Honey and the fly-Short stories for children

Once there lived a young man in a small village. He collected a  jar of honey. He kept it on the table for eating. One day it was upset and the sticky sweetness flowed out on the table.

The sweet smell of the honey soon brought a large number of Flies buzzing around. They did not wait for an invitation. No, indeed; they settled right down. The Flies were quickly smeared from head to foot with honey. Their wings stuck together. They could not pull their feet out of the sticky mass and at last they died. They gave their lives for the sake of sweetness taste.

Moral: Don’t be greedy for a little passing pleasure, it may destroy you.

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The Greedy Farmer and The Golden Goose Story

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

One day, he got a magic goose as a gift from a well wisher. 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 her belly to open. But, he found no eggs inside. Because of his greed, he lost his goose and the golden egg.

Moral: Greed is the root cause of miseries. 

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Best moral stories for kids-Desert creation

Once God thought he will create something. 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 this beautiful world. He said to man, “Every time you commit a sin, there will be a peck of sand falling on the ground from the moon”.

Man thought, “What harm will a peck of sand do? Let me live as I wish”. 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 show so you reap.

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Who will bell the cat : Short stories for kids

There was a grocery shop in a village. Plenty of mice lived in that grocery shop. Food was in plenty for them. They ate everything and spoiled all the bags that purchased by the owner. They also wasted the bread, biscuits and fruits of that shop.

The grocery owner got really worried. So, he thought "I should buy a cat and let it stay at the grocery shop. Only then I can save my things."He bought a nice, big fat cat and let him stay there. The cat had a nice time hunting the mice and killing them. The mice could not move freely now. They were afraid that anytime the cat would eat them up.The mice wanted to do something. 

They held a meeting and all of them said, "We must get rid of the fat cat. Can someone give a suggestion"? All the mice sat and thought of a solution. A small mouse just stood up and said, The cat moves oftly. If we can tie a bell around her neck, then things will be fine.We can know the movements of the cat".“Yes, that is answer,” stated all the mice. An old mouse slowly stood up and asked, "Who would tie the bell?" After some time there was no one to answer the question. They all left from that place because cat just pounce one of them.

MORAL : Empty solutions are of no worth.

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The Dreaming Astronomer-Positive moral stories

Once upon a time 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, moon and other objects on the sky. One night he went to the top of his floor and started observation the moon and stars. He was walking towards the edge of his floor and he didn't noticed it. His leg slipped and he fell into a ditch. He started shouting. Nobody was there to help him at that time. 

At last 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 edge and fell down." 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. 

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Short moral stories : Narrow bridge and two goats

Two Foxes came face to face while crossing a narrow bridge across a river. Let me pass' said one of the Fox. 'Never...you get out of my way' said the other Fox. They quarreled and lost their balance They fell in to the river down below and dead. 

A few moments later two goats came face to face while crossing the same bridge.They were wise and patient. They made way for each other to cross the narrow bridge. Both the Goats reached the other end safely. 

Moral: Be patient and wise while dealing an issue.

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The Selfish Bat and The Beast

Once upon a time there was a fighting between the birds and animals. All birds fought with their might against the animals and the animals gave fierce battle. The bats were indecisive. They thought “We can join with the birds because we can fly. We can also join with the animals because we don’t lay eggs. Anyway, we will wait and join with the winners”.

At one stage the birds were having a winning hand. The bats thought, “This is the time, we’ll join with the birds”. But lo! The times changed. The hands o hands of the animals began to be more powerful. The bats shifted support to animals.

After  a long time the battle ended and the birds and animals came to compromise. But, both now neglected the bats. Bats began to live in holes. They came out only during dusk because that was the time when birds and animals would have returned home and the night animals and birds would not have left their homes.

 Moral: A fair weather friend is often ill accepted.

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Honesty is the best policy

Once upon a time there was a old man was walking towards the market for buying vegetables for his home. The market was situated 2 kilometre distance from his home. He had a bag with his hand. He was walking slowly due to his old age. Suddenly he saw wallet on the road. The wallet contained some money and a picture with an address on a paper. But he was not interested to hide the money. He just kept with his bag. On the way the owner of the wallet asked the old man, dear grandpa did you found a black wallet on this way? It has some money and my id card.

The old man said yes my dear son, I found the wallet and you just take this. I just got it from this road. I have not touched your money. Thank you. The owner of that wallet found his wallet without losing a single penny. He offered some money to the old man. But old man said my dear son you just keep that money with you and it will help for your study. The owner was happy at getting back the money and astonished at the man’s honesty. The old man said it was my duty for you my son.

Moral : Honesty is the best policy

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A story about the dog and the Cows

Once upon a time there was a manger in a small village. There lived a poor woman in the village. She had a beautiful cow.  She used to eat hay from that manger. One day a herd of cows came to the manger to eat hay. They saw a dog lying on the hay of that manger.

One of the cows pleaded to dog, “Please, will you get up! We are hungry. We have to eat our food”. The dog did not take heed of it. Once again another cow pleaded, “Please, let us have our hay”. The dog snarled and the cow stepped back.

A wise cow ran up to the bull and told him the matter. The bull came and requested, “Get out, please! Let them have their food”. There was no reply. The bull became angry. He blowed loudly and stamped his legs. The dog got frightened and ran for his life.

Moral of the Story : It is not good to be a dog in a manger.

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The Wisdom Cap Seller and The Monkeys

There was a cap seller lived is a small village. He creating the beautiful caps and sale it in the market. He also carried boxful of caps and moved from village to village for selling the caps. Once, after selling some caps in a village, the cap seller was crossing a patch of a jungle. He felt too tired to walk towards to his village. So, he kept his cap box and lied down under a shady tree.

In that tree there were some monkeys. They found the cap box and saw the seller wearing a cap. They came down and started picked one cap each. They started playing with the caps. After some time, the cap seller heard the clattering noise and woke up to see the empty box. He looked up and saw the caps on the monkeys.

He tried many tricks to get back the caps, but in vain. At last in utter disgust he threw down his cap. What a surprise! The next moment all the caps were flying down.

The cap seller picked up the caps and walked away happily.

Moral : Unexpected actions too can pay you.

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