Do you remember the stories that you read as a child? Moral stories can needn’t be serious, but they can be funny at the same time help your child learn something. We have compiled a list of 07 short moral stories that are inspirational, from India, and from around the world. <h3>1. The Boy Who Cried, Wolf</h3><img src="https://bee-assets-production.s3.amazonaws.com/image/the_boy_who_cried%2C_wolf.webp_image_1638188646554.webp" width="359">There was a young boy whose father, a farmer, had asked him to take their herd of sheep grazing every day.One day, the boy was extremely bored as he watched over the sheep and so he cried: “Wolf! Wolf!”On hearing his cries, the villagers rushed to help him chase the wolf away and save the sheep.When they saw the grinning boy and realised he had cried wolf for his amusement, they scolded him and told him to not cry wolf!The next day, the boy cried out that the wolf was there. The villagers came, scolded him again, and left.Later that same day, a wolf came and terrorized the sheep.The boy cried, “Wolf! Wolf! Please help me.”But, the villagers assumed that he was pulling a silly prank again and did not come to his rescue. The sheep ran away and the boy cried.Moral of the story: Don’t lie or engage in foolish pranks, for no one will believe a liar even when he is telling the truth! <h3>2. The Golden Touch Of Midas</h3><img src="https://bee-assets-production.s3.amazonaws.com/image/the_golden_touch_of_midas.jpg_image_1638188804006.jpg" width="365">A long time ago, there lived a king in Greece named Midas.He was extremely wealthy and had all the gold he could ever need. He also had a daughter whom he loved very much.One day, Midas saw a Satyr (an angel) who was stuck and was in trouble. Midas helped the Satyr and asked for his wish to be granted in return.The Satyr agreed and Midas wished for everything he touched to be turned to gold. His wish was granted.Extremely excited, Midas went home to his wife and daughter touching pebbles, rocks, and plants on the way, which turned into gold.As his daughter hugged him, she turned into a golden statue.Having learnt his lesson, Midas begged the Satyr to reverse the spell who granted that everything would go back to their original state.Moral of the story: Stay content and grateful for what you have. Greed will not get you anywhere. <h3>3. The Foolish Thief</h3><img src="https://bee-assets-production.s3.amazonaws.com/image/the_foolish_thief.jpg_image_1638188856227.jpg" width="362">Once, a wealthy merchant came to King Akbar’s court to seek help from Birbal. He suspected that one of his servants had robbed him.On hearing this, Birbal thought of a clever plan and summoned the merchant’s servants.He gave each servant a stick of the same length. He told them that the thief’s stick would grow two inches by the next day.The next day, Birbal summoned the servants again. He noticed that a servant’s stick was two inches shorter than the others.He knew who the thief was.The foolish thief had cut the stick shorter by two inches as he thought it would grow two inches. Thus, proving his guilt.Moral of the story: Truth and justice will always prevail. <h3>4. Two Frogs With The Same Problem</h3><img src="https://bee-assets-production.s3.amazonaws.com/image/two_frogs_with_the_same_problem.png_image_1638188962564.png" width="346">Once, a group of frogs was roaming around the forest in search of water. Suddenly, two frogs in the group accidentally fell into a deep pit.The other frogs worried about their friends in the pit.Seeing how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that there was no way they could escape the deep pit and that there was no point in trying.They continued to constantly discourage them as the two frogs tried to jump out of the pit. But keep falling back.Soon, one of the two frogs started to believe the other frogs — that they’ll never be able to escape the pit and eventually died after giving up.The other frog keeps trying and eventually jumps so high that he escapes the pit. The other frogs were shocked at this and wondered how he did it.The difference was that the second frog was deaf and couldn’t hear the discouragement of the group. He simply thought they were cheering him on!Moral of the story: People’s opinion of you will affect you, only if you believe it to be so. It’s better to believe in yourself. <h3>5. The Milkmaid and Her Pail</h3><img src="https://bee-assets-production.s3.amazonaws.com/image/the_milkmaid_and_her_pail.jpg_image_1638189037353.jpg" width="348">There was once a milkmaid named Patty.She milked her cow and carried the two pails of milk she fetched on a stick and set out to sell the milk at the market.As she was walking to the market, she began to daydream about what she would do with the money she fo for the milk.She thought of buying a hen and selling its eggs and she planned on becoming wealthy.She dreamt of buying a cake, a basket of strawberries, a fancy dress, and even a new house with the money she would make selling the eggs and the milk!In her excitement, she forgot about the pails she was carrying and began to skip.Suddenly, she realised that the milk was spilling down and when she checked her pails, they were empty.Moral of the story: Don’t count your chickens before they hatch! It is important to focus on the process of achieving success and not just success alone. <h3>6. The Elephant Circus</h3><img src="https://bee-assets-production.s3.amazonaws.com/image/elepahnt_circus.jpg_image_1638189224771.jpg" width="361">Once upon a time in a circus, five elephants performed circus tricks. They were kept tied up with weak rope that they could’ve easily escaped, but did not.One day, a man visiting the circus asked the ringmaster: “Why haven’t these elephants broken the rope and run away?”The ringmaster replied: “From when they were young, the elephants were made to believe that they were not strong enough to break the ropes and escape.”It was because of this belief that they did not even try to break the ropes now.Moral of the story: Don’t give in to the limitations of society. Believe that you can achieve everything you want to!<h3> </h3>7. The Elephants And The Mice<img src="https://bee-assets-production.s3.amazonaws.com/image/1_xvfat_v8xumqnkx7-3jcka.png_image_1638189285226.png" width="350">In an earthquake-hit village abandoned by humans, a colony of mice lived. Near the village was a lake, which was used by a herd of elephants.The elephants would have to cross the village to go to the lake. Thus, one day, as they walked through, they trampled a lot of mice.The leader of the mice met with the elephants and requested them to take a different route to the lake. He promised them that their favour would be returned in the time of their need.The elephants laughed. How could such small mice help these large elephants in any way? But then, they agreed to take a different route.Not so long after, the mice heard that hunters had caught the herd of elephants and were tied in nets.Immediately, they rush to rescue the elephants. They gnawed through the nets and ropes with their sharp teeth.The leader of the elephants repeatedly thanked the mice for their help!Moral of the story: A friend in need is a friend indeed. Make sure you help your friends out whenever they need it. They should always be able to count on you. That’s all folks!We hope children like these short yet interesting stories with morals that we have read growing up!There are more and more stories with morals on <a href="https://www.beeparenting.com/s/moral-stories" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bee Stories</a>.

