Ravina Sewani

Once, there was a poor boy who made a living by selling various objects from door to door. This was the way he earned money to pay for his school. One day, as he was selling the objects, he felt very hungry and weak. He felt that he couldn’t walk even a few steps. He decided to ask for food at a house. He knocked on the door and was stunned to see a beautiful young girl open the door. With much hesitation, he asked the girl for a glass of water.The young girl understood his condition and offered him a huge glass of milk. With an astonished look, the boy drank the milk very slowly. “How much do I owe you for this milk?” he asked her. The girl replied, “I do not want any money for this.” The boy thanked the girl from the bottom of his heart and left the place.Years passed by. The young girl grew up. In her youth, unfortunately, she fell ill and was diagnosed with the rarest kind of nervous disorder. Many experienced doctors were baffled at her condition, and she was admitted in the city hospital with the most advanced facilities. Dr. Kevin, a renowned neuro-specialist was called in by the hospital to examine her. Even with his extraordinary expertise, Dr. Kevin found the girl’s illness very hard to cure. However, with perseverance and hard work that lasted months, he was finally able to get the disease under control. With careful medication and monitoring, the girl was completely cured in the end.Everyone praised the doctor, but the girl was quite worried about how much the hospital bill would come to. Her family had just a little money kept away in the bank, which was by no means enough to pay for such a long treatment in that reputed hospital. The girl was given the hospital bill finally. With trembling hands, she opened it. She was stunned to see that the bill had been crossed out and cancelled, and there was a note underneath signed by Dr. Kevin.“Bill paid years ago with a glass of milk!” Moral:One good turn begets another.

This is a story of karma,Moral(s) of the story: benevolence, helpfulness and kindness

A glass of Milk

Yesha Desai

It was Krishnadeva Rai’s mother’s death anniversary and he wanted to do something special for his deceased mother on this day. He summoned the head priest to discuss the same. The head priest took this as an opportunity to earn money. He asked the king what his mother’s last wish was. The king said, “My mother used to love the mango fruit. On her last day also, she wished to eat a mango, but she breathed her last before the fruits could reach her.” On hearing this, the cunning priest said, “Your Majesty, your mother’s soul will rest in peace if you fulfill her last wish. As she is no more, you can do an alternate thing. You must give away 108 mangoes made of pure gold placed in 108 silver bowls to 108 Brahmins in alms. This will definitely make her soul happy and she will shower her choicest blessings on you.” The king agreed to the priest’s proposal and soon 108 golden mangoes were made and distributed amongst the Brahmins.When Tenaliram came to know about this, he understood that the priest had taken undue advantage of the king’s feelings towards his mother and decided to teach him a lesson.One day, Tenaliram called the head priest and said that he wanted to give alms in the memory of his expired mother. The priest was elated on getting another opportunity to fill his pockets. Tenaliram also invited Krishnadeva Rai for the ceremony.When everybody had come, Tenaliram took a red hot poker and went to the head priest. He said, “Dear sir, my mother was suffering from pain and wanted a red hot poker to be placed on her hand. But, she died before her wish was fulfilled, so I request you to let me perform the act on you, along with all the Brahmins whom you brought, so that her soul rests in peace. If you permit let us begin the ….”Even before Tenaliram could complete his sentence, the head priest including the other Brahmins vanished from the scene, giving various types of excuses to him. The king realized that he was duped by the head priest and thanked Tenaliram from the bottom of his heart for revealing the true character of the priest. Moral:Lies and a deceitful nature never prevail.

