ससा आणि कासव

Author: Venkatramana Gowda

Illustrator: Padmanabh

Translator: Pratham Mumbai Team

ससा आणि कासवाची ती प्रसिद्ध शर्यत तुम्हाला आठवते आहे ना?

अनेक दिवस ती शर्यत आणि त्यातले ससा-कासव यांच्याखेरीज जंगलातल्या प्राण्यांना बोलायला दुसरा विषय नव्हता.

आळशीपणामुळे ससा शर्यत हरला. कासवाने प्रयत्न करून शेवट गाठला. वनातल्या प्राण्यांमध्ये दोघांबद्दल सारखाच आदर होता.

जिंकलं म्हणून कासव शेखी मिरवत नव्हतं आणि हरला म्हणून ससाही कासवाचा द्वेष करत नव्हता.

काही दिवसांनी त्या वनाच्या राजाला शेजारच्या राजाशी काहीतरी चर्चा करायची होती. ताबडतोब जाणे जरूरीचे होते. पण स्वत:च्याच राज्यातील काही महत्त्वाच्या कामामुळे राजाला बाहेर जाणेही शक्य नव्हते. म्हणून राजाने ससा व कासव यांना दूत म्हणून पाठवायचे ठरविले.

“तुमच्यापैकी एकाने शेजारच्या राज्यात जायचे आहे. माझ्या कल्पना त्या राजाला सांगा आणि त्याचे विचार समजून घ्या.

हे करायला तुम्हाला फक्त एक दिवसाचा अवधी आहे,” राजाने आज्ञा दिली.

शेजारच्या राज्याकडेे जाणारी वाट सोपी नव्हती. त्यावर दगडधोंडे आणि काटेकुटे होते. शिवाय दोन नद्याही पार कराव्या लागत असत.

ससा आणि कासव यांनी एकत्र बसून विचार केला. दोघांपैकी कोणीही एकजण हे काम करू शकणार नव्हता. दोघांनी मिळून ते काम करण्याचे ठरविले. जमिनीवरून जाताना सशाने कासवाला पाठीवर घ्यायचे असा बेत होता. नदी पार करताना कासव सशाला पाठीवर घेणार होते. दोघांनाही बेत पसंत पडला.

दुसऱ्या दिवशी राजाचा निरोप घेऊन दोघे प्रवासाला निघाले.

नदी जवळ येताच कासवाने सशाला पाठीवर घेतले. सफाईदारपणे कासवाने नदी पार केली. दोन्ही नद्या पार करून दोघेही एकदाचे शेजारील राज्यात पोहोचले.

राजाशी चर्चा करून पहिल्याप्रमाणेच दोघे परतही आले.

राजाने दिलेल्या वेळेपूर्वीच दोघे परत पोहोचले होते. राजा खूष झाला.

वापरा तुमची कल्पनाशक्ती आणि रंगवा हे चित्र. अगदी तुम्हाला हवं तसं !

वापरा तुमची कल्पनाशक्ती आणि रंगवा हे चित्र. अगदी तुम्हाला हवं तसं !

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This story: ससा आणि कासव is translated by Pratham Mumbai Team . The © for this translation lies with Pratham Books, 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Based on Original story: ' ಮೊಲ ಮತ್ತು ಆಮೆ ' , by Venkatramana Gowda . © Pratham Books , 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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This book has been published on StoryWeaver by Pratham Books.'The Hare and The Tortoise (Again!)' has been published by Pratham Books in partnership with the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. Pratham Books is a not-for-profit organization that publishes books in multiple Indian languages to promote reading among children. www.prathambooks.org

Illustration Attributions:

Cover page: Tortoise with a scroll on the back of the hare , by Padmanabh © Pratham Books, 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 2: Animal Kingdom , by Padmanabh © Pratham Books, 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 3: Trees and Rolling Plains , by Padmanabh © Pratham Books, 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 4: Tortoise looking at Rabbit eating Carrots , by Padmanabh © Pratham Books, 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 5: Lion thinking of the Hare and the Tortoise , by Padmanabh © Pratham Books, 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 6: Hare and the Tortoise , by Padmanabh © Pratham Books, 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 7: Lion making a gesture , by Padmanabh © Pratham Books, 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 8: Hare and Tortoise thinking of river and rocks , by Padmanabh © Pratham Books, 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 9: Hare and Tortoise thinking of each other on each other's backs , by Padmanabh © Pratham Books, 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 10: Tortoise with a scroll on the back of a rabbit , by Padmanabh © Pratham Books, 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Disclaimer: https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

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This book was made possible by Pratham Books' StoryWeaver platform. Content under Creative Commons licenses can be downloaded, translated and can even be used to create new stories provided you give appropriate credit, and indicate if changes were made. To know more about this, and the full terms of use and attribution, please visit the following link .

Illustration Attributions:

Page 11: Tortoise swimming across the river with rabbit on the back holding a scroll , by Padmanabh © Pratham Books, 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 12: Tortoise and Hare speaking to a Lion , by Padmanabh © Pratham Books, 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 13: Tortoise and Hare running and singing , by Padmanabh © Pratham Books, 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 14: Tortoise on Hare's back and Hare on Tortoise's back , by Padmanabh © Pratham Books, 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 15: Tortoise looking at Rabbit eating Carrots - for coloring , by Padmanabh © Pratham Books, 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 16: Animal Kingdom - for coloring , by Padmanabh © Pratham Books, 2004. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Disclaimer: https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

Some rights reserved. This book is CC-BY-4.0 licensed. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. For full terms of use and attribution, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

ससा आणि कासव (Marathi)

कासव आणि सशाची गोष्ट तुम्हाला माहीतच असेल. पण पुढे काय झाले त्यांचे? वाचा ’ससा आणि कासव’मध्ये.

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