Shina Utavani

Once upon a time in a jungle, there lived a dog and a rabbit. One day, they were sitting and talking about a new tiger that had come to live in the jungle. The dog told the rabbit, “The new tiger is very strong and smart. He catches every animal and eats them.” After listening to this, the rabbit was very scared.The rabbit was very scared of the new tiger. He did not know enough tricks to save himself from the tiger. He said to the dog, “I know only one trick to save myself from the deadly animal. I have to learn more tricks.” The dog replied, “I know many tricks to save myself from the tiger. I can run fast, I can hide, I can dig and bury myself. I know many of it, I can easily save myself.”The rabbit was amazed by the dog’s tricks, he requested to teach a few of the tricks to him. The dog replied that the tricks were for the intelligent animals and he was not an intelligent animal. So, he will not teach the trick to him. The rabbit felt bad when the dog denied to teach him the tricks.Suddenly, the rabbit saw the tiger was coming towards them. The tiger was slowly approaching them. The rabbit said, “Dog, see the tiger is coming. I am going to use my trick and climb the tree. You use your trick and save yourself. We will meet afterward.”The rabbit quickly climbed the tree. When the tiger came near the dog, the dog started running here and there. Then he hid under the portion but the tiger found him. The tiger saw the dog and immediately attacked him.If the dog would have shared his knowledge with the rabbit, then the rabbit would have somehow saved him. The rabbit had saved his life by climbing the tree but the dog did not know that trick. So, if they had shared each other’s thoughts, they would have stayed together for their lives. Moral:When you give, you receive more of it.

This is a story of dog, forest, rabbit and tiger.Moral(s) of the story: sharing

The Dog And The Rabbit

One day Kala, an ape found a baby on a high tree-house. The baby was without any furs. The parents of the baby were killed by a leopard named Sabor. The same leopard had killed Kala’s, own baby. So, Kala was very sad as he lost her baby.The baby that Kala found was very small and he needed care. Kala decided to take care of the baby. She decided to become her mother. Kala took the baby to her family group. All were quite shocked after seeing the baby. The leader, Kerchak did not like the idea of raising a human baby. He was afraid that the boy would become a threat to them when he grew up. He told Kala to take the boy back. But Kala pleaded him and said she needed the baby. At last Kerchak agreed. Kala became very happy. She said, “He will be a good son.” The Kerchak said that he has only allowed him to stay but he was not his son. After saying this, he left.Kala took extreme care of the baby and named him Tarzan. She would treat him like her son. The boy grew up quickly. Tarzan was always curious about everything. He wanted to explore various things. He was strong and active. He loved to mimic other animals. He made a unique sound ‘Tarzan Yell’. He made a lot of friends in the jungle. A female ape became his best friend. Her name was Terk. They use to play together and have a lot of fun.One day, they were playing and Terk dared him to take off a hair from an elephant. Tarzan accepted the dare and went to pull out a hair from an elephant’s head. As he went ahead, a young elephant saw him and thought he was piranha. The young elephant told every other elephant. All the elephants were very scared.All the elephants decided to do something. They all went to the gorilla’s feeding grounds. There they crushed and destroyed all their food. They even crushed a gorilla baby. When Kerchak found out about this, he was very angry. And when he found out that Tarzan was the reason behind it, he became furious. Kerchak became angry and said, “You can never become one of us.”Tarzan decided to prove Kerchak wrong and show him that he can become one like them. He said he will be the best ape. Tarzan worked very hard and learned many different skills. He learned from all the animals in the jungle. He became very strong. Tarzan even attacked Sabor, the leopard when he came to attack gorillas. He applied his skills and killed the leopard. He saved the entire family of Kerchak from the leopard.One day, they suddenly heard the gunshots. All of them ran for hiding themselves but Tarzan wanted to know what was happening. Tarzan was shocked when he saw people looking like him. He saw them from far away. He saw a girl in a yellow dress. A group of baboons was chasing her and Tarzan went and saved her. He was curious to know about these people. They looked just like him but were different. Tarzan took the girl’s hand and studied it. Tarzan did not understand anything. The girl said that her name was Jane and she came with her family to study apes. When Tarzan returned home, Kerchak asked him to stay away from humans. Tarzan tried to say that humans have not come to hurt them but he did not listen.The girl told everything about Tarzan to her father and the hunter Clayton. After seeing Tarzan, Clayton made an evil plan. Jane was told that he can take Tarzan with her to England. Jane talked with Tarzan and offered him some clothes. She invited him to the human world.Tarzan talked to his mom about this and his mom told him how she found about him and his real parents. She said, “You belong to them, Tarzan. You should go.” Tarzan was very happy and said, “You will always be my mom, no matter what.”Tarzan went with Jane and her father. They soon left for England. Onboard for England, Tarzan heard the evil plan of Clayton. Clayton wanted to capture all the apes and sell them to the highest payer. He even told that he would kill Jane and her father. Tarzan was shocked and let out a loud cry.In the jungle, everyone heard Tarzan’s cry and decided to help him. Tantor and Terk managed to get to the ship. His friends escaped Tarzan and came back to the jungle to warn everyone. Clayton turned his ship around to catch Tarzan. Clayton landed and searched for Tarzan and apes. Clayton saw the Tarzan and aimed his gun. Instead of Tarzan, Kerchak was hit by Clayton. Tarzan was very angry and went to Clayton and grabbed the gun. He fought with him and killed him. Then, he ran to Kerchak and started crying. He said with tears in his eyes, “Please, forgive me.”The Kerchak replied, “No, you forgive me for not understanding you. Take care of our family, son.” He died after saying this. Tarzan realized that the jungle was his home. That is where he belonged. He decided to live with his family.Jane realized that she could not live without Tarzan so she came back to him. They both build a tree-house and lived together. They lived happily with Kala and other gorillas. Moral:Family stays when nothing else does.

