The Mouse And The Bull

Once in a summer afternoon a mouse came out of his hole and saw a bull fast asleep under a tree. The loud snoring of the bull evoked the curiosity of the mouse.

He came close to the bull and saw the large nostrils. The inquisitive mouse entered into it and bit inside just for the fun.

The bull awoke and bellowed in pain. The frightened mouse ran from there. The angry bull chased him with all his might. The mouse ran fast and managed to get into a hole of nearby wall.

However, the raged bull was not ready to give up. He angrily bellowed, “You little silly creature, I will teach you a lesson for daring to trouble a mighty bull.”

The mouse said, “O mighty bull, I didn’t want to trouble you. I bit you just for the fun.”  But the bull was intent on punishing the tiny mouse. He angrily dashed his head against the wall. The wall was strong. The bull dashed the wall many times but it did not give away. Observing his anger and depression, the mouse mocked, “You foolish mighty thing! Why are you breaking your head just for a trivial matter? It’s not always necessary that you strong, big fellows would get everything you wish.”

The bull did not like it. However he realized the truth in the words of the mouse. So he walked away quietly from there.

Moral Of The Story

Might may not be always right.

The Town-Mouse And The Country

A town-mouse paid a visit to his friend who lived in the countryside. The country-mouse was happy to see his friend. So he prepared a fine feast for him. The town-mouse looked at the fruit and the car of corn with hatred
“Is this how you live ?” he asked, “life in the country does not offer much.”
He persuaded the country-mouse to accompany him to the town and see all the good things there.
So, the country-mouse packed all his belongings and off they went to the city. The country-mouse was really surprised to see the things there. But as soon as they settled down to enjoy a fine meal of cheese and fruit, a big cat leap in through the window.Seeing the cat, both the mice ran into their hole to save themselves, so the cat ate up all the cheese and fruit.
When the cat had gone away, the mice came out of their hole.
“I am going,” cried the country-mouse, “I like my simple fare in safety than this grand feast in such a danger.”

Moral Of The Story

Safety is the first importance.

The Lion And Mouse

There was a lion. He was sleeping. A mouse ran on his body. The lion woke up and caught the mouse. The mouse begged for mercy. It promised to help lion some day. The lion laughed. But he showed mercy and let it go. One day the lion fell into a net. He roared. The mouse ran up to him. It cut the net with its sharp teeth. The lion was free. He thanked the mouse. The Lion and mouse became friends.

Moral of the story

Everything has its own value.

The Lion And Rabbit

Once upon a time, there lived a big lion in a jungle. Every day he hunted and killed many animals to satisfy his hunger. The animals were worried and they all decided to go to the lion and find a solution to this problem. The lion said to all the animals in the forest that if one of them will come to him as his meal for the day, he would not kill anyone else among them. All the animals agreed to this. One day it was the turn of a rabbit. The rabbit was very sad. As he was going to the lion’s den, he came across an old well. He looked into it. It was very deep and dangerous. He made a plan to his mind and took little longer to go to lion. The lion was very angry. The lion asked it the reason for being late. It acted wisely and said, “Sir! I was stopped by another lion, who was claiming to be the king of the jungle and he wants to meet you.”  The lion roared “Do you know where he lives?” The rabbit  replied “Yes, Sir. Please come with me”.  The rabbit took the lion to the old well. He said “Sir, that lion lives in this well”. The lion peeped into the well. He mistook his reflection for another lion. He roared and there was an echo. He thought that the other lion was roaring too and jumped into the well. That was the end of the lion.

Moral Of The Story

Wisdom can win might.

The Wise Jackal Or The Jackal And Lion

Once a hungry lion went from one place to another in search of prey. He was soon exhausted. He decided to hide in a jackal’s empty cave and eat him when he entered. The idea of an easy catch watered his mouth. He waited patiently for the jackal to return.

The jackal reached his cave. He was about to enter when he sensed some danger. He thought of a plan. ” Hello cave, how are you?” he said. Nothing happened. He said again, ” Dear cave, what is wrong with you?”, and waited. Inside, the lion thought, ” May be the cave answers the jackal and if he does not get the answer, he will think there is something wrong. ” The silly lion roared in reply. The jackal now knew about the presence of the lion in the cave and ran away.

Moral Of The Story

Force is no match for wisdom.

The Blue Jackal

One day a jackal accidentally entered into a washer man’s house. By chance the jackal fell into the indigo-vat. He came out of the vat. But his coat of hair, turned blue. He looked at the colour and said, ‘Oh!  What a grand colour I have. I am fit to be the king of the beasts.’ He entered the woods. All the beasts became amazed at the blue colour of the jackal. They took the jackal for a strange beast. The jackal said, ‘Oh beasts of the forest, blue are the colour that kings and queens wear. The goddess of the forest has made me your king. From today I am your king.’ The beasts said, ‘You are our king, oh lord!’ Even tigers and lions owned him as their king. They began to attend on him. The blue jackal became very proud. He began to hate other jackals of the forest.

One day, as the blue king was enjoying him, a pack of jackals passed by and began howling. Unable to control his natural instinct, the blue king rose up and howled to glory. From the yell a tiger at once knew him to be a jackal. He fell on the blue king and killed him. 

Moral Of The Story

Do not pretend to be what you are not.

A Visit To A Zoo

A visit to a zoo is an interesting experience. Last Sunday I went to Ahmedabad zoo with my parents. We went there by bus. Ahmedabad Zoo is near Kankaria Lake. My father bought the tickets and we entered the gate. There were ponds on both the side of the road. Ducks and Swans were swimming in the Ponds. We saw Kangaroos, elephants, stags, deer and neelgai etc. We saw different kind of monkeys, apes and chimpanzee in a separate cage. Then we came to the cages of birds. There were different kinds of birds like peacock, parrot, dove, pigeon, cuckoo etc. I saw white peacock which is very unique and beautiful. Then we moved towards large enclosures of tigers and lions. We saw rhinoceros and hippopotamus next. Then there were separate enclosures for zebra and giraffe. After going round the zoo, we came out and sat under a tree. We had food with us so we enjoyed it. Visiting zoo is an amazing experience.