Panchatantra Series: Jackal & Drum

Panchatantra stories are the oldest surviving fables from Ancient India used as bedtime stories for kids for centuries all over the world. Hope you like these stories for all ages. Enjoy and have a restful sleep, walk, or rest.

Transcript

Hello,

My name is Amita and welcome back to the series of Panchatantra short stories.

So Panchatantra stories are the oldest surviving fables from ancient India.

These are spread all over the world for centuries,

Especially as bedtime stories for kids.

So I am starting this Panchatantra series of 60 stories.

Hope you like it.

The Jackal and the Drum One day,

A jackal called Gomaya was very hungry and was wandering about in search of food.

After some time,

He wandered out of jungle he lived in and reached a deserted battlefield.

In this deserted battlefield,

A battle was fought recently.

The fighting armies had left behind a drum,

Which was lying under a tree.

As strong winds blew,

The branches of the tree got rubbed against the drum.

This made a strange noise.

When the jackal heard this sound,

He got very frightened and thought of running away.

If I cannot flee from here before I am seen by the person making all this noise,

I will be in trouble.

As he was about to run away,

He had a second thought.

It is unwise to run away from something without knowing.

Instead,

I must be careful in finding out the source of this noise.

He took the courage to creep forward cautiously.

When he saw the drum,

He realized it was only the wind that was causing all the noise.

He continued his search for food and near the drum,

He found sufficient food and plenty of water.

The moral is,

Only the brave succeed in life.