Yesha Desai

Once there was a rich merchant with vast lands. He had a hobby of gardening and grew many types of exotic plants in his yard. From tropical spices to middle eastern dry fruits. He had everything from pistachio nuts to rose bushes to creeping pumpkins.&nbsp; But one tree stood out from them all- his Jamun tree. The Jamun tree was very tall and grew luscious Jamun fruits. The cashew nuts were jealous of them because of their taste, the apples were jealous of them because of how pretty jamun were. The peach tree was angry because of how tall the Jamun tree was.&nbsp; They would always harass the Jamun tree for being so abnormally tall. The Jamun tree never said a word. He minded his own business and took care of his own fruits.&nbsp; One day, the merchant’s cook burned something in the kitchen and a fire started. Everybody started panicking but the merchant immediately called for a fire brigade. The smoke wafted through the windows and into the garden. All the small shrubs and plants could not breathe. They coughed and struggled for air but the tall Jamun tree was happy and fine. Moral: Never judge a book by its cover. Everyone is special and unique in their own way.

This is a story of cashewnut, jamun, peach and pistachio.Moral(s) of the story: judgement

The merchant and his trees

Pallavi Hota

Bible is the collection of 66 books written by different authors describing the God's action and purpose with all creations. Bible contains life stories of Jesus. The bible gives the messages God has desired for us to understand. Following is a story from “The Bible”. After Jesus arrest, he was taken to the high priest. It was a trial only in name. Jesus guilt was already established in the minds of his enemies.He was insulted, beaten up and spat upon! His enemies wanted him dead. So, the high priest ordered that Jesus be killed by crucifixion.So, the Son of God was nailed to the cross where he died hours later ñ hungry and thirsty. But before he died, he asked his father, God, to forgive us! That was Jesus ultimate sacrifice.Jesus brokenhearted followers buried their savior in a cave-tomb and covered its entrance with a large stone.On the first day of the next week, Jesus friends Mary Magdalene, Peter, John, and Simon came to the tomb to worship. But what they saw shocked them!The stone covering the cave's entrance was rolled to the side, and Jesus' grave was empty!At first, they thought robbers had stolen their savior's body. But Mary saw two angels inside the cave and as she turned to return saw Jesus standing by her side!Yes, the Messiah had risen from the dead! Jesus went back to his friends ñ the 12 apostles. They all were overjoyed to see their friend and savior again. They also knew that Jesus was God's very own son.Jesus told them that God sacrificed him, the Lord's son, to wash away humanity's sins. And whoever believed in him and came to him with complete faith will live on forever in heaven. Moral:God sacrificed his son to wash away our sins.

This is a story of Bible and Jesus Christ.

The Good News

Mahabharata is an ancient Indian epic about the brothers, Pandavas and kauravas. It describes the battle between them in the Kurukshetra war for the throne of Hastinapura. It is an epic tale that combines war, religion, philosophy and Hindu history. Following is a story from “The Mahabharata.”Shantanu, the king of Hastinapura, was married to the beautiful river goddess Ganga, who gave birth to Devavrata (Bhishma), a wise and a strong prince. But eventually, Shantanu married Satyavati, promising her that her future son will be the king. Shantanu had two sons with Satyavati, but both were short-lived. Satyavati asked her elder son Vyasa to be the father of Ambika’s and Ambalika’s children, the widows of her dead son Vichitravirya. Ambika gave birth to a blind child, named Dritharashtra and her sister Ambalika gave birth to a pale skinned child Pandu.Dritharashtra, because of his blindness, became ineligible to take the throne, and his step brother Pandu became the king. Pandu’s first wife Kunti gave birth to Yudhishthira, Bhima, and Arjuna. Madri, Pandu’s second wife, gave birth to the twins Nakula and Sahadev. These five brothers are the Pandavas.

This is a story of Pandavas and Pandu.

