By: W. H. D. Rouse
A monkey steals a bunch of peas from men below his trees while they tend to their horses, but then accidentally drops one. He is in such a greedy state that he goes after that one pea without realizing that all of the other ones are falling in the process. He searches and searches for the one pea until the men come back and throw stones at him, and not until he clambers back up his tree does he realize that he lost everything else. Instead of being so consumed with one thing that went wrong, he should've focused on everything else he had.
Union is Strength
By: W. H. D. Rouse
A hunter lures quails to him by imitating their call, and then netting them all when they gather. The quails begin to work together to fly all at once and take the net with them, then escape from it later by landing on a bush where the net gets caught. The hunter begins to worry because he's not getting any sustenance, but he figures that the quails will soon begin to quarrel and argue. Sure enough, a petty argument begins and the quails no longer work together, allowing the hunter to kill them and eat them all.
By: W. H. D. Rouse
It's actually kind of sad to read all of these Indian stories written in the past when animals like lions and elephants were so prevalent in the area, but now lions are confined to few parts of Africa and elephants have had such drastic decreases. The conservationist in me is saddened about how the animals that once inspired these stories are no longer in the areas they were written. In this story, a jackal proposes to a lioness and offends her greatly. She was insulted that a measly jackal would have the gall to propose to a queen like her. Her first two brothers get offended quickly and go after the jackal, but die when they try to jump at him while disregarding the crystal. The third brother realizes there is crystal protecting the jackal and scares him to death just by calling out to him. The sister is not at all sorry about her two brothers having lost their lives, along with the jackal who really didn't try to cause harm. Nobody else ever proposed marriage to her because she was so snotty.
(The haughty lioness; Image Source)
By: W. H. D. Rouse
Three little boys want to persuade a gardener who has no nose to give them some flowers to take home. The first two boys try to flatter the gardener but end up insulting him about his nose. Because they beat around the bush and were trying to please their way into getting what they wanted, they ended up being rude and didn't get anything at all. The third boy simply asks for a posy and the gardener is so pleased that he doesn't have any tricks up his sleeve and is simply honest that he sends the boy home with a bunch of flowers.
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