Panchatantra

A merchant hides wages in a jar under a snake’s protection and …

An ox befriends a jackal who flatters his music, only to be …

A lazy washerman disguises his donkey as a tiger to steal grain …

A dove king leads his flock into a hunter’s net and discovers …

A crow couple loses eggs to a tree-dwelling serpent until the crow …

A hungry jackal is startled by a booming drum and discovers that …

A loyal mongoose guards a baby; a hasty judgment turns loyalty into …

A talkative tortoise yearns for the distant lake and the sky itself; …

Three tricksters attempt to shame a traveling priest out of his lunch. …

Faced with a tyrant lion taxing the forest, the smallest creature arrives …