I very much enjoyed the story How the Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Out to Dinner. It has an awesome moral to it, seeing as the one who thought of others was rewarded. It teaches selflessness in a fun way that also tells the story of how the sun, moon, and wind are as we think of them today: the sun is hot, the wind is vicious (especially here in Oklahoma), and the moon is calm and cool.
Another story that I liked was Pride Goeth Before a Fall because of how incredibly true it is. So many of us are wrapped up in pride that we often succumb to our own demise. It tells of three robbers who steal from, and capture, ten traders. They let their pride get a head of themselves by making the traders do a dance. The traders signal to each other during the dance, over power the robbers and leave to go home.
The story of The Talkative Tortoise is definitely one for the ages. I'm pretty sure I read an Aesop's fable just like it. In this version, the future Buddha was a kings adviser. The king could not stop talking and would speak without give others a chance to say a word. One day a talkative tortoise had made friends with two wild ducks. The ducks wanted to show the tortoise where they lived, so they told him to hold on to a stick while the ducks held on to either end and they flew into the air. Unfortunately the tortoise could not hold his tongue and fell into the king's courtyard and split in two. The king rushed over to see what had happened and that is when the future Buddha decided to use it as a lesson for the king. From then on the king refrained himself and became a man of few words.
Why The Fish Laughed was an awesome story. I would definitely tell this as a bedtime story!
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