pretend and said, "I have heard this news from a wise astrologer. You see, there is already not much water in the lake. And very soon, the lake will dry up completely due to lack of rains."

    The crab got shocked and wants to inform all the water creatures about this news. He went to their friends and narrated the entire story. On hearing this everybody got worried. They went to the heron and asked please help us to save us from this calamity.” The heron thought that my plan got work and pretending, “Surely I help you. There is a lake nearby and it is full of water. There is lot of water that I would not dry until many years. I can take you all there if you want to sit on my back. The heron had already gained their confidence. They all gathered around him and requested to carry them one by one to the other lake and save their lives.

    The heron got succeeded in his plan. Every day, he would carry one of them on his back and flying a little away from the lake so nobody saw him. Then he killed them and eat them up. He would then return after sometime to the lake and tell them how they are happy in the other lake. Day by day the heron killed many of the creatures in this way.

    The crab said to heron, "Uncle, you take all others to the lake but it is me who is your first friend. Please take me to the other lake to save my life." The heron got very happy to hear this all. He thought he eat fish daily it has became very monotonous. It is good to eat a crab today. Then the crab is carrying the crab to the same rock where he killed all others. The crab looked down the rock and saw the heap of bones and skeletons there. He understood what the heron done with all his friends. But he remains calm so the heron cannot understand. He said to the heron, "Uncle, the lake seems too far away and I am quite heavy. You got tired, so let us stop, you should need some rest". 

     

    The heron was so confident that he would not understand why the crab said all this. He thought the crab cannot escape from him. So he confessed all his bad deeds and said to the crab, "There is no lake here in real for real. I did all for my own meal. As I do every day, I will smash you against a rock and killed you to make you my meal for today. "

    After listening this crab got hold the heron’s neck with its strong claws and got him to dead. The crab start laughing at himself that he saved himself and other water creatures from the heron. He took the heron to the lake. The other water creatures in the lake were surprised to see him back. They became curious, and asked all sort of questions. The crabbed narrated the entire story and said the heron was a fraud and whatever he told about the lake was all false. He was taking one of us every day far away to kill them and made them his meal." 

    He said, "I understood what he was done with all our friends up to, and have killed the heron. There is no need to worry now; we are safe in this lake. It is not going to dry up at all."

    The wise indeed say:

    When things go wrong, use your brain to overcome the situation.

  • The Crows and the Cobra

    The Crows and the Cobra

     

    Once there lived a pair of crows on a big banyan tree. They made a beautiful nest and made it their home. But they have a problem because a black cobra lived in the hollow of the tree and he eat their newborn babies whenever the female crow hatched her eggs. They were very disappointed and want to get rid from the black cobra. So they decided to get help from a jackal who lived nearby on another banyan tree.

     

    They went to the jackal and narrated the whole story and requested him to help them to get rid from the cobra. They said, "O Friend, It became dangerous to live here. Please help us how we can protect our children from being eaten up by the wicked black cobra." The jackal replied them please don’t give up. Have faith in ourselves and everything will be fine. The jackal told them a plan, "Fly into the capital of the kingdom which not far from here. Visit the house of someone who is wealthy but careless. Notice everything if you find any valuable thing pick it up but ensure that the servants are watching you.” You should make sure that servants were followed you. Then return back to your home and drop the valuable near the hollow of the tree of the cobra. When the servants reached following you they kill the cobra after seeing it. And you get rid from the cobra.

     

    The crows decided to follow the jackal plan and flew off toward the kingdom. After sometime the female crow noticed some women swimming in the lake. They left valuable ornaments near the lake and the royal servants were guarded them. So she decided to pick up the valuable ornaments. Female crow came down and picked a big necklace in her beak and start flying slowly so that the servants noticed her. The servants noticed her and start following the female crow and throw stones at her.As female crow reached the banyan tree where the king cobra lived she dropped the necklace. She sat on the tree so that the servants noticed her.

     

    As the servants reached the tree the king cobra came out from the hollow of tree after listening the noise made by the servants. As the cobra saw the servants he tried to attack them but the servants attacked him with sticks and stones and recover the necklace. They killed the black cobra and returned with the necklace. And then the crows lived happily and they gotten rid from the cobra.

     

    The wise indeed say:

    Even a very powerful enemy can be destroyed through deceit


     

  • The Bug and the Poor Flea

    The Bug and the Poor Flea

    Once there lived a white flea named Mandavisarpini in a palace. She lived in the folds of the white silk sheet of the king’s bed. She happily spent her days by sucking the blood of the king without noticing anybody. She fed the king’s blood when the king undergo fall asleep.

    One day a bug entered in the bedroom of the king. He attracted by the decoration of the room. As he entered the room the flea saw him and shouted at him and said to him that what are you doing here in king’s bedroom.

    Don’t you know if you get caught what happened with you? Go away. After listening it the bug replied, “Madam, how rudely you welcome a guest. You should treat a guest with good words and respected him. Offer him some refreshments.”

