Write any one story from Panchatantra with its title and value.
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THE HERMIT AND THE MOUSE ---
Once upon a time, there lived a hermit who lived in a temple. He used to collect alms all day long and eat in the evening. He kept the excess food in a bowl and gave it to the helpers who cleaned the temple. But soon, the hermit realized that a mouse was stealing food from the bowl. The hermit tried many different ways to keep the mouse away, but none of them worked. One day, the hermit’s friend visited the temple and advised him to track the mouse back to its hole and take its stash of food. That way, the mouse will lose its confidence. The hermit did just that. The mouse became depressed and did not act quickly enough when the hermit brought down his stick. Wounded, the mouse left the temple, never to return.
MORAL : Use your enemy’s tricks against him and turn his strengths into weaknesses
The Elephant and The Mice
Once there was a village where lived the mice and made their homes in that village. There was a lake on the outskirts of the village in which the elephants used to drink water and bathe. To reach the lake the elephants used to travel from the village of mice and while on the way they trampled the mice. Upon seeing this the king of mice meets the elephants and requests them to change their route as when they cross the village they trample many mice. The king further adds that upon their favor they would be grateful to return this favor to them in the future. To his request, the elephants laugh upon the mice helping the giant elephants and decided to change the route.
One fine day while elephants were on their way to the lake they are trapped by hunters in a net. One of the elephants comes running to the mice king and requests him to help the elephants. All the mice run towards the net and start nibbling the net and hence the elephants escape. The king of elephants was very happy and thanked the mice.
Moral of the story: A friend in need is a friend indeed.