Milkmaid and Her Dream : Short story with Moral

Once upon a time there lived a milkmaid with her family. Everyday it took her milk to the market and earns some money for sailing the milk . She was a daydreamer. One day the milk maid was carrying her pail of milk on her head and was to market to sell it. As she went along she fell into day dreaming.

She thought that she would buy eggs with the money she got by selling milk After the eggs were hatched, she would have a large number of chickens.

They would fetch her high price. She would then buy fine silk dress for herself and look more beautiful. Princes would come to marry her, but she would toss her head and refuse them.

While thinking so, she did really toss her head in false pride. Down fell the pail on the ground. The whole milk was split and all her plans came to naught.

Moral: Count not your chickens before they are hatched.

Short story of The Fox and The Crane

Once upon a time there lived a fox in a jungle. A crane was his best friend. It was staying nearby a tree of a pond. They visited each other's home now and then. One day, the fox invited the crane to dinner. He put the soup in a flat dish. The crane had a long beak. He could not take the soup. The fox licked the dish. The crane felt insulted.

Now the crane wanted to take revenge. He invited the fox to dine with him. He served boiled rice in a jug. Its neck was narrow. The fox could eat nothing. The crane enjoyed the food very much. The fox felt sorry for his behavior.

Moral: As you show, so shall you reap?