There were once two sisters : Koi and Bai . Koi was so clever and Bai was the foolish one . They didn 't have much things only one blanket , one cow and one mango tree . So they decided to share their things together . Koi thought this is a good opportunity to make more profit out of their only properties . She told Bai : dearest Bai , you are always first . Bai , the foolish one , agreed and fell into the trap . During the day when the sun blazed down there is no use of blanket , but at night its shivering cold . While Koi slept in comfort , Bai could not sleep at all . Bai was tired of feeding the cow ; while Koi made butter and yogurt from the milk . Bai had to water the mango tree and weed around its base . Koi came and took all the mangoes . Many day passed away while Bai was suffering from all of this . One day a farmer saw Bai asked how she is . She told him all her story and then that farmer told her a way to end this . In the next day Bai took her blanket and dipped it in the river , did not feed the cow and scold it , and told Koi that she decided to cut the mango tree . As a result , when koi went to sleep at night she could not sleep all night because of the wet blanket . In the morning Koi went to milk the cow and the cow kick her , and when she went to have some mangoes found Bai standing there with a saw . Koi understand immediately what she was doing to her sister all these days . She cried from regret and asked for her forgiveness . Bai felt that Koi has learned her lesson and forgave her . From that day on , they decided to share their things equally . And so it was that Koi and Bai shared the blanket and kept each other warm at night ; shared the milk to make butter and yogurt ; and shared those delicious mangoes . And so much did they have that they had plenty to share with the rest of the community . ( Sharmin Akter ) India is a land of folktales . We grow listening to many stories from our parents , grandparents and neighbours about a time when mythical creatures dominated our lands . In fact , there are so many of them it is very difficult to decide which one to talk about . Along with classical Indian folktales we also hear about western and other Asian fairy tales . One unique thing about Indian folktales is that in most of the folktales there are Gods involved . So in one such story , a rich merchant called Kuber earns a lot of wealth and declares himself the richest man on earth . To do away with his ego and pride Lord Shiva sends his son Ganesh to have lunch at Kuber 's house . Ganesh is a fat boy known for eating more . But Kuber knows that he has all the wealth in the world to buy all the food he can eat . So Kuber promises to satisfy his hunger . But Ganesh ends up eating everything including the furniture of Kuber 's house . Kuber understands his mistake and acknowledges his greed , and begs to Annapurna , Ganesh 's mother , to stop this . Annapurna then very tactfully sends a bowl of rice , which ends the hunger of Ganesh . ( Upasana ) The Wizard of Oz depicts the life of Dorothy , and her dog Toto , and the adventures they face to return home after being transported to the magical Land of Oz . During her journey to Emerald City via the yellow brick road , she befriends the Scarecrow , who wants a brain , the Tin Man , who wishes for a heart , and the Cowardly Lion , who needs courage . The desires of each supporting character represent some of the main elements that are important for human survival : 1 ) the brain - used for cognitive , motor , and involuntary functions , 2 ) the heart - used for pumping blood and to symbolize the metaphorical sense of emotion , and 3 ) courage - used for bravery and to face difficulty . The character of the Scarecrow is made out of straw and lacks the necessity of a brain . If a human was missing a brain , that individual would not be able to perform certain functions needed to live such as breathing . The Tin Man is made entirely out of tin and needs oil for his survival ; however , he does not possess a heart which is required for human existence . The heart allows for blood to flow through our bodies and it represents the emotion of love ! Lastly , the Cowardly Lion has the body and stature of someone who is not afraid . On the contrary , he does not have the " courage " to go along with being a massive lion . I relate courage to human survival because without it , we would not be able to achieve a lot of the goals we have for ourselves . What would be the point of living if we have nothing to live for in our everyday lives ? In closing , the Wizard of Oz relates to the survival of human life by showcasing the foundational requirements a person needs to thrive and live a fruitful life . ( David Arocho ) Posted by A long time ago , there was a poor young girl who loved a rich man , and together they had three children . The girl wished to marry him ; however , the man told her that he couldn 't get married with her because she had three out of wedlock children . The girl was determined to be with the man , so she decided to drown her children to prove her love to him . To her surprise , the man didn 't agree to marry her . She got angry and went out near the river where she drowned her children , started walking along the river and weeping and calling for her kids . But they were gone . So , she drowned herself . The spirit of the girl was condemned to wander the waterways , yelling , weeping and searching for her children . Usually , people say that if someone sees a woman dressed with a white dress or hears the phrase " where are my kids ? " near a river , someone will die . - Ana Moyeda There was an old couple living in a village . The wife went to a river to wash clothes while her husband went to a mountain to cut trees every day . One day , the wife saw a peach floating down the river , took it home , and cut it in half with her husband . Surprisingly , what came out of the peach was a boy . They named the boy Momotarou ( " peach boy " ) and raised him well . One day , Momotarou told them that he was going to Demon Island to beat up the demons that were harming the village . He also asked his mother to make some sweet dumplings for him . With his father 's help , dressed and armed , Momotarou was ready to go . First , on his way to the island , he met a monkey , who asked for a dumpling and offered to join him in exchange . In the same way , a pheasant and a dog also followed Momotarou to the island . At Demon Island , they beat all of the demons and returned to the village with many treasures such as gold and silver . The village people lived happily ever after . ( Hisa Fujino ) Mahadenamutta means all - knowing sage ; ironically , he did not know anything and all his judgements were erroneous . He was an old man who lived in a village with his faithful five disciples whose wisdom matched with their master . Mahadenamutta was the village judge . So he held a prestigious place in the village , and people came to him to seek justice . He , on the other hand , executed the most unlikely defected from its genesis judgement to those cases . Better or for worse , we never hear the side of the village folks . One day a villager came across a problem . His one and only goat , from whom he got milk for his breakfast , got his head stuck inside a pot and struggled to get out of it . Failing which , the villager came running for a wise solution from this renowned old judge . The judge regally , sitting on the elephant surrounded by his ever faithful disciples , thus spoke . Asking irrelevant questions that did not even remotely have reflection on this scene , dangling with it just to pretend the gravity of the scene , he ordered the poor man to cut the neck of his beloved goat . The villager dared to disobey . Then he instructed the man to smash the pot to release the head of the goat . Nodding triumphantly at the crowd , he ordered the carcass to be taken to his house . ( Ayoma Samaratunge ) " La Llorona " ( The crywoman ) is one of the most popular Mexican folk tales . This story goes back to the Spanish invasion in Mexico . According to the tale , during the seventeenth century there was an indigenous woman that was married to a Spanish soldier and they had three sons . Some time later , he left her family to marry a Spanish woman . When she learned that her husband married another woman , she took her three children to the river and drowned them . After that , she committed suicide . Since that day , some people in Mexico say that her spirit appears around the rivers and it shouts looking for her children . ( Rocio Vargas Torres ) A long , long time ago , God invited all animals to a party in heaven . It was to be a party full of merriment , dancing and eating . The birds and bats were happy because they understood this to be an exclusive party for only volant animals . However , the tortoise was troubled because he really wanted to be a part of that party but he had no wings , and the Wright brothers were not born then ( nor their ancestors ) not to mention the existence of aeroplanes . He approached his friend , Dove to ask if he could please give him a lift to heaven . The Dove replied , ' Tortoise my friend , you know I would if I could . You are more than 5 times my size , and you know heaven is far . You 'll have to go ask Mr . Eagle , he 's the only one who can lift you ' . Tortoise left his friend and went straight to Eagle 's house to seek for a lift to heaven . To his surprise , Mr . Eagle agreed to give him a ride to heaven without a fuss . Mr . Tortoise thanked him and went home happily to prepare . On the D - day , Tortoise was gorgeously dressed in his best isiagu dress with a matching red cap and black staff carved out of ebony . He was ready ; the ' smartest ' animal in the entire animal kingdom was ready to meet God . All the animals set out with the Tortoise on Mr . Eagle 's back and arrived in heaven by mid - day . But before God came out to welcome the animals , Tortoise , in his cunningness , told all the animals that it would be fantastic for every one of them to choose a new befitting name for the party . ' In that way , God would be impressed and give us whatever we want ' , he said . The animals were excited with the idea and they started choosing beautiful names . Mr . Eagle wished to be called " the golden leave " while Dove said he 'd like to be addressed as " sunrise " . When they had all chosen their names , Tortoise announced that he 'd love to be called " All of you " . The animals thought his name was funny so they laughed , not knowing that Tortoise had a sinister motive . God came out to welcome them and they all introduced themselves in their new names . God showed them around heaven and delegated one of his servants to bring enough food for all of them before he retired to rest . It was time to eat and God 's servant brought so many foods and announced to the animals , ' This is for all of you ' . The Tortoise smiled and took all the foods to himself , citing that the servant specifically called his name . He ate all the food without sharing with the other animals , not even his friend Dove nor his ' driver ' Eagle . He finished all the food by himself . God 's servant came again to drop drinks for them . The animals were about to start sharing the drinks when Tortoise called out to the servant in a loud voice , ' Whose drinks are these ? ' The servant replied , ' It is for all of you ' , and left . Tortoise , again , consumed all the drinks without sharing . It was time to go home , and all the animals left him behind . Nobody agreed to carry him because they wanted to punish him for tricking them . However , he begged Dove to please tell his ( Tortoise 's ) wife to cover their entire house with mattress and every other soft material she could find , and that he was going to land at any moment . The Dove agreed to deliver his message , but when he got to Tortoise 's house , he told the wife to fill the entire house with sharp objects , stones and any other hard materials she could find . She didn 't understand why her husband would make such demand but she had to comply ; her husband hated disobedience . Tortoise looked from heaven to see his house filled with materials ; he was impressed with his wife , and he jumped . He was expecting to land on soft materials , only to land on stones and sharp objects , shattering his scute in bits and vomiting all he had consumed in heaven earlier . On seeing what just happened , the wife ran to call Mr . Snail , who came to gum his scute together and treat her husband of his injuries . Mr . Tortoise was filled with remorse and he swore never to betray his friends again . There was a red star , a green star , and a yellow star in the sky . They were very good friends with each other . They were playing a game of hide - and - seek one day . The red star saw a piece of white cloud and ran towards the white cloud quickly trying to hide under the white cloud . Unfortunately , the red star was running in a big rush and fell to the ground . Bang ! The red star fell on a tree that was beside a broad road . Hoot ! A car was driving on the road . The car saw the red star and stopped . The red star wondered : " Why don 't you go ? " The car said , " Because you are red light . I need to wait for green light to go . " In a short time , there were a lot of cars stopping in front of the red star . The various cars blocked the road , and they honked the horn and shouted : " Change to green light ! Change to green light ! " The red star was worried . " Where can I find green light ? Oh , I can ask for help from the green star ! " The red star figured out a great solution . However , the green star was in the sky , and who could go and ask for help from the green star ? A little bird said : " I can go to tell the green star . " The little bird used all her energy , and her wings were sour after a while . She could not fly anymore , and she saw an eagle . The eagle said : " I will go and tell the green star . " The eagle opened his wide wings and flew to the sky . On the half way to the sky , the eagle was tired and he saw an airplane . The airplane said , " I will go and tell the green star . " The airplane flew very fast and reached very high , but she still could not reach the green star . At that time , the airplane saw a rocket , and the rocket said , " I can go to tell the green star . " The rocket flew to the sky in one second . The green star and the yellow star were looking for the red star when the rocket reached the sky . The green star ran down immediately after hearing that the red star was waiting for help . The yellow star followed the green star and said : " I want to go , too . " Once the green star arrived , all the cars were very happy , but no car started to drive . The red star asked : " Why don 't you start to drive ? " The cars said : " Close your eyes . You need to close your eyes . " The red star closed the eyes immediately . And the green star and yellow star followed the red star and closed their eyes also . The cars said : " Open your eyes ! Open your eyes ! " All the three stars opened their eyes . " No . Green star open eyes , red star and yellow star close eyes . " The cars said : " That is right , you three take turns to open eyes . " The red star and the yellow star closed their eyes immediately , and the green star opened the eyes widely . And all the cars left one by one sequentially . ( Yu Hua ) Once upon a time , there was a little tiger in the forest . His dream was flying in the sky . You know , it is impossible for a tiger to fly in the sky . However , it was his dream . In order to achieve his dream , he got up early to exercise flying , and didn 't go to bed until midnight every day . One day , the door of his house was struck after midnight . He asked , " Who ? " A sound of fatigue came , " Is anybody there ? I am a little rabbit . I am lost in the forest . Could I live in your house ? " The little tiger opened the door . There was a little rabbit outside the door . By the light of the bright , the little tiger saw the little rabbit blush . Then , the little tiger let the rabbit come into the house . After that , the little rabbit lived in the little tiger 's house . Furthermore , the tiger and the rabbit got along very well . Every time when the tiger went to exercise flying , the rabbit always accompanied the tiger . When the tiger felt sad because it was difficult for him to fly , the rabbit always encouraged and comforted the tiger . On the other hand , when other animals bullied the little rabbit , the little tiger always bravely stood up to help the rabbit . As the time went by , they got used to living together . Suddenly one day , an angel came to meet with the little tiger . The angel said , " I am touched by your exercise . I can help you grow wings to fly in the sky , but you will never return to this forest . " The tiger was very happy because he would achieve his dream soon . The little rabbit was also happy for the little tiger . However , the little tiger could not see the sadness and pain in the eyes of the little rabbit . On the second day , the little tiger went with the angel . The rabbit was very sad , crying all day . After a few days , the little tiger began to miss the little rabbit . He missed the smile , the shadow , and the embrace which made him reassured . But he could not return to the forest any more . He was very regretful to leave the little rabbit . He was worried that there would be other animals to bully the little rabbit . But , he could not do anything . The little tiger went to ask for the help of the angel , and he said , " Dear angel , could you please help me ? I don 't want to fly in the sky any more . I want to return to the forest . I want to live together with the rabbit . " The angel said , " It is ok . I can let you go back to the rabbit , before you have to be a watchdog for us in two years . You will lose your dignity as a tiger if you have to be a watchdog for us . " The tiger said , " Yes , I will do it . " After two years , the little tiger fulfilled the watchdog mission . Then , he returned to his house successfully . When he arrived at the door of his house , he was worried and he wasn 't sure that the rabbit was still in his house . He was wandering in the door of his house , and dared not knock on the door , because he is afraid of nobody inside . Suddenly , the door was open . The little rabbit was still waiting for him in the tiger 's house . " Will you love me in the morning ? " Once upon a time , a woodman who made his living by logging completed his work . He was heading for home . He kept walking with fatigue . He found a river got in the way , and he decided to have a rest on the bridge . He leaned against a wood rail and enjoyed the beautiful riverside view . Unfortunately , his iron axe slipped from his hand at this time . The iron axe sank into the river quickly . The poor man cried , " Oh Oh ! That 's my only axe ! How can I make money without my axe ! " Suddenly , the river was spilt open and an old man appeared in front of the woodman when he decided to dive in the river to find the axe . " I 'm the patron of this river . " The old man said , " Why are you sneezing in my place ? " The god asked . " I dropped my only axe into the river " , the woodman replied tearfully . " Don 't worry , my son , I can help you , " the god comforted him and disappeared . Soon the god showed up with two shining axes in his hand ; one was made of gold and the other was silver . " Which one is your axe , the golden one or the silver one ? " the god asked , showing these two axes to the woodman . " I 'm sorry , I 'm afraid they are not mine , " the woodman responded honestly , " Mine is an old and iron axe . " The woodman responded . The god smiled and held out the iron axe . " Here you go , my son . Both the golden and silver axe are yours . You deserved it for your integrity . " The god left three axes to the woodman and disappeared magically . The woodman was awarded for his honesty and he lived the rest of his life comfortably . However , a neighbor of the woodman envied him . He purchased a new axe and dropped it into the same river on purpose . He pretended to cry on the bank of the river and squinted to find the god . The god appeared and asked him , " What can I do for you , son ? " The neighbor replied , " My axe was dropped in your river . " The god disappeared for a while , and came up with golden axe and silver axe in front of the neighbor . " Which one is yours , my son ? " The god asked . The neighbor chuckling answered , " Both are mine ! " The god was sternly watching the neighbor , shaking his head and left nothing to him , not even his new axe . The neighbor got his penalty for his greed and dishonesty . ( Tianyu Chen ) Once upon a time in very old times , there was a group of apes who lived together on a mountain . They were living a happy life until there was a long winter . The apes were not prepared for the winter and long winter nights started to get unbearable for them . They had no home and were so cold all the time , so they started looking for light , hoping that the light would be a sign of fire , which could keep them warm . Any small light was a trigger for them to move and stay next to it , even if the light was too small and had little heat . In their search for fire , one day they found a firefly ; they got so excited to see the light coming out of it . They mistook the firefly for a small fire , so they started to gather firewood to initiate a big fire . They gathered a lot of firewood , put all of it on the poor firefly and began to blow in to the firewood with their whole strength to extend the fire . Although they were trying so hard , as there was no fire to begin with , their efforts were useless . There lived a pigeon above a tall tree , close to where the apes were trying to make fire , and he was observing the poor apes and their fruitless efforts . He knew they would not be able to make a fire with a firefly , so he thought he should go to the apes and explain to them that they cannot make a fire with a firefly . He flew and sat next to the biggest and strongest ape and started to explain to him that a firefly is not fire . He said , " I can see that you have been trying too hard to make a fire with this poor firefly , but you should know that this creature only shines at night . It is only reflecting the little light existing in the environment , but you have mistaken it for fire . This firefly cannot give you any heat and you are wasting your time ! " The strong ape was annoyed with what the pigeon said and said to him , " You should mind your own business ; we are making fire here ! " There was a jackal passing by which heard the conversation between the apes and the pigeon . He thought he should help the pigeon as he knew the apes , so he went to the pigeon and said : " if you were a wise pigeon , you would not be trying to educate the apes ! These apes would not accept your logic and they would only hurt you if you continue your attempts to convince them . " But the pigeon did not accept the jackal 's advice and still wanted to help the apes , so he went to another ape and said , " Listen ! you cannot make fire with a firefly , it would make no heat and you will die from cold . " He talked to many apes , so finally the apes got angry