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MORAL STORIES FOR KIDS

A HUNTING WITH THE LION

It was dry summer. The animals in the forest were beginning to find it difficult to get food. A bear, a wolf and a jackal thought it would be better to join hands with a lion and do the hunting. They approach the lion and he too agreed. The four of them went off.

The hunting party came across a buffalo. The fox and wolf chased the buffalo, the bear intercepted him and the lion killed him.

The fox now put four shares out of the buffalo. When they were about to take their shares the lion roared and said, “Well friends, the first share is mine for my leadership, The second share is mine for, it is I who killed, The third share is mine, for, I need it for my cubs. Anyone who needs a share can take the fourth, but, before that you will have to win me”.

All the three left the place without a single word.

MORAL: IF YOU ARE MIGHT YOU ARE RIGHT

THE STORY OF THE DESERT

When God first created the world, there was no desert. The whole world was filled with fertile lands full of beautiful gardens.

God created man in order to maintain the world. He said to man, “Every time you commit a sin, there will be a peck of sand falling on the ground”.

Man thought, “What harm will a peck of sand do? Let me live as I please”. He started committing wicked sins and pecks of sand started falling on the ground. Still man continued sinning. And the effect is that to-day there are many deserts around us.

MORAL: AS YOU SOW SO YOU REAP.

A WISE COUNTING

Emperor Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his countries. He often asked questions which were strange and witty. It took much wisdom to answer these questions.

Once he asked a very strange question. The countries were dumb folded by his question.

Akbar glanced his courtier. As he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of an answer. It was at this moment that Birbal entered the courtyard.

Birbal was the wittiest of all courtiers. He looked at his fellow courtiers who were deeply engrossed in their thoughts. Then he bowed humbly in front of Akbar and asked, “My lord! Can I know what has made my fellow courtiers so thoughtful?” Akbar replied, “I just asked them a question. They are blinking for an answer”.

Birbal, who knew the nature of the emperor quickly grasped the situation and asked, “May I know the question so that I can try for an answer”.

Akbar said, “How many crows are there in this city?” Without even a moment’s thought, Birbal replied “There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, my lord”.

“How can you be so sure?” asked Akbar.

Birbal said, “Make your men count, My lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives here. If you find less crows it means some have gone to visit their relatives elsewhere”. Akbar was pleased very much by Birbal’s wit.

MORAL: A WITTY ANSWER WILL SERVE ITS PURPOSE.

THE POOR MAN’S WEALTH

Ramchand and Premchand were neighbours. Ramchand was a poor farmer. Premchand was a landlord.

Ramchand used to be very relaxed and happy. He never bothered to close the doors and windows of his house at night. He had deep sound sleeps. Although he had no money he was peaceful.

Premchand used to be very tense always. He was very keen to close the doors and windows of his house at night. He could not sleep well. He was always bothered that someone might break open his safes and steal away his money. He envied the peaceful RamChand.

Oneday, Premchand call Ramchand and gave him a boxfull of cash saying, “Look my dear friend, I am blessed with plenty of wealth. I find you in poverty. So, take this cash and live in poverty. So, take this cash and live in prosperity”.

Ramchand was overwhelmingly happy. He was gayful throughout the day. Night came. Ramchand went to bed as usual. But, to-day, he could not sleep. He went and closed the doors and windows. He still could not sleep. He began to keep on looking at the box of cash. The whole night he was disturbed.

As soon as day broke, Ramchand took the box of cash to Premchand. He gave away the box to Premchand saying, “Dear friend, I am poor. But your money plucked away peace from me. Please bear with me and take back your money”.

MORAL: MONEY CANNOT GET EVERYTHING

THE DONKEY’S BRAIN

In the forest lived a lion. He had a jackal as his partner. They both always went together for hunting. The lion used to kill the animals and the jackal got his share for helping the lion then and there.

Oneday, the lion fell sick. He could not go out. But he was very hungry. He called the jackal and said, “Dear friend, I am hungry. But, I am too sick to hunt. You have to help me get some food”.

The jackal went off in search of prey. He found a donkey at last. He said to the donkey. “Hello, Donkey Sir! The king of the forest wants to make you his minister”. The foolish donkey was too happy to think of the plot. He followed the jackal.

The lion killed the donkey. But, before eating, he felt so thirsty. He said to the jackal, “Take care of the donkey. I will return in no time”.

As soon as the lion left, the jackal started eating the brain of the donkey. When the lion returned he found the donkey’s brain missing.

He asked the jackal, “Where is the donkey’s brain?” The jackal answered timidly, “If he had a brain would he have come here?”

