Hindi

On a hot summer day, a thirsty crow finds a pot with very little water at the bottom. Unable to reach it, he drops pebbles in one by one until the water rises high enough to drink. A classic tale about cleverness and persistence.

Little Pari can’t fall asleep, so Uncle Moon (Chand Mama) shares his secret: breathe slowly like ocean waves and imagine floating on a cloud among the stars. Her eyelids grow heavy and she drifts into sweet dreams.

A lion catches a mouse who wakes him, but lets him go when the mouse promises to help someday. Later the lion is trapped in a hunter’s net, and the mouse chews through the ropes to free him. No one is too small to help.

All summer the ant gathers food while the grasshopper sings and dances. When winter comes, the hungry grasshopper knocks on the ant’s door. The kind ant shares her food, and the grasshopper promises to work ahead next year.

Meera finds a golden pencil that brings her drawings to life. After drawing treats for herself, she sees her friend Rohan crying over a torn school bag and draws him a new one. The pencil glows brighter — the real magic is helping others.

A proud hare challenges a slow tortoise to a race and dashes ahead, then naps under a tree. The tortoise keeps going steadily without stopping and crosses the finish line first while the hare sleeps. Slow and steady wins the race.