Most children have read Aesop’s Fables. Fables are nothing but stories that use animals as characters to bring out human follies and inculcate morals in children.
Every culture has its own set of fables and the best-known Indian fables are Hitopadesha and Panchatantra. These were originally written in Sanskrit but have been translated into many languages. Over time, several variations crept into the translations. Here is a variant of the ‘Mitra Laabha’ st