Short stories with moral values will teach your children some important lessons which they will remember always.

07 Must Read Short Moral Stories For Children

Short stories with moral values will teach your children some important lessons which they will remember always.

Shina Utavani

It was dark in the afternoon and all the lights were on because it was Christmas Eve. There were lights everywhere and places were crowded with people. The streets were busy and every shop was open because of the eve. People were busy buying presents and delicious food items.Everyone was in a hurry as they wanted to reach home to celebrate the festival. There were many shops but one shop named ‘The Little Charity Shop’ caught no one’s eye. No-one stopped to go inside the shop. The shop sold second-hand clothes, footwear, and toys.The shelves of the shop were filled with things people had given away. At the back of the shop, on the top of a dusty shelf, there was the saddest looking teddy bear. The teddy bear was the saddest thing on the earth.The teddy bear was kept on the shelf for a long time. Some books were kept beside the teddy bear. But the teddy could not read books. Who would help this teddy bear?In the busy street, there was a man who was wondering about something. He wanted to buy a present for little Lou but did not have enough money. His name was Uncle Bob and was wondering where could he find a special gift? The things in the toy shop were very expensive. He was trying to find something that was affordable. He came across the charity shop and decided to go inside it. He went inside and greeted the old lady sitting at the shop counter.Uncle Bob looked around the shop at different things. He saw ladies’ hats, coats, skirts, scarves, and different types of clothes for ladies. He asked the lady if she had any toys. The lady showed some toys to him but some of them were broken and parts of some toys were missing. Then Uncle Bob saw the teddy bear up on the shelf. He asked the lady how much it cost. The lady told the amount and Bob counted the coins he had. He did not have enough money. The lady agreed to sell in a lesser amount as the teddy was very untidy.Bob carefully took the teddy bear to his home. After that, he washed the teddy bear and dried it with a dryer. The teddy bear looked like a brand new one after the wash. Then Bob tied a red bow on the teddy bear. The bear looked cute and handsome.The next day, Bob went to Lou’s home. Little Lou lived with his mother. As it was Christmas, Lou’s mother was in the kitchen making delicious food. Little Lou came running to uncle Bob and wished him a ‘Merry Christmas’. Lou had made a letter for uncle Bob. Bob was very happy to see the letter. He gave Lou his gift and wished him a ‘Merry Christmas’. On seeing the bear, Lou got very excited and hugged the teddy.Little Lou celebrated Christmas with her mother, uncle Bob, and his new friend, teddy bear. "Look, mum, he is my new friend,” little Lou said to his mom. Moral:Happiness can be found in the littlest of things if only one looks closely.

