11. A beggar pretends to be dumb – approaches a gentleman for money – another beggar comes and tells the gentleman that the first beggar is not dumb – the first beggar gets angry and calls the other beggar a liar.................
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12. A rich man’s watch stolen by servants – gives each servant a stick of equal length saying, “the thief’s stick will grow an inch longer tomorrow” – the thief cuts an inch from the stick – is caught.
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13. A good boy – disobeys his parents – gets into bad company – father gives him some good apples – tells to lay them aside for a few days – places among them a rotten apple – it spoils the good ones – a lesson on bad company.
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14. A Brahmin was carrying a goat – three knaves made a plan – stayed at three different places – each called the goat a dog – the Brahmin threw away the goat.
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15. A dog was crossing a stream – a piece of flesh in his mouth – saw another dog with a piece of flesh in the water – became greedy – opened his mouth – lost his piece of flesh.
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16. A crow lived on a tree – a snake lived in a hole at the foot – it ate up the crow’s young ones – the crow stole the necklace of the prince – dropped it into the snake’s hole – the King’s men found it – dug into the hole – snake killed.
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17. A bus with too many passengers – some are standing – the bus moves very fast – it turns in a corner – an old woman who is standing, loses her balance – she is about to fall – a boy stands up and helps her – offers her his own seat.
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18. A boy sees a thief coming with a bag full of stolen goods – begins crying – says, his gold chain has fallen into the well – the thief gets down – the boy runs away with the bag – result.
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19. A wolf sees sheep grazing – dare not attack for fear of dogs – wolf plans – puts on sheep’s skin – gets mixed up with the flock – sheep bleat – wolf tries to bleat – only howls – detected – killed by the dogs.
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20. A boy was fishing in a river – a child was playing on the bank – the child suddenly fell into the river – the boy jumped and rescued him – the grateful parents and the villagers praised the boy.
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