The mouse deer was a very tricky animal but he had many enemies. One of his enemies was a crocodile. The crocodile lived in a river near a forest. One day, the mouse deer went to the river. It was a very hot day, and he was very thirsty and dirty. He wanted something to drink from the river and in the water. Suddenly the crocodile saw the moose deer. “Hmm.... a nice meal.” he thought. Then, he silently crawled behind the mouse deer and grabbed him. He caught the mouse deer's legs. The mouse deer was startled and terrified as well. Then, he had an idea. He saw a twig floating near him. He picked it up and said, “You stupid fool!” so you think you've got me. You're biting a twig-not my leg, you, stupid crocodile! Here's my leg.” And with that, he showed the crocodile the twig. The crocodile could not see very well. He was a very stupid creature, too. He believed the cunning mouse deer. He freed the mouse deer's leg and snapped upon the twig. The mouse deer ran out of the water immediately. “Ha...ha...ha...”, he laughed. “ i tricked you!”
There was once a very famous general. He was a very strong fine tall man. He was fond of saying that he would give all the money in his purse to any man who was stronger than himself.
One day, when the general was the general tossed him a gold coin, the out riding with some friends, his horse blacksmith held it up to the light and stumbled and cast a shoe. There was a village just ahead, and the horse was led up to the door of blacksmith.
The Blacksmith was also a fine tall man,with broad shoulders and strong arms. The general asked him to going out one of his best horse-shoes.
The blacksmith did so. Then the general looking at it,said “This is poor stuff. It will not stand work. Look here!” he took it in his strong hands and with one twist, he broke the iron like a biscuit.
For a moment the blacksmith looked at him then he brought out another shoe, which the general treated in the same way. Then the general said, “I see it no use picking and choosing among such a trashy lot. Give me another shoe, and let me go away.
The blacksmith brought another shoe and fitted it on the horse. Then the general tossed him a gold coin. The blacksmith held it up to the light and said, “this coin of yours is poor stuff, my lord. Look here1”
he took the coin between his finger and thumb, and with one pinch, he cracked it in two like a wafer.
It was now the general's turn to stare. He gave the man a second coin,and it was broken in the same way.
Then the blacksmith said, “I see it is no use picking and choosing such a trashy lot, give me another coin and we will say goodbye.”
The general looked at him, then burst into a laugh, “Fairly caught!”. He then said, “My man, i promised all the money in my purse to anyone I met stronger than myself. Here it is, it is yours. Now come along with me and serve as smith in my army. You shall not repent having met me.
And the general was as good as his word.
Once,when a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up an down upon him. This soon awakened the lion, who placed his huge paw upon him, and opened his big jaws to swallow him.
“Pardon, O king,” cried the mouse, “forgive me this time, i shall never forget it. Who knows but what I may be able to do you a turn some these days?”
The lion was so tickled at the idea of the mouse being able to help him, that he lifted up his paw and let him go.
Some time after, the lion was caught in a trap and the hunters,who desired to carry him alive to the king, tied him to tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him on.
Just then the little mouse happened to pass by and see the sad plight in which the lion was. He went up to the lion and soon gnawed away the ropes that bound the king of the beasts. “wasn't I right?”. Said Little mouse.
Moral lesson : Little friends may prove great friends (AESOP)
Long long ago, the Sun and the Moon lived happily together in the sky. They always appeared together during the day and night.
One day, the Sun shone brightly so that it almost burned the Moon. The sunlight hurt the Moon's eyes very much. This made the moon blind.
The Moon left the Sun had apologized to the Moon.
The Sun loved the Moon very much, so he chased her. He chased and chased through the years and centuries but has never caught the Moon.
That's why the Sun shines during the day and night the moon appears. They will never reunite again.
Once Upon a time, a hawk fell in love with a hen. The hawk flew down from the sky and asked the hen, “Will you marry me?”
The hen love the brave, strong hawk and wished to marry him. But she said, “I can't fly as high as you can. If you give me time, I may learn to fly as high as you. Then we can fly together.”
The hawk agreed. Before he went away, he gave the hen a ring. “This is to show that you have promised to marry me,” said the hawk.
It so happened that the hen had already promised to marry a rooster. So, when the rooster saw the ring, he became very angry. “Throw that ring away at once!” shouted the rooster. Then hen was so frightened at the rooster's anger that she threw away the ring immediately.
When the hawk came a few months later, the hen told him the truth. The hawk was so furious that he cursed the hen, “Why didn't you tell me earlier? Now, you will always be scratching the earth, and i will always be flying above to catch your children.” said the hawk.
To begin with the story,let me tell you that a long time ago,mosquitoes didn't buzz, they talked and talked.
Then one day when one of them talked to an iguana and didn't let the iguana say one word. The iguana just grumbled and waved her tail until she forgot to say hello to her friend a snake. After that, everything was in mess. The snake was so angry that he made a rabbit,a monkey,a crow and an owl get frightened. Finally, the whole jungle was mad at the mosquito and cried for the sun to come up and when it did, the mosquito lost his voice.
A long-standing feud between the Montagues and the Capulets flares up in a brawl on the streets of Verona, halted only by the arrival of Prince Escalus.
Romeo, only son of the Montagues, is hopelessly in love with the unattainable Rosaline. In hope that meeting other girls will shake him out of his melancholy, his friends Mercutio and Benvolio persuade him to go to a party at Capulet's house.
Romeo agrees, hoping to see Rosaline there. Instead he meets and falls instantly in love with Juliet, Capulet's only daughter. She returns his love. With the help of Juliet's Nurse, they are secretly married the next day by Friar Lawrence.
Juliet's cousin Tybalt quarrels with Romeo and in the fight which ensues, Mercutio is killed. Romeo avenges his friend's death and kills Tybalt, for which he is banished from Verona on pain of death. After spending a single night with his bride, he escapes to Mantua.
Juliet learns that her parents plan to marry her to Count Paris in two days' time. Capulet then decides the wedding will take place the following day. Distraught, Juliet turns to Friar Lawrence who devises a plan. He gives her a drug which will make her appear to have died. The Friar hopes that her parents will place her in the family tomb and when she awakes from her drugged sleep, she will find Romeo waiting for her. The Friar writes to Romeo to tell him of the plan, but Romeo never receives the letter.
Romeo hears of Juliet's death and returns to Verona, to see her in the Capulet tomb. There he finds Paris, whom he murders. Romeo enters the tomb, finds Juliet's 'corpse' and poisons himself. Juliet wakes to find Romeo dead. Unable to live without him, she stabs herself. The Capulets and Montagues, united in grief, vow to end their feud.
from: www.rsc.org.uk
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