One day, there was a fox who hadn’t found anything to eat all day. During his search for prey, he went hoping in the forest. But he heard a noise and feared when he heard it. The fox thought this was a big noise and felt the entire forest had shaken as if a new animal had come. He said to himself: “It’s better that I flee.” The fox thought again: “If I flee like this, I will suffer hunger to death.” ...
One very hot day, there was a crow feeling extreme thirst. The crow flew to search for water in all parts of the nearby fields. He kept searching for water for a long time but couldn’t reach any place that had water, until the crow felt weakness and fatigue from his extreme thirst. Suddenly, the crow saw below a water jug. The crow flew down to see if the jug contained water or not. Truly, the jug had water inside, and he had to drink immediately from inside the jug. ...
There were two beautiful princesses living on a distant island with beautiful lands. When they were still small, they were kidnapped by a king hostile to their parents. This king arranged to transfer them to a lake where they were abandoned on that small island. Thus they had to remain forever under the guard of the terrifying lake monster. When the evil king was overthrown and tried by sorceresses and fortune-tellers, it became known that the brave prince had decided to free the princesses from their captivity. When the winds brought these news to the island, the lives of the princesses were filled with hope. The younger princess was more beautiful than her sister. ...
Four buffaloes lived inside a forest and didn’t separate from each other. Because of their unity, all the animals felt fear of them. Among them was the tiger, who whenever he tried to attack them, saw them together and would leave disappointed. He kept thinking and saying to himself: “How do I attack them when they are always together?” One day, the four friends thought of a plan. One said: “I heard about grass more delicious than this. What do you think, friends, of going to taste it?” They began their journey searching for the grass. On their way, the fox saw them and felt extreme fear. He ran immediately, but they didn’t notice anything. After walking and playing, they reached the grass. The walking caused them to feel extreme hunger. ...
The branch felt joyful because the two yellow birds had managed to build their nest above it. Then the mother bird rested over her eggs with tenderness, while the father bird stood beside her, looking at her. A smile filled his beak and didn’t leave him. He remembered how he and his wife, the bird, had managed to build their nest, straw by straw. The bird remembered how they had lined this nest with soft feathers. Truly, this feathers had been soaked with their sweat, but it was delicious and fruitful labor. After two weeks of this life, on a beautiful spring morning, one of the chicks began pecking the eggshell, then stretched its soft beak and began chirping, as if it wanted to inform nature of its arrival to this life so she would open her arms to it. ...
Once there was a crow who was always thinking that God Almighty had given all birds colors. Once he saw peacock feathers fallen on the ground. He thought and said: “I must place these among my feathers. After that, I will become a peacock, then I will leave the crows and become one of the peacocks.” The crow felt overwhelming happiness. He quickly gathered the peacock feathers and placed them one by one among the feathers on his body. He began walking like a peacock. When one of the older crows saw him, he said to him: “Everything you do is useless. A person doesn’t become a peacock just by placing some peacock feathers on himself. Understand.” ...
The Tailor Lady suffered greatly from her mischievous children. They would race, play, climb the mountain, roll down the hill, jump from walls, and scatter water around them. They exhausted her greatly. One would say to her: “Mom, sew the pants for me.” Another would say: “Where are my socks?” The mother could no longer bear their mischief, so she ordered them to sleep. “Woe is me, I will lose my mind.” The Tailor Lady was not a successful woman in managing her household affairs. Spiders were nesting in it. She said: “How do I clean my house while taking care of mischievous children?” The Tailor Lady looked at the spiders and said: “Someday I will remove you all.” But the spiders said: “What if we told you that we will send her a girl to help her named Pearl the Weaver.” ...
Once there was a tree with a wide trunk and countless branches. It was located in the middle of dry land and was used as a place of shelter and rest for hundreds and thousands of travelers. Since it was near four cities and many villages, the tree’s location became an ideal meeting point for travelers. One day, two travelers arrived at the tree after walking for a long time. They were heading to one of the towns near the tree. Their travel day was hot and sunny, so they felt happy about the existence of this tree in this place so they could rest for some time. Then they fell asleep under the tree, enjoying the wonderful weather and the cool air. ...
There was an elephant living in the forest who was extremely proud of his huge size. He usually caused problems for other animals and mocked them. One day, while he was walking in the forest, he saw a parrot sitting on a tree. The elephant said to him: “What is this? Didn’t you see me coming? I am the strongest animal in the forest. You must bow before me.” The parrot said to him: “Never, I can’t.” The elephant said to him: “You refuse, you fool? Then I will teach you to respect me.” The parrot refused to bow to the elephant. The elephant uprooted the entire tree and began shaking it, and the parrot couldn’t sit on it and flew away. The elephant said: “Go away. Did you see now what I can do?” Then he said: “You are all weak before me.” The arrogant elephant walked away and went to the river as usual to drink water. Beside the river, there was an ant living in a small ant hill. ...
There were four small seeds who enjoyed a good friendship with each other. Once, the winds stopped them, and they finally landed in the forest. They remained there hidden in the ground, hoping to be able to grow and become beautiful trees. But when the first seed began to germinate, everyone realized it wouldn’t be an easy task in that forest. A group of monkeys lived there, and the smallest monkeys armed themselves by throwing bananas at any plant they noticed had begun to grow. Using this game, the monkeys learned how to throw bananas, and it also kept the forest free of vegetation cover. ...