This is a classic story from Tenali Raman.Moral(s) of the story: honesty

Royal mother’s last wish

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.” Mahabharata means the story of the descendants of Bharata. The regular saga of the epic of the Mahabharata, however, starts with king Shantanu. Shantanu lived in Hastinapur and was known for his valor and wisdom. One day Shantanu went out hunting in a nearby forest. So while hunting, king Shantanu reached the banks of the river Ganga and there he saw a very beautiful lady appearing out of the water and walking on its surface. Her grace and Divine beauty struck Shantanu at the very first sight and he was completely spellbound. When the king inquired who she was, the lady curtly asked, “Why do you wish to know that?” Shantanu admitted that he was captivated by her Divine beauty and wished to marry her. He also introduced himself stating that he was Shantanu, the king of Hastinapur.The lady said, “I can accept your proposal provided you are ready to abide by two conditions.” The king asked her anxiously, “What are they?” “Firstly, you will never ask anything about my personal life, like who I am or where do I come from? Secondly, you will never stop me from doing anything or ask the reason for anything I do.” Shantanu was so fascinated by her beauty that he immediately accepted the conditions. She was known as Ganga. They instantly got married and returned to Shantanu’s palace. In the beginning everything was very smooth. But Ganga kept drowning all her seven sons one by one, to which Shantanu couldn’t say anything as promised earlier. Shantanu lost his patience and as soon as the queen was about to drown the eighth son, Shantanu stopped her. “I have lost seven sons like this and am left with no heir. I can no longer stand to see my flesh and blood decimated before my eyes.”Queen Ganga turned around and said, “Oh King, you have violated your pledge. I will not stay with you any longer. However before leaving you, I will open the secret that led to the death of your seven sons. Once it so happened that the saint Vashishtha got offended with eight gods known as Vasus (Deities of directions). He cursed them to be born as human beings on earth and undergo the mental torture of being a human. Hearing this, seven of the Vasus implored the saint to be excused but the eighth one, who was the most mischievous; Ganga said she would take her eighth son to heaven to train him properly for the King's throne and status. With these words she disappeared along with the child while Shantanu was struck with grief thinking about spending the rest of his life without her.

Shantanu and Ganga’s Wedding

Many, many years ago everyone was strong and healthy. They ate a very varied diet, and especially loved fruits, vegetables, and fishes. Everyone took daily exercise, and they enjoyed themselves playing and leaping about. The Earth was the healthiest place you could imagine.All that made the dark witches furious. They only ever wanted to do harm and make problems for people. One day, they cast a spell and turned into tiny ants. They entered human bodies like virus and destroyed their health. They started with a little boy and soon changed his likes and dislikes.Soon, the boy had a funny feeling in his mouth and tongue and he no longer wanted to eat vegetables, fruits, or fishes. All he wanted to do was eat ice cream, pizza, burgers, and candy. Then he felt a nibbling feeling all over his body and he no longer enjoyed playing and running about with his friends. He now just wanted to stay in the house, sitting or sleeping. His life got boring, he started feeling ill, and had no desire to do anything.The witches then targeted other people and caused the most contagious disease-disease of wasting life.After a long time, Doctor Fitton-Helthie discovered that the little witches were causing all this disease. No tablet or syrup could cure this. He found out the best cure was to make a strong effort to live a healthy, joyful, and happy life. When a person became healthy, the little witches would leave that body through a sneeze.From then on, everyone slowly started eating fruits, vegetables, and fishes, and started some exercise. Whoever came to see Doctor Fitton-Helthie to take his, ended up totally well, being cured of the waste-of-life disease. Moral:A healthy mind and a healthy body is the key to a life full of joy.

This is a story of burger, doctor, ice cream, pizza and witch.Moral(s) of the story: health hygiene

Swarm of "health-destroying" Ants

Once upon a time, there was a gang of evil goblins who lived in a forest. They spent a lot of their time making fun of a poor old man who could now hardly move, see, or hear. They showed no respect for his age.The situation became so extreme that the Great Wizard decided to teach the goblins a lesson. He cast a spell, and from that moment, every insult they directed at the old man made the old man better, but had the opposite effect on the goblin who was doing the insulting. Of course, the goblins knew nothing about what was happening. The more they called the man an "old fool", the younger and sharper of mind he became, while the goblin who had shouted at him aged rapidly, and became a little more foolish.As time went on, those evil goblins were becoming terribly old, ugly, stupid, and clumsy... without even realising it. Finally, the Great Wizard allowed the goblins to see themselves, and, terrified, they saw that they had turned into the disgusting creatures we now know as trolls.They had been so busy picking on the old man, that it had made them incapable of noticing that their own acts were turning them into monsters. And when they finally realised what they had done, it was too late. Moral:Being disrespectful does no good. If anything, it only brings problems upon us.

