Tit for Tat. short story camel & jackal- a lot of stories

1.Tit for Tat 

                 Once upon a time, a camel and a jackal lived by a river, near the water's edge. And on the other side of the river, there was a village with fields and farms. 

                     The jackal was very clever. He tried to play a trick on his friends the camel, who was happily munching away his food. The jackal began camel hesitated but in the end, he agreed to go with the jackal to raid the sugarcane field. 

                        The jackal sat on the camel's back and the two friends crossed the river. They ate their fill in the sugarcane field. Suddenly, the jackal began to howl. "Sssh!" said the camel. "You will wake the farmer. But the jackal went on howling, Sure enough, the farmer and his Reapers came running to the field. The naughty jackal slipped away but the poor camel could not do so. The farmer beat him up and drove him away. 

                 The jackal was waiting for the camel at the riverside. He said, "Sorry brother. But I am in the habit of singing after a good dinner. I hope you didn't mind it much." 

              The camel didn't say anything. He let the jackal sit on his back and entered the river. Near the middle of the river, the water was very deep. There the camel began to take a dip in the river. The jackal was frightened. "What are you doing, you silly fellow! Are you trying to drown me?"

               "No, brother, " said the camel. "It's just that I am in the habit of taking a dip in the river, after a good meal. I hope you don't mind!" 

             The naughty jackal learnt his lesson. He never troubled the camel again.

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2. The Lion the Man and the Statue short story 

             Long ago, men and animals could talk to each other. Once a man and a lion got talking. The lion was very proud of his strength. "I am the king of beasts. I am stronger than any man. That is why mon fears me." 

             The man was also proud of his intelligence. "Don't forget that men are more intelligent than you are. That is why they can hint you or capture you. 

                     They both began to argue about who was greater. At last, the man took the lion to a statue in a big garden. It showed the great hero Hercules standing proudly with a dead lion at his feet. 

          See, this statue proves that men are greater, claimed the man. 

               "Not at all!" the lion replied quickly. This only shows that the statue was made by a man. If lions made statues, they would show the lion standing and the man lying dead under his paws. 

                From this story, we can see that the story depends on the storyteller When someone else tells the same story they tell it from their point of view.

3. The Man who Thinks he can... Poem

If you think you are beaten, you are. 

If you think you dare not, you don't, 

If you like to win, but you think you can't, 

It is almost certain you won't. 

If you think you'll lose, you're lost. 

For out of the world we find, 

Success begins with a fellow's will. 

It's all in the state of mind. 

If you think you are outclassed, 

You are. You've got to think high to rise. 

You've got to be sure of yourself before You can ever win a prize. 

Life's battles don't always go, 

To the stronger or faster man, 

But soon or late the man who wins, 

Is the man who thinks he can.

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