Muffin Stories

Muffin Stories - The Dog in the Manger | Children's Tales, Stories and Fables | muffin songs
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The dog and the horse did not get along.
They were always fighting when they met.
'Hmph, that horse is always boasting. I can't stand the sight of him.'
The dog thought of a wqy to play a trick.
But it was not easy to think of a trick.
One day, their owner was putting food in the horse's manger.
'That's it!'
'That's how I'll play a trick on that horse.'
The dog thought up a trick and smiled to himself.
The next day, the owner put food in the manger again.
The dog was hiding and ran to the manger.
He went in the manger and lied down.
The horse was surprised and looked at the dog.
"Heh heh, this is my spot from now on."
The dog looked at the horse and smiled.
The horse was hungry, but it could not eat because of the dog.
'Ha ha, you're starving, aren't you?'
The dog thought it succeeded in playing a trick and was very happy.
The horse stared at the dog for a long time and said.
"What a miserable dog."
"Do you think you're really smart?"
"You're going to starve too by not letting me eat."
When the dog heard the horse, if felt its stomach growling.
The dog could not stand to be hungry.
It camd out of the manger and went home.

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Muffin Stories - Foolish Magpie | Children's Tales, Stories and Fables | muffin songs

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There was a big handsome magpie.
He was always ashamed of living with other magpies.
How can a handsome magpie like me live with such ugly guys?
So one day the handsome magpie went to the village of eagles.
"Great dagle, would you kindly allow me to live with you?＂
He said to an eagle.
After hearing the magpie's request, the eagle examined him all over with his big and bright eyes.
"What? You want to live with us?
How do you think you can live with us?
You don't look like us.
You voice sounds different from ours.
You impudent bird, get out of here right now!"
It seemed that the eagle was ready to peck the magpie with his sharp beak at once.
The magpie escaped quickly and flew to another eagle.
"What? Such an ugly magpie as you wants to live with such great eagles as us?"
The second eagle drove away the magpie with his dreaded wings.
The smart-aleck magpie was depressed and shed tears.
He had no choice but to return to his native place.
"Pshaw! Why did you return impudently after leaving us on the grounds that you hated to live with us? Do you think well welcome you? Get out of here right now! "
Even his friends angrily drove him away.
At last the smart-aleck magpie lived alone until he died.

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Muffin Stories - The Hungry Wolf and the Goat | Children's Tales, Stories and Fables | muffin songs
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A hungry wolf was wandering about.
"I'm so hungry. I don't know how many days I've starved."
The wolf discovered a goat eating grass on a cliff.
"Oh, a meal. It's goat. Hee hee hee. Oh, good. I'll eat him for dinner."
The wolf smacked his lips and talked to the goat.
"Hey, Goat, what are you doing here?"
But, the goat did not answer.
The wolf talked again.
"Hey, it looks dangerous up there."
"If you slip, you'll fall below."
The goat did not listen and continued to eat grass.
"Hmph! Is he deaf.."
But the wolf did not give up.
"Hey, listen to me. I think it is really dangerous for you to be eating grass up there."
"Besides, the grass over here is much better than the grass over there."
The wolf continued to talk th the goat.
"Wow... Look at this grass. It looks so delicious."
The goat looked at the wolf and spoke.
"I'm sorry, but I don't think you're saying that for my sake."
"I know that you're doing that to eat me. So, forget it."
Upon hearing that, the wolf gave up and returned.
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