Kenning Stories

Once upon a time there lived a poor man in a village.  His name was Swami. He lived by selling a variety of food items. There was a small forest between his village and the neighbouring one. Swami sold his items in that village as well. Swami ways travelled through the forest to sell his goods in that village. One day while Swami was walking through the forest, a lion suddenly came opposite. Swami shook with a fear. “Don’t be frightened. I won’t harm you” said the lion. On hearing this, Swami felt relieved. “Oh! My kind hearted lion! You have spared my life. What can I give you in return? Please have these food items” Swami pleased the lion. The lion tasted the food. “Oh! They’re tasty. If I get such everyday, I’ll even stop eating flesh” the lion praised Swami. Swami pleased. “Your majesty! If you really wish so, I’ll get them to you everyday” he said humbly to the lion. From that day Swami prepared a variety of food items and offered them to the lion ...

Once there lived a Badshah in Delhi. He thought of drawing some paintings. He started drawings figures. Despite several effort, he could not draw even one figure properly. He realized that drawing was not easy. So he sent a word for Nasiruggin. The Badshah said.: “Nasiruddin! I am trying to draw figures for a few weeks. Not even a single figure came out nicely. What about you? It seems you told me once that you would draw beautiful figures.” Nasiruddin said: “Yes! Your Highness.” The Badshah questioned: “Could you draw the figures in the presence of our courtiers and get their appreciation?” Nasiruddin replied: “If you insist me, I will do like that.” The Badshah firmly said: “Drawing a figure doesn’t mean drawing  four lines. Paintings must be natural. After four days, I will arrange a meeting. On that day, you should come and draw the figure in presence of all the courtiers. And also you should prove that your drawing is ...

Long, long ago all crows were white in color. However a crow did not like its white color. It used to dream itself with a white body and blue wings. One day the crow decided to fulfill its desire. In those days the owls used to dye the clothes. The crow approached the owl and requested it: “Please dye my wings with blue colour. It’s my long cherished desire.” The owl stopped its work. It prepared white and blue dyes for the sake of the crow. The crow sat on the ridge of a pot and spread its wings. The owl first applied Blue color.  The crow was immensely happy as it was fulfilling its desire. It could not sit even properly. Its leg was slipped and owing to this, the crow fell into the pot. The black dye was there in the pot. Because of it, the white crow was turned to jet black. The crow observed its color. It became angry. The crow chased the owl. What did the owl do? It escaped from the crow and departed from that place. ...

There lived a pigeon and an elephant in a forest. They were friendly.   One day the elephant was relaxing. A lion saw it.  It thought: “What a great day for me. I am getting the elephant as food for me.” It attached the elephant.  They started fighting severely. The pigeon saw this. It thought of helping its friend. It called the scorpion and said: “Friend! You go and sting that bad lion. Or else the elephant will die before our eyes.” The scorpion went quickly and stung the lion. The groaning lion ran away from that place. The elephant was tired. The pigeon served the elephant by flapping its wings steadily. It bought some juice of leaves and applied to the injuries of the elephant. After some time the elephant was all right.   A few days passed away. One day the bad lion was trapped in a cage. The scorpion saw this. It went to the pigeon and said: “Friend! That bad lion was trapped. We can get rid of it very soon. He...

So many days back..... that means thousand of years ago! In those days animals and humans were friendly. Now you know that the cat and the rat, the tiger and the deer are enemies. But in those days they were friends. At that time a dog and a elephant were inseparable friends. The dog could know the taste of the food just by smell. The elephant had no such capacity. The elephant requested the dog: “You should help me. You should identify which food is good and which is not. You should also tell me which food I can eat and which I can not.” Thenceforth the dog helped the elephant in identifying the good food.  The elephant happily ate the food as suggested by the dog. Ramaiah lived in a village nearby the forest. One day he travelled across the forest. He saw the elephant and the dog on the way. A bad idea was flashed in the mind of Ramaiah. He thought: ‘We don’t have this type of a dog in our village. Somehow or other I will take this dog wi...