Yesha Desai

There once was a Queen who held an art competition in her Kingdom. The painting depicting the best representation of peace would win.Many artists from far away kingdoms came to participate and many beautiful paintings were created.One such painting was of a calm river with farms and mountains in the background. The view was serene and calm. Everyone thought that this painting would win as it was perfect.However, when the winner was announced, everyone was shocked as a painting with harsh waves and lightning eating up the sky was chosen as the winner.Everyone thought that this was a mistake. However, once a closer look was given to the picture, a small boat was visible, calm despite the weather depicted in the painting.In the midst of angry and unfavorable surroundings, small raft was trying to prosper. This was peace. It was not universal and was not easily earned either. Moral:Peace is not always just calm surroundings, but the ability to hold your ground and thrive despite the chaos.

This is a story of boat, painting and sea.Moral(s) of the story: peace

The Queen’s competition

Addy was a very lazy boy who never did his things on time . One day he received a magical clock that made him understand the value of time that one should always do things on time.The clock warned him again and again to not postpone things, but Addy rarely listened.One day, he came to know that he had won the first prize in a singing competition that was held the previous month. He was asked to collect the prize the same day.He didn't care and decided to collect the prize the next day.The clock knew what the prize was and asked Addy to collect the prize on the same day but Addy refused.So the clock sped the time and soon the next day arrived.When Addy went to collect the prize he realised that the prize became useless for him, as it was a ticket to a game show, which was held the previous day.This is how Addy learned the importance of doing things on time. Moral:Stop procrastinating and do things on time.

This is a story of clock, magic and prize.Moral(s) of the story: competition

Addy and the magical clock.

Ravina Sewani

There was once a small village, which was suffering from a severe drought. The crops were dying, and the villagers and their animals had very little water to drink.One day, to try to find a solution to the drought, the village chief called the villagers to gather at the village square to pray together for rain. He told them to bring along a token of their faith, so the prayer would be done in sincere faith. And so, the villagers gathered at the square bringing with them tokens of their faith. Some brought the Holy book while others carried photos of God as tokens of faith. They all prayed aloud with great faith and hope.Sure enough, within a few moments it began to rain. The whole crowd was overjoyed and danced happily. The chief noticed that among the joyous crowd was a nine-year-old boy, clutching an umbrella as a token of faith. The chief admired this little boy, who had brought an umbrella in total faith that the Lord would surely hear his prayers and send rain.Moral: Nothing is impossible for one who has total faith in God.

This is a story of rain and umbrella.Moral(s) of the story: faith

Faith of a Child

The summer breeze is less of a cool, calming gust of air and more of a screaming hot wave of heat and dust. So Pam spends her summer break in front of the computer. From the time she wakes up to the time she goes to sleep. She only gets up from the computer to eat and use the washroom.This stresses her parents out a lot. Spending all the time in front of the computer is a very unhealthy obsession. They try very hard to coax Pam to step out of the house but Pam doesn’t listen at all.Because Pam uses her computer all day long, everyday day for many hours, the computer can no longer take the stress of so much work and it breaks.The computer stops working and suddenly Pam doesn’t know what to do. The technician says that it may take about a week to fix the computer.Pam spends the first day lounging in different parts of the house. She spends the next day eating all the snacks in the house. She spends the third day banging the computer’s monitor in hopes of fixing it.On the fourth day she has nothing to do. Her mother encourages her to play outside and this time Pam listens.She spends the entire day playing with her friends and cycling around. When it gets dark, she comes home, washes herself and sits down to read books with her grandfather at night.Pam spends the entire week playing outside with her friends and reading books in her house.As the week gets over, the computer technician comes back with the fixed computer. Pam does not even realise that an entire week ended because that is how much she enjoys her life outside of the computer screen.When the computer comes back she realises that she must use the computer in a limit and not all the time. She spends the rest of her summer break alternating between playing outside, reading and playing on the computer.

This is a story of computer and notebook.