This is a story of Christmas and Teddybear.Moral(s) of the story: happiness

Lonely Teddybear

One day, it was very hot and the sun was boiling in the sky. The Santa, due to heat said, “It is too hot, I am feeling very hot.” The Santa had a long fluffy beard and due to that, he was feeling very hot. Looking at Santa, the beard said, “Do not worry Santa, I will find a new face.” After saying this, the beard flew up in the air and went to find a new face. The beard went to the kitchen and said to the busy chef, “Hello, Chef. Can I be your beard?” The Chef said, “I do not think you will enjoy it. You may even get in a tangle with my food.” The beard said, “Okay, I will find someone else.”The beard went ahead to a baby that was sitting on a baby chair. The beard then asked the baby and the baby’s mum replied, “Babies do not have a beard. He is too small for having a beard.” The beard then left to ask someone else.Then the beard flew to a granny sitting in a garden. The beard asked the same question to the granny and she replied, “No, ways.” The beard then left looking for someone else. The beard went straight to a castle and said to the princess, “Hey, Princess, can I be your beard?” The princess replied, “You are a very beautiful beard but I am already beautiful so I do not need you.” The beard said, “Okay” and left the castle.The Santa’s beard then flew to a pirate and asked him. The pirate replied, “I already have one.” Santa’s beard said, “Yeah, right, Okay.” Then the beard left and went ahead. The beard went to every creature of the sea but no one needed him. The beard felt a little sea sick and was very sad.The sea turned into ice and snow started to fall after some time. Santa’s beard was angry and sad. Suddenly, a little red man came and saw a little white comfy thing. The man touched the thing and thought what that is? The beard shouted, “I am Santa’s beard. No one wants me, no one loves me. I am cold and lonely.” The red man said, “My lovely beard I am glad I found you.” The red man was Santa. Santa said, “I am freezing, Will you be my beard and save me from freezing?” the beard excitedly said, “Yes, I would love to.” Then they went to distribute gifts to everyone and made everyone’s Christmas happy.

This is a story of beard, Christmas and Santa Claus.

