The jackal advised the family to tell the village chief that there was a jackal who saw
their cow giving birth to the calf. Following the jackal’s advice, the family told the
village chief about the witness.
So, the village head asked them to bring the jackal next day.
The next day, the jackal didn’t show up but sent the vixen instead. When the angry
village head asked why the jackal didn’t come, the vixen cleverly explained that the
jackal had a cub yesterday, and since he couldn’t leave the newborn cub alone, she
came in his place.
Do you take me for a fool? How could a male animal have a cub?” the village
head shouted.
“Then how could that rich man’s bull have a calf?” argued the vixen.
The village chief realized his mistake in favoring the rich man.
To make things right, the village chief ordered the rich man to return the calf to
the family and pay them fifty gold coins as a punishment for his dishonesty.
The family was overjoyed and thanked the jackal and the vixen for their help. They
went home happily with their beloved calf, knowing that honesty and cleverness
had won the day.

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The other children and their parents felt ashamed of their dishonesty. From that
day on, the honest child and his parents lived happily in the palace, showing the
value of being honest.

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One season he decided to try growing something special — Ash gourd!

Seasons passed, and Farmer’s hard work paid off! His Ash gourd vines flourished, and before long, there stood the most gigantic Ash gourd anyone had ever seen — big enough to fill a whole cart!

The farmer was delighted about this.

But alas, one morning, the farmer found that his prized  Ash gourd had been stolen! His heart sank at the sight of the empty patch where it once proudly sat.

To solve the mystery, the farmer sought the help of the wise head of the village.

The head of the village listened to the farmer’s story and nodded. “Fear not, Mr. Farmer. he said with a reassuring smile. “I have a plan!”

Together, they gathered all the villagers in the village square. The head of the village explained the situation to the villagers.

“The thief,” he announced, “will surely have traces of ash on their shoulder from carrying away such a hefty gourd! Let us look at everyone’s shoulders to find the culprit!”

The villagers started whispering to each other’s ears and looking around. And among the crowd, a guilty-looking man was spotted quickly trying to brush away the ash from his shoulder.

The head of the village, with a keen eye, quickly identified the thief, much to the surprise of the villagers.

As punishment, the thief had to make amends by helping the farmer tend to his garden and learn the value of hard work and honesty.

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Unfortunately, their peaceful lives were disturbed by a harsh drought that caused the once-full lake to dry up.

With food and water becoming not enough, the cranes knew they had to find a new home.

One day, they flew away in search of a place with plenty of water. After days of
flying, they found a wonderful area and happily returned to tell their dear turtle
friend.

But when they told the turtle about their exciting new home, the turtle suddenly
burst into tears. “How can I join you at this beautiful lake?” the turtle sobbed. “I
cannot fly. Please, don’t leave me behind.”

The cranes comforted their friend saying that they had a plan. “We have always
lived together and are best friends. Don’t worry, we have a great plan to take you
to our new home.”

The turtle was thrilled. The cranes explained their plan to him.
“First , we would find a strong stick of wood. Then we would each hold the
corners of the stick with our beaks while you held onto the middle with your mouth.
Then we can fly together to the new home.”

Excited by the idea of a new home, the turtle very much liked the plan.

“ But this trip is dangerous. You must promise us that you will never open your
mouth for any reason. You have to stay silent, or you will fall and end up in a
serious accident.” The cranes advised and made the turtle promise to follow
these instructions.

With their belongings packed and their hearts full of hopes, the trio set off on their
journey.

The cranes once again reminded the turtle about the instructions before starting
the journey. The turtle nodded in agreement.

As they flew through the sky, the turtle, caught up in the excitement, forgot all the advices.

He opened his mouth to ask a question: ‘How far is it to that beautiful
lake?’ and quickly fell to the ground.

The cranes were devastated by the accident.

With heavy hearts, they flew to their new home and always reminded their new
friends of the lesson learned from their journey.

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“Let’s start a business together!” said Gampalaya.

“That sounds fun! But what should we sell?” asked Raigamaya.

