Once upon a time an old polecat was sitting on a crooked stump scratching her head with her right paw, passionately explaining hunting tricks, animal behaviour and the ways of the world to a slightly thick cat. “When you see a rat that has stuck its little snout out of its hole, don’t rush straight…
A mosquito was out on patrol, buzzing over a pond, when she saw a very long grass snake slithering in the mud. She approached cautiously, and said from above: “Slither along! Slither along! Go on eating slime and rotten things, there really isn’t a more wretched being than you in this world! And while you…
There were many hens, all peacefully sitting in their places laying eggs. Three nice big roosters that looked like turkeys were pecking away at maize like there was no tomorrow. Their combs stood on end like weathercocks and every time an egg popped out, they would sing at the top of their voices, almost as…
A nice big, fat rotund red hen fell in love with a beautiful white rabbit. He would court her, fondle her and kiss her, and then admire her when she laid her eggs. He would chase after her across the fields, where she would flutter about with her short wings, and joyfully, but vainly try…
Once upon a time there was a lion that spread terror and death all over his territory. He would slaughter animals even when he was full up. He wouldn’t allow the other animals near the food he had hunted, preferring to see it rot in the sun. One day he was fighting a tiger, and…
An ox was dragging a heavy plough under the burning sun, as its sweat sprinkled the dry clods of earth. A fox that happened to be passing that way gazed at the ox and said: “What a miserable life yours is: you kill yourself with work, all for a bit of hay and a mean…
A fat rotund peasant was asleep on a pile of Indian corn leaves. A mosquito was buzzing around in the stable when…zach! Quick as a flash she sucked the blood from the peasant’s nose. The mosquito started out again and…zach! She sucked more blood from his ear lobe. The peasant felt something unpleasant but rolled…
There was a cat that was in service for ten bookish white poodles. He lived with them in a fabulous palace. The palace rose on one side of a lake that lapped against the palace walls, which were surrounded by twilled-trees and embellished by all sorts of flowers. The water in the lake was crystal-clear,…
There was once a fox that had gone crazy. She would toddle through the wood gracelessly, and with sudden furious outbursts, she would bite into the tree bark causing wounds to her mouth. No one knows why she became crazy, or what cruel joke nature had played on her- because nature loves to play jokes…
There was once a time when the world was new! When living creatures appeared on the earth, Death was born as well. In the beginning nobody knew she existed, and Death knew nothing about the world, nor how or how many creatures lived on it. She would pass the time scratching her ears with her…