One Page Story Book

Prepared by,
Mdm. M.Pavai
SJK(T) MENTAKAB

The Lion and the Rabbit

Once there was a Lion in the jungle who used to kill 2-3 animals daily for
his meal. All animals went to him to tell, that daily one of them will come to him
for his meal.

So, the Lion agreed and this started going for many days. One day, it was
Rabbit’s turn. When he was on his way he saw a well.Now he plans to kill the lion
and save himself. He went to the lion and told him that, there is another lion who
claims to be more powerful than him.

Then the lion asks the rabbit to take him to that lion. The rabbit takes him
to the well and said he lives here. When the lion looked in the well he saw his
own reflection and jumped in the well and dies.
Moral: Wisdom wins might.

The Hunter and the Pigeons

One day a hunter sets a net to catch birds and placed grains and rice over
the net. After some time a flock of pigeons comes by and start eating grains and
get caught in the net.

After some time they started losing hope, then their leader asks them to fly
together up in the sky. They did as they were told and carried the net away.

The hunter runs after them but they flew away to their friend’s mouse hole.
Then the mouse cuts the net and freed the pigeons.
Moral: Unity is strength.

Two friends and the Bear

Once there were two friends who were crossing the jungle. After some
time they saw a bear coming towards them.

Then, one of the friends quickly climbed the nearby tree and the other one
did not know how to climb the tree. So he lays down on the ground holding his
breath.
The bear reaches near him and sniffs him in the ear. After some time bear left
the place, thinking the man is dead.

Now the other friend climbs down and asked his friend, what did
bear said to him in his ear? He replied,” to be safe from the fake friends.”

Moral: Beware of fake friends.

The Crow and the Peacock – Who is Happy?

Once there was a crow who wishes to be colorful and beautiful like other
birds. He then went to the parrot and shared his thoughts.

But parrot said peacock is most beautiful bird so talk to him. Then the crow
went to the peacock and told him about his looks.
Then the peacock replied,” You are the luckiest bird that has been never caged
in life and we because of our beauty stay caged, and you are always free.”

After listening to this, crow realized his mistake and thanked God for
making him like this and he flew away happily.
Moral: Never compare yourself to others. Be happy with what you have and what
you are.

The Ugly Duckling

A long time ago, a farmer had a duck, which laid 4 eggs. After a few days,
all eggs hatched.

Three ducklings looked like their mom and the fourth one looked different.
It was big and grey.
All other ducklings started making fun of him, as they started calling him ugly.

After some days the sad duckling ran away to a river nearby. There he saw
a beautiful white swans. After seeing their beauty he wanted to drown in the river.
But when he looked at his reflection in the river, he realized he was not an ugly
duckling but a beautiful Swan!
Moral: You are beautiful just the way you are.

The Hare And The Tortoise

One day a Hare was boasting about how fast he could run. He was
laughing on the turtle for being so slow.

After seeing the overconfidence turtle challenged him to a race.
Hare(Rabbit) laughed at turtle’s challenge and he accepted the challenge.

As the race started, the hare ran very fast and went far ahead from
the turtle and got tired.He thought there was plenty of time to relax as the
turtle was very far behind. Soon he falls asleep thinking he would win the
race easily.Meanwhile, turtle(tortoise) continue to walk slowly, until he
reaches the finish line. The overslept hare sees the turtle on the other side
of the finish line. The turtle had beaten him in the race.
Moral: Slow and steady wins the race.