once upon a time there lived a herd of
elephants in a forest a mighty elephant
by the name of chatturdanta was their
king there was a big lake in the middle
of the forest where all the animals used
to go to drink water and to have a bath
once it so happened that there was no
rain for the whole year and the lake
dried up many of the birds and animals died
of thirst the elephants decided to take
the matter to their king
so they approached him your majesty as
you know there is no water in our forest
many of the birds and animals have died
due to thirst we require water in
order to survive if we stay here
soon many of us will die we have to
find out water as soon as possible we have
to go in different directions in search of water
if you find water come and inform me
the elephants moved in different directions
and one of them found a large lake full
of water in another jungle my lord in
the next jungle there is a lake full
of water it has not gone try despite the
drought excellent let's all go all the
elephants decided to move on the way to
this lake there was a settlement of
rabbits the elephants had to pass
through this settlement of rabbits
thousands of rabbits got crushed under
the heavy feet of the elephants and many
of them were wounded as well oh no run
the rabbits fled in terror the situation
was getting severe so the king of the
rabbits called up a meeting a herd of
elephants is passing through our area
they have killed thousands of rabbits we
have to prevent any more debt I want all
of you to think of a way to save our
race a wise jackal who was a friend of
the rabbits was hearing this Your
Majesty if you will send me as your
messenger to the king of the elephants I
might find a solution to this problem
what can you do all alone Your Majesty
don't worry we can fool these elephants
easily
when he saw the herd of elephants
returning from the mill he realized that
it was impossible to get near to them then
he thought of a way to talk to the king
of elephants he climbed up a hill and
shouted oh king of the elephants please
listen to me on hearing the Jackals
voice chatturdanta stopped for a
while who are you from where have you
come I am a messenger sent to you by
the moon god what the moon god why have
you come here the moon god has sent a
message for you a divine messenger
speaks only the truth please consider
that a messenger is never punished for
what he has to say he is only doing his
job so you must not be angry with me
he'll only harmed in any way the moon
god is angry with you because you have
brought your herd to his holy lake and
have disturbed the peace you have
crushed thousands of rabbits to death on
the way to the lake the rabbits are
under the special protection of moon god
since you have bothered the moon god and
his special creatures he is extremely
annoyed with you and wants you to leave
his kingdom at once if you do not do so
you will face terrible consequences
the King elephant grew scared on hearing
this warning from the moon god yeah you are
right we have killed many rabbits on our
way to the lake but really that was done
deliberately I will see that you do not
suffer anymore I want to request the
moon god to pardon me for my sins but but
how can I believe you tell me ok I will
take you to the moon god pay your
homeage to the God and ask him to
forgive you for the crime you have
committed come with me
at night the jackal led the king of
elephants to the lake both the jackal
and the elephant stood near the bank of
the lake there they saw the reflected
image of the moon in the Stillwater
what a marvellous lake just then a mild breeze
blew disturbing the waters of the lake
and the moon seemed to move to and fro
when chaturdanta saw this he thought
that the moon god was really angry with
him the moon god is really angry with
us he bowed to the moon god in fear Oh
moon god the king of elephants has
done a sin in ignorance please
forgive him he is taking away his herd
from here and promises never to come
back frightened chatter dhaanto bowed
once again to the moon God and left the
place with his herd immediately and the
rapids lived happily in their settlement
ever after moral wit can bend over
mind
once upon a time there lived a hunter in
a village he was living there happily
with his family one day he set out from
his home to hunt deer in the nearby
forest it was a lucky day for him as he
saw a deer and killed it instantly
slinging the carcass of the deer over
his shoulder he happily started for
home I'm going to have a great feast
today hmm the hunter had barely walked a
distance when he saw a wild boar
he quickly dropped the deer and shot the
boar with an arrow
the arrow pierced the boar's neck before
collapsing the boar gave a fearful groan
and killed the hunter with its pointed
tusk now both the hunter and the boar
lay dead at the same spot after some
time a jackal happens to pass through
that village
he saw a man and a boar both lying dead
at the same spot ooh whata great days it
is today a man a boar and at a distance
he also found a dead deer the hungry
jackal went crazy with desire finding
so much to eat at the same time and that
too without any effort oh which one will
I eat now ah what a luck it looks as if
I'm going to have a feast but I will eat
only a little at a time so it will
last longer all these without any effort
I should not share it with anyone he
began to reflect where he should start
with the man or the boar or the dear let
me first pull out of the arrow that has
pierced the boar and eat what is on it
but as soon as the jackal pulled the
pointed arrow into his mouth it struck
his jaw and pierced through his head
moral greed never pays