A friend in need is a

friend indeed.

Once upon a time there lived a lion in a forest. One day after a heavy meal.
It was sleeping under a tree. After a while, there came a mouse and it
started to play on the lion. Suddenly the lion got up with anger and looked
for those who disturbed its nice sleep. Then it saw a small mouse standing
trembling with fear. The lion jumped on it and started to kill it. The mouse
requested the lion to forgive it. The lion felt pity and left it. The mouse ran
away.
On another day, the lion was caught in a net by a hunter. The mouse came
there and cut the net. Thus it escaped. There after, the mouse and the lion
became friends. They lived happily in the forest afterwards.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The Monkey and The Crocodile

Once upon a time, a clever monkey lived in a tree that bore juicy, red rose
apples. He was very happy. One fine day, a crocodile swam up to that tree
and told the monkey that he had traveled a long distance and was in search of
food as he was very hungry. The kind monkey offered him a few rose apples.
The crocodile enjoyed them very much and asked the monkey whether he
could come again for some more fruit. The generous monkey happily agreed.

The crocodile returned the next day. And the next. And the next one after that.
Soon the two became very good friends. They discussed their lives, their
friends and family, like all friends do. The crocodile told the monkey that he
had a wife and that they lived on the other side of the river. So the kind
monkey offered him some extra rose apples to take home to his wife. The
crocodiles wife loved the rose apples and made her husband promise to get
her some every day.

Meanwhile, the friendship between the monkey and the crocodile deepened
as they spent more and more time together. The crocodiles wife started
getting jealous. She wanted to put an end to this friendship. So she pretended
that she could not believe that her husband could be friends with a monkey.
Her husband tried to convince her that he and the monkey shared a true
friendship. The crocodiles wife thought to herself that if the monkey lived on a
diet of rose monkeys, his flesh would be very sweet. So she asked the
crocodile to invite the monkey to their house.

The crocodile was not happy about this. He tried to make the excuse that it
would be difficult to get the monkey across the river. But his wife was
determined to eat the monkeys flesh. So she thought of a plan. One day, she
pretended to be very ill and told the crocodile that the doctor said that she
would only recover if she ate a monkeys heart. If her husband wanted to save
her life, he must bring her his friends heart.

The crocodile was aghast. He was in a dilemma. On the one hand, he loved
his friend. On the other, he could not possibly let his wife die. The crocodiles
wife threatened him saying that if he did not get her the monkeys heart, she
would surely die.
So the crocodile went to the rose apple tree and invited the monkey to come
home to meet his wife. He told the monkey that he could ride across the river
on the crocodiles back. The monkey happily agreed. As they reached the
middle of the river, the crocodile began to sink. The frightened monkey asked
him why he was doing that. The crocodile explained that he would have to kill
the monkey to save his wifes life. The clever monkey told him that he would
gladly give up his heart to save the life of the crocodiles wife, but he had left
his heart behind in the rose apple tree. He asked the crocodile to make haste
and turn back so that the monkey could go get his heart from the apple tree.

The silly crocodile quickly swam back to the rose apple tree. The monkey
scampered up the tree to safety. He told the crocodile to tell his wicked wife
that she had married the biggest fool in the world.
Moral: Dont underestimate yourself. There are bigger fools in
this world.

Unity is Strength

Once upon a time, there was a flock of doves that flew in search of food led by
their king. One day, they had flown a long distance and were very tired. The
dove king encouraged them to fly a little further. The smallest dove picked up
speed and found some rice scattered beneath a banyan tree. So all the doves
landed and began to eat.

Suddenly a net fell over them and they were all trapped. They saw a hunter
approaching carrying a huge club. The doves desperately fluttered their wings
trying to get out, but to no avail. The king had an idea. He advised all the
doves to fly up together carrying the net with them. He said that there was
strength in unity.

Each dove picked up a portion of the net and together they flew off carrying
the net with them. The hunter looked up in astonishment. He tried to follow
them, but they were flying high over hills and valleys. They flew to a hill near a
city of temples where there lived a mouse who could help them. He was a
faithful friend of the dove king.

When the mouse heard the loud noise of their approach, he went into hiding.
The dove king gently called out to him and then the mouse was happy to see
him. The dove king explained that they had been caught in a trap and needed
the mouses help to gnaw at the net with his teeth and set them free.

The mouse agreed saying that he would set the king free first. The king
insisted that he first free his subjects and the king last. The mouse understood
the kings feelings and complied with his wishes. He began to cut the net and
one by one all the doves were freed including the dove king.