This is story of elephant, forest, gorrila. leopard and Tarzan.Moral(s) of the story: family value

Tarzan

Once there lived a big, strong lion in the jungle. He was very strong and fierce. As he was strongest of all, he used to bully every other animal. All the animals were very scared of the lion and they could not live peacefully. They all decided to have a meeting so that they could find a way to stop the lion from bothering them.A hare said, “We have to do something to get rid of this lion. I think we need to find a champion among us who can teach him a lesson.” All the animals clapped and encouraged this idea. When it came to deciding who will initiate to fight the lion, no animal came forward. The tiger looked aside, the elephant was busy whistling and the Rhino continued to read his book.After some time, an Owl came forward and said, “Do not worry my friends, I will fight the lion.” After listening to Owl, some animals laughed and some thought he was crazy. But since no one else came forward to fight, they all accepted. The next morning, Owl was supposed to meet the lion at his den for a fight. The news spread everywhere and when the lion heard the news, he could not stop himself from laughing.The next day, everyone gathered around the lion’s den. The lion was wide awake waiting for the owl to come. All the animals came but the owl did not show up. Hours passed but there was no sign of the owl. The sun was starting to set and all animals started leaving when finally, the owl came.The lion screamed, “Why are you so late, owl?”. The Owl said, “I am sorry, Mr. Lion. But on my way, I saw a huge lion and I was scared of him. I had to wait for that lion to go to sleep so that I can easily come here. I am glad I had to fight you and not him!”. The lion could not believe that there was someone stronger than him. He said the owl to take him to that lion.The owl took the lion to the nearby well. The owl said, “Last time I saw Lion was when he went inside the well.” The Lion sneaked inside the well to see the lion. The lion saw his own reflection and thought there was another lion in the well. The lion roared as loud as he could. Due to the echo, he could hear a roar five times louder than his. Hearing the roar, the lion was very scared and thought that the lion inside the well was stronger than him. The lion was so afraid by the roar that he ran away and never came back again. The owl hence proved that “Being smart is what makes us stronger.” Moral:Being smart is more important than being strong.

This is a story of forest, lion and owl.Moral(s) of the story: smartness

The owl and the lion

There was once a jungle that had no king. All the animals of the jungle gathered and decided to elect a new ruler. They decided to select a king for the jungle. At the meeting of the animals, the monkey who was present there was asked to dance. The monkey started dancing and he did so well that all were impressed by his performance.All the animals enjoyed the monkey’s performance and decided to make monkey the king of the jungle. Everyone voted for the monkey except the Fox. The fox was disappointed by the decision and thought Monkey was not worthy of the title. Fox wanted to explain to everyone that Monkey was not the perfect choice as the king.One day, the fox found a trap with a bit of meat in it. The fox had an idea. He went running to the Monkey and said, “King, I have found a rich treasure but I did not touch it because I think it belongs to you my Majesty.” The greedy monkey was very excited and followed the fox to get the treasure. As soon as the monkey saw the meat, he immediately went to grasp it. In a couple of seconds, the monkey was stuck in a trap. The fox saw the monkey and started laughing.The fox then said, “You cannot even take care of yourself and you pretend to be our king!”. The monkey was ashamed and felt very bad. He bowed down his head in shame. All other animals realized their mistake and understood why the fox was telling that the monkey is not worthy to become a king.They understood that a true leader proves himself by his qualities and not by showing off what he has. Another election was conducted and this time they appointed the true king. They made Lion the king of the jungle. Moral:People who cannot control themselves should never control the people around them.