and caught and decapitated the pigeon . The apes continued their efforts to make their fire with the firefly , but the night got so cold and none of them survived till the next morning . ( Sahar Mihandoust ) In ancient China , there was a man who grew seedlings on his farm . Every day he went to the farm to check how tall his seedlings grew . He was very eager to see the seedlings grow up quickly . However , one day passed , two days passed and three days passed . The seedlings grew very slowly and you could barely see the difference . He walked around the farm anxiously and said to himself , " I have to do something to help them " . One day , he thought of a good plan . Guess what he did ? He went to the farm hastily and pulled up every seedling ! He worked from noon to sunset . After went back home , he said while he was still breathing heavily , " So exhausted today . But it is so delightful to see all the seedlings grow up a lot . " His son did not understand what happened , but had a bad feeling . He ran quickly to the farm , no surprise , all the leaves of seedlings began to wither . This story tells us that we should not rush to do anything . For certain thing , it just does not work if you rush , because it needs accumulation of time . Just like another old Chinese saying " A watched pot never boils " . ( Rui Liu ) Once upon a time a crane used to live close to a pond . The pond was full of various types of fishes and crabs . The crane used to feed on them by catching them every day . After a long time passed the crane grew older and became weaker . It was hard for the crane to hunt in his old age because he was not agile enough . He became so weak that fish use to swim around him but he was unable to catch them . The crane became weaker and weaker as the days passed and then the crane decided to think of a different way to get his food . The crane decided to devise a plan to catch his food . One day he went to the pond without any intention of catching any fish and looked sad . Fishes and crabs saw the crane not trying to catch them for long time . This made them curious and they asked the crane what was the matter . The crane told them that he was very sad because all of them were going to die . This made all the animals of the pond worried and they asked why would they all die . The crane replied that some people from near the village were going to fill the pond and use this land for growing crops . He further said that he could save them because there was another pond at a distance which couldn 't be covered by land . But he said that he could carry few fishes at a time and would make one trip per day because he was old and weak and could not make multiple trips . The animals of the pond agreed with him because he portrayed himself as their savior and did not show any interest in eating them . He started taking few fishes in his beak every day and at a little distance behind the rock he used to kill and eat them . Several days passed and crane grew stronger , and then one day the crab asked the crane to carry him to the other pond . The crane thought it would be a good idea to try some new food though it would be hard to kill as compared to fish . The crane agreed and took the crab in his beak and started taking him away . After some time the crab got suspicious and asked how far the other pond was . The crane was blind in his greed to eat the crab and replied " I am not taking you to the pond ; instead I am going to kill and eat you , " without realizing that crab was better equipped to defend himself compared to fishes earlier . Crab suddenly tightened his claw on crane 's neck and bled him to death . Somehow crab managed to reach the pond and narrated his experience with the rest of the pond animals . ( Pradeep Vyawahare , India , 2016 ) Once upon a time , a father with his five year old son wanted to sell their donkey . One day , they decided to go to the downtown to sell their donkey . They walked the donkey on their way . A man saw this scenery and asked them , " Why did you guys not ride the donkey instead of walking it ? " Thus , the father asked his son to ride on the donkey . After a period , they encountered a woman . The woman said to the son that you are not respectful to your father . After hearing these words , the son let the father ride the donkey . After some time , they encountered another woman . She said " poor kid " , and blamed the father about not taking care of his son . Therefore , the father decided to ride the horse together with his son . After walking a distance , they encountered another man . This time , he accused the father and son of abusing the animal . He said that " this donkey was weak and skinny ; how could you guys rode on him " . The father and the son had no choice but carrying the donkey on their back and walking to the downtown . When they crossed the bridge , the donkey could not stand the torture and tried to escape . Unfortunately , when the donkey escaped , it fell to the river and drowned . This story tells us that we do not need to always listen to others and follow their rules . Sometimes we should be confident about our choice , ideals and thought . The most important thing is that we need to have our own opinion toward a thing and make our mind to do it . ( Cheng Ta ) A long time ago , an old sage had five young sons . The sons were strong enough , but they always quarreled with each other all day , and they didn 't want to share anything among them . Since he was getting old , the old person was thinking about distributing all of his assets to his children . However , he was worried that when he was gone forever , his children couldn 't maintain his hard earned assets . One fine morning , he called all his sons . He said , " Sons , bring some wood sticks to me . " Hence , they brought back some sticks and gave