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.