The Monkey and the Crocodile - Panchatantra Story | Moral Stories for Childrens

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Panchatantra Stor</span><span style="font-size: large;">y</span><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">: The Monkey and the Crocodile</span></b></i></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Once there lived a clever monkey on the banks of a river. He dwelt on a blackberry tree and feasted often on the delicious blackberries.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">And in the river, there dwelt a huge crocodile. Its home was at the other end of the river, but it spent most of its days near where the monkey was.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Now, the monkey was by no means selfish. He was a kind and friendly monkey who liked to share. So he used to pluck out some blackberries for the crocodile too and throw them down to him. The crocodile of course was quite happy at this friendly gesture and more so with the delicious blackberries. He spent many a happy day, feasting on those blackberries.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgegWNdE1lvd8lRVySXA3GB1OBJP-7ClEFlE6RdUkNMFYsHKbKc0Q-oIeWhQV8H9DuD1e2rsl1Btdrr10wIILRtZ1H9OaLn3lp0EA8kKyw6trzIRhtPZKoTebTGKusFI1iUet0NBLlSTzyY/s1600/The-monkey-and-the-crocodile-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Monkey and the Crocodile Moral Story" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgegWNdE1lvd8lRVySXA3GB1OBJP-7ClEFlE6RdUkNMFYsHKbKc0Q-oIeWhQV8H9DuD1e2rsl1Btdrr10wIILRtZ1H9OaLn3lp0EA8kKyw6trzIRhtPZKoTebTGKusFI1iUet0NBLlSTzyY/s1600/The-monkey-and-the-crocodile-1.jpg" title="The Monkey and the Crocodile Moral Story" /></a></div> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">One day, the crocodile took some of the blackberries home to his wife. She enjoyed the delicious berries. But unfortunately, she did not, like a good crocodile, stop at that. </span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">She wanted nothing less than the monkey's heart! "<b>That fellow practically lives on these sweet berries, he must be full of them. Imagine how sweet his heart must be,</b>" thought the crocodile's greedy wife. "<b>I must have the monkey's heart! And I must have it now!</b>" was the command. And the poor crocodile set off to do her bidding.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTopgFxCENCffWtK-7QZ-yXqqPZhtqN0tWHq4h6yAIfqvWZj0wNBbbdW_MoHVoC6RfonWyaf3pJxPWOK6FOQPnL5G81Nxd460JPfEQfAncdO4QyD1sLI-h4lpVGi3WG4sMuOc1wDTeeCh/s1600/The-monkey-and-the-crocodile-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Monkey and the Crocodile Moral Story 1" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTopgFxCENCffWtK-7QZ-yXqqPZhtqN0tWHq4h6yAIfqvWZj0wNBbbdW_MoHVoC6RfonWyaf3pJxPWOK6FOQPnL5G81Nxd460JPfEQfAncdO4QyD1sLI-h4lpVGi3WG4sMuOc1wDTeeCh/s1600/The-monkey-and-the-crocodile-2.jpg" title="The Monkey and the Crocodile Moral Story 1" /></a></div> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">He reached back the blackberry tree where the monkey dwelt. The monkey was most surprised. "<b>You just went back home, didn't you? How come you are back again, today,</b>" he exclaimed. "<b>My wife has sent me back to invite you home for dinner,</b>" the crafty crocodile said. "<b>She wishes to thank you for those delicious blackberries. I took home some for her today.</b>" </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">"<b>But my friend, your home is across the river and I cannot swim,</b>" cried the monkey. "<b>You can jump on to my back and I shall take you home across the river,</b>" offered the crocodile. And the unsuspecting monkey set off with the crocodile.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Half way through the river, the curious monkey asked, "<b>What is to be for dinner, my friend</b>". And the crocodile blurted out, "<b>You are, you poor fellow. You are going to be our dinner. My wife wants to eat your heart!</b>" </span><br /> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhan11Sf8FxG-WARjwZSzgMxPGncsD7waHeyJBT9cF_8uDB6BOQXSui7F3Xuo8iUAaar7pWNWyKAr_UaKYxgeOXblBLUDSdYTdPtZpYemBfKmpNrlWZpT9k2j1v4jsN9dOzGQk2Sw5nAjLi/s1600/The-monkey-and-the-crocodile-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Monkey and the Crocodile Moral Story 2" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhan11Sf8FxG-WARjwZSzgMxPGncsD7waHeyJBT9cF_8uDB6BOQXSui7F3Xuo8iUAaar7pWNWyKAr_UaKYxgeOXblBLUDSdYTdPtZpYemBfKmpNrlWZpT9k2j1v4jsN9dOzGQk2Sw5nAjLi/s1600/The-monkey-and-the-crocodile-3.jpg" title="The Monkey and the Crocodile Moral Story 2" /></a></div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The monkey was stunned. He had not expected this treachery. And he was in the middle of the river, not knowing how to swim! So he could not just jump off too. </span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">But the monkey kept his wits about him. He thought and thought and soon hatched a plan to outwit the crocodile, whom he knew was not so very smart. He began to talk in very sweet tones.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">"<b>My dear friend,</b>" the monkey said, "<b>Why didn't you tell me about this before we set off? I would be delighted for you to eat my heart since you feel it is so sweet, but don't you know, we monkeys keep our hearts outside our bodies. My heart is right now on the blackberry tree.</b>" </span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">The foolish crocodile was puzzled. "<b>What should I do now,</b>" he cried. "<b>My wife is expecting your heart.</b>" "<b>Then you had better not disappoint her, turn around and take me back to the tree, so that I can get my heart and then come with you,</b>" the clever monkey suggested. And the foolish crocodile did exactly that!</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">And soon the crocodile reached back the river bank. The monkey took a flying leap and landed back on the safety of his home on the blackberry tree. </span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">"<b>You utterly ungrateful fellow,</b>" he cried. "<b>Is this the way you repay my friendship? You were going to kill me forgetting the hundreds of days you spent in my company and eating my blackberries. Thank God you are so foolish. Do you really think anyone can have their heart outside their body? My heart is very much within me. And as for you, cruel and ungrateful fellow, you have no heart at all. Now, get off my sight and never come back.</b>"</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The foolish crocodile sadly went back having lost the monkey's friendship and the endless supply of blackberries.</span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>~ ~*~ ~ Moral </b></span>: <b>Intelligent presence of mind always wins. </b><span style="font-size: large;"><b>~ ~*~ ~</b></span></div> </div>