MORAL: A SMALL THOUGHT SAVES A LOT 

THE DREAMING ASTRONOMER

There lived an astronomer who was very much involved in his observations. He often used to look up at the sky at night and start observing the stars.

Once, as he walked looking up at the stars, his leg slipped and he fell into a ditch. He started shouting.

A passerby, who heard his shouts, helped him out of the ditch and asked, “How did you fall into this ditch?” The astronomer replied, “I was so engrossed in my observations that I did not notice the ditch”.

The passerby asked “How do you expect to discover things when you fail to take note of things under your nose?” The astronomer walked away with a sad face.

MORAL: REALITIES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN DREAMS

THE FOX AND THE HARE

A hare was starting at a fox in admiration. The fox asked, “What are you starting at?” The hare said in an anxious voice, “I was wondering about you”. The fox asked, “What is the wonder with me?” The hare said “Are you really as cunning as people say?”

The fox looked at the hare with a thoughtful look and replied after some silent moments, “Well! Why don’t you do one thing? Come to night and join me for dinner. We shall discuss the matter”.

The hare went to the fox’s house at night. On the dinning table were laid plates and bowls. But there was no food at all. The hare thought, “Oho! What a fool I am! The fox has planned to eat me,” and he ran away.

MORAL: CUNNING WORDS ARE UNDEPENDABLE

THE IRRESPONSIBLE OX

A brave warrior had a horse and an ox. He used the horse for travelling and the ox was used for pulling load for the warrior.

War had broken. The warrior was to go to a far off place.

The horse said to the ox, “Hey ox! I am to carry the master to a far off place” The ox replied, “How unlucky you are! I am lucky. I need not pull loads. I have no work to do”.

But, it so happened that before the warrior could set off, the war had come to an end and the enemy had surrounded. Now, the warrior had plenty of work to do locally.

The ox was overburdened now.

MORAL: AVOIDING RESPONSIBILITY ENDS IN OVERBURDEN.

THE INEXPERIENCED MOUSE

Once, a little mouse asked his mother, “Mother let me go out and see the world”. The mother mouse said, “Okay child. But, be careful”.

The mouse came out of his hole and started walking. He saw a colorful cock. As he had never seen a cock before, he got frightened by the sharp beak, colorful feather, and the red crown of the cock. He ran away thinking, “What a horrible creature”.

After some time he came across a pussy cat. “What a soft animal!”, he thought, “So handsome fur! And striking eyes!”

When he returned home he explained his day’s visit to his mother. The mother said, “The cock is really harmless. But the soft cat is our real enemy”.

MORAL: OUTWARD APPEARENCES ARE DECEPTIVE

SILLY LITTLE MARIAM

There lived a little girl Mariam, who was very silly and lazy. Often she used to wander hither and thither with no purpose. Once, as she went wandering she felt very thirsty. She went to a pond nearby and quenched her thirst. She felt very tired and drowsy. She slept right there on the banks of the pond.

When she woke up it was night already. She peeped into the pond but could not see her reflection. She got a big doubt “Am I really here or not? Well! Let me ask at my home”.

She went home and found the door closed. She called out “Is Mariam in there?” A sleepy voice replied, “Oh! She must be in bed”. Mariam thought, “If Mariam is at home, I am not Mariam”. Saying this, she went away.

MORAL: SHADOWS ARE NOT REALITIES

THE BEE AND THE DOVE

Once, a bee fell into a stream. He was struggling to get out of the water. His wings got wet and he could not fly.

A dove was perched on a nearby tree. She saw the struggling bee. She plucked a leaf. She held the leaf in her beak and flew upto the bee. She scoped the bee with the leaf and dropped him out on the shore. After sometime the bee flew away.

A few days later, the dove was perched on the same tree and sleeping. A boy was aiming his sling at her. The bee saw the boy. And when the boy was about to shoot he bit the boy’s hand. The boy cried with pain. The dove woke up and flew away..

MORAL: ONE GOOD LEADS TO ANOTHER

THE MONKEY’S JUSTICE

It was the aftermath of big festival. Two cats were prowling together. One of the cats saw a big cake and mieued. The other jumped up and picked it.

The first cat said, “Give me the cake. It is I who saw it first”.

The other cat said “Keep away from it. It is I who picked it up”.

They were fighting and fighting. But there was no solution. Just then, a monkey passed by. He thought “What foolish cats they must me! Let me make use of this chance”.

He came to the cats and said in a loud voice. “Don’t fight. Let me share the cake among you both”. The cake was handed over the monkey.