They all thanked the mouse and flew away together, united in their strength.
Moral: When you work together, you are stronger.

The Rabbit and the Turtle

One day a rabbit was boasting about how fast he could run. He was laughing
at the turtle for being so slow. Much to the rabbits surprise, the turtle
challenged him to a race. The rabbit thought this was a good joke and
accepted the challenge. The fox was to be the umpire of the race. As the race
began, the rabbit raced way ahead of the turtle, just like everyone thought.

The rabbit got to the halfway point and could not see the turtle anywhere. He
was hot and tired and decided to stop and take a short nap. Even if the turtle
passed him, he would be able to race to the finish line ahead of him. All this
time the turtle kept walking step by step by step. He never quit no matter how
hot or tired he got. He just kept going.

However, the rabbit slept longer than he had thought and woke up. He could
not see the turtle anywhere! He went at full-speed to the finish line but found
the turtle there waiting for him.
Moral: never underestimate the weakest opponent.
Birbals Wisdom

One fine day, Akbar lost his ring. When Birbal arrived in the court, Akbar told
him "I have lost my ring. My father had given it to me as a gift. Please help me
find it. Birbal said do not worry your Majesty, I will find your ring right now.

He said, Your Majesty the ring is here in this court itself, it is with one of the
courtier. The courtier who has a straw in his beard has your ring. The
courtier who had the emperors ring was shocked and immediately moved his
hand over his beard. Birbal noticed this act of the courtier. He immediately
pointed towards the courtier and said, Please search this man.He has the
emperors ring.

Akbar could not understand how Birbal had Managed to find the ring. Birbal
then told Akbar that a guilty person is always scared.
Moral: A Guilty Conscience need No Accuser.
Birbal caught the Thief

Once a rich merchants house was robbed. The merchant suspected that the
thief was one of his servants. So he went to Birbal and mentioned the incident.
Birbal went to his house and assembled all of his servants and asked that who
stole the merchants things. Everybody denied.

Birbal thought for a moment, then gave a stick of equal length to all the
servants of the merchant and said to them that the stick of the real thief will be
longer by two inches tomorrow. All the servants should be present here again
tomorrow with their sticks.
All the servants went to their homes and gathered again at the same place the
next day. Birbal asked them to show him their sticks. One of the servants had
his stick shorter by two inches. Birbal said, This is your thief, merchant.

Later the merchant asked Birbal, How did you catch him? Birbal said, The
thief had already cut his stick short by two inches in the night fearing that his
stick will be longer by two inches by morning.
Moral: Truth will always Prevail.

Learn to Appreciate

Once upon a time, there was a man who was very helpful, kindhearted, and
generous. He was a man who will help someone without asking anything to
pay him back. He will help someone because he wants to and he loves to.
One day while walking into a dusty road, this man saw a purse, so he picked
it up and noticed that the purse was empty. Suddenly a woman with a
policeman shows up and gets him arrested.

The woman kept on asking where did he hide her money but the man replied,
It was empty when I found it, Mam. The woman yelled at him, Please give it
back, Its for my sons school fees. The man noticed that the woman really
felt sad, so he handed all his money. He could say that the woman was a
single mother. The man said, Take these, sorry for the inconvenience. The
woman left and policeman held he man for further questioning.

The woman was very happy but when she counted her money later on, it was
doubled, she was shocked. One day while woman was going to pay her sons
school fees towards the school, she noticed that some skinny man was
walking behind her. She thought that he may rob her, so she approached a
policeman standing nearby. He was the same policeman, who she took along
to inquire about her purse. The woman told him about the man following her,
but suddenly they saw that man collapsing. They ran at him, and saw that he
was the same man whom they arrested few days back for stealing a purse.

He looked very weak and woman was confused. The policeman said to the
woman, He didnt return your money, he gave you his money that day. He
wasnt the thief but hearing about you sons school fees, he felt sad and gave
you his money. Later, they helped man stand up, and man told the woman,
Please go ahead and pay your sons school fees, I saw you and followed you
to be sure that no one steals your sons school fees. The woman was
speechless.
Moral: Life gives you strange experiences, sometime it shocks you and
sometimes it may surprise you. We end up making wrong judgments or
mistakes in our anger, desperation and frustration. However, when you
get a second chance, correct your mistakes and return the favor. Be Kind
and Generous. Learn to Appreciate what you are given.