Tales from the Panchatantra - The Brahman's Wife and the Mongoose

   This is one of the interesting tales from the Panchatantra collection. The Panchatantra is very well known short story or fables collection in India. In every tales of the Panchatantra, there must be an educational lesson and we consider as a moral of the story.

The Brahmans Wife and the Mongoose

   The Brahman's Wife and the Mongoose

 - Tales from the Panchatantra

   Once upon a time there lived a Brahman in a certain city. His wife gave birth to a son, and then to a mongoose. Full of love for her children, she cared for the mongoose like a son, nursing him at her breast, rubbing him with salve, and so forth. However, she did not trust him, thinking that in keeping with the evil nature of his species he might harm her son.

   As is rightly said: A son will bring joy to his parent’s heart, even if he is uneducated, bad, malformed, foolish, and sinful. And as also is said: Sandalwood salve cools and soothes, but a son's embrace far excels sandalwood salve. The relationship with one's son is more important than that with a best friend, a good father, or any other person.

   One day, after nicely tucking the boy into his bed, she took the water pitcher and said to her husband, "Listen, I am going to the pond to fetch water. You must protect our son from the mongoose."

Tales from the Panchatantra - The four Friends and the Hunter

   This is one of the interesting tales from the Panchatantra collection. The Panchatantra is very well known short story or fables collection in India. In every tales of the Panchatantra, there must be an educational lesson and we consider as a moral of the story.

The four Friends and the Hunter

   The four friends and the Hunter

     - Tales from the Panchatantra

   Long, long ago, there lived three friends in a jungle. They were-a deer, a crow and a mouse. They were very close in relationship and they used to share their meals together.

   One day, a tortoise came to them and said, "I also want to join your company and become your friend. I am all alone."

   "You are most welcome, But what about your personal safety? There are many hunters around. They visit this jungle regularly. Suppose, a hunter comes, how will you save yourself?" said the crow to the tortoise.

   "That is the reason why I want to join your group," said the tortoise

   No sooner had they talked about it than a hunter appeared on the scene. Seeing the hunter, the deer darted away. The crow flew in the sky and the mouse ran into a hole. The tortoise tried to crawl away fast, but he was caught by the hunter. The hunter tied him up in the net. The hunter was sad to lose the deer. But he thought, it was better to feast on the tortoise rather than to go hungry.

Tales from the Panchatantra - The Monkey and the Crocodile

   This is one of the interesting tales from the Panchatantra collection. The Panchatantra is very well known tales or fables collection in India. In every tales of the Panchatantra, there must be an educational lesson and we consider as a moral of the story.

The Monkey and the Crocodile

 The Monkey and the Crocodile

- Tales from the Panchatantra

    
   Long ago, there lived a monkey on a Jamun (Black-berry) tree by the side of a river. The tree was always full of fruits, which were as sweet as nectar. The Monkey used to eat fruits from the tree. The monkey was happily passing his days jumping from one tree to another. Once, a crocodile came out of the waters and took rest under the tree on which the monkey lived.

   The monkey was sitting high on a branch of a tree; saw the crocodile taking rest under the tree. The monkey became very willing to talk to the crocodile. Since the monkey had no friends, he wanted to make friends with that crocodile. Addressing the crocodile, the monkey said, “As you are taking rest under the tree, you are my guest and it is my duty to offer you food.” The monkey gave a lot of Jamuns (Black-berries) to the crocodile to eat. The crocodile ate them to his fill. The crocodile thanked the monkey for his kindness and went home.

   The crocodile started coming ashore everyday and enjoy the fruits offered by the monkey. Soon they became good friends. Both of them started spending time with each other discussing the world. One day, the crocodile asked the monkey for some Jamuns (Black-berries) to take for his wife. The Monkey happily gave the fruits to the crocodile. The crocodile took the fruits with pleasure to his wife and also narrated the whole story to her.

   After eating the fruits, the crocodile's wife was overjoyed and said to her husband, "Dear, if these fruits are so tasty, then the monkey who eats these fruits must be ten times tastier than these fruits. Why don't you bring the heart of this monkey for my meals?”

Tales from the Panchatantra - The Crows and the Snake

   This is one of the interesting tales from the Panchatantra collection. The Panchatantra is very well known tales or fables collection in India. In every tales of the Panchatantra, there must be an educational lesson and we consider as a moral of the story.

The Crows and the Snake

   The Crows and the Snake

- A Tales from the Panchatantra

    
   Once upon a time, there stood a huge banyan tree on the outskirts of a small village. In this banyan tree there lived a pair of crows with their young ones. One day, a snake came to live in the hole at the bottom of the tree. The crows were not happy at the arrival of the snake, but they could do nothing.

   After a few days, the female crow hatched a few more eggs and some more baby crows were born. When the crows went out in search of food, the snake crawled up the tree and ate up the babies. When the crows came back, they could not locate their babies. They chased high and low, but to no avail. The crows were full of sorrow on the sad loss of their young ones.

   After a few months, the female crow hatched some more eggs. This time female crow stayed in the nest while the male crow went out in search of food. The snake was greedy and ignoring the presence of the female crow, he crept up the tree and attacked the babies. The female crow who was keeping a watchful eye on her babies, tried to fight with the snake, but she was weak. Hearing the shouting of the female craw, other crows came to help her, but the snake had already eaten the young ones and slithered back into his hole.

   This killing became the feature of their life. Every time the crows laid their eggs, the snake crawled up the tree and ate all the young ones. Due to this, the crows were never able to raise their young ones. The crows were sad, but they didn’t know how to get free from this killer snake.

