All Stories
Browse our complete collection of folk tales, Panchatantra stories, and moral stories from around the world.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 3-5
The Foolish Crane and The Mongoose
The Foolish Crane and The Mongoose: A big banyan tree was home to a number of cranes in a forest. In the hollow of that tree lived a cobra, which used to feed
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 6-8
The Foolish Sage
The Foolish Sage: Do not be taken in by the sweet words of a swindler.” Once upon a time, there was a sage called Deva Sharma who lived in a temple in the
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 6-8
The Foolish Sage And The Jackal
The Foolish Sage And The Jackal: In a monastery far away from human habitation lived a saint called Deva Sarma. He amassed a lot of wealth by selling clothes
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 3-5
The Jackal And The Drum
The Jackal And The Drum: Once upon a time, in the heart of a vast and ancient forest, there lived a jackal named Gomaya. He was a thin and scraggly creature
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 3-5
The King and The Foolish Monkey
The King and The Foolish Monkey: In a magnificent kingdom surrounded by lush gardens and sparkling fountains, there once lived a powerful king who was very
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 9-12
The Lion and The Jackal
The Lion and The Jackal: Vajradanstra was a lion living in a forest. He had two friends, a jackal named Chaturaka and a wolf named Kravyamukha. Because of
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 9-12
The Lion, the Camel, the Jackal and the Crow
Trust given despite proven dishonesty proves fatal when a camel ignores a jackal's conspiracy.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 3-5
The Monkey and the Wedge
The Monkey and the Wedge: One, who interferes in other’s work, surely comes to grief.” There was once a merchant who employed many carpenters and masons to
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 6-8
The Rat that ate Iron
The Rat that ate Iron: Tit for tat’ is the best policy in life.” Jveernadhana was a merchant’s son who was not successful. He faced a loss in his business and
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 9-12
The Story of the Blue Jackal
The Panchatantra's brilliant tale of Caṇḍarava — the "Fierce Howler" jackal — who tumbles into a vat of indigo dye and walks out a king of the jungle. The story is found in Book I of the Panchatantra (Mitrabheda, "The Separation of Friends"), and it is one of Vishnu Sharma's most quietly devastating lessons: disguise is not transformation, and the test of who you are is not how you look on a calm day, but what comes out of you on the night when you forget you are pretending.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 6-8
The Tale of Three Fishes
Three fishes face danger differently: one dies unprepared, one escapes through wisdom, one through swift action.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 6-8
The Thief and the Brahmins
Brahmins trust a reformed thief with their treasure and pay the price when his nature resurfaces.