When the computer breaks down…

Once upon a time there existed a magical mirror which was said to show horrific images to the viewer. Sometimes the mirror’s reflection would be so horrific that people would pass out or die from the horror.Luckily, this sadistic object was captured by a very strong sect and people were freed from its torture.But the sect leader was now growing old and he needed to select a hier from the sect’s disciples. The disciples were all very talented, clever, kind and respectful. They had all the qualities that a decent sect leader should have. So how to choose the correct person?One day, an idea struck his mind. He invited all the disciples into the training hall and tells them, “Children, as you all know that I am growing old and cannot carry out my responsibilities properly. So I need to choose another person to be the sect leader. Since all of you demonstrate the needed qualities, this makes my work harder. I will choose the person who can look into the magic mirror and tell me what they see.”This sent chills down all the disciples’ spines. They had all heard the horror stories about the mirror ever since they were little children. Some were already scared and didn’t even attempt. Some looked into the mirror and screamed. Some fainted. Some cried.Everyone questioned why the sect leader, who was such a peace loving and kind person, would put people through such stress.In the end only one disciple is left. She looked into the mirror and her eyes widened, her face broke into a sweat but she kept looking.In the end, the vision she sees disappeared and she looks away from the mirror towards the sect leader.“What do you see?” The sect leader asked.“Me.” The girl says.The sect leader selected this girl as his heir. The mirror shows the true self of a person, their good and their bad sides and one can only survive it if they accept themselves. Any one who can accept themselves and understand their flaws and qualities is appropriate for being a leader.Moral:Any one who can accept themselves....being a leader.

This is a story of mirror.Moral(s) of the story: acceptance and

The mirror of horrors

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

Minku was a very mischievous child. He loved doing everything that annoyed people around him, although he was as innocent as any other child doing everything only for fun.There were complaints from school too regarding Minku's behaviour. Nevertheless he would never listen.Minku's mother loved making candles, she would paint them beautifully, but Minku would spoil all of them before they dried. Despite being given continuous warnings, Minku just would not listen.She realized that the time had come to find a way to teach her son a lesson. Usually she would place the candles somewhere within his reach but this time she placed it on top of the cupboard where his hands would not reach. His mother warned him to not try and reach the candles but as all would have guessed he would not give up, he went on to reach for the candles placed high up. And as his mother had expected, he fell. But before he could hit the ground, she held him. Minku was obviously terrified and he burst into tears. He hugged his mother and promised to listen to others next time.Moral:Obey your elders.

This is a story of mother, school and candle.Moral(s) of the story: obedience

Mischievous Minku

Shina Utavani

The Sun and the Moon were great friends. One day, they were talking about who was the strongest among them. The discussion resulted in a heated argument and they started fighting. Every day, they use to discuss the same but never came to any decision.The argument carried out for ages and finally, the Sun declared that the Moon could not shine if the Sun’s light did not fall on it. He said to the Moon, “You do not have your light so, I am stronger than you.” To which Moon proudly replied, “You give light, but you burn the earth with your heat. People do not prefer coming out of their houses due to extreme heat. But when I shine at night, people enjoy the moonlight.”Sun could not digest the words spoken by the Moon. He got angry and picked some mud and threw it at the Moon’s face. The Moon tried to get out of the way but could not and the mud got stuck on his face.It is believed that due to the mud thrown, the Moon has dark spots on its face.

This is a story of moon, sun and tube light.

The sun and the moon 

Sam was a greedy and a selfish man. He always desired to have lots and lots of money and never hesitated to cheat others to make money. Also, he never wished to share anything with others. He paid very low wages to his servants.However, one day, he learned a lesson that changed his life forever.It so happened that one day, a small bag that belonged to Sam was missing. The bag had 50 gold coins in it. Sam searched high and low for the bag, but could not find it. Sam’s friends and neighbours also joined in the search, but all their efforts were in vain.After a couple of days, the ten year old daughter of a man working for Sam found the bag. She told her father about it. Her father identified the bag as the one that was missing, and immediately decided to take it to his master.He gave the bag back to his master Sam, and asked him to check whether the bag had 50 gold coins. Sam was exultant to get the coins back, but he decided to play a trick. He shouted at his worker, “there were 75 gold coins in this bag but you gave me only 50! Where are the other coins? You have stolen them!”The worker was shocked to hear this and pleaded his innocence. Selfish and greedy, Sam did not accept the worker’s story, and decided to take the issue to court. The judge heard both the sides. He questioned the daughter and the worker about the number of coins they had found in the bag, and they assured it was only 50. He cross-examined Sam and Sam replied, “Yes my lord, I had 75 gold coins in my bag, and they gave me only 50. Hence, it is quite obvious that they have stolen 25 coins!” The judge then asked, “Are you sure that your bag had 75 coins?”Sam nodded vigorously. The judge then made his judgment. “Since Sam lost a bag of 75 gold coins and the bag found by the girl had only 50 coins, it is obvious that the bag that was found does not belong to Sam. It was lost by someone else. If anyone finds a bag of 75 gold coins, I will declare that it belongs to Sam. As there are no complaints about the loss of 50 coins, I order the girl and his father to take those 50 coins as a token of appreciation for their honesty!” Moral:Honesty will always be rewarded and greed punished!

This is a story of coin.Moral(s) of the story: greediness, honesty and selfishness

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