them to him . Then the old man tied all of the wood sticks together and kept them in front of them . After that , the old person said , " Break it and take all of my assets ! " The sons tried their best to break the bunch of sticks individually , but they could not make it . They sweated , " Daddy , It 's impossible ! " After that , the old man untied the wood sticks and gave one to them , " Now break a single stick " . They easily managed to break the single stick . Therefore , the old sage said to his sons , " Dear sons , if you stay together , no one can harm you . But , if you stay alone you will collapse like the single broken stick . " All of the boys then repented for their misdoings and understood the strength of unity . After that day , they never quarreled with each other and happily lived together thereafter . ( Minhaz , Bangladesh , 2016 ) It was a bright sunny afternoon when Karna had finished his archery session . Lord Parashurama was looking tired after an intense day of training . He asked Karna , " It is too hot . I am tired . I will take some rest . " Being a good disciple , Karna asked his master to put his head on his lap . Parashurama smiled and both the teacher and student started moving towards a huge banyan tree . Lord Parashurama , the sixth avatar of Lord Vishnu ( the preserver ) was one of the greatest warriors in Hindu mythology . Parashurama , a Brahmin , had received his famous axe from Lord Shiva ( the destroyer ) . Karna was amazed to see his guru sleeping like a baby within a few minutes . For a moment he realized that this was the man who taught him all the advanced skills of archery and the art of warfare . Today Karna was ready to fight any battle against any warrior . After a while , a bee flew in and sat on Karna 's thigh . He was feeling irritated as the bee refused to go away . Karna knew that any kind of movement could disturb the sleep of his guru . His master 's sleep was more important than the suffering this little bee gave . The stubborn bee refused to go away and started to bite and sting . It was not very long when blood started to ooze from Karna 's thigh . Within seconds , blood started to flow profusely and a stream of it touched Lord Parashurama 's cheek . Parashurama was horrified to see so much blood all around him . Karna explained to him what the bee had done and why he didn 't want to wake him up . Parashurama asked , " Karna , my love , how did you put up with so much pain without a whisper ? " Karna replied , " It was not pain , My Lord . I could easily bear such discomfort . " All his life Parashurama thought that Karna was a Brahmin but a soft - bodied Brahmin could have never endured this much pain . It was not long that Parashurama realized that Karna was not a Brahmin . He was a Kshatriya ( a Hindu caste of warriors ) . Lord Parashurama had sworn to teach his skills only to Brahmins . He demanded Karna to tell him the truth . Karna told his master that he was a charioteer 's son and was from a lower caste . He knew he had hurt his teacher 's sentiments and acquired the knowledge of mighty weapons by lying to his master . This angered Lord Parashurama , who laid a curse upon Karna that he would forget all his knowledge of weapons at the moment of his greatest need . Years later , in the battle of Kurkhshetra ( or MahabPosted by Once upon a time , there was a cowboy in a village . He went to the field to take care of his cow . He was crying by saying tiger , tiger , tiger …… . to make joke with the village residents . The village residents went to the field to help the cowboy from the tiger . However , the village residents did not see any tiger in the field . They asked the cowboy , where is the tiger ? He was laughing , and they understood that he made them fools . After some days , the cowboy again was crying by saying tiger , tiger , tiger …… , but on that day , no village resident went to help him from the tiger . Unfortunately , on that day tiger attacked him , and the cowboy was killed . ( Rafikul Islam , Bangladesh , 2016 ) Life is like a journey on a road that is puzzling and has roughness and kinks . Throughout your journey on the road , you face the wind , the sun , the storm , winter , spring , light and darkness , though you need to keep moving forward . You constantly fall and need to stand up again . I believe that persistence and hardworking is key to success in your journey . Here , I would like to tell you the famous story of a rabbit and a turtle . The story metaphorically tells you how persistence is important . Once , a rabbit , the king of speed within the animal kingdom , challenged a turtle to a running contest . The turtle openly accepted the challenge , though he knew he would have a rough path to pass , if he was going to win the race . The rabbit and other animals of the kingdom laughed at the turtle for racing with the rabbit , because turtles walked very slowly . They started the contest , while all the animals came together to watch the match . The rabbit was proudly posturing , since he was confident that he would win the race . All the animals were talking about how the rabbit runs fast , though the turtle is ridiculously slow . The turtle felt alone but hopeful that he could succeed . The rabbit and the turtle started the race . The rabbit ran very fast and got a big distance from the turtle . The turtle was walking slowly , though determinately . The rabbit was too proud and confident so he thought he could take a nap on the road and then he would run again and would win . He chose a nice spot on grasses under a shadow of a tree aside the path and fell asleep . He went to a deep and sweet sleep , though the turtle was still walking slowly , but constantly . He was so persistent in moving forward that he didn 't stop , even one second . He just walked forward . The rabbit was still