All Stories
Browse our complete collection of folk tales, Panchatantra stories, and moral stories from around the world.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 6-8
The Brahmin, the Thief and the Demon
A thief who wants a Brahmin's cattle and a demon who wants to eat the Brahmin creep into his house on the same night, and then they start to argue.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 3-5
The Cave That Talked
A hungry lion hides in a jackal’s cave, but the clever jackal tricks the lion into roaring and runs away before he can be caught.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 6-8
The Dog Who Went Abroad
During a famine a dog travels to a rich foreign city, eats well but is mauled by the local dogs every day, and decides home is better.
The Donkey in the Panther’s Skin
A washerman dresses his skinny donkey in a panther's skin so it can eat the neighbours' corn, and all goes well until the donkey opens its mouth.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 9-12
The Four Learned Fools
Three learned friends rebuild a dead lion with their scholarship; the fourth, who has only common sense, climbs a tree and alone walks home alive.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 9-12
The Four Treasure-Seekers
Four poor Brahmans follow magic quills to copper, silver and gold, but the greediest one walks on to a terrible spinning wheel.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 9-12
The Lioness and the Young Jackal
A lioness raises a young jackal with her cubs. Their different responses to an elephant bring the hidden adoption into the open.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 9-12
The Monkey and the Crocodile
A crocodile offers a monkey a ride to fruit across the river, plans to take his heart for his mother, then loses him to a quick ruse.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 6-8
The Musical Donkey
A donkey and a jackal raid a cucumber field at night, but the donkey insists on singing, and the farmers wake up and give him a beating.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 6-8
The Bird with Golden Droppings
A bird whose droppings turn to gold is caught by a hunter, given to a king, then freed on bad advice, and it laughs at all of them.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 9-12
The Tale of Two Fishes and a Frog
Two clever fishes laugh at the danger of the fishermen’s nets, while their friend the frog, with only one wit, quietly moves to another pond.
Panchatantra Stories
Ages 9-12
The Tale of Two Snakes
A princess married off to a sick beggar prince overhears two quarrelling snakes reveal each other's secrets, cures her husband and finds gold.