The Sun and The Wind (Animal stories)

                           The Sun and The Wind

stronger. At last they agreed to have a trial of strength. 
"Here comes a traveller. Let us see who can strip him of his cloak?" said the Sun. 

The Wind agreed and did choose to have the first turn. 

He blew in the hardest possible way. 

As a result, the traveller wrapped his cloak even more tightly around him. 
Then it was the turn of the Sun. At first he shone very gently. The sun went on shining brighter and brighter. The traveller felt hot. 

Before long he took off his cloak and put it in his bag. 
The Wind accepted his defeat. 

Moral : Fury or force cuts no ice where gentleness does the job. 

The Oak Tree and the Reeds (Animal stories)

                       The Oak Tree and the Reeds

The Oak tree always thought that he was far stronger than the reeds. 


He said to himself “I stand upright in storm. I don’t bend my head in fear every time the wind blows. But these reeds are really so weak.” 


That very night blew a storm and the mighty oak tree was uprooted. 


“Thank god!” sighed the reeds, “Our way is better. We bend but we don’t break.” 

Moral : Pride has a fall.

Hungry Wolf (Animal stories)

                                     Hungry Wolf

This is a short story about Hungry Wolf. 



Once, a wolf was very hungry. It looked for food here and there. But it couldn't get any. At last it found a loaf of bread and piece of meat in the hole of a tree. 



The hungry wolf squeezed into the hole. It ate all the food. It was a woodcutter's lunch. He was on his way back to the tree to have lunch. But he saw there was no food in the hole, instead, a wolf. 



On seeing the woodcutter, the wolf tried to get out of the hole. But it couldn't. Its tummy was swollen. 



The woodcutter caught the wolf and gave it nice beatings. 

Elephant and Friends (ANIMAL STORIES)

                                          Elephant and Friends

One day an elephant wandered into a forest in search of friends. 

He saw a monkey on a tree. 

“Will you be my friend?” asked the elephant. 

Replied the monkey, “You are too big. You can not swing from trees like me.” 

Next, the elephant met a rabbit. He asked him to be his friends. 

But the rabbit said, “You are too big to play in my burrow!” 

Then the elephant met a frog. 

“Will you be my friend? He asked. 

“How can I?” asked the frog. 

“You are too big to leap about like me.” 

The elephant was upset. He met a fox next. 

“Will you be my friend?” he asked the fox. 

The fox said, “Sorry, sir, you are too big.” 

The next day, the elephant saw all the animals in the forest running for their lives. 

The elephant asked them what the matter was. 

The bear replied, “There is a tier in the forest. He’s trying to gobble us all up!” 

The animals all ran away to hide. 

The elephant wondered what he could do to solve everyone in the forest. 

Meanwhile, the tiger kept eating up whoever he could find. 

The elephant walked up to the tiger and said, “Please, Mr. Tiger, do not eat up these poor animals.” 

“Mind your own business!” growled the tiger. 

The elephant has a no choice but to give the tiger a hefty kick. 

The frightened tiger ran for his life. 

The elephant ambled back into the forest to announce the good news to everyone. 

All the animals thanked the elephant. 

They said, “You are just the right size to be our friend.” 

A Town Mouse and A Country Mouse (Animal stories)

A Town Mouse and A Country Mouse

A Town Mouse and a Country Mouse were friends. The Country Mouse one day invited his friend to come and see him at his home in the fields. The Town Mouse came and they sat down to a dinner of barleycorns and roots the latter of which had a distinctly earthy flavour. 



The flavour was not much to the taste of the guest and presently he broke out with “My poor dear friend, you live here no better than the ants. Now, you should just see how I fare! My larder is a regular horn of plenty. You must come and stay with me and I promise you shall live on the fat of the land." 



So when he returned to town he took the Country Mouse with him and showed him into a larder containing flour and oatmeal and figs and honey and dates. 



The Country Mouse had never seen anything like it and sat down to enjoy the luxuries his friend provided. But before they had well begun, the door of the larder opened and some one came in. The two Micescampered off and hid themselves in a narrow and exceedingly uncomfortable hole. Presently, when all was quiet, they ventured out again. But some one else came in, and off they scuttled again. This was too much for the visitor. "Good bye," said he, "I'm off. You live in the lap of luxury, I can see, but you are surrounded by dangers whereas at home I can enjoy my simple dinner of roots and corn in peace." 


