The Golden Axe

Once upon a time, a hard-working woodcutter lost his axe in a river. He sat at the bank of the river and wept. The god of the river arose and asked him what happened. The woodcutter told him the story. The god offered to help by looking for his axe.

He disappeared into the river and retrieved a golden axe, but the woodcutter said it was not his. He disappeared again and came back with a silver axe, but the woodcutter said that was not his either. The god disappeared into the water again and came back with an iron axe – the woodcutter smiled and said it was his.

The god was impressed with the woodcutter’s honesty and gifted him both the golden and silver axes.

Dealing with Adversity

Asha was getting frustrated with life, so she asked her father what to do. He told her to bring an egg, two tea leaves, and a potato. He then boiled them. After 10 minutes, he asked Asha to peel the egg, peel the potato, and strain the leaves.

Her father explained, “Each item was placed into the same circumstance, boiling water. See how each responded differently? The egg was soft but is now hard. The potato was hard but is now soft. And the tea leaves, they changed the water itself.”

The father then asked, “When adversity calls, we respond in the same manner as they have. Now, are you an egg, a potato, or tea leaves?”

Don’t Lie - The Boy Who Cried Wolf

There was once a shepherd boy who got bored while watching sheep. He decided to play a trick and cried “wolf! wolf!”. The people who heard rushed over to help him. But they were disappointed when they saw no wolf and the boy laughing at them.

The next day, he did it again and people rushed to his aid only to be laughed at. On the third day, the boy saw a wolf devouring one of his sheep and cried for help. But the people who heard him thought it was another of the boy’s pranks. No one came to help him.

The Cooking Lesson

Asha was getting frustrated with life, so she asked her father what to do. He told her to bring an egg, two tea leaves, and a potato. He then boiled them. After 10 minutes, he asked Asha to peel the egg, peel the potato, and strain the leaves.

Her father explained, “Each item was placed into the same circumstance, boiling water. See how each responded differently? The egg was soft but is now hard. The potato was hard but is now soft. And the tea leaves, they changed the water itself.”

The father then asked, “When adversity calls, we respond in the same manner as they have. Now, are you an egg, a potato, or tea leaves?”

The Rose and the Cactus

It was a summer day. There was a rose in a desert. She was proud of her beautiful looks and her only complaint was growing next to an ugly cactus. Every day, the rose mocked the cactus about his looks.

One scorching summer, the desert became dry, and there was no water left for the plants. The rose quickly began to wilt. Her beautiful petals dried up, losing their lush color.

She saw a sparrow dip his beak into the cactus to drink some water. The rose asked the cactus if she could have some water. The kind cactus agreed, helping them both through the tough summer, as friends.

The Poor Boy and Glass of Milk story for kids - Motivational stories

Once upon a time their lived a poor boy in a small town. He sold newspapers to pay for his school fees. One winter day morning, he started to feel weak from hunger. The boy asked for food but was denied every time until he reached the door of a girl. He asked for a glass of water, but seeing his poor state, the girl came back with a glass of milk. The boy asked how much he owed for this milk. The girl refused the payment.

Years later, the girl, now grown, fell sick. She went from doctor to doctor, but no one was able to cure her. Finally, she went to the best doctor in town. The doctor spent months treating her until she was finally cured. Despite her happiness, she was afraid she couldn’t afford to pay the bill. But, when she got the bill, it read, ‘Paid in full, with a glass of milk.’

Moral: Kindness is always rewarded.

The Thirsty Crow: Every problem has a solution

It was a hot Summer day. The heat was so intense that the water in the jungle was slowly drying up. Wild animals and birds were wandering around. Wherever one gets water he goes there. Once there was a crow he was very thirsty. Meanwhile, the crow was looking for water. He was flying in the jungle to drink water. But the water was not getting him anywhere. He was tired of flying a long distance. After wandering here & there, he sat down on the tree trunk in the forest and rested.

Suddenly, his gaze fell on a clayey pot. And when he saw it, he was glad. He saw a pot half-filled with water. He tried to drink from it but his beak wasn’t long enough to reach the water inside.

Then he saw pebbles on the ground and one by one, he put them in the pot until the water rose to the brim. The crow then drank the water and quenched his thirst.

Moral: Every problem has a solution.

Best Moral Story for children : The lesson from father : Boiling Potato, Egg and leaves

Once there lived a little girl named Shilla with her parents. She was only girl from her family. She was getting frustrated with life, so she asked her father what to do. Her father was a science teacher. He told her to bring an egg, two tea leaves, and a potato. He then boiled them in a pot. After 10 minutes, he asked his daughter to peel the egg, peel the potato, and strain the leaves.

Her father explained, “Each item was placed into the same circumstance, boiling water. See how each responded differently? The egg was soft but is now hard. The potato was hard but is now soft. And the tea leaves, they changed the water itself.”

The father then asked, “When adversity calls, we respond in the same manner as they have. Now, are you an egg, a potato, or tea leaves?”

