III - D
The owl's name was Robin. The old owl could not fly. There was a
river next to the mango tree. In the river lived Ninja the turtle. Ninja and
Robin were very good friends. One day a fisherman comes to catch fishes with
his net. The turtle along with the fishes gets caught in the net. Robin sees
his friend, Ninja being caught in the net. He started hooting desperately.
Hearing this, the snake who also lived near the tree came to his rescue, he
heard from the owl about Ninja. Without wasting a second, he left. The snake
reached the river, and saw the fisherman pulling along the net with all the
fishes and also Ninja. The snake went up to the fisherman and coiled up around
his legs, the fisherman got so scared that he started shouting and in the process,
the net slipped from his hands. Ninja and the fishes were free now, ---- swam
deep into the river. The snake now left with the fisherman panting. He left his
net and his other belongings and ran away from that place.
III – E
He had a friend, Mito, who also lived in the same tree. Both of them
enjoyed the mangoes during summers. One day few villagers passed by the jungle.
They saw the ---- mangoes and thought of plucking some. They climbed up the tree
and plucked all the mangoes, while Mito and the owl were sleeping. When Mito
woke up, he was more than surprised to see not a single mango in the tree. Both
owl and Mito flew to Rocky, the kingfisher to
relate their sad story. The kingfisher knew the headman of the village. He
advises them to talk to the headman.
III – C
In that same
tree there also lived a king fisher. There was a river next to the mango tree.
The kingfisher every morning would go to catch fishes. The kingfisher and the
owl were best friends.
One day, the
kingfisher invited the owl for a fish party. The owl went for the party and
there he met many other birds, who were also invited for the party. The owl,
the kingfisher and all his friends, had lots of fun. The party got over very
late and they all went to their homes very happy.
The next day
a snake comes to the tree. The kingfisher and the owl got scared. The snake saw
this and told them not to be ----- she didn't ---- any harm. She said she
needed a safe place for her eggs. The owl and the kingfisher had a talk and
agreed to share the tree with snake and her eggs. The snake moved in to the
hole at the bottom of the tree. The next day the eggs hatched and there were
seven baby snakes. Mama snake was very happy and proud. She thanked the owl and
the kingfisher for letting her stay there. Kingfisher got fishes for them too.
They all took care of each other. The baby snakes grew to adult snakes and
decided to look after the awl and kingfisher too. They all lived happy as a big
family.
III – B
There
was another mango tree growing next to this old tree. Another old owl made the
other tree his house. At the bottom of the second tree, there was a hole, and
there lived a snake. Both the trees were home to many other birds. Families of
squirrels lived in those trees too.
One day a boy chanced to pars by the
trees. Seeing the juicy mangoes, he quickly climbed up to pluck some. He sees
the owls and also the bird nests full of eggs. The boy wanted to take the eggs
home. The owls will see him and started hooting. The snake sensed the danger
and climbed up the tree, the boy by his name Krishna Pal, got scared and fell
down. The boy ran home. All the birds thanked the snake. The boy reached home
and told his mother about the incident. The mother told his son that its bad to
be thinking of destroying the birds eggs.
The boy realized his mistake and never
did the same. But there were other boys who knew about the tree and its juicy
mangoes. They were all planning to go and pluck those mangoes. Krishna gets to
know about this and seems to warn them
of the snake. He also explain them how its important to leave the fruits for
the birds and animals too.
III – G
On
that same old tree, there also lived an old parrot, and a crow and a pigeon.
All these birds were very good friends. One day a new bird, bulbul, came to
tree. The owl, welcomed bulbul and made friendship with her. A hunter came by
and found the tree very shady. He decided to take rest for some time under the
tree. The hunter woke up after some time and saw the birds. The hunter seeing
this took his net out. The hunter spread the net on the ground
and put grains on it. The birds come down to eat the grains, but they get
trapped. The hunter will put them one by one into his bag.