The Monkey and the Crocodile - Panchatantra Story | Moral Stories for Childrens

Panchatantra Stor y : The Monkey and the Crocodile Once there lived a clever monkey on the banks of a river. He dwelt on a blackberry t...

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The Foolish Lion and The Clever Rabbit - Panchatantra Moral Story

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <u><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Clever Rabbit and The Foolish Lion</span></b></u></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Terro Lion was a very proud lion. He was a real terror in the jungle. He often just roared and killed animals, even if he was not very hungry.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The terrified animals of the jungle one day called for a meeting.</span></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxT1UJfEXiw3dpgNIpvz_FyGd-vzb6JH5lhd5uv14cGXUy7k4sJRjiv7wZOK7dzO1X6wCiZCNu7j47hokHrDc8QgjzAyEyVh8xKUa9qcabexcExV2CbecrGOQMTELbPmJ-BqJzzijR-WyT/s490/The-Clever-Rabbit-and-The-Foolish-Lion-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Clever Rabbit and Foolish Lion 1" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxT1UJfEXiw3dpgNIpvz_FyGd-vzb6JH5lhd5uv14cGXUy7k4sJRjiv7wZOK7dzO1X6wCiZCNu7j47hokHrDc8QgjzAyEyVh8xKUa9qcabexcExV2CbecrGOQMTELbPmJ-BqJzzijR-WyT/s490/The-Clever-Rabbit-and-The-Foolish-Lion-1.jpg" title="Clever Rabbit and Foolish Lion 1" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“<b>We must put and end to this menace</b>” Forro fox cried. “<b>But how</b>” wondered the other animals.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">“</span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Lion </span>is so big and strong, none of can even touch him. I guess we will have to just live with this, more likely die with this!</b>”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">But Buns Rabbit was not the kind to give up. He thought of a plan.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Next day Merry Monkey went to the lion and told him, “<b>My majestic lord! You are so mighty, you are lord of us all. But you know what, Buns Rabbit says he has seen someone even more powerful than you</b>.”</span></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJwbHHa-BWDnUw49DE4gxVCX-pKdrL_BPpXM286HQom2ceeL4nkdshx6pwaE1vlEwaA49mewRg6GFKUjkyz3N9-EB8ZTR8UZqGxAUxn_dtz00xzJnZudU6H2oE0NLh-CjHY9s8UjFNRJD/s490/The-Clever-Rabbit-and-The-Foolish-Lion-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Clever Rabbit and Foolish Lion 2" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJwbHHa-BWDnUw49DE4gxVCX-pKdrL_BPpXM286HQom2ceeL4nkdshx6pwaE1vlEwaA49mewRg6GFKUjkyz3N9-EB8ZTR8UZqGxAUxn_dtz00xzJnZudU6H2oE0NLh-CjHY9s8UjFNRJD/s490/The-Clever-Rabbit-and-The-Foolish-Lion-2.jpg" title="Clever Rabbit and Foolish Lion 2" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Lion on hearing this roared. He asked Merry to go and send Buns Rabbit to him.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The clever Buns came up to </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lion</span>. “Hey Buns, you puny fellow, what’s all this nonsense about a more powerful lion than me in the jungle!” roared </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lion</span>.