    Before replying the flea the bug continued himself that I fed different types of blood but i never tasted the royal blood. I want to taste the royal blood of the king. It must be very sweet as the king eats delicious food. It’s my pleasure to taste the king’s blood. Please permit me to do so.

    The flea told him you have a nasty bite like a sharp needle i can permit you only when the king is in deep sleep. You should promise me to wait till the king fell asleep. The bug agreed and promised the flea to feed the king’s blood only after the flea.

    After sometime the king’s entered his room to sleep. But before the king falls asleep the bug decided to bite the king as he did not control himself. He bite the king sharply. The king sat on the bed and shouted at his servants, "Hey, there is something in my bed that has bitten me. Check it fast.
    On hearing this, the bug quickly hid himself to save his life in a corner of the bed. The servants check the whole bed of the king sheet by sheet and they found the flea between the folds. They killed her without waiting just a minute. The king went to sleep. 

    The wise indeed say:

    There is no value of the false promises of strangers. You end up paying for it.
     

  • DHRUV-TARA : Story of Siblings

    DHRUV-TARA : Story of Siblings

    Dhruv-Tara is not the story of the star we know. Its about the shine of this star that reflects in the relation of the brother and sister in this story. We always wish to have a brother/sister whom we can rely on and who fulfills our wishes without telling. this is a story of a similar girl whose brother is always there for. 

     

                                    “Tara! Tara! Where are you dear?” asked the young boy coming in through the doorway.

    He was Dhruv, a 19 year old boy, the elder brother of Tara. “Tara, look I have brought you the shoes you wished to wear on your birthday. Come, put them on and show how they look on you?” Tara came running to see what her brother had brought for her. But when she saw the shoes the smile on her face just vanished away. She angrily told him “What is this bhaiya? I wanted the pink shoes and look you bought me the white ones. You always do this.” And she started crying. Dhruv tried to console her and said, “But Tara this shoes would go with your school uniform too. And look how beautiful and stylish they are.” But Tara was not going to listen any of his explanation. She wanted to have the pink shoes that her friend Priya had.

                                    Dhruv was studying in an engineering college and had to work along with his studies to be able to give her sister all the comfort she ever wanted. On the other hand Tara was 9-year old cute little girl, who was very stubborn and always wanted something more than her brother could afford. But still Dhruv tried to give all the happiness to his sister. He did not take account of his needs so that he can provide her sister with all the luxuries and lavishness she ever thought of. He never wanted her to think that the death of their mom and dad had affected their life. He never let her miss her mother and father.

                                    After some days she went to Dhruv and said, “Bhaiya, I want a new dress on my birthday.

    All my friends have got a new frock on their birthdays. I also want one.” Her brother thought for a while, sighed and said sadly, “Tara I’m sorry but nowadays we are running out of money. You know we have to pay the rent of this house in the first week of the month. And I have also not yet received my salary. So this time I’ll not be able to present you a new dress on your birthday. I am really sorry for that dear. Hope you’ll understand.” But Tara was not going to understand. She thought that her brother didn’t want to give her anything on her birthday. So she ran to her room and started weeping. But Dhruv had no way to calm her down and make her know that how he was trying to make her birthday special but failed every time he tried to do something good for her.

                                    This went for a few years. Dhruv had now completed her graduation. He had got a  better job. Tara was now in college. She was studying fashion designing, which had been her dream since she was in school. After many efforts Dhruv had done her admission in the best fashion designing college of the city.

    Now they were getting better standards of living. After completion of the first year of Tara’s graduation she wanted a laptop so that she can complete her projects and assignments.

    She told Dhruv that she wanted the latest model of laptop. Dhruv promised her that he would try to buy a laptop as soon as possible. Next week when Dhruv got his salary the first thing he did was to order the latest laptop model for her beloved Tara. He was just returning home after going to the shop.

                                    But something had to happen before he could tell her sister that she was getting her wish fulfilled. As Dhruv was crossing the road a car came in full speed and BOOM!!! CRASH. It went in front of Dhruv and hit him. He laid there unconscious, his body dripped in blood. Tara was on her way to home when she got a phone call from her brother’s mobile. But it was not the voice of Dhruv. A man had seen the accident and went to help Dhruv. He had got his phone and called Tara’s number. He told her that the owner of this phone had met with an accident. He has already informed the ambulance. And that she should reach the city hospital right away. The phone call was a shock for her. She was thoughtless for a while. But soon was driving her Activa at full speed to reach the hospital as soon as she can.

                                    By the time she reached the hospital, Dhruv was shifted in the emergency ward and the doctors had started the treatment. She thanked the person who called her and brought her brother to the hospital. The receptionist had told her to pay the fees. She didn’t know how she was going to pay the fees for her brother’s treatment as she had no money at that time. Then she remembered that her brother had saved some money for emergency situations. She quickly went home, opened the almirah and took out the money she needed. She rushed to the hospital and paid the fees at the reception. She got the news there that Dhruv was conscious and that she can meet him then. She went in the room and was happy to see Dhruv. She sat beside him. He told her that he was going to give her a surprise.

    He said,

    “Tara, you told me that you needed a laptop to complete your assignments. I had gone today to order a new laptop for you. I hope at least this time I would be able to make you happy.”

