The title of my story is the lion and the gnat.

"Away with you, vile insect" said the lion angrily to a gnat that was buzzing around his head. But the gnat was not in the least disturbed.

"Do you think", he said spitefully to the lion, "that I'm afraid of you because they call you King?"

The next instant he flew at the lion and stung him sharply on the nose. Mad with age, the lion struck fiercely at the gnat, but only succeeded in tearing himself with his claws. Again and again the gnat sting the lion, who now was roating terribly.

At last, worn out with rage and covered with wounds that his own teeth and claws has made, the lion gave up the fight.

The gnat buzzed away to tell the whole world about the victory, but instead he flew straight into a spider web. And there, he who had defeated the king of beasts came to a considerable end, the prey of a little spider.

Moral lesson: The least of our enemies is the most to be feared.

•Pride over a success should not throw you off your guard.

The title of my story is the bundle of sticks.

A certain father, had three sons who were forever quarrelling among themselves. No words he said could do good, so he cast his mind for something very striking example that will make them see that discord will lead them to misfortune.

One day, when the quarrelling was much more voilent than usual, he asked one of them to bring him a bundle of sticks. Then handing the bunch of sticks to each of his sons, in turn he told them to try and break it. But each of them tried their beast and they could not break it.

The father now untied the bundle and gave them one sticks to break one by one. "My sons" said the father, do you see how certain it is that if you agree with each other and help one another it will be impossible for your enemies to injure you? But if you are divided among yourselves, you will be no stronger than a single stick in that bundle. From that day onwards the sons began to work together.

Moral lesson: In unity the is strength.