Paul's Indian Epics Blog

The Three Fishes  by Ellen C. Babbitt This story revolves around three fishes, very-thoughtful, thoughtful and thoughtless The three were from the wild area and decided one day that they would swim out near a town Very-thoughtful had an eerie feeling, so he said that it was dangerous and to leave at once Being the lazy ones, the other two refused and said that it would be fine One day, the two swam ahead of Very-thoughtful and got caught by a fisherman's net Once Very-thoughtful saw this, he made a plan to make it seem as if they gotten away He splashed water from one side to the other, to make it seem as if they had gotten out Once the fisherman were fooled by this act, the three quickly ran away The Three Fish

In the busy streets of Hanoi, there was a man whose name was George. He was quite the man and was loved by many people. His humble acts and kindness rubbed off to the city he was at. George was often helping people who were incapable of doing specific activities and he would go out of his way to make sure everything was done. It was one summer day when he was involved in an accident and injured his arm. His broken arm kept him from doing his daily activities and the people whom he helped were also affected. George was not very wealthy, so he could not pay off his hospital bills. So he lay vulnerable, not able to do anything but sit at home. The people of Hanoi heard of George's situation and were devastated. The immediate reaction was to help George so that he could get back on his feet and do what he loves to do. Everyone was all-in to help him and his circumstance because of everything he's done for the city of Hanoi. George Only one day later, the people helping Ge...

The King's White Elephant  by Ellen C. Babbitt There was an elephant who crossed paths with some carpenters and was injured on one foot. The carpenters saw the injury and quickly decided to treat it with their best care Once the elephant was treated, it decided to pay-it-forward and help them with their workloads The elephant helped in all the ways it could and eventually the time came around where it had a baby The baby was a white elephant who was destined to follow the same path as its mother Once the white elephant was capable of helping, it began to take over the workload the mother had been doing A king crossed paths with the white elephant and paid the carpenters for it Once the king had possession of the elephant, he continued to treat it well and care for it White Elephant and the King

The Ox Who Won The Forfeit  by Ellen C. Babbitt There was a man who had a strong Ox This Ox was one-of-a-kind The Old Man would boast about his Ox to everyone he encountered One day the Old Man came across a village and decided he'd make a bet The Villagers all laughed at the idea of the strong Ox pulling 100 carts The bet was a thousand pieces of silver The bet was on and the Old Man whipped his Ox and called it names The Ox refused to move by the unfamiliar behavior shown When all was over the Old Man paid the forfeit fee and went along his way At home, the two discussed what happen and the Old Man realized he had treated his Ox unfairly The Ox was disappointed at that fact and made the Old Man lose money When they came to a consensus, the two decided to go back and show the village what was up In the end the Ox won double the money lost and left with a BANG! This story shows that our greed seems to get in the way of things and makes us change our actions at t...