Taatayya Kathalu in English

    It was a serene lake. There were many fowls living in the banks and the trees surrounding the lake. A family of ducks was also living there.               The mother lake was guiding her chicks to learn swimming and searching for food. Life was very happy for the family. The duck and her chicks were swimming all over the lake and roaming around the banks. They were enjoying life to the full extent. One day, the duck saw a cunning fox hunting in the area. The duck immediately came and warned the chicks, "Look my children, there is a fox in the area. Be careful when you come out of the lake. He might harm you." "Yes mother," the chicks replied in unison. The duck always kept an eye on her chicks to safeguard them from the dangerous fox.           The next day, when the duck went out she saw the fox hiding very near to her chicks. She was alarmed. She shouted in a loud voice, "Run to the water children. The fox ...

There was a very poor old lady who had been chased away from her family. Her children did not want to keep her with them because she had become very old and she could not do any work for them. The old lady daily prayed, "Oh Lord, please take me with You soon. I don't want to live anymore in this world after even my children have left me to suffer." One day, as the lady opened her door, he found a very strange goose. She was still more astonished when the goose opened its mouth and started to speak, "Dear old lady, I have been hearing your prayers to God. From now on, you can pluck one feather from me and it would turn into gold. Make use of it. Your problems will be solved." The old lady said, "What is going to happen because of gold?" The goose, giving one feather replied, "Wait and see." Soon, the old lady became very rich, and you know what happened next. All her relatives came back to her. She lived very happily then after. Moral: SINCER...

   There was an egg seller, who sold eggs of hen, duck, and many other birds. The earnings were low and his family lived in poverty. A Swamiji donated a duck to the merchant saying, "Look, poor merchant, this duck will solve all your problems. Keep it safe and healthy." The egg seller brought the duck home and waited eagerly to see what would happen.  The next day, when he went to his backyard to collect the eggs, he was astonished to see a golden egg lying near the duck. "Look here my dear wife, look here," the egg seller cried in joy to his wife. He sold the golden egg in the pawnshop and bought many things for his family. Each day, the duck laid exactly one golden egg. Days passed on. Slowly, the egg seller became rich. Then came the real problem. The egg seller's wife turned greedy. She told her husband, "Darling, for how long should we enjoy with only one egg per day? If we open the duck's belly, we would be getting many eggs at a time. We can beco...