PANCHATANTRA STORIES
BED TIME TALES:
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1.THE STORK AND THE CRAB:-
Once upon a time, there lived a stork who used to pick fishes
from the pond beside him, and eat them. However, as he grew older, he found it
difficult to catch a single fish. In order to feed himself, he thought of a
plan. He told the fish, frogs, and crabs, that some men are planning to fill
the pond and grow crops, and that’s why there won’t be any fish in the pond. He
also told them how sad he felt about this and that he will miss them all. The
fish were sad and asked the stork to help them. The stork promised to take all
of them to a bigger pond. However, he told them, “As I am old, I can take only
a few of you at one go.” The stork would take the fishes to a rock, kill them,
and eat them up. Every time he was hungry, he would take a few of them to the rock
and eat them.There lived a crab in the pond, who
wanted to go to the bigger pond too. The stork thought of eating the crab for a
change and agreed on helping him. On the way, the crab asked the stork, “Where
is the big pond?” The stork laughed and pointed to the rock, which was filled
with fish bones. The crab realised that the stork would kill him, and so
quickly thought of a plan to save himself. He caught the stork’s neck and did
not let it go until the stork died.
THE MUSICAL DONKEY:-
A washer man’s donkey would be free to graze on the green field, after a hard day’s work. Instead of staying on the field, he would sneak into the villagers’ farms and eat the vegetables growing, before sneaking back home. The donkey met a jackal, and they became good friends. They decided to hunt together, and the fat donkey would break the fence to eat vegetables, while the jackal hunted the farm animals. One night, the donkey told the jackal that he felt like singing. The jackal pleaded with him not to sing, as they would get caught. However, the donkey got annoyed and insisted on singing. He opened his mouth and began to bray loudly, and the jackal immediately ran away. The farmers, on hearing the donkey bray, came rushing out and thrashed him for eating their vegetables. The farmers tied a mortar on the donkey, and as he walked home, the jackal joked about the farmers gifting the donkey a necklace for his singing.
Moral of the Story: There is a time and place for everything.
THE WISE MINISTERS ADVICE:-
A gang of owls attacked some crows in a forest, one night, and killed them all. Because the crows couldn’t see clearly at night, they couldn’t fight back.
The King of the crows was so distressed to hear the news, that he went to his wise old minister for guidance. The minister gave him some advice and sent him back.
The next day, the crows went to the owl’s cave and put on a dramatic show! One crow pretended to praise the owls and the other ones struck him down! Seeing this, the Owl King thought that this crow was in favour of the owls. The crow continued to live with the owls, till one morning, the crow flew away, and with the help of his crow friends, set fire to the entrance of the owl cave! Since owls are nocturnal creatures, they were fast asleep, and all of them were killed!
Moral of the Story: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
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THE JACKAL AND THE DRUMS:-
Once upon a time, a jackal wandered away from his jungle and reached a deserted battlefield. He was very hungry, and so he started looking for food, when heard a strange sound. The jackal got scared and decided to run away, but then he thought, “Let me carefully see who is making that sound.” As he looked around, he found an abandoned drum lying next to a tree, and as the wind blew, the branches of the tree rubbed against it, making the sound. He was relieved and continued to search for food.
Moral of the Story: Face difficulties, instead of running away from them.
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