“Let’s gather things from the garden and sell them at the market.” suggested Gampalaya .

Excited about their new venture, they set off to collect their goods.

Raigamaya collected palm seeds that look a lot like areca nuts and put them in a sack, while Gampalaya gathered pepper leaves that look almost the same as betel leaves.

Since the market is so far away, they began their journey in the evening.

Along the way, Gampalaya asked, “What did you bring to sell?”

“I found some tasty areca nuts!” replied Raigamaya proudly.

“I brought these lovely betel leaves,” said Gampalaya .

As they walked, it grew late, so they stopped to rest in an Ambalama. Both friends were tired and
fell asleep.

Early in the morning, Gampalaya woke up first.

He saw Raigamaya’s sack of areca nuts and thought, “I’ll take this to the market
instead of my sack of pepper leaves!”.

A little later, Raigamaya woke up and saw Gampalaya’s sack of betel leaves. He
thought, “I’m lucky Gampalaya left his sack behind. I’ll take these to the market!”.

So, Gampalaya went to the market and told the vendor about the quality of the
areca nuts and asked for a good price. But when the sack was opened, it was full
of palm nuts! Gampalaya was so embarrassed.

The same thing happened to Raigamaya when he tried to sell the betel leaves.

In the end, they both tried to trick each other but ended up tricking themselves.

They learned that honesty is always the best way to do business.

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One day, the father came up with a brilliant idea to put an end to the fights
among his children.

Gathering them together, he proposed a new game.

“Let’s play a game today,” he said with a smile. “Each of you go to the forest and
bring back two sticks of wood.”

Excited children hurried to gather their sticks of wood. Upon their return, the
father instructed them further.

“Now, hold one stick of wood in each hand,” he said.

The children obeyed, holding the wooden sticks in their hands.

“Now, break the stick of wood in your hands into two,” the father asked.

With little effort, each child broke their single stick of wood in half.

“Good. Now, gather the rest of the sticks and tie them into a bundle,” the father
said again.

Working together, the children tied the rest of the five sticks into a tight bundle.

“Now, let’s see if any of you can break this bundle,” the father challenged.

No matter how hard they tried, the children couldn’t break the bundle of sticks.

Turning to his disappointed children who failed the challenge, the father
explained, “When you are divided and alone, like the single sticks of wood, you
are weak. But when you stick together, like this bundle of sticks, you are strong.
Do you understand?”

Realizing the wisdom in their father’s words, the children nodded in agreement.

From that day on, they learned to value harmony, never again let petty

disagreements come between them.

So, they lived happily ever after, united as a strong and loving family.

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One day, they found a delicious sweet called Kavum.

As usual, the cats soon found themselves in a heated argument over who should have it.

Their loud voices caught the attention of a passing monkey, who decided to get involved.

“Why are you two friends arguing so loudly?” asked the curious monkey.

“It’s my sweet!” said one cat.

“No, it’s mine!” said the other.

The clever monkey, sensing an opportunity, proposed a solution.

“If this sweet is for both of you, then you should share it equally, right?” suggested the monkey happily.

The cats agreed.

So the monkey said “ if you like I can divide this fairly between you two”.

“Alright, then you help us fairly share it” the cats requested.

As the monkey broke the sweet in two, one piece turned out to be slightly larger than the other.

“Oh no, one piece is bigger than the other!” cried the cats.

“No worries, I will take a bite from the bigger piece to fix it.” The monkey took a bite from the larger piece.

But then, the other piece seemed bigger. “Now this piece looks bigger and that is unfair!” said the monkey, taking another bite from it.

The cats were helpless.

This kept going until the monkey had eaten both pieces of the sweet.

Then the monkey said, “Well, now neither of you got more, and no one was treated unfairly. So, let’s be happy about it!” before going away on its journey.

Realizing that they could not enjoy the sweet altogether, the two cat friends made a promise to each other.

They vowed never to fight over sharing again.

And from that day on, they lived in harmony, sharing everything equally and happily ever after.

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