Moral: Dealing with adversity.

Act Before You Think : The Goose and Golden Eggs

Once upon a time there lived a farmer in a village. He had a goose that laid one golden egg every day. This made the farmer happy for a long time. But, one day, the farmer thought to himself, “Why should I take just one egg a day to the market to sale it? Why can’t I take them all at once and make a lot of money?”

The next day, the farmer took a knife and killed the goose. He cut its stomach open, hoping to find lots of golden eggs. The only thing he found was guts and blood. The farmer realized his mistake and cried. As the days went on, the farmer became poorer and poorer.

Moral: Act before you think.

The Tiny Mouse and Angry Bull Short Story

It was a winter day. A bull was sound asleep under a shady neem 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 up to 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

Fox and the crane short story for children

Once upon a time there lived a fox in a jungle. A crane was his best friend. It was staying nearby a tree of a pond. They visited each other's home now and then. One day, the fox invited the crane to dinner. He put the soup in a flat dish. The crane had a long beak. He could not take the soup. The fox licked the dish. The crane felt insulted.

Now the crane wanted to take revenge. He invited the fox to dine with him. He served boiled rice in a jug. Its neck was narrow. The fox could eat nothing. The crane enjoyed the food very much. The fox felt sorry for his behavior.

Moral: As you show, so shall you reap?

Lion and the Mouse short story

Once upon a time there was a Lion sleeping in a dense forest. A mouse started playing on it. The lion was disturbed and arose from his sleep. It caught up the mouse angrily and tried to crush it to death. 

"Pardon, O King!" cried the little Mouse, "Forgive me this time. I shall never repeat it and I shall never forget your kindness. And who knows, but I may be able to do you a good turn one of these days?” The lion laughed at it and let him off. 

One day the lion was caught in a net spread by a hunter. It roared and tried to escape but in vain. At that time, the mouse was passing through the jungle when he saw the same lion trapped in a hunter's net. Immediately, it set to work, gnawing at the ropes. Very soon the tiny mouse had set the lion free.

Moral of the story: Little friends may prove like your great friends.

Princess and The Baby Monkey

Once upon a time there lived a princess in a kingdom. She was fond of animal babies. His father was a renounced king. So his father ordered in his kingdom to not harm to the animals. Princess was the king of that jungle. She loved all animals.

Once, she announced in the jungle, ‘All animals to come to my palace with their babies. The animal who has the most beautiful baby will be rewarded.

All animals came to the princes’s palace with their babies. Princess was inspecting all the babies and kissed them. She came to a monkey and said ‘What an ugly baby! You will not get the prize.”

The baby monkey started to cry. The monkey said, “What a foolish princess she is! Who wants her prize. You are my jewel, my dear child. You are more precious than anything in this world. I love you my baby.”

Moral: Mother love has no equals and precious than anything.

King and The Foolish Monkey

Once there was a king lived in his kingdom. He loves animals so that he had a pet monkey. This monkey was a fool, but was treated royally and moved freely in the king’s palace. King was given all the freedom to the monkeys. He was the best friend of the king. It was happy with the treat given by the King.

One afternoon, the king was asleep, while the monkey kept watching to him. All of a sudden, a fly came in the room and sat on the king’s chest. The monkey watching to the fly. Sometimes later the monkey influenced the fly away, but the fly would only go away for some time and return on the king’s chest again. 

The monkey got very angry and excited with this fly’s activity. There was a weapon near to the kings bed. The foolish monkey started chasing the fly with that sharp weapon. 

As the fly sat on the king’s chest again, the monkey hit the fly with all his strength. The fly flew away unharmed, but the king was severely wounded in the chest and at last he died. 

Moral: A foolish friend can cause you more harm than your enemy.

Three Little Pigs and The Wolf Story

Once upon a time there were three little pigs staying together with different shed. One pig built a house of straw while the second pig built his house with sticks. They built their houses very quickly and then sang and danced all day long, because they were lazy. The third little pig worked hard all day long and built his house with bricks.

A big wicked wolf saw the two little pigs while they danced and played and thought, “What juicy tender meals they will make!” He chased the two pigs and they ran and hide themselves in their houses. The wolf went to the first house and jumped  over the house. He blew down the house in a minute. The frightened little pig ran to the second pig’s house that was made of sticks. The wolf now came to this house and blew the house down in hardly any time. Now, the two little pigs were terrified and ran to the third pig’s house that was made of bricks.

The wolf tried to huff and puff to blow the house down, but he could not. He kept trying for a long time but the house was very strong because it made with bricks and the little pigs were safe inside. Again sometime later wolf tried to enter through the chimney of that house but the third little pig boiled a big pot of water and kept it below the chimney. The wolf fell into it and burned with hot water.

The two little pigs now felt sorry for having been so lazy. They also built their houses with bricks and lived happily ever after.

Moral: Don't be lazy at all.

Falcon and the Crow Story

Once upon a time, there lived a big falcon on a high mountain rock. Down in the field, there lived a black crow on a banyan tree.

