Blue Orb: 8 books

Commitment narrates two beautiful stories: A Devoted Friend It is well known that Hanuman is a devoted friend of Lord Rama and his family. The story here relates to one of the mighty deeds of Hanuman, which he performed out of his commitment to Lord Rama. Lakshmana, Lord Rama’s brother, was...

Humility narrates two beautiful stories: The Emperor’s New Clothes There was once a king who liked nothing more than dressing up. He spent a lot of money getting new clothes for himself. Soon, his minister got worried. He devised a plan and invited two weavers who would weave the most beautiful...

Courage narrates two beautiful stories: The hawks and their friends The hawk family lived near a lake in the forest. On advice from mama hawk, papa hawk made friends with the kingfisher, the turtle and the lion, all who were living near the lake too. One night, hunters came to the forest. When they...

Gratitude narrates two beautiful stories:The Thankful CoatDavid had a wonderful family and a beautiful house to live in. He also had a lovely little sister and an adorable dog. In spite of all this, David was not happy. So, when Sandy gave David the Thankful Coat, he was very grateful. He felt truly...

Love comprises of two wonderful stories.Joy of Love:King Shuddhodana and Queen Maya had a son called Siddhartha. He was a kind and gentle child, full of compassion and wisdom. One day, his cousin Devadutta, shot a swan and Siddhartha ran to save it. Devadutta asked him to hand over the swan to him but...

Integrity narrates two beautiful stories:Yonas’ Exquisite Gift: Yonas grew watermelons in a small village in Ethiopia. One of his watermelons grew to be very large. It was perfectly round, of the most exquisite green colour and smelled heavenly. Yonas wanted to sell the watermelon at the market, but...

Respect narrates two beautiful stories: Rip Van Winkle Rip Van Winkle was a lazy man who did not like working at all. He spent all his time sleeping. Whenever he got a job, he could not keep at it for long because he slept so much. One day, tired of his wife asking him to work, he ran up a mountain....

Trust comprises of two wonderful stories.The Hen’s Eggs:The Hen’s mother was not well. She wanted to visit her. The only problem was that she had recently laid twelve eggs and she needed somebody to look after them. To her relief, her neighbour the Snake offered to guard the eggs till they returned....