Santa's Beard

It was Christmas Eve. Everyone was happy to celebrate Christmas. Santa and his elves were preparing for Christmas. Felix, one of the elves said, “I do not think we will complete everything tonight.” To which Santa replied, “We will do it, we have never missed a Christmas.”They quickly prepared everything and by sunset everything was ready. Every gift was ready. But Santa had one more thing to do. He went with his elves, Gus and Gerrie. He said, “I am going to give presents to my animal friends. Keep everything ready and pack the toys till I come back.” The elves said, “Okay, sir.” The Santa then said, “Relax and enjoy, it is Christmas.”It was snowing very heavily when Santa left with his two helpers. Santa had a gift for everyone. He gave a gift to the rabbit and all of his young ones. He gave everyone a present. He also had a present for Barney, the bear. He went to the bear’s cave to give him presents. There, he saw that the Barney was sleeping. He decided to keep the present inside his cave. Santa went inside the cave and kept the present near Barney. Suddenly, Barney snored loudly and it shook the walls. Then Gus shouted, “Santa.” The Santa turned around and saw that the mountain of snow had crashed and the entrance of the cave was blocked.Gus and Gerrie were outside the cave and Santa got stuck inside the cave. They both tried digging the entrance but could not do much. Gerrie went to look for help. Everyone at Santa’s home was worried that Santa had not returned and it was time for Santa to go to give presents.Gerrie went home and explained everyone about what had happened. Felix was shocked and looked around at everyone. She said, “We are very small. How will we dig Santa out? It will take a lot of time and Santa might miss the Christmas Eve.” One of the elves told to take the help of an old wise elf that lived over the hill. His name was Eli and he was wisest. They thought that he would help them.Elves quickly went over the hill to find Eli. Over the mountain, they saw a tiny elf with a white beard. “He is Eli,” said one of the elves. Seeing him, Felix cried and said, “He too is small.” One of the elves explained everything to Eli. The old elf smiled and said, “Follow me.”Eli took them inside his house and took out a jar. Inside the jar, there was magic dust from Santa’s first Christmas. They decided to use that to save Santa. They quickly went to the cave and saw Gus worn out from digging. Gus said, “I have not heard any sound of Santa.” Elves became nervous and started crying.Eli quickly said some magic words and sprinkled the magic dust over Santa’s sleigh full of toys. The magic that happened left Elves in a shock. They were shocked to see that every toy of the Sleigh came to life and started digging the cave. The robots, teddy bears, dolls all started digging the cave. Looking at them, the little elves also started digging the cave.Finally, they were able to dig the entrance and Santa came outside. Santa thanked everyone. Suddenly the toys lost the magic and started becoming ordinary toys. Santa and elves took all the toys and kept them into the sleigh.Santa and his elves left to give presents to everyone. With a merry “Ho HoHo!” they flew up in the sky to deliver gifts. The Santa gave presents to every child sleeping. The children would never know that the Santa almost missed the Christmas.

This is a story of Christmas, elf, magic and Santa Claus.Moral(s) of the story: friendship

The Christmas That Santa Almost Missed

The celebrations of Christmas Eve start from 25th December and last till New Year. Significance: The birth of Jesus Christ is an event of utmost importance to the followers of Christianity. It is believed that God had sent his son on earth in the form of Jesus as a sacrifice to free the people from their sins. People believed that Jesus was born to save all humans from going to hell. People attend church services on Christmas day. The day is made colourful by decorations. People buy Christmas trees and decorate it with lights, flowers, garlands, stars, gifts, etc. People enjoy time with their family and friends on Christmas day. Santa Claus, a mythological figure who is believed to fulfil the wishes of the children is awaited on the night of December 24th. Children curiously wait for Santa Claus and their gifts. The main celebration of the festival starts on 24th December which is known as Christmas Eve. The celebrations continue till the New year. The festival spreads the message of Peace, Love, Harmony, and Brotherhood.&nbsp;

This is a story Christmas, Jesus Christ and Santa Claus.

