Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. Getting back together, they discussed thegifts they were able to give their elderly mother. The first said, I built a big house for our mother.The second said, I sent her a Mercedes with a dr...
A first grade teacher was having trouble with one ofher students. One day she asked Johnny what his problem was. He replied, I'm too smart for the first grade, my sister is in the third grade and I'm smarter than her . The teacher took him to the pri...
There was once an old goat who had seven little ones, and was as fond of them as ever mother was of her children. One day she had to go into the wood to fetch food for them, so she called them all round her. Dear children, said she, I am going out in...
There was once a shoemaker, who, through no fault of his own, became so poor that at last he had nothing left but just enough leather to make one pair of shoes. He cut out the shoes at night, so as to set to work upon them next morning; and as he had...
Now there was a man who stole a chicken from his neighbour evey day．This is not the way a man of moral principles should behave，he was told．Well，then I'll reduce the number，he replied，I'll steal one every month and next year I won't steal...
Three bulls fed in a field together in the greatest peace and amity．A lion had long watched them in the hope of making a prize of them，but found there was little chance for him so long as they kept all together．He therefore began secretly to sp...
A native of Ying，capital of the state of Chu，sold his mother．He made entreaties for his mother to the one who bought her．My mother is old．Please see that she has enough food and do not ill-treat her． This was an example of one who wanted...
A dog and a horse，which served the same peasant，began to discuss each other's merits，one day．How grand we are，to be sure！says Barbos．I shouldn't besorry if they were to turn you out of the farmyard．A noble service，indeed，to plough...
A man once had four sons who never stopped quarrelling withone another．He was always telling them how much easier life wouldbe if they worked together but they took absolutely no notice of him．One day he decided to show them what he meant．He ca...
A cat caught a cock，and took counsel with himeself how he might find a reasonable excuse for eating him．He accused him of being a nuisance to men，by crowing in the night time，and not permitting them to sleep．The cock defended himself by say...
A pigeon severely pressed by thirst，seeing a glass of water painted upon a sign，supposed it to be real．So dashing down at it with all her might，struck against the board，and，breaking her wing，fell helpless to the groud，where she was qu...
A snake，having made his hole close to the porch of a cottage，inflicted a severe bite on the cottager's infant son，of which he died，to the great grief of his parents．The father resolved to kill the snake，and the next day，on its coming ou...
A wolf was eating his supper one day when a bone stuck in his throat．Choking and coughing，he howled about the countryside asking every animal he met to help him．There's a good reward for anyone who can save me，he spluttered．A crane heard ab...
A man who lost his axe suspected his neighbour's son of stealing it．To him，as he observed the boy，the way the lad walked，the expression on his face，the manner of his speech－in fact everything about his appearance and behaviour betrayed th...
One day，a hungry partridge came into a bird trap．She ate up the food．Then she found that she could not get out．Soon a man came．He was the owner of the trap．He saw that there was a partridge in his trap．He was very pleased．The partridg...
