Yesha Desai

Once Akbar asked Birbal, “Tell me Birbal! Will a man do anything for money?”&nbsp;Birbal said, “Yes, Jahanpanah! It is possible for a man to do anything in return for some money.” The Emperor ordered him to prove it.The next day, Birbal came to the court along with a poor brahmin. The brahmin had no money and his family had nothing to eat. Birbal told the Emperor that the brahmin was ready to do anything for the sake of money.It was the peak of the winter season and the water was freezing cold that time. The Emperor ordered the brahmin to stand inside the frozen pond all through the night if he wanted money. The poor brahmin agreed and kept standing the whole night inside the pond, shivering badly. Next morning, he came to the durbar to receive his reward.The Emperor asked, “Tell me something! How could you stand in the freezing cold water all through the night?” The innocent brahmin replied, “Huzoor, I could see a faintly glowing light coming from your palace, a kilometre away. Looking at that light gave me imaginary warmth and strength to keep standing in the water.”Akbar declined to pay the brahmin his reward saying that he had got warmth from the light and this was cheating. The poor brahmin went away disappointed and empty handed.Birbal tried to say something in the favour of the poor brahmin but the Emperor refused to listen to him. Soon after, Birbal stopped coming to the durbar and sent a message to the king stating that he would come to the court only after he had cooked his khichdi.When Birbal did not come to the court for five days, the Emperor himself went to Birbal’s house to see what he was doing. Birbal had lit the fire and kept the pot of khichdi one metre away from it. Akbar asked him “How will the khichdi get cooked with the fire one metre away? Are you in your senses, Birbal?” Birbal replied, “O’ Jahapanah! If it is possible for a person to receive warmth from a light that was a kilometre away, then it is also possible for me to cook this khichdi a metre away from the fire.” Akbar understood his mistake. He called back the poor brahmin and rewarded him with gold&nbsp;&nbsp;coins. Moral:We should use our intelligence to help others.

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

Birbal’s khichdi

Shina Utavani

It was raining heavily, and the glass was splattered with the huge drops of water. Robbie said to his mom, “I want to go outside and play, Mum.” His mom did not know how to answer Robbie’s question so, she said, “When is it going to stop raining?” Due to heavy rain, Robbie was not able to go outside and play. Her mother replied, “I am sure it will stop any time now, Robbie. Why don’t you come and help me make some cookies?”Robbie was tired of making cookies. He did not want to play with his toys anymore. He was bored watching television. He wanted to go outside and play. Robbie said to his mum that he did not want to make cookies and ran into the living room. He threw himself on the couch and sighed, “I just want to go outside.” His mum, seeing him sad said she had an idea. She said, “Robbie, why do not you go upstairs and put your rubber boots on and your raincoat and rain hat too.Robbiegot up and asked, “Has it stopped raining?” Her mum replied, “No, but there is no reason you cannot go outside and play in the rain. Would you like to do that?” Robbie replied, “Yes, Mum. I want to go outside and play, even in the rain.” He ran to his bedroom and put on his red rubber boots. They fit snugly over his tennis shoes and would keep the water out when he splashed in the puddles. He wore his raincoat. It was red just like his hat. “I am ready, Mum,” he said.Her mum said to him to wait and she opened the closet and picked up a bright yellow umbrella. She gave the umbrella to him and opened the front door for him. The rain was pouring down. Puddles were all over the grass, streets, and sidewalks. Robbie went outside and opened the umbrella and stood in the rain. The water fell all around him, bouncing off the umbrella. He enjoyed splashing in the deep puddles. Water flew everywhere.Robbie’s mum stood at the window and watched her son having fun. She remembered her childhood days when she was a little girl. She loved to splash in the puddles when she was a little girl. She dressed in her yellow raincoat and rubber boots and opened the front door and went outside. Robbie was shocked to see her mother. His mother asked him, “Can I splash in the puddles with you?” He was very excited and happy to see his mother. He replied immediately, “Yes, Mum. Come and play with me.”They both enjoyed the rain and played for a long time. They jumped in the puddles and splashed on each other. They had the best time together. Robbie was glad that it rained so that he got a chance to play with his mum in the rain.