Christmas

Christmas was around the corner and everyone was preparing for the Eve. Santa’s elves were preparing toys and reindeers were practising their take-off skill, and Mrs. Claus was giving a finishing touch to the toys. Santa looked tired and said, “We need a break.” Mrs. Claus said, “Let us party and have fun.” She advised to dance and have fun to re-energize. She played some music and everyone started dancing at the workshop. But Santa was still quiet.Mrs. Claus asked, “What wrong, dear?” An elf said, “Have you lost something?” Santa replied, “Maybe.” “We will help you with finding that,” said the elves. Then Santa said, “I have lost my laugh” Everyone gasped as Santa had lost his “Ho, Ho, Ho”. It was a very serious problem. There cannot be a Christmas without Ho, Ho, Ho!Everyone started doing something to bring back Santa’s laugh. Santa tried every home remedy but nothing worked. He visited Dr. Diggy and he suggested him to watch comedy movies and gave a large dose of jokes. Santa did a little ‘Ha, Ha!’ over funny movies and weak “Yippie!” over jokes. Everyone tried but Santa could not laugh out loud.Everyone came to know about Santa’s problem. The newspapers were filled with this news. This story was big. People from all around the world came to know about this. People, reporters, and photographers gathered around Santa’s workshop.Mrs. Claus tried helping Santa but nothing worked. Santa’s Ho, Ho, Ho, was lost and no one could bring it back. Santa was very busy and did not read any of his mails for days. So, he decided to check his mails for a change. Mrs. Claus looked at Santa and said, “You look tired, why do not you take a nap. We will organize your mail.” Santa went to take a short nap. Mrs. Claus and Elves started looking at the mails. There were wonderful letters, drawings, and some gifts.There was a drawing from a girl named Holly and it was very funny. Mrs. Claus and elf laughed really hard after looking at the drawing. They decided to stick all the letters and drawings on the walls of a room in their workshop. They thought it would help Santa regain his laugh. Santa woke up and went to read his letters. Mrs. Claus said, “Your letters are in the workshop. You can read them by sitting on your favourite chair.”Santa went to the room. Mrs. Claus and Elves were waiting to hear Santa’s laugh. Minutes passed but there was no noise. One of the elves said, “It is not working.” Then suddenly a jolly sound came. It was “Ho, Ho, Ho!” Santa’s Ho, Ho, Ho was back!! Everyone became happy and started dancing.Everyone heard the laugh and was filled with joy. They were happy to hear the laugh again. Mrs. Claus jumped out of joy. Santa thanked everyone and especially the girl named Holly who sent him the drawing that made him laugh. Santa promised to make this Christmas more joyful.

This is a story of Christmas, elf and Santa Claus.Moral(s) of the story: love

When Santa lost his HO-HO-HO

Pallavi Hota

Mogu, a panda lived on the hills with his family. He was always a happy lad. His favourite festival was Christmas. Every year he eagerly waited for Santa to get him gifts. And his favourite time of the year was back.He went to the market and got every possible thing to decorate the house. This time, he got a huge Christmas tree out of excitement. With that, he bought a new pair of socks to write his Christmas wishes and put them inside the socks. He decorated the entire house and baked cakes. It was time now, so he went to sleep and waited for Santa to deliver his gifts. He woke up in the middle of the night and found no gift around him. He became really sad and went to his dad and sulked. His dad realised that he had forgotten to keep the gifts under his bed and felt upset. He asked Mogu to wait for a while and assured him that Santa had not forgotten but a little late in delivering the gifts. He then dressed up and appeared in front of Mogu singing, ìHo! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas! and handed him all the gifts that he had wished for. To Moguís surprise his dad was Santa and delivered him gifts every year. He was happy and rejoiced knowing that his dad loved him so much.

This is a story of panda, Santa Claus and Christmas.Moral(s) of the story: happiness

Christmas Wish

Ravina Sewani

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Sophie who truly believed in Santa Claus, but the other kids didn’t and were always telling her not to believe because he was not real.They were always trying to discourage her so that she would stop believing in him. That year, on the 24th of December, Santa Claus arrived. Even those who didn’t believe in him, saw him and he gave them what they wanted for Christmas.From that moment, the kids always believed in Santa Claus. They knew he was magic and that he gave toys to all the children in the world. They all agreed it was the best Christmas ever and have always enjoyed Christmas since then.They asked their friend Sophie for forgiveness because they tried to take away her faith in Santa Claus. Moral:Faith can work wonders.

This is a story of Christmas and Santa Claus.Moral(s) of the story: faith

christmas 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.

Lonely Teddybear

Santa's Beard

The Christmas That Santa Almost Missed

Christmas

When Santa lost his HO-HO-HO

Christmas Wish

The best Christmas ever

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