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Once upon a time there lived a merchant’s son in a town. His name was Jveernadhana. He done a lot to get success in his life but he failed to do so. He faced lot of difficulty in his business and lost all his money. So he decided to move to different place to seek other business. He got very costly iron rods from his ancestors. So he decided to keep these rods to a nearby merchant in exchange of some money for his travelling. Then he decided to take over his iron rods after returning from the journey by paying the money of the merchant. 
After some days he started his journey. He travelled all over the country and got success. He earned a lot of money. So he decided to return to his home to start a business in his home town. After returning to his home, first he went to the merchant to take over his iron balances. He said to him, “Dear, Please return my iron balances which I had kept with you before going to my journey.”
The merchant did not want to return it so he decided lying to him. He said, “Dear friend, I sorry but I do not have your iron rods anymore. There is a problem with rats here. The rats eating up the entire thing present here. They also have eaten up yours too. There is no iron balance anymore now.” The merchant’s son understood the whole matter. He told to him, “If the rats eaten up all the things, there is nothing that you can do. This is not your mistake. Anyway, nothing can last forever.” He continued, “I want to go for a bath to the nearby river. Please send your son with me to help me in carrying my belongings and to keep watch on them while I taking bath.”
The other merchant did not understand the motive of the merchant’s son so he agreed with him. He called his son and said to him, “Son, he is your uncle. Please help him to carrying his belongings to the nearby river and looked after them while he take his bath. So that no one can steal his belongings.” The boy agreed to went with the merchant’s son.
After sometime the merchant’s son and the boy went to the nearby river. He took bath there and after it the merchant’s son took the boy to a nearby cave in a jungle. He left the boy inside the dark cave alone and blocked the gate of the cave with a huge stone. After that he returned to the other merchant’s place. Seeing the merchant’s son alone the other merchant asked to him, “Where is my son dear? Why you returned alone? Is everything alright.” The merchant’s son replied to him and narrating a false story, “Dear I feel so sorry for you. “When I was taking my bath in the river your son standing near the river and kept watching my belongings. Suddenly there came a flamingo, which is flying there, near to him and took away your boy with him in its claws. I tried to rescue him from his claw but could not do anything.”

After hearing this the other merchant got very angry and shouted on him. He said to him, “Why are you lying to me? How can a flamingo carrying a boy in its claws. It’s impossible. You are a liar. I shall complain about you to the village elder person.”
The merchant’s son did not say anything to him and then the other merchant carried him to the village elders and started complaining. He said to them, “he is a shameful person, who kidnapped my son.” The village elders ordered him, “How can you do this?  Return his son to him immediately!" But the merchant’s son remained as it was. He said to them, “It’s not my fault. I have done nothing; a flamingo came down near to the boy at the bank of river and carried him in its claws.”
Hearing this all the village elders got very angry. The chief of them shouted on him, “How can a flamingo carried a child in its claw? You are lying!" The merchant’s son replied to them, “Sir! In a town where rats can eat iron, then why cannot a flamingo carry a child?" The village elders get shocked after hearing this. They asked to him, “What are you saying? Where do you see the rat eating the iron? What do you want to say? Please tell clearly.” 
The merchant’s son then narrated the entire story to them and told them how he had hidden the merchant’s boy in the cave to get his iron rods back from the merchant. When they all heard the entire story of the merchant’s son they understood the whole matter and all started laughing. The other merchant was ashamed on his doing. The village elders ordered the other merchant to apologise for his behaviour and to return all the iron balances to the merchant’s son immediately and recover his son from the cave.

The wise indeed say: 

“Tit for tat” is the best policy in life.

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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.
 

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.

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.

      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.

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.

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

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.