The Story of Pandavas

Anonymous Anonymous

શહેનશાહ અકબરે એક દિવસ બઘા દરબારીઓ માટે ભોજન રાખ્યુ, બીરબલ પર તેમને વિશેષ પ્રેમ હતો આથી તેઓ તેને આગ્રહ કરી-કરીને જમાડી રહ્યા હતા. બીરબલ ખાઈ ખાઈને હેરાન થઈ ગયો આથી તેને શહેનશાહ જોડે માફી માગી અને કહ્યું કે. "મારા પેટમાં જગ્યા ન હોવાથી હવે હું નહિ ખાઈ શકુ, તમારી આજ્ઞા માની નહી શકુ." એટલામાં જ એક સેવક કેરી કાપીને લાવ્યો, બીરબલનું મન કેરી જોઈને લલચાયું. બીરબલે પોતાનો હાથ લંબાવીને, કેરીની થોડી ચીરીઓ પેટમાં ઉતારી લીધી. તેને આ રીતે કેરી ખાતો જોઈને અકબરને ગુસ્સો આવ્યો કે હું પ્રેમથી જમાડતો હતો ત્યારે આના પેટમાં જગ્યા નહોતી અને હવે કેવી રીતે ખવાઈ રહી છે. તેમણે તરતજ ગુસ્સામાં બૂમ પાડીને બીરબલને બોલાવ્યો. બીરબલ સમજી ગયો એમના ક્રોઘનું કારણ. તે અકબરની સામે જઈને ઉભો રહ્યો અને હાથ જોડીને બોલ્યો "જ્યારે રસ્તા પર ખૂબ ભીડ હોય છે, અને ચાલવા માટે એક પગ મૂકવા જેટલી પણ જગ્યા નથી હોતી ત્યારે જો તમારી સવારી નીકળે તો તેવી પરિસ્થિતિમાં પણ બઘાએ પોતાની મેળે જગ્યા બનાવીને તમને રસ્તો આપવો પડે છે. તેવી જ રીતે કેરી પણ બધા ફળો પર રાજ કરે છે તે પણ તમારી જેમ જ ફળોનો રાજા છે તેથી તેને જોઈને પેટમાં જગ્યા બની જ જાય છે". તેનો જવાબ સાંભળી અકબર ખુશ થઈ ગયા, તેમણે મીઠી કેરીની એક ટોપલી મંગાવી અને એક કિંમતી ભેટની સાથે તે ટોપલી બીરબલને આપી. બીરબલ આ મીઠી ભેટ મેળવીને ઘણો ખુશ થઈ ગયો.

બીરબલનું મન કેરી જોઈને લલચાયું...

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Shina Utavani

Bible is the collection of 66 books written by different authors describing the God's action and purpose with all creations. Bible contains life stories of Jesus. The bible gives the messages God has desired for us to understand. Following is a story from “The Bible”.God created heaven and earth. He also filled earth with all kinds of life forms. After that, God decided to create humans. So, God took some clay from the ground and made the shape of a man. Then, God gave life to the man. Soon, the man opened his eyes and saw heaven. God named the first man ‘Adam’.The lord made a beautiful garden, The Garden of Eden for Adam to live in. The Garden of Eden was full of wonderful things. Beautiful flowers grew everywhere, birds sang, streams flowed through the valley and animals roamed across the fields. God soon saw that Adam was lonely and needed some company. So, he took a rib from Adam and created a beautiful woman. He called her ‘Eve’. Now, Adam and Eve were happy in their beautiful home. They had everything they ever needed. Every beautiful creation of God was theirs. But God restricted them from eating the fruit from a tree in the middle of the garden. That was the tree of knowledge.One day, Adam and Eve were gathering berries for dinner. Eve heard a silky voice behind her. Eve turned around and saw a snake. He tempted her to eat the fruit of knowledge. He said that the fruit will not do any harm to her. The snake said, “God knows that if you eat from the Tree of knowledge you will become just like God.” Eve was tempted by the lovely fruit and thought how wonderful it would be to be as wise and powerful as God. She believed the snake’s lie and ate the fruit. She gave some to Adam as well.Soon, everything changed. Adam and Eve were no longer happy and carefree souls. God was very sad that his children had disobeyed him. But he could not stop the consequences. So, he told them ‘Now you’ll have to suffer. You’ll have to earn your living and live in pain. Nothing will come easy for you. And one day you’ll die.” Moral:Not following the rules of nature and God can have severe consequences. Have faith that what He has planned is for the best.

This is a story of the first humans - Adam and Eve.Moral(s) of the story: faith

The story of Adam and Eve

Monsoon was approaching and that brought a whole lot of preparations in Karan’s house. His grandmother was someone who was always prepared for everything. She stocked up flashlights, bought raincoats, started hanging clothes indoors, she was very prepared for everything that heavy tropical rains could bring!Always a worrier, Karan’s grandmother also made him take extra precautions.On a very sunny day, she gave Karan an umbrella and she said, “Here, carry this with you everyday.”Since that day, Karan carried an umbrella everywhere. While walking to the bus stop, eating in the school canteen, going to the grocery store. The umbrella went everywhere.And this annoyed him a lot. It was such a hassle to carry it everywhere with him, especially when it was not even raining.He tried to get rid of the umbrella many times. He tried to leave it at home, but his grandmother would run to his bus stop to give it to him.He tried to ‘forget’ it in school but the cleaner would find it and give it back to him.To say that Karan was tired of carrying this big umbrella around was an understatement. That is, until the project day arrived and he had to submit a project in school. He worked very hard on the models and the charts and was very excited to show it to his friends. It was almost too much to carry, especially with the umbrella. So he decided to leave his umbrella behind but it suddenly rained heavily on his way to the school.He quickly took shelter under a store to protect his project.Although Karan was relieved that he had protected his hardwork from the rain, he was anxious about getting late to school. “I should have just listened to my grandmother and brought my own umbrella with me.” He thought to himself.As he was worried about it and prayed for the rain to stop, the shopkeeper noticed his distress.The shopkeeper knew Karan because his family usually bought the groceries from his shop. He asked Karan, “Is there something wrong?”Karan nodded and explained the problem.The shopkeeper smiled at him and then handed Karan his own umbrella. “Here child” he said, “Take this umbrella with you and all the best!”Karan thanked him reminded himself to get his own umbrella the next day.