The monkey split the cake into two parts. He shook his head and said, “Oho! One is bigger. One is smaller”. He had a bit of the bigger and now said “Oho! This has become smaller now”. He ate from the other. And thus, he went on eating from part to part and finally finished the whole cake.

The poor cats were disappointed.

MORAL: WHEN YOU QUARREL SOMEONE ELSE GAINS

THE DONKEY AND THE DOG

In a small town there lived a potter. He had a dog to guard his house and pottery, and a donkey to carry his load.

Whenever the master came, the dog used to bark a little to welcome him. He ran upto the master and raised his front legs and puts them on the master. The master pets the dog and gives him nice food to eat.

The donkey used to watch this daily routine from a distance. He began to feel jealous of the dog. He thought with jealous, “What an easy life for the dog! He just roams around. He barks at strangers. That’s all this work. Yet, he is being cared with love and affection. But look at me! I carry all the loads. Yet all I get is hard blows and left-over’s for eating”.

So the donkey decided to behave in the same way as the dog, in order to get nice treatment from his master. He roamed here and there and neighed at strangers. When the master returned he neighed a little, ran to him and wagging his tail he started to lift his front legs.

The master got annoyed. He took a long stick and landed heavy blows. Poor donkey!

MORAL: JEALOUSY WILL NOT SERVE GOOD

THE MOUSE AND THE BULL

It was a hot day. A bull was sound asleep under a shady tree. The bull was snoring loudly. This loud noise evoked the curiosity of a small mouse passing that away.

The mouse climbed up to the nose of the bull. As the bull snored, the mouse bit his nose madly for fun’s snake. But the bull woke up and snorted “Who bit me and woke me up?” The little mouse replied “Sorry Mr.Bull! I bit you playfully, but I did not expect to wake you up”.

The bull got wild. He started to chase the small mouse. The mouse began to run for his life. At last he found a small hole in a stone wall. He ran into the hole and waited to see what the bull is going to do.

The bull came dashing upto the wall. He was not able to catch the mouse. He roared “You silly creature! I’II teach you a lesson” and dashed against the wall. The wall was too strong for the bull.

The bull heard the mouse saying “Why are you breaking your heard for so small a thing?” He left the place immediately.

MORAL: MIGHT IS NOT ALWAYS RIGHT

THE SMART VENDOR

There was a smart vendor. He used to act smart with people. Once, a small boy bought some berries from the vendor. The vendor gave him berries less in weight.

The boy asked “Why are you giving me less berries?” The vendor replied “lesser the berries, easier will it be for you to carry. Now, give me the money”.

The boy dropped some coins into the vendor’s hand and walked off. The vendor counted and found the money to be less.

The vendor shouted “Hey boy, you’ve given me less money”. The boy’s reply was “Lesser the money, easier to count, isn’t It!”.

MORAL: SMART PEOPLE ARE OUTSMARTED

THE CURIOUS MONKEY

A carpenter was working hard to divide a log into two parts. He was sawing from morning to noon, but was able to cut only half-way through. He was hungry. So he pushed a wedge into the split and went for lunch.

A monkey was watching the carpenter. He became curious of the wedge. He climbed down from the tree and went upto the log. He tried to pull the wedge. It did not yield.

He sat on the log with legs on each side. The tail was dangling down through the split. He tried again and again. All of a sudden, the wedge came out. The log stuck together with a snap cutting off the dancing tail with it.

The monkey lost its tail because of his curiosity.

MORAL: LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP

THE BULL AND THE FROGS

It was a damp rainy day. The pond was full of water. Some small frogs were hopping and playing happily.

A bull came up to the pond to drink some water. After drinking water, the bull bellowed loudly. On hearing the bellowing sound the little frogs got frightened.

They hopped away in a hurry to their Grandpa at home.

On seeing his grandchildren’s hurry, the grandpa asked, “Well children! What is the matter?”

One of the little frogs croaked in a feeble voice, “Grandpa, we saw a very big animal at the pond. He had a terrible loud voice. We were all frightened”.

The grandpa frog spread his legs and puffed his cheeks and asked “Was the animal as big as this?” The answer came “He was much bigger”.

The grandpa puffed still more and asked “Was he still bigger?” The answer was “Much bigger, Much bigger”.

The grandpa puffed, puffed and puffed until his lungs burst he fell down.

MORAL: VANITY IS FOOLISHNESS

THE FOX AND THE STORK

A fox wanted to tease a stork. He invited the stork to dinner. The stork accepted. The fox prepared a soup and served the soup in a flat plate. He said, “Let’s start our dinner, and began lapping. He looked at the stork and asked, “Isn’t the soup delicious? You like it, don’t you?”