Tales from the Panchatantra - The Talkative Tortoise

   This is one of the interesting tales from the Panchatantra collection. The Panchatantra is very well known tales or fables collection in India. In every tales of the Panchatantra, there must be an educational lesson and we consider as a moral of the story.

The Talkative Tortoise

   The Talkative Tortoise

- Tales from the Panchatantra

   
  Once upon a time, there was a tortoise and two geese. The tortoise lived in a pond and he made friends with two geese who used to come and visit him at the pond. All of them were happy for the past few years.

   Once they faced a drought that lasted for several months. Due to this, all the rivers, lakes and ponds went dry. There was not a drop of water to drink for the birds and the animals. They began to die of thirst and boiling heat. Many of them decided to migrate to some fruitful lands.

   The three friends also decided to leave the pond and to go to some distant lake, full of water, to settle down there for ever. But it was quite difficult to shift at a distant place. Although, it was quite easy for the geese as they could fly but the problem was for tortoise. The tortoise could not fly and to cover that distance on foot was really difficult.

   All of them had a conversation, as to what could be a possible solution for this problem. The geese suggested a plan, according to which, tortoise would have to hold a piece of stick by his mouth and which would be carried slowly while holding its two ends by them. The only condition was that the tortoise should not speak; otherwise he would fall and die without cause. The geese were worried because they knew that tortoise was very talkative and it was difficult for him to keep his mouth shut. The tortoise got the logic and promised not to open his mouth during the entire journey.

Tales from the Panchatantra - The Hunter and the Doves

   This is one of the interesting tales from the Panchatantra collection. The Panchatantra is very well known tales or fables collection in India. In every tales of the Panchatantra, there must be an educational lesson and we consider as a moral of the story.

The Hunter and the Doves

  The Hunter and the Doves

- a tales from the Panchatantra

   Once upon a time, there was a group of doves that flew in search of food. This group was led by their king. Once, it happened as such that the group had flown a long distance and all the doves got tired. The king of doves encouraged the doves to fly a little more. One of the doves picked up pace and found some rice grains scattered under a banyan tree.

   All the doves were happy to find the food and happily landed on the ground. As soon as they began to eat the grains, a huge net fall over them and all of them got trapped. The doves fluttered their wings desperately trying to come out, but it was of no benefit. Just then, they saw the hunter coming towards them. He appeared quite happy to find a huge number of doves trapped inside the net. The whole group was frightened on seeing the hunter.

   However, the king of doves was very intelligent and clever. He didn’t loose his patience and devised a plan to come out from this difficult situation. He advised to other doves,” In order to get free from the net of this hunter, we should all fly up together clutching the net in our beaks. There is strength in unity. We will decide our next course of action later. Now, come on and let’s fly.”

Tales from the Panchatantra - The Brahmin's Dream

     The Panchatantra is the ancient story collection in India and it is very well-known collection of children stories. There will be a good lesson and a moral of the story at the end in every story. Here we will read an interesting story that is collected from the Panchatantra.

 

The Brahmin's Dream

    The Brahmin's Dream

   Once upon a time, there lived a Brahmin in a village. He was all alone and had no friends or relatives. He was very poor and used to beg for his living. Whatever food he got as begging, he kept in a pot which was made by clay and hung it beside his bed. Whenever he felt hungry, he took out some food from that pot and ate it.

   One day, the Brahmin got a quantity of rice mush, so much that even after eating to his full, a full of his pot was left. The Brahmin was very happy to get such quantity of food. At the middle of the night, the Brahmin lay on his bed but he could not take his eyes from the pot. Soon, he was fast asleep. He began to dream that the pot is overflowing with rice mush.

   The Brahmin dreamed that if a famine came to the land, then he could sell it for a hundred silver coins. With these silver coins, he would buy a pair of goats. They would have kids in every six months and soon he would achieve a group of goats. Then he would trade the goats for buffaloes and cows. Then they would have their young ones. They would grow up and give lots of milk. He would sell the milk in the market and make lots of butter and curd from it. Then he would sell that butter and curd in the market. Like this, he would become a rich man in the country.

Tales from the Panchatantra - The Brahmin's Gift

The Brahmin's Gift

   The Panchatantra is the ancient story collection in India and it is very well-known collection of children stories. There will be a good lesson and a moral of the story at the end in every story. Here we will read an interesting story that is collected from the Panchatantra. 
     
      The Brahmin's Gift

   Once, there lived a pious Brahmin (Priest) in a small village. He used to perform religious services. One day he was rewarded with a goat for his services by a wealthy man. The Brahmin was very happy to get a goat as the reward. He happily carried the goat over his shoulder and began the journey towards his home. On the way, three frauds saw the Brahmin taking the goat. All of them were lazy and wanted to cheat the Brahmin. They wanted to take away the goat from the Brahmin.

   They said each other,” This goat will make a delicious meal for all of us. Let's somehow get it”.

   They discussed the matter among themselves and made a plan to get the goat from the Brahmin. After deciding the plan, they got separated from one another and took different hiding positions at three different places on the way of the Brahmin.

   As soon as, the Brahmin arrived at a lonely place, one of the frauds came out from his hiding place and asked Brahmin in a shocking manner, “Sir, what are you doing? I don't understand why a pious man like you needs to carry a dog on his shoulders?"

   The Brahmin was surprised to hear such words. He screamed, “Can't you see? It's not a dog but a goat, you stupid fool".

   The fraud replied,” Sir, I beg your pardon. I told you what I saw. I am sorry, if you don’t believe it.”

   The Brahmin was very angry on that and started his journey once again.