Panchatantra Stories in English for kids

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Panchatantra Stories in English for kids

• A washerman wanted someone to carry his clothes.
  So, he bought a donkey. The donkey started
  working for the washerman. The donkey carried
  unwashed clothes from the hut to the river and
  then washed clothes loaded on his back from the
  river to the hut. The donkey was happy as this
  work seemed to be easy for him. But the donkey
  was not satisfied and sad as the washerman did
  not provide enough food for him.
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• The donkey used to feel hungry all the time. One
  morning, the donkey happened to cross a field on
  his way. As he was hungry, he ate the crops in
  the field as no one was watching him. He felt
  nice and began to eat daily. One day, while
  eating the crops, the donkey felt someone was
  watching him. He watched around and found a fox
  staring at him. The donkey got scared thinking
  that the fox would hurt him. The fox smiled and
  began to talk with the donkey. The donkey and the
  fox became friends. They met in the same field
  and ate the crops daily. The donkey was very
  happy that it found a good friend and got good
  food to eat. The donkey felt that his life was so
  good. One night, the donkey and the fox met again
  in the same field. They saw big watermelons in
  the field. Both of them started to eat
  watermelons. As the watermelons were very sweet
  and juicy, they enjoyed eating them. The donkey
  told the fox that he wanted to sing as it was
  feeling happy. The fox did not want the donkey to
  sing as the man who looks after the field might
  hear and punish them. But the donkey did not
  listen to the fox words and started to sing
  loudly. The donkey also told the fox that singing
  makes him happier. Again, the fox asked the
  donkey not to sing as the field owner sleeps
  close by the field and will beat them if he hears
  him singing. But the donkey never listened to the
  fox. So, the fox asked him to sing after he left.
  The fox left from that place. The donkey started
  to sing loudly again. The owner of the field
  heard the donkey braying loudly and woke up.
  Meanwhile, the clever fox knew the donkey was
  braying but not singing. So, the fox left from
  there. The owner saw the donkey in the field and
  found that most crops were eaten. The owner
  thought that the donkey alone ate everything as
  he could see only the donkey was there in the
  field. He became angry and picked up a stick and
  ran towards the donkey. The donkey did not watch
  the man coming towards it as it was busy singing.
  The man beat the donkey black and blue. The
  donkey started crying and ran to the next field
  for life. The donkey realized that if he would
  have listened to the fox, this wouldn't have
  happened. He learned a life lesson and never sang
  thereafter.