Aesop
Traditional
Vishnu Sharma
An ant works hard and saves food for the winter while the grasshopper plays and starves.
A thirsty crow cleverly drops pebbles into a pitcher, raising the water level to drink and quench its thirst.
A king's elephant and a dog form a friendship, are suddenly separated, but they are reunited by the king and live happily.
A lion spared a mouse's life, later, the mouse rescued the lion from a trap.
The North Wind and the Sun compete to remove a traveler's cloak, but the Sun wins with warmth.
The slow and steady tortoise wins a race against the boastful and overconfident hare.
A farmer teaches his quarreling sons the strength of unity using a bundle of sticks.
A shepherd boy repeatedly cries wolf to trick villagers, but when a real wolf comes, no one believes him.
A Brahmin frees a trapped tiger who breaks its promise but outsmarts it with the help of a clever jackal.
A pair of crows outsmart a serpent threatening their nest by tricking the King's guards into killing it.
A wolf considers a dog's proposition of a comfortable life with humans but chooses freedom over bondage.
A Dog planned to build a house for winter, but changed his mind when summer arrived, leaving him regretful and unprotected when winter returned.
A dog in the manger growls at the ox despite having no interest in the hay, until its owner scolds it for its selfishness.
Mice ask elephants to avoid trampling their homes, and later rescue them from the hunters' trap.
The cunning fox uses flattering words to trick a proud crow into dropping its cheese, which the fox then steals.
Clever fox tricks stork with flat stone dish, but stork gets revenge by serving food in jar, leaving fox hungry.
A happy frog in a small well meets a sea turtle and learns about the vast, wonderful world beyond his home.
A woodcutter saved a fox, but revealed its hiding spot; ungrateful fox ran off, feeling tricked.