All Stories
Browse our complete collection of folk tales, Panchatantra stories, and moral stories from around the world.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 3-5
The Jackal and the Drum
A hungry jackal hears a great booming noise on an old battlefield, and instead of running away, he creeps closer to find out what is making it.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 9-12
The King and the Foolish Monkey
A king makes his pet monkey his sword-bearer, and when a bee lands on the sleeping king, the monkey’s foolish swing ends in disaster.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 9-12
The Story of the Blue Jackal
A hungry jackal falls into a dyer’s indigo vat, rules the forest as a blue king, then howls with his own kind and is torn to pieces.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 9-12
The Tale of Three Fishes
Three fish overhear fishermen planning to net their lake, and each one meets the danger differently: one swims off, one keeps calm, and one does nothing.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 6-8
Meeting a New Friend
A crow flies his friend the mouse to meet an old tortoise, and while the mouse tells how he lost his treasure, a frightened deer comes running out of the trees.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 9-12
The Brahmin’s Wife and the Sesame Seeds
A poor Brahmin warns his wife against hoarding with the tale of a greedy jackal, but when she sets out her sesame seeds to dry, a stray dog spoils the lot.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 6-8
The Crow-Rat Discourse
A crow watches a mouse gnaw a whole flock of pigeons free from a fowler's net, and decides that this is the one friend he must have.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 9-12
The Mice That Set Elephants Free
An elephant king spares the mice of a ruined town, and when hunters trap his herd, thousands of mice gnaw through the ropes to set them free.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 6-8
The Hermit and the Mouse
A kind hermit turns a little mouse into a cat, then a dog, then a tiger to keep it safe, but the proud tiger cannot bear to be reminded where it came from.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 6-8
The Rescue of a Deer
When their friend the deer is caught in a hunter's noose, a crow, a mouse and a slow old tortoise all hurry to save him, and then the tortoise needs saving.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 9-12
The Unlucky Weaver
A weaver impersonates Vishnu to marry a princess, and a threatened war draws the real deity into protecting his own reputation.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 9-12
Elephants and Hares — A Panchatantra Story of Wit Over Might
When thirsty elephants trample the rabbits by the Lake of the Moon, a clever rabbit claims to speak for the Moon and uses its reflection to send them away.