STORY TIME

The crow and the Snake                 Once upon a time there lived a pair of crows on a huge mango tree. One morning,when the crows went in search of food, the snake crawled up the tree and  ate some of the eggs. When the crows came back, they were shocked  to find some eggs missing.     As the days passed, the snake grew greedy and ate up all thd eggs. The fed up crows decided to ask their friend, the wise fox for advice. The fox came up with a plan. "in the morning, go to the river bank," he said . " When the ladies from the royal family come to bath, just pick up a necklace and  drop it into the snake's hole."    Next morning,the female crow did as told. Seeing this, the royal guards chased the crow and reached the snake`s hole, When the snake came out, one of the guards took out his spear and killed the snake. The crows were happy and lived happily on the same tree.

The Hungry Mouses There lived a mouse that was hungryfrom many days. she could find no food at all. She looked here and there, but found no food. Hence, she grew thin.      One day the mouse found a basket full of corn. There was a small hole in the basket. She went inside and began to eat the corn greedily. As she was very hungry, she went on eating and eating. Now, she had grown very fat.       After the meal, the mouse tried to come out of the basket, she could not. Now, she was too fat to pass through the hole.      She said,"How shall I come out?" Just then a rat came along,and he heard the mouse.       The rat said," Mouse, if you want to come out of the basket, You must wait till you have grown as thin were when you went in."