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Once upon a time there was a weaver by the name Mantharaka. One day when he was weaving the cloth, the wooden frames of his loom broke. He took an axe and went to the forest to bring wood in order to make new frames. He found a huge tree…
1 commentOnce upon a time there was a smart jackal that lived in a forest close to a village. The forest was the home to many animals including a pack of jackals. Unlike the other jackals that always moved in a pack, our smart jackal was adventurous and often strayed into…
1 commentHaridatta was a poor Brahmin farmer but the piece of land he cultivated gave him very little to survive. One day, unable to stand the heat of the summer sun, he went to a big tree in his land to rest for a while. Before he could spread himself on…
comments offThe Panchatantra means ‘Five Principles’ in sanskrit is an ancient Indian collection of educational stories. Scholars beleive that the orginal work in Sanskrit was composed in the 3rd century BCE by Vishnu Sharma. It is amongst the most frequently translated literary product of India around the world. Panchatantra is a…
comments offOnce upon a time a group of mice lived peacefully under a tree. But once a group of elephants came that way and destroyed the homes of all the rats as a result of which many of them were crushed to death. Then the king of rats decided to approach…
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