Kids story

The Tiger and the Traveller

One day the villagers caught a tiger by setting a trap, and placed him inside a cage. They placed the edge by the side of the road for the people to see the wicked tiger who had so far killed many cattle and children by suddenly attacking the villagers.

The tiger was now in real problem. He was not given any food nor any drink. He requested each and every passer­by to release him, promising that he would not kill his rescuer. But no one believed the ferocious animal.

At last, a kind traveller agreed to help the tiger, after the latter promised not to kill him. But as soon as the tiger was released, he wanted to kill the man. The man pleaded for life, reminding the animal of his promise. But the animal did not want to listen to his prayer. He said, "I am hungry, and you are my prey. How I can let you go?"

Meanwhile, a fox happened to come there. He heard everything from both the parties, and said, "I don't believe that such a big tiger could fit in that small cage."

The tiger said, "Let me show how I was locked in the cage." So saying, he entered the cage. And the sly fox at once closed the door of the cage, and went away with the traveller.

The Hidden Treasure

There lived an old farmer with his three sons in a village.

The father asked his sons to work in the field along with him. But the young fellows were lazy. They did not want to work in the sun and the rains in the field like their father.

One day the farmer fell sick. He was about to die. So he called his sons, and told them, "Sons, before I die, I want to tell you some secret. Under the ground in our field, there are some hidden treasures. If you dig the land properly, you will surely find them."

So saying, the old farmer died.

The boys performed the funeral rites of their father. Then, one day all the three brothers went to the field and began to dig the land thoroughly from one end to the other in order to find the hidden treasures. But they did not find any­thing. They were disheartened.

Now the eldest brother told the other two to sow seeds in the land, as the land had already been ploughed thoroughly. And they did so.

After a few months, they found good crops in their field. They reaped the harvest, and made large profit by sell­ing them.

'' the eldest brother told his two brothers, "Brothers, I've understood what our father had meant by the 'hidden treasures'. The hidden treasures are the good crops that we found, only by digging the land properly and sowing the seeds there."

Lies Beget Danger

There was a small village at the foot of a hill, where the villagers lived happily. A shepherd boy also lived there.

He used to graze the sheep in the valley from dawn to dusk, and returned home in the evening with his cattle.

One day the shepherd boy thought of befooling the villagers." He shouted at the top of his voice. "Wolf, Wolf!" The villagers came running to-the spot with their sticks and weapons in hand to save the boy and his cattle. But they found no wolf there. The shepherd boy began to laugh, as tie was able to befool the villagers.

After a few days, the shepherd boy again shouted, "Wolf, Wolf!" and again, the villagers came running with their sticks and weapons to the rescue of the distressed, but again, they saw the shepherd boy laughing for befooling them. They went back annoyed at the boy.

Now one day a wolf really appeared at the valley and attacked the shepherd boy and his cattle. The boy shouted loudly, "Wolf, Wolf!" But the villagers took it for the usual fun that the boy enjoyed by misleading them. So they did not bother themselves to come to the rescue.

The shepherd boy was killed, and a few sheep were injured by the wolf. The boy understood before his death that lies do not pay, and they rather create troubles for the liar.