    On this Tara started crying. She sobbingly said, “Bhaiya, I was wrong. Every time you did something good for me I always used to find some fault in it. I never tried to understand the efforts you made for me to be happy. Today for a moment when I thought I was going to lose you. I realized that all these years what I was wanting was just you. I never wanted anything else but you. Please promise me, you will never leave me alone.” And she started crying. Dhruv tried to soothe her and said, “Tara, stop crying. I promise we’ll always be together. Soon I’ll be perfectly fine and again will start with my work to give my sister the lavish…….”

                                    Tara, interfering her brother in between, said “No bhaiya. You have already done too much for this demanding sister of yours. Now it’s my turn to give you all the things that you wanted to have but were not able to get because of my demands.  I’ll now give you all the things that you ever wished of.”

                                    After a week’s rest, Dhruv was discharged from the hospital. He went home and was surprised to see his home well decorated for his welcome. He was amazed to see that Tara had brought him his most favourite wrist watch. She hugged him and told him that she had got a part time job and that now he didn’t need to worry about the need of money for the household things. Now his sister has grown enough to take care of her brother and her house as well.

                                    After that everything became easygoing. Dhruv started with his job once again. Tara was doing well in her studies and her performance in her job was also excellent. They had owned a little house. And as all the stories have, this one also had a HAPPY ENDING!!

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Tory, The Cow

    Tory, The Cow

     

    Once upon a time there lived four cows in a small village. They were called Eagy, Chity, Voly and Tory.

    All of them lived in the shed of Mr. Yeti. He used to bring fresh hay for them daily from his nearby farms from far down the road of the village. He loved Tory  very much.

    He often gave Tory more hay to eat and more water to drink. The other cows were usually jealous of Tory and wanted to teach her a lesson some day.

    Eagy was the most clever cow of the lot. She was a brown coloured cow with a beautiful white patch near her nose. She was very proud of her beauty and wanted the other animals of the shed to keep on praising about her.

    Shiy, the hen hated Eagy very much. Eagy used to break her eggs every now and then. Shiy would then find a safe place near Tory's place for her eggs. Tory would never fail in guarding Shiy's eggs like her own children. 

    Blacky, the cat was Eagy's best friend. He would often help her in creating all the mischief in the shed. Mr. Yeti was tired of looking after Blacky as he would often steal milk from the kitchen. 

    Chity was the happy go lucky cow in the whole shed. She was least cared about whatever happened around her. The hay and water that arrived at the correct time for her was all that she wanted. She didn't care about making friends too. The puddles in which she jumped into and got herself dirty mattered the least to her. She was the funniest animal of the whole barn. 

    Voly was a different kind of cow. She was  a pure white coloured cow and liked to be very secretive about her thoughts and problems. She also didn't like Tory but never confessed that it was Tory because of whom she would never get hay to eat. Voly  always wanted to be the celebrity. But Tory was hundreds of steps ahead of her. Voly was very frustrated with Tory. She wanted to get rid of her but didn't say anything that could make her responsible for Tory's eradication from the barn. Moreover, Voly was also the eldest cow.

    One day, a heated debate had grown up among all the animals in the barn that who was the leader of their barn because they had to make their leader wear the wooden crown they had got from the nearby farm on their last Christmas.

    All the animals had to choose a leader from the existing barn. Shiy decided to conduct a series of competitions to choose a leader. She made a list. It had competitions like races, situational crisis events and other funny competitions too. In the race, on the final day, Tory had won the race. She had completed her round of running around the barn in a matter of few minutes only. Each animal at the barn was cheering for her. Yet, she remained calm and composed of the victory she had achieved. Then after the races had finished, the situational events also kept on going in which again Tory had won. Voly, Eagy and Chity were very jealous of her. It was the final competition round in which Shiy had kept four different tubs of water for them. They had to drink the water as soon as possible and shout out the word 'Hurray' at the end. Whoever did that has won. It seemed like a very easy challenge for them all. 

    When Shiy blew the whistle for them to drink the water kept in the tubs, they had to run towards it and drink all the water. All of them, Eagy, Chity, Tory and Voly ran towards the tubs. Each of them started gulping gallons of water except Tory who just stood there near her tub. She stood near her tub silently as if waiting for something. Nearly fifteen minutes had passed by when Tory had finally started drinking water from her tub. All others were finished with their drinking of water but were unable to yell. The muddy water had choked them to death. Eagy, Voly and Chity were lying on the ground panting continuously. Tory soon finished with her job of drinking water and shouted out with joy. She had waited patiently for the mud in the water to settle down. The word 'Hurray' was echoing in the barn.

    At last she was chosen as the leader of the barn. She knew that haste would always lead to waste.

    Patience was the first value that was needed to become a good leader. Shiy placed the beautiful wooden crown on Tory's head and all the animals at the barn were happy. Eagy, Voly and Chity were taken care of and they learnt a lot from Tory. Indeed, Tory was the best animal at the barn. Mr. Yeti didn't ever have any problems from then onwards. Tory was there for him always.