This is a story of mother, rain and son.Moral(s) of the story: happiness

Fun in the rain

Pallavi Hota

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.” Once when Kunti was young, she was deputed by her father to render her services to the great sage Durvasa. Kunti was highly dutiful and sincere in her offering and could therefore please the sage beyond comparison. At the end of her stay with the sage, the sage saw through his clairvoyance that she would not have any issues through her husband in future. Therefore, the sage blessed her with a powerful mantra that would help her get a son from anyone she wished. Kunti looked at the sun god moving in the sky and chanted the mantra in all her devotion. At once, the sun god appeared before her in all his splendour. Kunti could not bear the radiance and effulgence of the sun god and prayed that he left the scene. But, the sun god said due to the power of the mantra, he had to bless her with a son and she at once gave birth to Karna. Kunti was highly frightened due to the possible doubts that the people might have regarding her son and was afraid of the social stigma connected with a girl giving birth to a boy child at a very young age. Therefore, she decided to abandon the child. She covered the baby in nice garments and floated him on the waters of a river. The child was received by a charioteer called Athirath and was raised by him in his home.

This is a story of Karna and Duryodhana.

Karna’s Birth

Once there were two dairy shops owned by two brothers. Both the brothers were very good businessmen and worked very hard.However, one of them always profited more than the other. The other was always confused as to how that was possible.One day he decided to ask his brother, “Brother, how is it that we both sell the same things at the same price and yet you earn more than me? We both work equally hard, so why is it?”The brother replied, “Because I wake up early in the morning and open my shop early.”The man understood his mistake. Dairy products are usually needed early in the morning and thus more customers are available in the morning.He decided to wake up early and work harder too. Moral:Waking up early and getting to work gives you a headstart at the day and is always profitable.

This is a story of brother and morning person.Moral(s) of the story: routine importance

The story of two brothers

Following is a story about Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi is known as the “Father of the Nation”. He led the non-violence movement in India and helped India in getting freedom from the British rule. This is a particular incident from Gandhiji’s school days in South Africa.Gandhi was in his first year in high school. One day, the education inspector was supposed to visit the school. Generally, an educational inspector visits the school to see if the education of the school is proper or not. The education inspector, Mr. Giles visited the school. He came to Gandhi’s class and dictated five words in which every student had to spell it in their books. Gandhi had misspelled one of the words. The word was ‘Kettle’. The teacher of the class saw Gandhi’s mistake and signalled him to look from the neighbour’s book. Gandhi was a little surprised to see that because he thought the teacher was supposed to supervise against copying.Even though the teacher advised Gandhi to copy the spelling from the neighbour’s book, Gandhiji did not look in his. The result was that all the boys except Gandhi spelled all the spellings correctly. Only Gandhi was the one that could not spell it correctly. The teacher later even tried to make fun of him because he did not follow his instructions. Gandhi always followed his principles and copying from others was against his principles. He could never learn the art of coping. Even after the incident, Gandhi never disrespected his teacher. He always treated the teacher with respect and honour. For him, to respect elders was more important than to judge them due to their actions. Moral:Never change your principles by getting influenced by someone.

This is a story of educator, Mahatma Gandhi and school.Moral(s) of the school: cheating

Gandhi at school in South Africa

Ravina Sewani

One morning a Brahmin was walking along a lonely path. He had a goat with him. Three rogues saw the Brahmin and his goat.One of the rogues said, “I wish we could get this plump goat from him.”Another one said, “Let us run away with the goat. This fat Brahmin can’t chase us.”The third one said, “There is no need of running away. I have a brilliant idea.” And he told his friends the trick that he had in his mind. They liked the trick very much. They decided to try the trick on the Brahmin.So, one of the rogues went to the Brahmin and said, “Good morning, Sir. This dog of yours looks very smart. Is he a trained dog?”The Brahmin looked at the man angrily and said, “Go away, stupid fellow. It is really funny that you mistake a goat for a dog.”“Will you consider me a wise man if I say that your dog is a goat? HA! HA! HA!” said the rogue and went away.After a while, another rogue came to the Brahmin and said, “Good morning, learned Sir. I wonder why you are walking when you can very well ride on this pony of yours.”The Brahmin said, “My goodness! Do you think this goat is a pony?” “I thought you were a learned Brahmin. But now I understand that you are a fathead who knows no difference between a pony and a goat,” said the rogue and walked away.Sometime later, the Brahmin was approached by the third rogue. The third rogue said, “Good morning, holy priest. Why have you selected this donkey as your fellow traveller?” The Brahmin asked nervously, “Is this animal a donkey?”“Of course, it is,” said the rogue in an asserting tone. Now the Brahmin was very much frightened. He thought that the goat was really a monster who changed his form from time to time. So he ran away, leaving the goat behind.The three rogues laughed heartily and took the goat in their possession. Moral:Don’t change your opinion simply because others do not agree with you.