asleep , while he was having sweet dreams . The turtle was still walking . He passed the rabbit and walked forward . He was tenacious and was walking toward the end of the contest . The animals saw him getting closer and closer to the end , though unbelievably they couldn 't see the rabbit . The turtle finally reached to the end and won . He won , while the rabbit was still sleeping . The turtle won because he was persistent and determinate in his path . He walked slowly but he never stopped . ( Niloofar Gholamrezaei , Iran , 2016 ) A long time ago , there were ten suns in the sky ; they were the sons of the Oriental Lord . These ten suns lived with their mother , the wife of the Oriental Lord , in the Eastern Sea . After having the bath in the Eastern Sea , she always put them on a tree , just like birds perched in their nests . Nine of them perched on the shorter branches of the tree , while the other sun rested on the top of the tree . When the sky needed dawn , the sun on the top of the tree would cart through the sky , spreading the light and heat all over the world to every corner . Ten suns took turns on duty orderly every ten days ; everything in the world was in a harmonious appearance . At that time , people were grateful to the sun for bringing them time , light and joy , they even often kowtowed towards the sky to show their worship . However , as time went by , ten suns became feeling bored ; they wanted to travel around the sky together since they thought it must be very interesting . So , one day , when the dawn came , the ten suns rode the cart together , setting foot on the journey through the sky . But , the life on earth could not stand the heat that ten suns released ; they were just like ten giant fire balls . They not only burned out forest to ashes , but also burned many people and animals . Those who were not burnt in the fire , the animals , the pigs , the wolves , and the wanderers , frantically searched for a place which had water and food to escape from the calamities . The river dried up , even the sea was also facing dryness , and all the fish also died off , so the monster in the sea climbed up to steal food in villages . Crops and orchards also burned out , and the sources of food for people and livestock were cut off . People were either burned out to die by the high temperature of the sun or killed by the beast . In a word , people were struggling in the fire disaster . At this time , there was a young handsome guy called Hou Yi , who was a skillful archer . He was in much pain seeing people living in misery , so he determined to shoot the extra nine suns to save the people from the untold miseries . Yi climbed over the ninety nine high mountains , crossed the ninety nine rivers , passed through ninety - nine canyons , and he finally arrived at the Eastern Sea . Yi climbed on the top of the highest mountain beside the sea . Without hesitation , he shot down the first sun in one second ; his second arrow shot down two suns together ; and at this time , there were still seven suns staring red glowing eyes in the sky . Hou Yi still felt very hot , so he continued to shoot the other suns . He shot the third arrow fiercely , this arrow shot was very strong , and it shot down four suns at this time ! The other suns trembled all over , and then Yi shot the arrows to the sun one by one , and finally all nine suns were shot down . Their feathers fell down to the ground , their light and heat disappeared slowly . The last sun in the sky was extremely afraid of Yi ; he was in accordance with the instructions of Hou Yi to stay in the sky contributing light and heat to the earth as before . Since then , the sun rises from the east of the sea and sets in the west side every day . And underneath all of the horrible cloud cover , the sun will always be there , warming everything in the word . ( Lingjuan Qi . China . 2016 ) Once upon a time , there lived a man who had seven wives . This man was originally a hunter . He married his wives one by one at different times until a total of seven . Initially , he had too much love for his first wife , which later reduced as he married more young wives . Indeed , he loved the seventh wife more than everyone else , and surely hated the first but never divorced . In some month , he came to realize that all his wives were pregnant and they were to give birth at any time . While he had gone far away from his family to hunt and gather food for a full month , he received news that the first five wives had given birth to babies in only three consecutive days . He was told that his first wife had given birth to a very handsome baby boy . He immediately sought to know if his seventh wife had also given birth . Unfortunately she hadn 't , and he was disappointed . He never sent any congratulatory message to the first wife but only to the rest , since he didn 't love her anymore . After some minutes of silence , he aggressively asked some of his co - hunters to go and kill the baby boy . On arrival , his men saw the baby boy and that he was very handsome ; they all became empathetic and told the mum to forgive them . They did not kill the baby boy . When their master heard that they had not killed the boy , he sent a second team to kill the boy . On arrival , this second team was so astonished by the fact that the boy was too handsome to be killed . The master received the report that the team had also not killed boy as he had commanded . He sent a third team that behaved the same way as the previous ones . When he received the same report , he became so angry and picked a spear to go and kill the boy himself . When the mum to the boy heard the news that her husband was coming to kill the boy himself , she excessively cried and hid the boy in some clay pot and covered it with a cloth that allowed oxygen to penetrate it . He arrived