NEW STORY

   

     There was once a raven, who was not happy with himself. You know that a raven is as black as coal. Now, this raven once met a swan.

      The swan was beautiful and her feathers were as wished as pure snow. The raven grew envious of the swan and wished to become like her. "Oh swan!" Said the raven, "Please tell me how I may also become as fair and lovely as you are." "Maybe," replied the swan, "if you leave your woods and join me in the lakes, eat the weeds and plants that I do, you could also turn fair as I am." The raven agreed, as it seemed the only way open to him and he was sure, it would work wonders for him.
     So, the raven left his home in the wood and fields, and began to live in the lakes and marshes.
     As a result, he grew thinner and thinner with the passing of each day and finally died.!
     Moral: One should learn to accept and live with one's own self.

     Once a peacock was very proud of himself because of his beauty: One day, he met a crane. He spread his colorful feathers in the sun, trying to impress the crane. "Look" Said he, " Do you have anything to compare with my pretty tail?"

    The crane was hurt by the peacock's taunts. Then, he thought of an idea. He spread his broad wings and flew up in the sky. The crane taunted, "flying is such a nice experience. Of what use are your feathers if you can not fly with them?"

    It was now the turn of the peacock to feel ashamed. He looked sadly at the crane, who was flying happily away.

     Once there was a donkey who always used to dream of doing great things. But, in fact, he only loved to eat and sleep.

     One day, he went out with his master for some work. While returning back, he began to dream that his father was a race horse. So, He began to run very fast.

     "Run, run faster," ordered the happy master. The donkey ran really fast, but at last, he gave up. He told his master that he was running very fast because he thought of himself as the son of a race horse. He forgot that actually he was the son of a donkey.

     Once a fox was walking in the jungle in search of some tasty food. He saw a bunch of ripe hanging from a vine, attached to the branches of a tree.

     The fox's mouth watered at their very sight and he decided to get the grapes in anyway.
     However, this was not an easy job. The bunch of grapes was hanging from a high branch. The fox jumped up, but he missed the grapes.

     He, then, walked back a short distance and took a running leap at the grapes. Still, he could not reach anywhere near it. The fox tried again and again, but it was of no use.

    The fox sat down, tired of his efforts and watched the grapes in anger. "What a fool i have been!" said the fox, "wasting my energy and time just for a few sour grapes."

     Once there was a man who used to live in style. He was bald, but when he came in front of people, he used to wear a wig to hide this fact.
 
    Once day, he went for horse riding. He was wearing a wig and a hat on it. He was enjoying the riding. Suddenly, a strong wind blew for a few seconds. And, his hat flew away with his wig. All the people came to know about his secret.
 
    They say that there was not a single hair on his head. But the man neither felt ashamed nor did he get angry. Even he joined other people and laughed at himself. He continued to enjoy with them.

     There was a lion, who lived in a huge cave in the jungle. He was very strong and ferocious.
     He could run as fast as a zebra. When he caught his prey, he killed it immediately and ate it. As the years passed, he grew old.

    He lost his strength gradually. He said to himself, "No! It is not possible for me to pull on like this. I must find a way out. Otherwise, I would die of starvation. " After much thought, he got an idea. He called the donkey and said, "Listen friend, you have a lovely voice, which no other animal has. I have never heard such a resounding tone as yours. Now let us work together, so that we could live happily with plenty of food at our disposal.

     The donkey was highly please to hear this. He said, "I would be your partner. what can I do for you?"

     The lion then explained to him, "Listen, when you see the animals gathering at one place, you give out a loud sound. On hearing it, they would run helter-skelter. I will be hiding behind a tree. As soon as one comes within my reach, I would grab it. You will be rewarded handsomely by me." The donkey agreed . As soon as he saw animals gathered at one place, he started braying loudly.

     As the animals ran in fright, the lion grabbed one, which passed by the tree. The donkey thought that he was very clever. He started running all over the jungle braying loudly to scare away other animals.

     As it happened, the braying donkey passed by the tree where the lion was hiding. The lion, at once, grabbed him and made a nice meal of him.