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  Vishnu Sharma was an Indian scholar and author between 1200 CE-300 CE. He is believed to have written the PANCHATANTRA a collection of fables. Some scholars also believe that it was written in around 3 CE. Panchatantra are known for wisdom on practical life . Here are the two stories. 1.     THE MONKEY AND THE CROCODILE 2.     THE ELEPHANT AND THE SPARROW 1.    The Monkey and The Crocodile                              Once upon a time, there was a monkey who lived on the tree by           side of the river. He lived alone, but was very happy.          One day, a crocodile came out of the river. He swam up to the               tree and told the monkey that he had travelled a long                               distance and was in search of food as he was very hungry .          The softhearted monkey offered him a few rose apples. The                   crocodile thanked him and asked him if he could visit the                        monkey again .             "You are always welcome

  Here is some interesting bed time stories for your kids. We can motivate our kids through stories. Stories are the interesting part in Kid's life. They can gain so many things from the stories and the character of the stories. A child connect to imaginary world with the stories and in some time they can imagine himself in that imaginary world. Every story has a moral of his story after that child learn some morals. Here are some bed tine stories for our lovely kids with moral. 1.     Goats Across A Bridge 2.     The Grateful Mouse 3.     The Selfish Bats 4.     The Capseller's Wisdom 5.     The Dog and The Donkey 6.     The Dog and The Cows 7.     The Horse Who Wanted Safety 8.     The Farmer and His Lazy Sons 9.     The Greedy Lion GOATS ACROSS A BRIDGE      There was a lushy meadow. Across this meadow ran a brooke. There was as bridge to connect the two parts of the meadow. Animals used to cross this bridge to graze on both the parts of the meadow.     Once, two goats who w