He took them all keeping the bag to
his shoulders and kept walking towards home. After a while, he felt tired and
again taught and taking a small nap. Meanwhile, bulbul who was smart enough had
not same down to get the grains, followed the hunter. Bulbul on her way
informed their house friends, the movement thay saw the hunter taking rest, the
mice & bulbul opened the knot of the bag off flew the birds. Each of them
by turn dropped a stone into the bag. Mouse tied the knot and left the bag as
it was. The hunter woke up and totally unaware of what's happened, took the bag
and keeping into on to his shoulders. ---------
III – J
The old owl was very hardworking and
during summers he would enjoy the mangoes. On the same tree there also lived a
parrot; The parrot was a very helping --- over to the owl.
One night, when the owl was out
looking for food, he saw the lion crossing the river. The owl immediately
understood that the rabbit in her friends, who were having a party, the other
side of the river were in danger. The owl quickly flew that side and warned the
rabbits. The rabbits ran off and hid behind the bushes. The lion reached and
realized he was tricked; he got angry and roared -------------. The lion
understood that it was the owl who had warned the rabbits.
The lion went up to the mango tree,
to talk to the owl. He growled loud and owl come out of his hole. The lion
assured him why he tricked him. "My intention was just to save my
friends" amid the owl. Just then a leopard came by with a huge piece of
meat; the lion smelled the meat and went upto the leopard. Lion assured the
leopard he could share his meat ---------. The leopard assured under the
condition that when the lion gets a prey he'd share ---------- . The owl now
told the lion how friends help each other and why he should not be upset with
him for waning the rabbits. Friends in need are friends in deed.
III – A
The
owl found the mangoes very sweet. The owl had friends pigeons, parrots and a
crow, they all would come to meet the owl and enjoy the mangoes during summer.
The owl always treated his friends with mangoes, and when they would leave, owl
would pack them more so that they could carry back the sweet mangoes home of
them all, the parrot enjoyed the mangoes the nest.
One day the owl invited him friends/
families for a mango party. Everybody came for the party and were enjoying a
lot, when they heard humans talking. They ------------ hearing to what they
said. The party mood became ------------ as they heard them say that they are
planning to fell the tree. As they soon sat for a meeting and started thinking
of ways to stop the ------------ . They decided to take to the wood cutter and explain
him how important the tree is for them and even for humans. The birds stayed
back that night with the owl. The next morning the wood cutter came with his
axe the birds all together ------ down the wood cutter was taken back. Before
he and realize what was happening mr.owl started requesting him not to cut the
tree. The wood cutter agreed on one condition, the birds to give him mangoes
every summer.
III – F
The
owl was too old and he couldn't fly to get his food. The owl's friend, a parrot
also lived in that old tree. Because of his old age the owl was very week. He
had to depend on his friends for food. The most special part about the jungle
was, every animal and bird knew how to talk. Seeing his friends flying the owl
also wished, he could also one morning the parrot came
upto the owls branch and asked him, "How are you, dear friend?". The
parrot also asked the owl if he needed
any help.
The owl said, "I want to fly ,
can you help". The parrot could not think of anything, but to go to the
wise monkey for help. The wise monkey heard what the parrot told and had an
idea in his mind. He asked if the owl could sit on his back, the monkey can fly
from one branch of the tree to another.
III – H
Once there lived an old owl, on the
top branch of a very old banyan tree. It was a sunny day. A fox looking for
some nice cool place, come under the tree. There was a mouse who also lived in
a hole at the bottom of that ols tree. The fox saw the mouse, and thought to
himself, "I don’t have to go hunting for my lunch this mouse is quite a
fat meel". Mr.fox was aso very lazy. Just then a hunter came that way, The
hunter saw the fox, and then the net on him. A rabbit passed by, seeing the
rabbit, the hunter ran after her to catch her too.
The fox started yelping and crying.
The mouse came out, and decided to free the fox. The fox was free now, he
thanked the mouse and ran behind the bushes.
the hunter missed the rabbit and
came back to the tree to take the fox home. As he reached the spot, his eyes
popped out to see his net in shreds. The fox was gone. he ----- his lunch and
left for home. The fox goes to his cave, calls out his family, and relates the
incident to them. They all now went to the tree again to thank the mouse. The
wise owl said they all need to help each other to live happily.
