Ratnavati’s Choice
Once again, Vikram went back to the tree. He lowered the corpse, took it on his shoulder, and began to walk towards the burial ground
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7. The Comet
SAMARSEN and his men stood beneath the trees, not knowing what to do next. The trees the herd of frightened elephants has crushed down lay
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Nobility
While Brahma-Dutt ruled Banaras, Bodhisatva was born a lion. The lion used to dwell in a cave with his mate. One day, he stood on
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The Cat and The Meat
Goha, the witty man of Cairo, once bought three seers of meat and took it home. “I am going out now and shall be back
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A certain zamindar bought a fine Arab horse with a pedigree by paying a lot of money. His whole mind was so taken up with
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BRAHMA, the Creator, called together all the creatures he had created to find out what improvements they would like. “Friends,” he said, addressing all creatures,
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Fatal Greed
A fox once made friends with a wolf and found that he had to play the part of a servant since the wolf was much
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The Penalty
Once a merchant started on a long journey with his goods loaded on a horse and a donkey. The donkey was overloaded, and it felt
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Impure
DHANA GUPTA earned crores. But he had to sin a lot to make all that money. Following in his footsteps, several other merchants earned lakhs.
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Lazy Bones
In a particular village, a wealthy man had a daughter named Sukumari. She was so hopelessly lazy that she never did a stroke of work
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