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The Cat and The Bird- Houdong lamboiba amadi Pebet

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Once upon a time, a Pebet(a kind of bird) lived in a tree with her newly hatched birdies. The mother bird was a clever one and took great care of her little ones and protect them from preys around. In that area lived a male cat who pretended himself to be a monk, walking his path around the area chanting Samu kaka, Lili kaka, Samu kaka, Lili kaka everyday. One day, on passing the Pebet,s nest the cat saw the birds together with their mother. He called the Pebet, ‘Pebet’ ‘Pebet’. Pebet answered, ‘Yes sir’. Then he asked, Am I Handsome? Hearing his words the pebet realize that the cat was asking these things with bad intentions in his mind. She could not dare to answer him back rudely as he was much stronger than them. So she decided to wait till her little birdies grow stronger. Pebet replied, “Yes sir” your precious face is like paddy grains kept fully loaded in the basket, The unique red fruit hanging from vines among bamboos...like these she compares the cat’s face w
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The Boon of the Doll-Laithibigee Bor

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Once upon a time there lived a beautiful girl with her father in the kingdom of a well known King. Her father was the Achanba Manai(King’s favourite servant) and her marriage was fixed with the king’s son. The girl had a doll from her childhood days which was her only friend. She loves her doll dearly and took good care of it. The doll also loves the girl and they were so close that they often talk to each other. When the time of the girl’s marriage with the King’s son arrived the two friends became very sad and they cried together the whole night. The doll said to her “ Ita nungshibi( My dear friend) we will be departed soon, all these years we have shared everything and you have always been a good friend to me. Since you are going to start a new life from tomorrow, I will grant you two wishes. The first one will make you understand everything, even the birds and animals languages and the second wish will make you see everything what others cannot. Live happily and well w
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The Widow and the Frog- Lukhrabi amasung Hangoi

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Once upon a time there lived a very hardworking widow. The greenery and tidiness of her surrounding proved her character. There also lived a supernatural frog who could talk like humans. Both of them were lonely since no one lived with them so the frog suggested that he shall live with the widow as her son to which the widow agreed happily. One day, the frog insisted his mother to go and ask for the princess hand, as he came to know that the princess was so beautiful. The mother didn’t agree at once as she thought that it was not a good idea to ask for marriage for a frog. But she had to give up as her son insisted again and again and went at once for her son’s marriage to the princess. The mother had to face embarrassment and came back home as she was told by the King not to come again with such senseless proposal but she could take any amount of wealth she wishes to have from the treasury. The mother, after reaching home, was insisted more by her son to ask for the same
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The story of Tapta- Tapta gee wari

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        Once upon a time in Manipur there lived a couple with their small son. They had many horses in their stable as the boy’s father rear horses for a living. One rainy night, a Tiger came in lurking inside the stable to grab his prey and at the same a Thief entered the stable to steal one of the best horses. Meanwhile the mother was preparing dinner in the Chakshang(Kitchen) and her son started crying out loud. The small boy’s cry became louder and louder and his mother was trying hard to calm him. She tries everything to console her small boy from his cry but was of no use. The mother hears the sound of raindrops falling ‘tap, tap, tap’ from the roof and it gives her an idea: “Listen to that.” That’s the sound of ‘Tapta’ coming to get you! And all of a sudden the small boy stopped crying out of fright.  The Tiger and the Thief were listening to the mother’s words and wonder, this Tapta must be a very scary creature for taht reason the child had stopped crying
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Ita Thaomei- Friendly oil lamb

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Long time ago, there lived an 80 years old widow in a village of Manipur. In her humble hut she lived all alone doing all the work by herself, she weaves the loom during daytime and spins them at night. Although she was quite old, she was very hard working woman and one of the wisest and wittiest in the village. The entire village knows her for her beauty, brain, health and wealth which she possesed even in her ageing days. One night, a Thief quietly entered her house and hid himself beneath the shades of the Thaomei(Oil lamb). He was waiting for the old woman to fall asleep. Unknown of the presence of the Thief, the old woman sat besides the lamb and started spinning her loom. Later she realized that there was someone hiding beneath the thaomei. Being a wise woman she quickly understand that the person hiding was a thief but she could not take any action immediately as she knows that she was old and weaker than him and that he could easily hurt her if she shouts for
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The story of Makok(Head)- Makok ki waree

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Long long time ago there lived a widowed woman with her only son who was physically abnormal. His physique was not quite matched with his age as he had small limbs and small body, but his head was very big and so everyone named him Makok(Head). The mother and the son were very poor and Makok’s mother had to work hard to feed their stomach. Makok felt pity on his mother’s condition and wanted to help her by doing some work. So he told his mother that he will join his uncles in their boat business and earn money. On hearing his words Makok’s mother replied, My son, boat business is very tiring work, it will take days to carry the business, you will become weaker and this type of work is not good for your health. Though his mother refused him Makok persuaded her again and again and hence she agreed to send him along with her brothers in their business. On the other hand, Makok’s uncles who were not ready at first decided to take him along with them as they thought that going ou
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The Long Hand Demoness- Lai Khutsaangbi

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Long time ago in the remote side of Manipur there was a small village which remained hidden and covered with the fear of a demoness around who was believed to have long hands and who killed and eats children in the absence of the male in the family. People of that village called her Lai khutsaangbi. In that part of the village lived a happy couple with their newly born baby whom they lovingly called ‘Sashi’. Though he was just a baby, Sashi was a stubborn child and often take up the whole day crying. Sashi’s mother had to take utmost care of him in order to stop him crying so as to avoid the so-called Lai khutsaangbi from hearing him cry. One day, Sashi’s father had to leave the village for some days to carry some work and he warned his wife to be aware of the Lai khutsaangbi and to take care of Sashi. Sashi’s mother was a clever woman, she assured her husband that she will keep Sashi safe and not to worry about the demoness. Later that night, Sashi’s mother fed him and
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