When a nut falls on its head, a foolish rabbit thinks that the sky is falling and runs as fast as it can. On its way, it tells all the other animals that the sky is falling and spreads fear in the jungle. The lion, the king of the jungle, sees the chaos. On inspection, […]
Two partners, the ass and the fox, go to a forest to find food. On their way, they meet a lion. The cunning fox promises the lion that he can have the ass for dinner, but asks that his life be spared. Together, they trick the ass to fall into a pit. As soon as
Freddie the Fox was determined to jump over the big fence. There were chickens on the other side, and he would just love one for his supper. He took a long run and jumped. He almost got to the top of the fence, but not quite. His back feet kicked and scrabbled for a toehold
Freddie the Fox set off on a journey with a monkey. As they walked, they began boasting about how rich and important their parents and grandparents had been. After a while, they passed a graveyard with lots of big and expensive head-stones over the tombs. The monkey gave a big sigh. “Why, what’s the matter?”
Every night Denzil the donkey watched his master’s pet dog jump up to greet him, wagging her tail furiously. The farmer would pat her on the head, put his hand in his pocket and give her some biscuits.Denzil felt quite jealous. So the next night Denzil began jumping round in circles when he saw his
The king’s only son loved hunting, but his father had a nightmare in which he was killed by a lion. There’s no escaping fate He was so determined to keep him safe that he imprisoned him in a large wooden hall, built on a high stone platform. The walls of the hall were painted with
Once upon a time, a clever monkey lived on an apple tree. It was friends with a foolish crocodile that lived in the river. The monkey shared the fruits of the tree with the crocodile every day. The crocodile’s wife learns about this friendship and asks the crocodile to bring the monkey’s heart, which could
Sitting on a lofty rock, an eagle was watching its prey move on the ground. A hunter, watching the eagle from behind a tree, shoots it with an arrow. As the eagle falls to the ground, with blood oozing from its wound, it sees that the arrow is made of its own plumage and thinks:
King Lion lay in his cane felling very ill. The other animals hurried off to visit him. The lion could be very fierce if they did not show him enough respect. Only the fox did not go at once. The wolf hated the fox, who was smarter than he was. “What a good chance to
You know what dogs are like. If you drop a bit of food from the table they shallow it before they know what it is. But sometimes they wish they hadn’t. Fanny the farm dog wasn’t allowed in while her master Josh was eating with the family. But one day she crept in and hid