Why Dogs Wag their Tails - Filipino folktale

   This Filipino folktale is collected from the book named "Philippine Folk Tales", written by- Mabel Cook Cole. This book was published in 1916. There are total 61 Filipino folktales in this story book. We gave a of those stories for you.
  

 Why Dogs Wag their Tails

  - A Filipino Folktale

   A rich man in a certain town once owned a dog and a cat, both of which were very useful to him. The dog had served his master for many years and had become so old that he had lost his teeth and was unable to fight any more, but he was a good guide and companion to the cat who was strong and cunning.

   The master had a daughter who was attending school at a convent some distance from home, and very often he sent the dog and the cat with presents to the girl.

   One day he called the faithful animals and told them to carry a magic ring to his daughter. “You are strong and brave,” he said to the cat “You may carry the ring, but you must be careful not to drop it”

   And to the dog he said: “You must accompany the cat to guide her and keep her from harm.”

Filipino Folktale - The Poor Fisherman and His Wife

   This Filipino folktale is collected from the book named "Philippine Folk Tales", written by- Mabel Cook Cole. This book was published in 1916. There are total 61 Filipino folktales in this story book. We gave a of those stories for you.

The poor old fisherman

The Poor Fisherman and His Wife
  - Filipino folktale

   Many, many years ago there was a poor fisherman and his wife lived with their three sons in a village by the sea. One day the old fisherman set his snare (trap or web) in the water not far from his house.At night when the poor fisherman went to look at it, he found that he had caught a great white fish. This startled the old fisherman very much, for he had never seen a fish like this before, and it occurred to him that it was the priest of the town. 

   The poor fisherman man to his wife as fast as he could and cried, “My wife, I have caught the priest.” 

“What?” said the old woman, terrified at the sight of her frightened husband. 

“I have caught the priest,” said the old fisherman again. 

   They hurried together to the river where the snare was set, and when the old woman saw the fish, she cried: “Oh, it is not the priest but the governor.” 

“No, it is the priest,” insisted the old fisherman, and they went home trembling with fear.

Fable from the Panchatantra-The Donkey and the cunnung Fox

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

The Donkey and the cunning Fox

  The Donkey and the cunning Fox

   - A Fable from the Panchatantra

   Once there was a foolish donkey lived in a town. The town was situated near a forest. In that forest there lived a lion as the jungle king and his minister, a cunning fox. Once, the king lion was badly wounded in a ferocious fighting with an elephant. He became unable to hunt for his hunger. So the lion asked his minister, the cunning fox to bring some good meal for him. As the fox used to share the victim, that king lion hunted for his meals. So the fox then set out to search for food.

   While traveling here and there, the fox met a donkey. The donkey looked foolish, nervous and hungry. The fox asked him, "Hello! You seem to be new to this forest. Where do you actually come from?"
 
"I come from the nearby town", said the foolish donkey. "My master, the dhobi makes me work all day, but doesn't feed me properly. So I have left my home to find a better place to live in and eat properly."

"I see", said the cunning fox. "Don't worry. I am a senior minister in this forest kingdom. Come with me to the king's palace. Our king needs a bodyguard, who has the experience of town life. You will live in the palace and eat a lot of green grass growing around the whole jungle."

The Bat, the Birds and the Beasts-Fable of Aesop

   This is a very interesting fable of Aesop. In every fable of Aesop, there must be a lesson for us at the end. We consider that as the moral of the story.

The Bat, the Birds and the Beasts

The Bat, the Birds and the Beasts

    - A Fable of Aesop

   One day, a great conflict was about to come off between the Birds and the Beasts in the jungle. When the two armies were collected together for the upcoming battle. But the Bat was hesitated which group to join.

   The Birds that passed his roost and said, “Come and join with us." But the Bat said, "I can’t join with you. Because, I am a Beast."

   Later on, some Beasts who were passing underneath him, they looked up and said, "Come with us." But the Bat said, "I am a Bird. How can I join with you?"

The Dog in a foreign country-Fables from the Panchatantra

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

The Dog in a Foreign Country

The Dog in a Foreign Country

- Fables from the Panchatantra



   In a certain place there once lived a dog. That dog had a spotted body. So the other dogs named, Tschitranga. A long-lasting famine set in that place. The other dogs and the other animals began to leave their families to another place, because they had no food to live.

   Tschitranga, whose throat was thin with hunger and he was driven by fear to another country (city). There in a certain city he went to a certain house. Day after day where, due to the carelessness of the housekeeper, many good things to eat were left lying about and he ate his fill. However, in leaving that house, other ferocious dogs surrounded him on all sides and split into him on all parts of his body with their teeth.

   Then the dog, reconsidered his situation and said, "It is better to stay at home, even during a famine you can live there in peace, and no one bites you to pieces. I will return to my own city."

Around the World in Eighty Days

   Around the World in Eighty Days (Part-3)

              By - Jules Verne

Around the World in Eighty Days

   The first part of the trip was without incident. Then as they crossed the Tropic of Cancer the sea changed. A typhoon was soon raging. The “Tankadere” was lifted like a feather. Mountains of water surrounded them. The storm raged through the night. Then things became calmer.

   Two days of better weather followed. Of course, the storm had slowed them. Just three miles from Shanghai they saw smoke. The American steamship was leaving port.

“Send a signal! Lower the flag to half-mast,” shouted Mr. Fogg. The signals from the ”Tankadere”  were spotted. A payment of 550 Pound was made to the boat’s captain John Bunsby. The three than boarded the “General Grant”.

   On arrival at Yokohama, Mr. Fogg and Mrs. Aouda went in search of the “Carnatic” and Passepartout. To their joy they discovered he had been on board. He had arrived just as the ship was leaving Hong Kong. They spotted him working for food money. As they hurried back to the “General Grant” he told his tale of woe. Not mentioning Mr. Fix’s part in it. Mr. Fix had headed for the Consulate. The arrest warrant was there. But Mr. Fogg had now left the British soil. It was useless!

   So on 14th November, somehow still on schedule, the three of them set off to America. Mr. Fix joined them.  The “General Grant” was a huge paddle-steamer. With a combination of steam and sail it moved swiftly. This trip was uneventful from the nautical point of view. But Passepartout had to sort things out. Passepartout still believed in Mr. Fogg. He blamed Mr. Fix for causing trouble for him. Mr. Fogg and Mrs. Aouda were not aware of Mr. Fix’s profession. Nor did they know he was “tailing” Mr. Fogg.

Native American Folktale-The Kind Hawk

   In the land of present United States, We can find a large number of tribal communities of native people. The Native Americans have their own unique history and culture. This story is one of the very interesting and famous Native American Folktale story.

                 The Kind Hawk

              - A Native American Folktale

The Kind Hawk

   A long time ago, in a happy village, there lived a little boy. His mother loved him so much that she dressed him in a pretty shirt and decorated moccasins.

   One day the boy wandered away from the village over the plain land. Then a band of fierce Navaho Indians swooped down and tied him off. The Indians carried him to their camp, where they took off his shirt and moccasins away, and gave them to their Chief's son. Then they made the boy work all day and gave him so little to eat. In a few weeks, the boy grew thin and sick.

   Now, near the Indian camp was a high bluff on which lived a kind-hearted Hawk. It often flew over the camp, and saw the boy working hard there and never playing with the other children. So one day, when all the Indians (Navahos) were gathered together at the Chief's lodge, the Hawk flew down and hovered over the boy's head.

"Oh, do not kill me!" begged the boy the hawk.

"I am not going to hurt you," answered the Hawk to the little boy, "I am sorry for you. Jump on my back, and hold on to my wings, and I'll carry you away."