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 THE GOAT AND THE LION

Listen and en joy.

One day, a hungry lion was looking for food.

He could not get anything to eat. At last, he
saw a goat eating grass on a high hill. He

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 A CLEVER DONKEY
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A wolf was trying to catch
a donkey.
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were very happy.

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The wolf felt foolish.

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 A FOOLISH DONKEY

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A donkey made friends with a

fox. Together they went to a
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sugar cane.

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fox ran away. The farmers
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 THE SKY IS FALLING!
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A hare heard a loud sound.

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of a fallen tree.
“So that is the sky!” he laughed.
The other animals too laughed.
They all returned to their homes.

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 THE RAT AND THE CAT
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A rat saw a piece of cake.

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The cat let off the rat and jumped on the cake.
The rat ran away. “Good-bye, Cat,”said the rat
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when she was in her hole, “you may eat the cake
if you want to. But you shall not eat me! ”

164
 THE JACKAL AND THE DRUM
Enjoy listening to this story.
It was a very hot day. A hungry jackal went to a forest in
search of food. He walked a long way, but found nothing.
Suddenly he heard a loud noise. He was afraid, and he did not
know what to do.

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time and listened. He heard
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moved, it beat the drum and made a
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loud noise.
The jackal saw this and he was
not afraid now. There was nothing
to be afraid of. ‘How foolish I have
been!’ He ran away, laughing to
himself.

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 THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF

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There was once a shepherd
boy in a village.
He loved to play jokes on his
friends. One day

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on the hillside.

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ground to help him. But that
naughty boy only laughed.
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the men sat down to eat their
supper after a hard day’s work.
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“Wolves, wolves,” he shouted.

The villagers rushed to his side
but he had fooled them again.

166
 THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF

This unkind shepherd boy played

this trick many times. One day he
was alone outside the village with
his flock. A wolf silently crept up and
attacked his sheep. He screamed

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 A CLEAN GROUND
Enjoy listening to this story.

Raghu slipped while running and fell on the

ground. He was hurt. He was crying.
Swathi miss attended to his wounds. The
other children were watching.
Mamatha said, “Come let us all remove the

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small stones from the ground.” Rakesh said,
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their friends.
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that his friends won't be

hurt while playing.

168
 THE HARE AND THE FROG
Enjoy listening to this story.

Once upon a time, a big

green frog fell into a deep hole.
It tried to jump out, but could
not reach the top. It stopped
trying and began to shout for
help.

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I know where there is a ladder.
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I’ll go and bring it.

Then you can use the ladder and get

out.”
“Thank you”, croaked the frog, “I’ll
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wait.”
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The hare ran off to fetch a ladder.

When he came back with the ladder,
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the frog was sitting outside the hole.

“Oh!” said the hare, “you’ve done it.

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I thought you couldn’t get out by

yourself.”
“ I thought so, too,” croaked the
frog, “but a snake came into the
hole, and I just had to get out. So

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I did.”
You do not know what you
can do, till you have to.

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 A HOT GREEN CHILLI

Enjoy listening to this story.

A pumpkin went to see a

green chilli. He was very
plump and heavy. When he
met the green chilli, he rolled

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over the green chilli. The
green chilli got crushed under
the pumpkin. He was very

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angry. He stood up and went
near the pumpkin. He asked
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the pumpkin to apologise. But

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the pumpkin made fun of the
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green chilli. The Green chilli
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danced on the face of the
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pumpkin. It was very hot. The

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Pumpkin could not bear it.

He ran and jumped into a
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nearby pond. The burning

reduced. Then he apologised
to the green chilli.
Learn to talk. Answer these
questions.
1. How was the pumpkin?
2. How was the green chilli?
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3. Why was the green chilli

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angry?
4. Did the pumpkin
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apologise?
5. Why did the pumpkin
jump into the water?

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 HELP EACH OTHER
Enjoy listening to this story.
An ant fell into a river. It was not able to come out. A bird
saw this. It took a leaf and dropped it near the ant. The ant
climbed on to the leaf. The winds drove the leaf to the
banks of the river. The ant was saved. The ant thanked
the bird.

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One day a hunter came to catch the bird. The ant saw
this. It called all its friends. All the ants started biting
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the hunter. He ran away in fear. The bird was saved.

The bird thanked the ants.
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 EGG IN A HOLE
Enjoy listening to this story.
A hen had laid an egg up on the roof of the
farmhouse. One day, the egg rolled down
through a hole in the roof into a room down
below.
‘Oh my! I hope I haven’t lost it!’ she said.

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She ran down the steps to the room below.
‘Have you seen my egg?’ asked Henny.
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my plate of rice. Then it rolled along the
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Henny ran quickly to the window. ‘Have

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you seen my egg?’ she asked. ‘Yes, I
pu have,’ said a little bird. ‘It rolled along the
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drain pipe and then into a hole.’
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 HENNY AND THE BABY CHICK

Henny ran across the farm.

She saw her egg just before it
rolled into the hole in the ground.
Just then, from out of the hole,
appeared a small mouse.

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“Henny,” he said, ‘I’ve found
your egg! Something very special

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happened. It’s broken and it’s in
a lot of little pieces. But, if you
look closely you will see that
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you’ve a new baby chick in its

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place!”
Henny was so pleased! She
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had lost her egg. But now she
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had a baby chick instead.

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