Moral : Safety is the first importance.

A friend in need is a friend indeed (Animal stories)

                    A friend in need is a friend indeed

Once upon a time there lived a lion in a forest. One day after a heavy meal. It was sleeping under a tree. After a while, there came a mouse and it started to play on the lion. Suddenly the lion got up with anger and looked for those who disturbed its nice sleep. Then it saw a small mouse standing trembling with fear. The lion jumped on it and started to kill it. The mouse requested the lion to forgive it. The lion felt pity and left it. The mouse ran away. 



On another day, the lion was caught in a net by a hunter. The mouse came there and cut the net. Thus it escaped. There after, the mouse and the lion became friends. They lived happily in the forest afterwards. 

American Idol

American Idol
Also known as	American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (season 1) American Idol XIII (season 13)
Genre	Reality television
Format	Interactive talent show
Created by	Simon Fuller
Directed by	Andrew Scheer (2002) Bruce Gowers (2002–11) Ken Warwick (2005, 2007–13) John Pritchett (2006–08, 2010) Gregg Gelfand (2007–2013) Shane Drake (2008) Nigel Lythgoe (2008, 2012) Bill DeRonde (2014-) Louis J. Horvitz (2014–)[1]
Presented by	Brian Dunkleman (2002) Ryan Seacrest
Judges	Paula Abdul (2002–09) Simon Cowell (2002–10) Randy Jackson (2002–13) Kara DioGuardi (2009–10) Ellen DeGeneres (2010) Jennifer Lopez (2011–12, 2014–) Steven Tyler (2011–12) Mariah Carey (2013) Nicki Minaj (2013) Keith Urban (2013–) Harry Connick, Jr. (2014–)
Theme music composer	Julian Gingell Barry Stone Cathy Dennis
Country of origin	United States
Originallanguage(s)	English
No. of seasons	13
No. of episodes	479 (List of episodes)
Production
Executiveproducer(s)	Cecile Frot-Coutaz Simon Fuller Trish Kinane[2] Nigel Lythgoe (2002–08, 2011–13) Ken Warwick (2002–13) Per Blankens (2014) Jesse Ignjatovic (2014) Evan Prager (2014)[3]
Running time	22–104 minutes
Productioncompany(s)	FremantleMedia North America 19 Entertainment
Distributor	FremantleMedia Enterprises
Broadcast
Original channel	Fox
Picture format	480i (NTSC) (2002–04) 720p (HDTV) (2005–)
Original run	June 11, 2002 – present
External links
Website

American Idol is an American reality-singing competition series created by Simon Fuller and produced by 19 Entertainment, and distributed by FremantleMedia North America. It began airing on Fox on June 11, 2002, as an addition to the Idols formatbased on the British series Pop Idol and has since become one of the most successful shows in the history of American television. For an unprecedented eight consecutive years, from the 2003–04 television season through the 2010–11 season, either its performance or result show had been ranked number one in U.S. television ratings.^[4]

The concept of the series is to find new solo recording artists where the winner is determined by the viewers in America. Winners chosen by viewers through telephone, Internet, and SMS text voting were Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino,Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze,Scotty McCreery, Phillip Phillips and Candice Glover.

American Idol employs a panel of judges who critique the contestants' performances. The original judges were record producer and music manager Randy Jackson, pop singer and choreographer Paula Abdul and music executive and manager Simon Cowell. The judging panel for the upcoming season consists of country singer Keith Urban, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, and jazz singer Harry Connick, Jr..^[5] The show was originally hosted by radio personality Ryan Seacrest and comedian Brian Dunkleman, with Seacrest continuing on for the rest of the seasons.

The success of American Idol has been described as "unparalleled in broadcasting history".^[6] The series was also said by a rival TV executive to be "the most impactful show in the history of television".^[7] It has become a recognized springboard for launching the career of many artists as bona fide stars. According to Billboardmagazine, in its first ten years, "Idol has spawned 345 Billboard chart-toppers and a platoon of pop idols, including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Daughtry, Fantasia, Ruben Studdard, Jennifer Hudson, Clay Aiken, Adam Lambert and Jordin Sparks while remaining a TV ratings juggernaut."^[8]