</span></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULEWihP1dYMS2kyteqScImYUUPCHwTJNPCZs3hZoJxqaiJiWzQxBtmEQ5RxXvNVteNPcclaQcaZvEpdLnV9taQymmn-4MpVV18Oj5iWHHIvK39RO8waCPVuOsop9pjFD4ZDuT1GVWJjV-/s490/The-Clever-Rabbit-and-The-Foolish-Lion-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Clever Rabbit and Foolish Lion 3" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULEWihP1dYMS2kyteqScImYUUPCHwTJNPCZs3hZoJxqaiJiWzQxBtmEQ5RxXvNVteNPcclaQcaZvEpdLnV9taQymmn-4MpVV18Oj5iWHHIvK39RO8waCPVuOsop9pjFD4ZDuT1GVWJjV-/s490/The-Clever-Rabbit-and-The-Foolish-Lion-3.jpg" title="Clever Rabbit and Foolish Lion 3" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Buns said, “My lord, you are indeed mighty. Forgive me, I am just telling what I saw. I saw a huge lion yesterday.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lion </span>roared aloud, “Where is he? I will have him for breakfast today! There is no one more mighty than me. Take me to him.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The clever Buns took </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lion </span>to a lake. He then pointed to the water in the lake and said, “My lord, I saw that huge lion cooling off in this lake.”</span></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEyTx3OJfAU6bHN9zp6DK5aI6VCDcDnexg7G1X858xojolND2C5u6_d7YDKq9XwUDC6rP5axKn3MTnECanHLnB6h0oHH5iRuiy7q_Oi9M9LLpM3u6bnzrq0R1p7KSfp4ULhGdXBGiraBq/s490/The-Clever-Rabbit-and-The-Foolish-Lion-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Clever Rabbit and Foolish Lion 4" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEyTx3OJfAU6bHN9zp6DK5aI6VCDcDnexg7G1X858xojolND2C5u6_d7YDKq9XwUDC6rP5axKn3MTnECanHLnB6h0oHH5iRuiy7q_Oi9M9LLpM3u6bnzrq0R1p7KSfp4ULhGdXBGiraBq/s490/The-Clever-Rabbit-and-The-Foolish-Lion-4.jpg" title="Clever Rabbit and Foolish Lion 4" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lion </span>peeped into the water. He saw his own face in the water. He roared loudly. He saw his image in the water roaring back at him. He was so angry, that he forgot everything, even that he didn’t know how to swim..</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">“How dare you roar back at mighty me. I will finish you.” He cried and jumped right into the lake. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lion </span>drowned. </span><br /> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBhMyojGvioy-3MY33SU-1OZ80bhynAMkOXhjVZJxgDG6LQNfzU74gPuPFTEode7O7lwKGLGaoaLjPcbmQmSpMgzYbxvpV7p-Ky4VqbvjtNP6B80I1TmklNV5JKeC-qvUgbcvSK_EfhTU/s490/The-Clever-Rabbit-and-The-Foolish-Lion-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Clever Rabbit and Foolish Lion 5" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBhMyojGvioy-3MY33SU-1OZ80bhynAMkOXhjVZJxgDG6LQNfzU74gPuPFTEode7O7lwKGLGaoaLjPcbmQmSpMgzYbxvpV7p-Ky4VqbvjtNP6B80I1TmklNV5JKeC-qvUgbcvSK_EfhTU/s490/The-Clever-Rabbit-and-The-Foolish-Lion-5.jpg" title="Clever Rabbit and Foolish Lion 5" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Buns Rabbit happily took the news of </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lion</span>’s end to the other<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>animals. There was joy in the jungle.</span></div> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Moral</b>: Intelligence wins over might.</span></div>

The Foolish Lion and The Clever Rabbit - Panchatantra Moral Story

The Clever Rabbit and The Foolish Lion Terro Lion was a very proud lion. He was a real terror in the jungle. He often just roared and k...

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