This is a story of forest, fox, king, lion and monkey.Moral(s) of the story: control

The Fox and the Monkey

Once in a dense forest, there lived a group of crows on a tree. The crows were self-obsessed and did not like outsiders. They were all busy on their own and did not like anyone else. They were very rude to other birds and animals.A little bird, while flying in the forest, lost her way. It started getting dark so she decided to stop over a tree. She saw a tree where the group of crows lived. She decided to rest there. But they all were very arrogant. One of the crows shouted, “Go away from here.” The little bird requested them to allow her to stay for a while as it might rain but the crows did not listen to her. The bird pleaded them but they did not agree. Finally, the little bird decided to fly to another tree.The bird went to another tree and there she found a nice hole to rest in comfortably. After some time, it started raining. It rained heavily with hailstones falling. The crows sitting on that tree faced difficulties. Many of them were hurt and some of them even died. On the other hand, the little bird took rest for the whole night.The next day, the little bird came out and decided to fly towards her home. One of the crows saw her and asked, “How come you are not hurt?”. The little bird said, “God helps humble creatures and lets arrogant ones like you suffer.” The crows realized that they were punished for their selfish nature. Moral:One should never be arrogant because God punishes those who are arrogant.

This is a story of crow, forest and tree.Moral(s) of the story: arrogance and selfishness`

The vain Crows

Ravina Sewani

It happened in ancient times that a slave named Androcles escaped from his master and fled into the forest, and he wandered there for a long time until he was weary.Just then he heard a lion near him moaning and groaning and at times roaring terribly.&nbsp;And when&nbsp;he tried to get up, there he saw the lion coming towards him.Instead of attacking him it kept on moaning and groaning and looking at Androcles, who saw that the lion was holding out his right paw, which was covered with blood and very much swollen. Looking more closely at it, Androcles saw a great big thorn pressed into the paw, which was the cause of all the lion’s trouble.Plucking up courage, he seized hold of the thorn and drew it out of the lion’s paw, who roared with pain when the thorn came out, but soon after found such relief from it that he rubbed up against Androcles, and showed&nbsp;that he knew, that he was truly thankful for being relieved from such pain.One day, a number of soldiers came marching through the forest and found Androcles. They took him prisoner and brought him back to the town, and he was condemned to death because he had fled from his master.Now it used to be the custom to throw murderers and other criminals to the lions, and on the appointed day he was led forth into the arena.The Emperor of Rome was in the royal box that day and gave the signal for the lion to come out and attack Androcles. But when it came out of its cage and got near Androcles, what do you think it did? Instead of jumping upon him, it rubbed up against him, and stroked him with its paw.It was of course the lion which Androcles had met in the forest. The Emperor summoned Androcles to him. So Androcles told the Emperor all that had happened to him and how the lion was showing gratitude for his having relieved it of the thorn. Thereupon, the emperor pardoned Androcles and ordered his master to set him free, while the lion was taken back into the forest and let loose to enjoy freedom once more.Moral: An act of kindness is always remembered. This act is often expressed as gratitude through other kind act.

This is a story of forest, king and lion.Moral(s) of the story: gratitude

Androcles and the lion

One upon a time, there was a lake near the forest. In the lake, there lived a crab. The crab had a best friend Swan who also lived near the lake. They both were great friends and lived happily in the forest.One day, the snake came to live near the lake. The snake would eat the swan’s egg and would create many problems for the swan. The swan was very scared. So, he went to Crab and said, “My dear friend, I am facing trouble because of the arrival of the snake. It eats all my eggs and I cannot even fight with him. I am very scared, please help me.” Near the lake, there also lived a mongoose. The crab had a plan. He said, “I have an idea, my friend. We will get some fish from the lake and throw them one by one from the snake’s house to the mongoose’s house.”Swan and Crab collected some fish from the lake and scattered them in a row from the snake’s house to the mongoose’s house. After throwing the fish they immediately went to their home. They waited for the mongoose to step out of his house. As soon as the mongoose came out, he saw fish on his door. He took the fish in his hand and started eating them. He started eating all the fish and followed the trail. As soon as he went ahead to eat the fish, he reached closer to the snake’s house. After some time, he reached the snake’s house.He said, “My enemy is here, I must kill it.” The snake and mongoose got into an ugly fight and in the end, the snake was killed. The swan and crab were very happy.The next day, the mongoose was very hungry, so he decided to eat more snakes. As soon as he reached near the lake, instead of snakes, he saw Swan’s eggs. The mongoose immediately grabbed the swan’s egg and started eating them. He liked them and decided to come there every day. The swan and the crab became helpless. By their foolish action, they had invited a new enemy which was more dangerous than the previous one.They were left with no option but to leave their homes. They always remembered the lesson that mongoose had taught them. Moral:Thoughtless actions lead to disaster.