early in the morning but found his seventh wife in serious labor pains . He was forced to first attend to hiThis story affirms the fact that you can break some wrong orders to do the right thing . ( Judas Tadeo , Uganda ) Once upon a time there was a beautiful family of five . They were very happy and they loved each other very much . One day they went to a camping trip . They drove for six hours to get into the forest . When they got into the forest they set up the tent and started a wood fire . The first night the father was telling stories to the three kids , and the kids were eating marshmallows . The next morning , the family went for a walk in the forest . Landon , the older brother , was jumping and running on the rocks . His father and mother told him to stop jumping and running on the rocks because he could fall over the cliff . He got angry and yelled to them that he was a big boy and he knew what he was doing . Suddenly , when he was going to jump on the last rock , he fell into the 300 feet cliff . Fortunately , he only broke his arm . It was getting dark and he was all alone in the forest . Then he started thinking about his parents . He felt sorry for disobeying them and for giving them a hard time . He was telling himself , " If I had listened to them I probably wouldn 't be here " . Then he remembered what his mother always tells him : " When things are going bad just pray to the Lord and he would give you strength " . Hence , he started to pray to the Lord and promised God that if he got out of the cliff safely , he would ask their forgiveness and would respect them from now on . The Lord heard Landon 's prayer , and the next morning the rescuers saved him . When he was getting out of the cliff he saw his mother and dad . He went running to them and he said : " Mom , Dad I am really sorry . I promise I would never disobey you again " . He hugged them and explained the promise he made to God while he was on the cliff . Landon 's father told him , " Son we love you so much . When we tell you something is because we know is the best for you . I am glad that this experience made you realize it " . Landon learned two things that day . The first one was , that even when you think your parents bother , and don 't let you do anything , they do it because tPosted by Once upon a time , there lived a rat and a squirrel . They were friendly with each other . They had another friend , eagle . Both rat and squirrel lived in the trunk of a tree and the eagle lived on the top of the tree . They were all best friends and they were always there for one another if anyone was in trouble . These three used to go together in search of food in the morning and get back in the evening and used to play together until night . This had become their daily routine . Their children were also all friendly and they all played games while their parents got food . When they got excess food , they stored their food and when they did not get food , they shared their stored food all equally . Suddenly , one day it started raining and the rain continued for three days . They felt their lives would be in danger if they went out ; therefore , they thought it was better to eat their stored food . As they decided , they started feeding themselves with the stored food . Meanwhile , they saw a cat shivering outside their home and they felt pity for the cat . They offered cat a shelter and the cat was very happy . Cat seemed to be very weak and they offered their stored food to cat and then to their children and finally the rat , the squirrel and the eagle ate the food that was left . The rain still continued for three more days , but their stored food got finished . They starved to feed the cat . Cat was getting better day by day . Finally , the rain had stopped and as the stored food was finished , they had to go out in hunt of food . They asked cat to look after their children as their children had become weak due to shortage of food . The cat was okay and agreed to look after their children for that day . As soon as all the three went for food , cat started to think negatively and ate all the children . In the evening , all the three got back home and found their children missing . They got to know that it was all cat 's evil mind and the cat had done this to them . They all decided to teach cat a lesson . They thought of a good plan and they weMoral : Be thankful to the ones that offer you help in need . Posted by Once upon a time , two friends were travelling through a dense forest . It was dark and the two friends knew it was dangerous to travel alone . So they pledged to travel together and take care of each other if any vicious animal attacked them . After hours of walking through the forest , the two friends were tired and they decided to rest under a tree for a while . While they were fast asleep , a huge bear started running towards them and one of the two sleeping friends saw the bear coming . Instead of waking his friend to warn him about the bear , the selfish friend quickly started climbing the tree , under which they were sleeping , to escape from the bear . When the other friend woke up , suddenly he saw the huge bear fast approaching , getting ready to attack him . He called out for help but no one was there to help him . He quickly came up with a smart idea and lay on the ground breathless pretending to be dead . The bear came close to his face , smelled him and thought he was dead . As bears do not attack dead creatures , it walked away leaving him unharmed . To the other friend who was watching it from above the tree , it felt like the bear was whispering something in his friend 's ears . He quickly climbed down the tree and asked his friend , " What did the bear say to you ? " His friend replied , " The bear told me not to trust in fake people like you " . ( Ashwin , India , 2017 )