Tag: Free Stories
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Who is more greedy?
One day, Akbar held a celebration in the palace. He invited all his courtiers for a grand feast. After eating their meal, they sat down to have fresh dates for dessert. Both Akbar and Birbal loved dates, so they ate with gusto the dates in their bowl. While eating, they threw the seeds under their…
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Once upon a time, there lived a King with his Queen. They were both very loving and caring towards their subjects. The Queen wished to have a daughter with skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood and hair as black as ebony. She soon gave birth to a daughter just as she…
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The Enlightened Butcher
Kaushika was an extremely learned man well versed in the knowledge of the Vedas and Upanishads1. He lived a simple life in the forest, spending his days practising the Vedas and improving his education. One day, as he was chanting vedas, a female crane rested on top of the tree. A few minutes later, Kaushika…
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The Ugly Duckling
Surrounded by dense forests was a charming farm. It was a warm summer day. The meadows were luscious green, and the wheat fields were golden in colour, glowing in the sunlight. On the edge of the farm was a pool with bushes surrounding it. On the bushes, Mother Duck was sitting on top of her…
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How Bear lost his Tail
We all know bears have a short tail now but as the story goes, there was once a time when bears had long bushy tails. The following story is a Native American folk tale. Many years ago, there once lived a bear who was very proud of his tail. The tail was thick, black and…
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The first Voyage of Sindbad
During the reign of Caliph Haroun-al-Rasheed, there lived a poor porter called Hindbad in the city of Baghdad. His job, every day, was to carry bulky goods from one end of the town to another. One day, as usual, he was on his way to his destination with his burden when he decided to sit…
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Issun-Boshi
Once upon a time, there lived a kind old couple on a small farm. The couple was childless for many years, which made them very unhappy. One day, they went to a nearby shrine and prayed to the deity for a baby. “Please let us have a child,” appealed the man. “We would be happy…
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The Greedy Dog
There was once a greedy dog. One day, the greedy dog stole a bone from a butcher shop. He ran away before someone could catch him. As he was going home, he came across a river. When he looked into the river, he saw another dog with a bone. “Look at the bone in that…
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The Greatest Devotee
Sage Narada, the Devarishi, was the son of Brahma, the God of Creation, and Saraswati, the Goddess of knowledge, arts, and speech. Sage Narada was quite proud of the fact that he was a big devotee of Vishnu, the God of Preservation. One day, when he was having a conversation with Lord Vishnu, he asked,…
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The Mice that ate the Iron Balance
Once upon a time, there lived a wealthy merchant called Ramu. Unfortunately, his village had a massive famine, and he suffered a massive loss in his business. He became penniless. All he had left was a heavy iron balance that was his family heirloom. He went to his close friend Shyam. “Dear friend, as you…
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