This is a story of school, umbrella and grandmother.

An umbrella in a storm

Nishita Sanghvi

In a village lived Madhuril. She was a poor carpenter's daughter who did not have too many toys, hence she would stand outside the toy shop longing to get at least some of them.Her father did take notice of this and felt really dissapointed as he felt he was not able to fulfill his daughters wishes. Even the shopkeeper would see Madhuri's sad face and feel bad for her, but none could do anything.It was then Madhuri's mother who thought of a great idea, that they could pay for her toy over a period of time and as mischells luck would have it, the shopkeeper also agreed.It was a doll that Madhuri had her eyes on. Finally her dream came true and the doll was given to&nbsp;her. She would play with the doll day and night not realizing the time, and also carry the doll wherever she went though her mom had advised her not to.A fun fair took place every year in the village where all the kids would really enjoy. As usual Madhuri's doll accompanied her. The fair had lots of games, rides, and food for the kids, it also had shopping for the elders. So it kept all ages quite busy. However in the midst of this commotion someone picked up the doll.Hell broke loose for Madhuri, she could not find the doll anywhere. She realized now that it was difficult to find her doll in the fair. She was terribly disappointed; she wished so badly she had left it at home. She felt so bad that she went back to search for her doll starting at the toy shop.Fortunately a lady with her child came to the toy shop, she recognized Madhuri as she had seen her at the fun fair holding the same doll as her daughter. She asked Madhuri, “Why are you looking so sad?”. Madhuri replied, “Because I lost my only favourite doll.” The lady then realized what she had picked up by mistake was Madhuri's doll. She said “Come to my place, I shall give your doll back”. Madhuri was really amazed to hear this. At the lady's place she saw her doll and another one that looked exactly the same, “Oh! What a coincidence!”, uttered Madhuri, “they both are the same”.She not only got her favourite doll back but also made a friend.

This is a story of doll, mother and father.

What a coincidence!

Ravina Sewani

It was a hot summer day. A traveller hired a donkey to carry him across the dusty road to the next town. The donkey was lazy. He stopped every now and then.So his master walked behind and flogged the animal to keep him moving on. At noon, they stopped on the way to rest. The traveller sat in the shadow of the donkey for there was no other shade.It was very hot and the donkey's master was also very much tired. He too, wanted to sit in the shade of his donkey. So he said to the traveller, ''The donkey is mine and therefore his shadow, too, is mine. You only hired my donkey. You said nothing about his shadow. So let me sit in the shade of my donkey."The traveller said, "I have hired the donkey for the day. It is my right to use his shadow, too, for the whole day. You can't separate the shadow from the donkey, can you?"While the two men were engaged in quarrelling and fighting, the donkey ran away. He took away his shadow with him. Moral:You lose things of importance in petty fights.

This is a classic story from Vikas books.This is a story of donkey.Moral(s) of the story: foolishness

The  Donkey and his shadow

Once upon a time, there was a girl who thought her life was miserable. She did not know what was going on in her life. She was tired of struggling and fighting all the time. She was tired of dealing with all her problems. One day, she complained about her struggle to her father. Her father was a chef; he took her to the kitchen. He placed three pots filled with water on high fire.Once the water started boiling, he placed a potato in the first pot, egg and ground coffee beans in the second and third pot respectively. He then waited for the water to boil. Her daughter impatiently waited wondering what her father was doing. After twenty minutes, he took out potato and egg out of the pot and placed them in different plates. He placed the water with the coffee beans in a cup.He then asked her daughter what she noticed. She replied, “A potato, egg and coffee beans.” Her father told her to look closer and touch the potato. She did and noticed that they were soft. He then asked her to break the egg. She saw the boiled egg after pulling off the shell of the egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee from the cup. The rich aroma of the coffee brought smile on her face.Then, she asked to her father the reason behind doing this activity. He replied that the potato, egg and coffee beans each faced the same problem- the boiling water. However, each reacted differently. The potato went in strong and hard but in boiling water it became soft and weak. The egg was weak with a thin layer protecting its liquid until it entered the boiling water. After, keeping it into the boiling water, the inside of the egg became strong. However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were put into the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.Her father then asked her, “Which one are you? How do you respond in your difficult times? Are you a potato, egg, or a coffee bean? Moral:In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is how you choose to react to it and what you make out of it. Life is all about leaning, adopting and converting all the struggles that we experience into something positive.

This is a story of coffee, daughter, egg, father and potato.Moral(s) of the story: confidence and struggle

alauddin khalji stories

Kids moral stories help in improving their imagination & relate to real-world life. Here are age-specific bedtime stories for children by renowned storytellers.