The stork could only smell the flavor. She was not able to drink the soup with her long beak from the flat plate. She understood that the fox was teasing her. She looked helplessly while the fox was just enjoying himself.

After they had finished, the stork invited the fox. The fox said, he would come”. So a few days later, the stork prepared soup and, now, she served in a long jug with a narrow mouth.

Now, the fox could not drink from the jug. But the stork drank comfortability and said, “What a nice soup! I prepared this specially for you, Please don’t feel shy. Have as much as you want”.

The fox now felt he was paying for his mischief.

MORAL:  TIT FOR TAT

THE WOLF AND THE LAMB

A lamb was drinking water of a stream. He was so plumpy and fleshy.

A wolf was spying him. He was so eager to attack the lamb and eat him.

The wolf accused the lamb, “You are making the stream dirty”. But the lamb replied “I am sorry, drinking out a stream does not make the stream dirty”.

The wolf again accused “you are the lamb who teased my brother last year” The poor lamb replied “But, I was not at all born then”.

The wolf grew wild and snarled “I am not going to miss a chance of eating you because you are good at reasoning”.

MORAL: EVIL CAN CREATE ITS OWN EXCUSES

THE FARMER AND THE MAGIC GOOSE

Once there was a poor farmer. His family lived in poverty. He was very sad.

One day, he got a magic goose as a born. The goose laid one golden egg every day. The farmer sold the golden egg and bought things for his family. Soon they became very rich.

Suddenly, a very wicked idea came to the farmer’s mind. “If the magic goose lays one golden egg every day, how many golden eggs will be inside the goose? If I cut open the goose, I will become still rich in a single day.”

He killed the goose and cut open. But, he found no egg inside. Because of his greed, he lost his magic goose and the golden egg.

MORAL: GREED IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF MISERIES

THE COUNTRY MOUSE AND THE TOWN MOUSE

A country mouse and a down mouse were friends.

The country mouse lived in a field. He invited the town mouse for a dinner. They both sat in the fields. They ate corn, nuts and fruits. After the dinner, the town mouse said, “What a poor meals you have! Your food is tasteless. Come with me to town and see what I have. My food is tasty and good”. So, both the friends set out to town.

The town mouse lived in a house. They both sat in the kitchen. The town mouse gave cakes, biscuits and bread. As they were about to eat they heard a cat menu. They ran to the hole. They came back after sometime. Half way through again the cat minuend. They ran again. Like this, they had to run for life many times before they could have a meal.

The country mouse said, “What a miserable life you lead! At least in the fields, I live peacefully”.

MORAL: RICHES IS NOT HAPPINESS ALWAYS

THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE

A hare was always proud of its speed. He often laughed at a tortoise who moved very slowly. The tortoise was very humble. But, the hare kept on teasing the tortoise.

One day, the tortoise challenged the hare. The hare was surprised. “How can so slow a runner challenge me”. He accepted the challenge. The race began. Within no time, the hare was far off.

The hare was reaching the winning post. He thought “Let me wait for the tortoise, soon as the tortoise comes, I’II jump up and win the race”. He fell asleep there itself.

Suddenly, he heard clapping sounds. He woke up to see the tortoise slowly crossing the winning post. The hare lost the race.

MORAL: SLOW AND STEADY WIN THE RACE

THE GREEDY DOG AND THE BONE

Once, a dog was passing through the backyard of a house. He found a piece of bone. He picked it up and ran to a lonely corner. He sat there and began to chew the bone. He felt tried. So, he dropped the bone and slept there itself.

After-a-while he woke up. He felt thirsty. He did not want to leave the bone. So he picked up the bone in his mouth and ran up to nearby river.

In the river, he saw his own reflection. The greedy dog thought that there was another dog with a bone. He wanted that too. He began to bark.

The bone in his mouth fell down into the river. The dog lost his bone.

MORAL: GREED LEADS TO GRIEF

THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER

It was summer. It was bright and sunny. Food was plentiful everywhere. A grasshopper was singing and dancing joyfully. He had everything to eat.

An ant was working very hard carrying food into her hole. The grasshopper cried in mockery “Oh! What a pity? You work hard on a sunny day. You lose all play, poor thing”.  The ant replied “It’s okay my friend. We are storing for the cold winter. You too can save!” But the grasshopper did not take heed of it.

Soon came winter. It was cold everywhere. There was no food. The grasshopper began to starve. He went to the ant and asked for some food. The ant replied “You lazy fool! The whole summer you danced and sang, not thinking about future. Go and dance now I can’t help you”.

MORAL: TODAY’S SAVINGS WILL HELP YOU TOMORROW