One day the falcon saw a rabbit on the ground. He swooped down and caught the rabbit with his talons and flew back to its nest on the mountain rock.

The black crow saw the falcon from a distance. It thought to catch the rabbit in the same way. What a joke it was to watch the falcon pick up the rabbit from the ground! Now I will catch it myself. 

The crow thought to itself and flew high in the sky. Then, it swooped down with great force upon a rabbit sitting on the ground. But its fly was not correctly aimed to catch the rabbit. Instead of catching the rabbit, it dashed against a big rock near to the rabbit. Its head cracked and it died on the spot.

Moral: never imitate others in a foolish manner.

Louse and the bed-bug story

Once upon a time there lived a white louse in the spacious bedroom of a mighty king. It used to live in the corner of the bed sheet spread over the King’s beautiful bed. Everyday, when the king was fast asleep, the louse sucked his blood and hid himself again into a corner of the bed cover. 

One night, a bed-bug strolled into the bedroom of the king. The louse saw it and told it to get out. But the bed-but said, “look, you ought to be a little courteous to your guests.” The louse believes the bed-bug’s sweet talk.  She said, hey dear you can stay here tonight. But remember you will not bite the king. 

But I am your guest. I need to eat something tonight. Give me something if you have for me. The bed-bug asked, “what better food can you serve me that the king’s blood?”

The louse replied, “Well you can suck the king’s blood silently. He must not get hurt in anyway.” When the night happened, the king entered his bedroom and slept on the bed. The greedy bed-bug fotgot all about its promised and bit the sleeping king. He continuing the sucking till the king felt a terrible itching in his skin. The king woke ip and ordered his servants to fid the bed-bug and kill it.

But the bed-bug hid itself into the joint of the bed. The king’s servants found the louse instead of the bed-bug on the bed sheet. They caught in and smashed the louse.

Moral: Never trust the strangers.

Stag and His Reflection moral Story

Once upon a time there lived a stag in a big forest. There was a pond inside the forest. All the animals were in the forest came to the pond for drinking water. The stag was thirsty. He went to the pond to drink water. The pond water was calm and clear. He bent down to drink water.

He saw his reflection in it. When he saw his horns, he felt proud of them. He said to himself, "How beautiful and lovely my horns. While he looked to his legs, he felt sad and disappointed and cursed God for this injustice.

He was yet to quench his thirst, when he saw a hunter with his hounds. Seeing his life in danger, the stag ran as fast as he could. He was soon out of sight. He reached a thick forest but unluckily his horns got stuck in a thick bush.

He tried his best to release his horns, but all in vain. In the meantime, the hounds came for hunting and caught him.

The stag now realized that the legs, he had despised a little while ago, helped him in saving his life but the beautiful horns became the cause of his death.

Moral: All the glittering ornaments are not gold.

The Lion and The Mouse story

It was a hot summer day. Sun was shining bright up in the sky. A lion was sitting under the shade of a big tree and in some time got asleep. Nearby that tree, there was a hole, in which there lived a mouse. When the lion was sleeping, the mouse came out of its hole and saw him asleep. Unaware of the lion's strength, it got tickled by an idea. It thought of waking up the lion by running over his body just for fun.

Unfortunately, the lion seized it in his strong paw. The mouse pleaded for its life. Being generous by nature, the lion set it free. The mouse promised to help the lion if it ever got the chance. The lion laughed aloud at this. After all, how could a tiny mouse help the king of the jungle?

A few days later, the mouse was passing through the jungle when he saw the same lion trapped in a hunter's net. Immediately, it set to work, gnawing at the ropes. Very soon the tiny mouse had set the lion free.

Remember, mercy never goes unrewarded.

Wolf and the dog story

Once upon a time there was a wolf living in a deep forest. The Wolf raiding near a village one evening met a Dog. It happened to be a very lean and bony Dog, and Master Wolf would have turned up his nose at such meager fare had he not been more hungry than usual. So he began to edge toward the Dog, while the Dog backed away.

"Let me remind your lordship," said the Dog, his words interrupted now and then as he dodged a snap of the Wolf's teeth, "how unpleasant it would be to eat me now. Look at my ribs. I am nothing but skin and bone. But let me tell you something in private. In a few days my master will give a wedding feast for his only daughter. You can guess how fine and fat I will grow on the scraps from the table. Then is the time to eat me."

The Wolf could not help thinking how nice it would be to have a fine fat Dog to eat instead of the scrawny object before him. So he went away pulling in his belt and promising to return. Some days later the Wolf came back for the promised feast. He found the Dog in his master's yard, and asked him to come out and be eaten.

"Sir," said the Dog, with a grin, "I shall be delighted to have you eat me. I'll be out as soon as the porter opens the door." But the "porter" was a huge Dog whom the Wolf knew by painful experience to be very unkind toward wolves. So he decided not to wait and made off as fast as his legs could carry him.