Shina Utavani

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the former Prime Minister of India. He had served as the prime minister for three terms. The term was not for consecutive years. In fact, for the first time, he was the Prime Minister only for 13 days. Even in the next term, he could not serve for the whole tenure. But for the third time, he served for the full term i.e. 1999 to 2004. He was the first person to serve as the Prime Minister without being a member of the Indian National Congress.He was born to a middle-class family in Gwalior on 25th December 1924. His father, Krishna Vajpayee was a school teacher and a poet. His mother, Krishna Devi was a housewife. He completed his schooling from Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Gwalior. He graduated from Victoria College and completed his masters from DAV College, Kanpur. He studied M.A. in Political Science.Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the first Swayam-Sewak to become the prime minister of India and the first non-Congress Prime Minister to complete a full term in office. His long and winding political career was replete with ups and downs, spanning more than five decades in public life. His oratory skills were also appreciated by everyone. His famous speech at Lok Sabha in 1996 during his 13-day BJP government rule was his most riveting speech.

This is a story of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Haider Ali.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Once upon a time, there was a jar of fresh, clean water. Every drop of water in the jar felt extremely proud of being so pure and clear. Every day they used to congratulate each other on how clean and beautiful they were. One day, one of the drops was bored with the ultra-clean existence. He wanted to know what it feels like to be a dirty drop. The other drops tried to convince him but he did not agree and left the jar.Later on, when the drop came back after becoming all dirty, he turned all the other drops in the jar dirty too. They tried to get clean again but were not able to. They tried everything to shake off the dirt but failed. One day when someone dipped the jar in a fountain, a lot of clean water entered the jar and finally, the drops were able to regain their old transparency and purity. Now they realized that to stay clean and pure, they all need to stay clean even if they find it difficult. A single mistake by a drop could ruin the purity of everyone else.We face the same situation in real life. If we want to live in a jar of clean water, each one of us must have to be a clean drop. We should never be one of those dirty drops who make everyone else dirty. Moral:Never surround yourself with bad company. A single bad company can have a bad impact on your life.

This is a story of water.Moral(s) of the story: friendship

The drop of water

A group of flowers used to live together in a garden. The flowers included Sunflower, Cactus, Daisy, and Cosmos. All the flowers were very small and they were growing gradually.After some time, the flowers bloomed beautifully one day and everyone had a flower on them except cactus. The cactus did not have any flower on it. All the flowers started teasing him. They all started making fun of cactus. The sunflower said, “Hey Look, Cactus looks so ugly. She does not have a flower on her.” Everyone started laughing. “You do not come close to me. You make me look ugly,” said the cosmos. Tulip said, “I am grateful that I am not a cactus.” The daisy said, “You look so ugly, cactus.”The cactus felt very bad and sad. All the plants were very rude to her. All these comments made cactus very sad. She wanted to look like them. She started applying different things to look like them.After a few months, the summer season started approaching and the garden began to dry up. The hot weather had dried up the garden. There was no water and all the flowers except cactus were suffering due to the hot summer. Cactus saw all the flowers suffering due to the hot weather, she asked them, “Are you guys okay?” They all said they were dying out of thirst and that they will die because of the hot weather.Sunflower said, “Cactus, the hot weather is affecting all of us but not you. How come you are not affected by the water? Do you not feel thirsty?” The cactus said, “I have long roots that spread out just under the groundwater. And without leaves, my body releases very less water in the atmosphere so I can store a lot of water.”Seeing the flowers dying because of thirst, the cactus decided to help them. She said, “I can help you all, I have some water.” Sunflower felt very bad and said, “I am sorry Cactus. We treated you so bad and still, you are willing to help us.” The cactus replied, “It is okay. I am doing what I know is right.” Everyone apologized to cactus and felt guilty. Cactus helped everyone and saved their lives. Everyone thanked cactus for saving their lives.They all stopped teasing her after that day. A fairy was watching all this from above and was impressed by the good deed of cactus. She decided to reward Cactus for its kindness. She came and moved her magic wand and the cactus got a beautiful flower. The cactus was very happy to finally have a flower just like the other plants. After that, all the flowers lived happily together in the garden. Moral:Do not make fun of others. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses.

This is a story of cactus, cosmos, daisy, plant, summer, sunflower, tulip and water.Moral(s) of the story: kindness

Kind Cactus

Pallavi Hota

Butterfly, butterfly, where do you fly? sang the little girl whom she kept as her pet. The girl took care of her butterfly just as a family member, but never allowed her the freedom to fly.One day the butterfly tried her best and got out of the cage. She felt as if she was born again. She flew here and there amidst the beautiful flowers with rain drops falling on her wings. The next day the little girl waking up to this, cried. She insisted her parents get her that butterfly back. But they could not find the butterfly. She tried to find the butterfly everywhere and called out for her. She also waited for her to fly back to her.After some time, she realised that one cannot stop anyone from having their own freedom, and cannot possess anything forcefully just because of his or her own happiness.Moral:Forceful things are not real.

This is a story of butterfly.Moral(s) of the story: happiness

The Caged Butterfly

The Ramayan is an ancient Sanskrit epic written by the famous sage Valmiki. It describes Lord Rama's effort to rescue Sita from the demon king Ravana. It also describes the challenges faced by Lord Rama, Laxaman, and Sita when they were exiled from the kingdom for 14 years. Following is a story from “The Ramayana”.Rishi Bhardwaj, a Vedic sage, was mesmerized by Vishrava, a rishi who belonged to the Pulastya clan, and offered his daughter Ilavida for marriage. Ilavida and Vishrava gave birth to Kuber, the Lord of Wealth. But Sumali, the son of demon king Sukesa and gandharva princess Manimaya, along with his wife Kutumati, also wanted Kaiseki, their daughter, to marry Vishrava. Vishrava fell in love with Kaiseki and gave birth to Ravana. Brahma asked the divine architect Vishwakarma to build Lanka for the Gods, but it was seized by the asuras. Kubera inherited Lanka from his father, Vishrava and was kind enough to share his kingdom with his step-brother Ravana. Later, after receiving all kinds of boons from Brahma, Ravana overthrew Kubera from Lanka.