This is a story of crab, egg, forest, lake, mongoose, snake and swan.Moral(s) of the story: foolishness

The crab, swan and the snake

A long long time ago, lived a hugeee giant. No giant who walked on earth as big as him. His name was Soppo. When he was thirsty, he would drink all the water from the river. When he felt hungry, he would eat the whole forest. His favourite thing to eat was CLOUDS. He loved to eat clouds so much so that he always used to overeat and that led to his upset stomach. Soppo was good at heart but still he had no friends.Humans were afraid of him because when he ate the clouds, the rains would not fall and drought struck villages and towns. Because he used to eat crops and forests, people had no food to eat and survive. And when he overate the clouds, he would cry a lot and his tears caused floods everywhere. So wherever Soppo would go, people would leave that place. This made Soppo upset.On seeing Soppo upset, stars came to him and asked him about his sadness. Soppo told them his stories to which the stars replied, “Earth is a beautiful friends with beautiful people. Someone will be ready to be your friend.” Soppo immediately asked, “But where will I find someone who wants to be friends with me?” The stars told him, “You just have to help humans with something and then will surely accept you as their friend. We stars, shine in the night to show the way to travellers and sailors. In return they tell us many stories and give us company in the night.”So for the next few days, Soppo thought of ways in which he could be helpful to humans of earth. He thought very hard but could not think of a single thing to help people with anything. So he decided to go talk to Moon, as moon was an elder. Moon explained to Soppo, “You will not be able to help someone unless you know them well.” For the next few weeks, Soppo closely observed people’s lifestyles, their problems, and their pain. He realised that people were afraid of him because he would cause droughts and floods everywhere he went. One day, he had a great idea to help people. He decided to help people by his eating and crying at the right place and the right time.From that on, Soppo would eat up the clouds which would cause floods or storms. He would cry in a place where there would be shortage of water. This is how Soppo turned from a scary giant to a helpful giant.Soon people realised his help and started talking to him, play with him, and also take care of him. Moral:Not everyone who appears evil is actually like that. Sometimes people cannot figure out what to do about themselves. We should give time and always appreciate their efforts when they try to change for the better.

This is a story of cloud, flood, forest and rain.

 The  cloud eating giant

Once in a forest, there was a huge pond. In the pond, there lived a flock of cranes. All the cranes used to catch fishes from the pond and spent their lives happily. There also lived a cunning fox in the forest. His name was Tricky. He also visited the pond to catch fishes. Whitey, one of the cranes helped Tricky to catch fishes. Gradually, Whitey and Tricky started talking and became best friends. They used to talk, chat, eat, and play together.One day, Tricky invited Whitey to his place for dinner. He wanted to give a treat to Whitey for helping him. It was a Sunday evening and Whitey dressed up and left for the Tricky’s house. Whitey took some grapes with him. Tricky welcomed his friend to his house. They both were talking and suddenly the aroma of soup filled the place. Whitey was very hungry and could not resist the aroma. Tricky called him inside for the dinner.Tricky played a prank with Whitey. So, he poured the soup into two plates. Whitey who was excited to taste the soup was shocked as the soup was on the plate. Tricky enjoyed the soup while whitey could not drink the soup as it was on a plate. Whitey was very upset and returned home with an empty stomach. He decided to teach Tricky a lesson.Whitey met Tricky the next day and said, “I am delighted by the way you treated me. Let’s meet for dinner at my place today in the evening.” In the evening, Tricky arrived at Whitey’s house. Both of them talked for some time. Whitey also had prepared the soup and the aroma filled the place. Tricky’s mouth watered.Whitey went in and came with soup in two deep long jars. He placed the jars on the table. Tricky was shocked when he saw the jars. Tricky tried to drink from the jar but as soon as he bent, the jar got stuck in his mouth. He tried to remove the jar but the jar was stuck tightly on his mouth. He ran here and there and finally the jar broke.Tricky said, “Sorry, Whitey. Please forgive me. From now, I will not play any pranks and will be a good friend.” Moral:One should not try to make fun of the other’s limitations.

This is a story of crane, forest, fox and pond.Moral(s) of the story: carelessness and ignorance

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