The Owl always takes her sleep during the day.  Then  after  sundown,  when  the  rosy light  fades from  the  sky  and  the  shadows rise slowly through the wood, out she comes ruffling  and  blinking  from  the  old  hollow tree. 

It was hot summer. A lion went to a pool to drink water.

Just then a pig also came there to quench his thirst. Both of them wanted to drink first.

A Bear came across a log where a Swarm of Bees had nested to make their honey.

As he snooped around, a single little Bee flew out of the log to protect the swarm. Knowing that the Bear would eat all the honey, the little bee stung him sharply on the nose and flew back into the log. This flew the Bear into an angry rage.

One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found there an egg all yellow and glittering.

When he took it up it was as heavy as lead and he was going to throw it away, because he thought a trick had been played upon him.

But he took it home on second thoughts, and soon found to his delight that it was an egg of pure gold.

Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling his eggs.

One fine day two Crabs came out from their home to take a stroll on the sand."Child," said the mother, "you are walking very ungracefully.

You should accustom yourself to walking straight forward without twisting from side to side.""

Pray, mother," said the young one, "do but set the example yourself, and I will follow you.""

Examples is the best precept"

In a spell of dry weather, when the Birds could find very little to drink, a thirsty Crow found a pitcher with a little water in it.

But the pitcher was high and had a narrow neck, and no matter how he tried, the Crow could not reach the water.

The poor thing felt as if he must die of thirst. Then an idea came to him. Picking up some small pebbles, he dropped them into the pitcher one by one.

On his deathbed, a father advised his son to always speak truth. The son promised that he would never tell a lie.

One day, while going to the city through a forest, he got surrounded by some robbers.

One of them asked, "What do you have?"The boy answered, "I have fifty rupees."

They searched him but couldn't find anything. When they were about to go, the boy called out, "I am not telling a lie.

See this fifty rupee note which I had hidden in my shirt."

There was once a Dog who was so ill-natured and mischievous that his Master had to fasten a heavy wooden clog about his neck to keep him from annoying visitors and neighbors.But the Dog seemed to be very proud of the clog and dragged it about noisily as if he wished to attract everybody's attention.

Everyday, a shepherd used to take his cows for grazing. He had tied abell to each of the cows he had so that he could know where they were grazing.

The best cow had a costly bell tied around her neck.

One day, a stranger was going through the pasture. Seeing the costly bell around the cow's neck, he went to the shepherd and asked if he would sell the bell.Out of greed, the shepherd sold the bell.

A Jay venturing into a yard where Peacocks used to walk, found there a number of feathers which had fallen from the Peacocks when they were moulting.

He tied them all to his tail and strutted down towards the Peacocks. When he came near them they soon discovered the cheat, and striding up to him pecked at him and plucked away his borrowed plumes.