English Ki Class

Once upon a time, in a forest, there lived a jackal. He was a greedy jackal and would always eat up the animal killed by other jackals of the pack. All the jackals were tired of him, so they banished him from the pack. Now he had to hunt food all of himself. One day, as he was wandering in search of food, he came upon a battlefield. A war had recently been fought in this battlefield but now it lay deserted. The jackal stood there for a while wondering whether he should go into the deserted ground and look for food. As he lingered there, he heard a great sound. This sound scared him a lot. He fell into deep thought and said, "Ah! disaster is upon me. I am as good as dead already. Only a monster can make such a sound. What kind of dangerous creature is hidden in this ground?" Frightened, he turned around and started running away. As he was running away, the jackal thought, Was that sound really a dangerous animal? Maybe or maybe not. It is unwise to run away from something with...

In a jungle, there lived a jackal. One day, looking for food, he wandered into a nearby village. A pack of dogs saw him and surrounded him. They attacked him and tried to drive him away. In order to save himself, the jackal ran into a nearby house. This house belonged to a washerman. The front yard of the washerman's house was full of big vats. The jackal jumped into one of these vats to hide himself. The dogs followed him but could not find him anywhere and went away. After a while, the jackal came out of the vat. What he did not release was that the vat in which he had hidden was full of blue dye and now his whole body was dyed blue. When the dogs saw him, they didn't recognize him. Instead, they thought it was some strange animal and ran away terrified. The jackal went back to the jungle. Everywhere he went all the animals would run away from him. The jackal could not understand why all the animals were so terrified of him all of a sudden. He went to the river and looked at ...

Once upon a time, there lived three big fish in a lake. They were close friends, but characteristically very different. The first one was wise. He always did everything after a careful thought. The second one was very cheerful, intelligent, and resourceful. He would always use this brains to find a solution for any problem. The third one believed in fate. He believed that whatever was to happen would happen and nobody could change it. One day while playing in the water near the shore, the wise fish overheard a fisherman telling other fishermen, "This lake is full of good fish. Let us come back here tomorrow for fishing." Hearing this the wise fish rushed to his friends and told them all he had heard. 'Let us leave this lake through this canal and go to another lake.', he said. The resourceful fish said, 'I will not leave this lake. When the fisherman comes, I will find a way to save myself.' The third fish said, 'I have lived in this lake all my life and w...

Once upon a time a sparrow couple decided to make their nest on a tall tree in the countryside. They worked hard to built a nest which was spacious and comfortable for the two of them. A few weeks after the nest was built, the female sparrow laid two eggs. Both the sparrows were very happy. They took turns to sit on eggs to keep them warm. While one of them would be sitting on the eggs, the other one would fly out in search of water. They expected the eggs to hatch soon and were really excited about having fledglings of their own. Very close to the tree, where the sparrows were busy building their own little world, lived a wild elephant. The elephant was very proud of his strength. So much so that he would trample smaller plants and animals under his feet just to display his might. All the animals were afraid of him and did not want to annoy him. They did not dare to cross his path lest he might kill them. One day, when the elephant was coming after taking a bath in the nearby lake, hi...

There was once an argument between the wind and the sun about who was the stronger than each other. They argued for a long time but neither of them emerged the winner. It was not too long before they spotted a man walking on the road. Looking at the man wearing a coat, an idea struck them both. They challenged each other that the one who succeeded in removing the coat from man's back was the strongest. The wind volunteered to try first. It began to blow hard, raising gusts of air and making it harder for man to take a step further. But, the man clutched his coat tight around him and resumed walking with great difficulty. The wind continued blowing harder and harder, but the man held on to his coat tighter and tighter. And continued his journey forward. Finally, the wind was exhasted and gave up. His efforts had been futile. It is now the turn of the sun. He looked at man and began to gently shine upon the path man is going on.  The man looked up at the sky and surprised at the chan...

Once in Africa, there lived a man and his donkey. The man earned his living by hiring his donkey out to travelers. One day, a traveler hired it to travel to a city in the desert. They set off in the morning, with the traveler sitting on donkey's back and the owner walking behind it. After traveling a few hours, the sun climbed overhead and desert became as hot as an oven. The traveler was tired and wanted to rest. He got off the donkey's back and looked for a place where he could take relief from the blazing sun. But in the hot desert, the only place that offered the shade was donkey's shadow. So he spread a mat and sat down in donkey's shadow.  The owner also tried to fit himself into the shadow, but he couldn't. "You have only hired the donkey, but not the shadow of donkey.", The owner grumbled. "I have hired the donkey and this means the shadow and all features of it", replied the traveler. For a long time they argued. The traveler tried to si...

Once there lived a washerman and his donkey in a village. During the day, the donkey would carry the washerman's bag. During the night the washerman would set him free in the field to eat grass. However, the donkey would sneak into nearby farms and eat the fresh vegetables there. One day, while wandering thus, he met a jackal. They became friends and the donkey invited the jackal to join him on his rendezvous at night. They started meeting every night. By the day break, donkey would be back home. This went on for many days. One day the jackal said, "Uncle, I have discovered a new field with ripe, juicy cucumbers not very far off. It is nothing less than a feast for you. I am sure that I will also find some small animals for myself in that field. So let's go there tonight. So both of them went to feat on the cucumbers. The donkey feasted to his full, and said, "Nephew, I am so happy today. Look at the full moon. It is so beautiful that it makes me want to sing". T...

In a faraway forest there lived a greedy jackal. He was always eating. No metter how much he ate, he always remained hungry. All the animales in the jungle hid their food from the jackle. They knew that if the jackal came to know about their food, he would either steal or snatch it from them. One day the jackal was very hungry. He could not find any food in jungle so he decided to go to adjecent village to find the food. He walked to the village and hid behind the trees. He saw a few huts and children playing around them. Suddenly a door opened and an old women came out. She called out to one of the children. The jackal ran to hide behind the bushes to listen to what she said to that child. His name was Raju.  Raju's grandmother had called Raju to tell him about the rice pudding she made for him. She was taken by surprise when she saw a jackal run and hide behind the bushes. She told Raju about pudding and asked him to be cautious while playing outside. Jackal heard Raju and his gr...