This is classic story from Vikas books.This is a story of dog, donkey and goat.

The Brahmin and the Three Rogues

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

One day, a man climbed up a tree. While climbing up, he did not realise how tall the tree actually was and kept climbing up. On reaching the top, when the man looked down, he realised that climbing down from the tree would not be as easy as climbing up. He could not think of any way of getting down without injuring himself seriously.He asked the people who were passing by to help him. But nobody could think of a way of bringing him down safely. Soon, quite a few people gathered around the tree and tried to help the man, but no one knew what to do. The man remained stuck on top of the tree.Just then, Nasiruddin, who was walking by, saw this scene and wondered what was going on. The people standing around the tree told Nasiruddin about the situation. “Oh!” Nasiruddin said, “I’ll get him down in no time.” He took a long rope and threw one end of it up to the man telling him to tie the rope around his waist.Everyone wondered what Nasiruddin’s plan was. When one of them asked him, Nasiruddin replied, “Just leave it to me. It’s a foolproof plan.”When the man on the tree had tied the rope tightly around his waist, Nasiruddin pulled the rope with all his force. As soon as Nasiruddin did this, the man fell down from the tree and hurt himself badly. The bystanders were shocked at this. They turned to Nasiruddin and asked, “What were you thinking? What kind of a silly plan was that?”Nasiruddin replied, “Well, once I did exactly the same thing and saved someone’s life.”One man asked him, “Is that true?”“Absolutely!” replied Nasiruddin, “The only thing I cannot remember is whether I saved him from a tree or from a well.” Moral:To act without putting much thought often ends up causing more damage than good.

This is a story of men, tree and Mulla Nasruddin.Moral(s) of the story: foolishness

The man on the tree

There was a country situated in a land far where it was always raining. There was not a single day when it would not rain. There were downpours of rain every day for years and years. A little boy lived in that country, in a little house on the mountain, with his Daddy and his dog.The boy was nine years old and for every day of his life, he had witnessed rain all day and all night. The boy had been into the rainy weather since birth. People used to tell him that before he was born, there had been a yellow round thing in the sky known as the Sun. The Sun was big, round-shaped and gave warmth and light to everything and everybody. It always had a big smile on its face. To see that big smile on the Sun, people would look at it and smile back at it.The little boy could not imagine the picture of the Sun, as he had never seen one. And he could not believe that people used to smile at him because in his village, people looked very sad and they never smiled.One day, people in the village noticed that the sky looked a little lighter. It was still raining, and the black clouds were still there, hanging in the sky but it seemed lighter. The next day, people noticed that the amount of rain was a little less than the usual days. The day after that, it rained only for half the day. After that, it only dripped and tricked. The next day, it stopped raining.After that, there were no black clouds instead the sky was filled with white clouds. People were surprised that it was not raining. Gradually, the blue skycould be seen and finally, one day, a big, round yellow thing appeared in the sky giving warmth and light to everybody. The people looked up to the sky and they smiled because that round thing had a big smile on its face.The little boy saw the big, yellow thing up in the sky and thought it might be the Sun, the yellow round thing he heard in the stories. He went out on the street and saw everyone else smiling. He was happy to see a smile on everyone’s face in his village. At night there were no clouds in the sky and people also saw stars in the sky. They all were very happy. They enjoyed the sunny weather. Happy days were finally here, and people celebrated it.Moral: Bad days and good days are a part of life. We must never lose hope. Good days will eventually follow the bad days.

This is a story of cloud, rain, star and sun.Moral(s) of the story: hope

rana ratan singh 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.