This is a story of Kubera and Ravan.

Kubera, The Real Ruler Of Lanka

Ravina Sewani

Once upon a time, a man and his wife had the good fortune to have a goose which laid a golden egg every day. Lucky though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough.They imagined that if the bird is able to lay golden eggs, its insides must be made of gold. And they thought that if they could get all that precious metal at once, they would get mighty rich very soon. So the man and his wife decided to kill the bird.However, upon cutting the goose open, they were shocked to find that its innards were like that of any other goose! Moral:Greediness is always punished.

This is a story of goose.Moral(s) of the story: greediness

The Goose with the Golden Eggs

Chhatrapati Shivaji was the famous ruler of Maratha. He was the one who dared to stand against the Mughal rule, single-handedly.Shivaji was born on 19th February 1680 to Shahaji Bhonsle and Jijabai. He was a descendant of the 96 Maratha clans who were well known as Kshatriyas. Shivaji grew up to become an ideal young king under the care of his mother and with the spiritual guidance of a saint- Ramdas Swami. Shivaji led the Marathas courageously against the rule of Mughals.Shivaji Maharaja was the founder of the Maratha Empire in western India. He was a brave and courageous leader. His relentless war tactics against foreign invasions helped him in establishing the supremacy of the Hindu Swaraj.Shivaji’s mother was religious and spiritual. She instigated the spiritual values in Shivaji. In childhood, once Shivaji's mother told him that he has to become like Arjun. Shivaji was obedient and the desire to become like Arjun was something which he wanted to fulfil. So, he went to his grandfather and asked, “Dada, how can I become Arjun without Krishna?”. His grandfather replied, “If you will become Arjun, you will automatically meet Krishna”.His grandfather advised him to work like Arjun. To take the duty to remove antisocial elements and to share people’s sorrow and pain. Shivaji followed his duty all his life.Later in life, Shivaji met saint Samarth Ramdas. He acted as Krishna in Shivaji’s life. His teachings helped Shivaji in becoming a great human being along with a great leader.

This is story of Chattrapati Shivaji.

Shivaji

Maharana Pratap was a brave ruler and leader from Rajasthan. Maharaja Mansingh who was the king of Jaipur once came to meet Rana Pratap. Mansingh had tied his sister’s knot with Akbar to save his state. He was general of Akbar and came to meet Rana Pratap to convince him to sign the treaty. Rana Pratap greeted him well but denied to accompany him for the food. When asked for the reason he said, “I do not accompany Rajputs who in order to save their state have surrendered their daughters or sisters to Mughals.” Mansingh’s ego was badly hurt after hearing this. He decided to attack Rana Pratap.Mansingh along with Salim (Akbar’s son) went on to attack Rana Pratap. A fierce battle was fought on 18 June 1576 at HaldiGhati. Rana Pratap gave a tough fight to Mansingh and his army.Rana Pratap was trying to get out of the encircled army but someone fired an arrow on Rana Pratap’s horse Chetak. The horse was badly wounded due to the arrow. In spite of the wound, Chetak continued running. He carried Rana on his back and they came across a stream. Chetak died when they reached as he ran out of capacity.Rana Pratap had a younger brother Shaktisingh who worked for the Akbar. In the middle of the battle, Rana Pratap saw Shaktisingh killing soldiers from the Mughal army. Ranaji was surprised when he saw that. Shakti Singh came to meet Ranaji and immediately hugged him. he said, “Dada, I do the service to the Mughal but you are still my idol. I work for Mughals as I do not possess courage and a strong mind like you but you are still my ideal.”Although Akbar and his army tried to defeat Rana Pratap but their attempts were not successful in front of determined, courageous and strong Rana Pratap.

This is a story of Akbar, Maan sigh and Maharana Pratap.Moral(s) of the story: bravery

A Valiant King-Maharana Pratap

Yesha Desai

Once, somebody informed Emperor Akbar that a certain astrologer in the city was bragging about his accurate predictions everywhere. Akbar summoned the astrologer to his court and thought of testing the accuracy of his predictions. When the astrologer presented himself in the durbar, he said, “I have heard that you predict very accurately.” The astrologer was filled with great fear and awe as he was standing in front of the mightiest of the kings. Not even a single word could come out of his mouth and he kept standing with folded hands. Akbar asked, “O’ Learned astrologer, you shall be handsomely rewarded if you are able to answer just a simple question of mine. Tell me, when will you die?”The astrologer was shaking with fear and did not know what to say. He thought for a moment and then said that he will have to consult his charts to predict correctly. The Emperor gave him one hour’s time to do so. Instead of consulting his charts, the astrologer went running to Birbal for help and described the whole thing. Birbal thought of a brilliant answer and told the astrologer what to say in front of the Emperor.The astrologer returned to the court and told the king, “I will die three days before you, Jahanpanah!” Akbar could make out that the astrologer was bluffing, but did not want to take a chance. Like every other human being, he did not want to know the time of his death, so he let him go. Thus the astrologer was able to save his life with the help of clever Birbal. That day onwards, he never bragged about anything. Moral:Being talented is a boon and we must not brag about it.

This is a classic story from Akbar and Birbal.Moral(s) of the story: pride

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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.