This is a story of wizard.Moral(s) of the story: respect

The evil goblins

Once, a poor old woman came to seek Birbal’s help. The Emperor had passed orders to build a big palace on the site where her small house was situated. He had already instructed his men to take down the house of the old lady and ask her to move to some other place. The old woman did not want to move out of her ancestral house as she had fond memories linked with it. Birbal understood the woman’s plight and promised to try his level best to save her house.Soon, the construction began at the chosen site. Birbal also happened to visit the construction site with the Emperor. There were many empty gunny bags lying on the ground. Birbal started to fill up the bags with mud. Out of curiosity, Akbar asked Birbal, “What are you doing?”Birbal answered, “I am doing this to earn merit in my next life.”Amused, Akbar also joined Birbal and started filling up the bags with mud. Birbal then loaded up a big bag with mud and sought Akbar’s help in lifting it up.Akbar lent a hand to Birbal. “Aah,this is very heavy! I am finding it very difficult to lift it up,” said Akbar, staggering under the weight of the bag.To this, Birbal retorted, “Jahanpanah, you say that this bag of mud is heavy. Imagine how much mud would be there in this piece of land. Will it not weigh heavily on your conscience to snatch a poor old woman’s ancestral house?”Akbar realised his mistake and gave orders to discontinue the construction. The poor old woman was overwhelmed with gratitude and profusely thanked Birbal for saving her house. Moral:We must consider other people’s losses and problems before doing something of our gain.

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

Heavy Burden

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. Gandhari was the Princess of Kandahar, now in modern day- Afghanistan. When she was of age, she was married to the&nbsp;Prince of Hastinapur,&nbsp;Dhritarashtra.Dhritarashtra was the cousin brother of the King of Hastinapur. He was blind from birth.She chose to not see because her husband could not and that is why after marriage she always tied a cloth around her eyes.She gave birth to a hundred Kauravas and also a daughter called Dussala.After years of not using her vision she achieved Siddhi.When Bheema was going to fight a duel of mace with her only living son Duryodhana, Gandhari asked Duryodhana to visit her without any clothes so that she can strengthen his body parts.Duryodhana covered his waist part of the body and went to visit his mother. As Duryodhan’s body below the waist was covered, this part remained weak. Bheema hit that area breaking the rule of mace fight. After feeling severe pain, Duryodhan died.

This is a story of Gandhari and Dhritarashtra.

How Gandhari gave up her eyesight

Shina Utavani

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 the Earth and heaven millions and millions of years ago. When he created the Earth, it was completely dark and was covered with water. God thought that would make life difficult on Earth. So, on the first day, God said, “Let there be light.” Within a few seconds, there was light. He called the light, ‘Day’ and the dark, ‘Night’. Then he decided to make the sky. So, on the second day, God made the sky. On the third day, God created the land. The land came out of the water. God then called the land, Earth and the water, Sea. The Earth looked beautiful with the light, sky, land, and sea. To make earth look even better he created plants and trees. The Earth looked beautiful with trees and plants. On the Fourth Day, God created the Sun to shine in the day. He created the moon and stars to come out at night. On the fifth day, God filled the sea with fish and plants. He also created birds to fly in the sky. To everyone, he gave the ability to multiply. On the sixth day, he created all kinds of animals to fill the earth. And finally, on the sixth day, he created his biggest creation of all, Man. He made man to take care of his creation. He created man and woman (Adam and Eve) and gave them life. Unlike animals, Man and woman would have a soul. God created everything in six days. On the seventh day, God said, “I need rest”. He rested on the seventh day, blessing everything he made. So, it is believed that God took seven days to create beautiful Earth.

This is a story of how Jesus created our beautiful world.

The Creation Story

Krishna was born in the small town of Mathura, governed by a very ruthless King Kamsa — a man so full of evil that he had imprisoned his own father to take the throne. On the day of his marriage, a divine voice prophesied the demise of Kamsa by the hands of eighth child of Devaki and Vasudeva. Devaki was Kamsa’s sister. He did not want to take any risk so he imprisoned the couple and destroyed their babies one by one as they were born.Devaki and Vasudeva succeeded in saving their seventh son as he was miraculously moved to Rohini’s womb, Vasudeva’s second wife. He was Krishna's elder brother Balarama. The eighth child was born on a moonless night. Thunder, lightning, and violent storms witnessed his birth. Immediately after, as if by the miracle, Vasudeva found the locked gates open up and the guards deep asleep.Guided by a Divine voice, Vasudeva held the infant over his head in a basket and crossed Yamuna river to the Gokula house of Nanda. When Vasudeva walked in, the stormy river calmed down and the new born was kept dry and covered from rain by a huge serpent hood trailing him!Vasudeva put his son near Nanda and Yashoda at Nanda's palace. He took their new born girl back to Kamsa's prison. Once Kamsa came to know about Devaki's born child, he thundered into the jail and tried to aggressively grab the infant.The infant escaped from his hold and the baby transformed into Goddess Durga in a blinding flash of light, declaring to Kamsa that the eighth child was indeed healthy and that his death was inevitable.

This is a story of Devaki, kamsa, Krishna , nanda, Vasudev and Yashoda

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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.